IELTS READING reading for gist / skimming recognising text type layout [paragraphing] visible punctuation [exclamation marks & rhetorical questions -> advertisement] facts & figures contractions use of personal pronouns colloquialism practice pg 30 Focus on reading Location is everything ex 1 2 demo re parallel expressions text: citizens live in towns question / statement Where do inhabitants live? practice pg 33 ex 5 completing based on parallel expressions pg 34 ex 7 completing based on grammatical clues answer questions in sequence [because answers A B C... are in passage order, and NOT the questions] identify key words in statements / questions which are NOT necessarily in passage order recognise parallel expressions when scanning text to find answers to questions pg 70 sampling a text