IELTS READING

Skimming and Scanning Practise

Let’s do some skimming. Have a look at the activities here, follow the
instructions as they come, don’t jump ahead or you won’t be practising
the right skill.
Exercise 1

Grammar exercise from page 46 of

Cambridge Official Guide to IELTS.
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Skimming and Scanning Practise

Exercise 2

Exercise 3

Grammar exercise from page 47 of

Cambridge Official Guide to IELTS.
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Skimming and Scanning Practise

Here is another text for you to work with.

1. Skim read the text to get a general gist of the Reading passage and
find out the main points.

2. So now you know that this passage is about how dolphin and why
dolphin numbers rose after Hurricane Katrina. So let’s move on to the
question.

Which TWO possible issues did Miller believe may have caused the rise
in dolphin numbers?

3. Read the passage again and highlight the parts that

introduce the idea of a first and second issue.

Grammar exercise from page 71 of

Cambridge Official Guide to IELTS.
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Skimming and Scanning Practise

4. Now take a look at the options and highlight the key points,
which are the two reasons suggested by Miller? Remember
that the ideas will not be written using the same words you
will be looking for synonyms and paraphrases.

Which TWO possible issues did Miller believe may have caused the rise
in dolphin numbers?

A More female dolphins survived the hurricane than males.

B Female dolphins were able to breed earlier than usual.
C The dolphins had access to greater numbers of shrimp and fish.
D There was a decrease in the number of dolphins being caught for
sport or food.
E The dolphins had less contact with humans after the hurricane.

How did you get on? Here are the answers with some explanation.

Which TWO possible issues did Miller believe may have caused the rise
in dolphin numbers?

B Female dolphins were able to breed earlier than usual.

(if a female loses her calf she can give birth again sooner so following
the hurricane more females would give birth in the same year)
E The dolphins had less contact with humans after the hurricane.
(Something else was going on, that something was distinctly human)

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