{"id":52131,"date":"2017-01-12T16:51:18","date_gmt":"2017-01-12T16:51:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/127.0.0.1\/aee\/ielts-reading-keywords\/"},"modified":"2021-12-03T15:27:59","modified_gmt":"2021-12-03T15:27:59","slug":"ielts-reading-keywords","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.allearsenglish.com\/ielts-reading-keywords\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: IELTS Reading What Exactly are KEYWORDS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today you\u2019ll learn what <strong>keywords<\/strong> are, how to <strong>find<\/strong> them, and how to use these keywords to find <strong>answers<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019ve been studying IELTS, you have come across the term <em>keywords<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>IELTS teachers and textbooks assume that you know what these are. However, it is not immediately obvious sometimes!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/ielts\/ielts-reading-matching-sentence-halves\/\">Keywords are usually nouns and verbs<\/a>. This is because these words carry information.<\/p>\n<p>Key words are <strong>never small words<\/strong> like conjunctions and prepositions.<\/p>\n<p>If you see a name or number in the question, that is definitely a keyword. Why? Because these are words that are easy to scan for. After all, there are no parallel expressions for a name!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/W6av_oErvFQ\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Remember that underlining the key words is only the <strong>first step<\/strong>! You must also think of <a href=\"\/ielts\/ielts-energy-ielts-reading-matching-headings-paragraphs\/\">possible parallel expressions before you scan<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This is not easy, and it is a <a href=\"\/ielts\/ielts-energy-340-2-activities-raise-ielts-reading-results\/\">skill you have to isolate and practice specifically<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Therefore, you should look at an IELTS practice Reading passage, and underline keywords in each question. Then, write down <strong>2-4 possible parallel expressions<\/strong> for the keywords.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h2><strong>100% Score Increase Guarantee with our Insider Method<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.allearsenglish.com\/keys\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-8372\" src=\"https:\/\/www.allearsenglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/3-Keys-IELTS-Box-Shot-900px-OPTIMIZED-FOR-WEB-smaller-version-1-300x293.png?d7aa6c&amp;36adcb&amp;b7008f&amp;b7008f&amp;b7008f&amp;b7008f&amp;1f7936&amp;1f7936&amp;1f7936&amp;1f7936&amp;1f7936&amp;1f7936\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.allearsenglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/3-Keys-IELTS-Box-Shot-900px-OPTIMIZED-FOR-WEB-smaller-version-1-300x293.png 300w, https:\/\/www.allearsenglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/3-Keys-IELTS-Box-Shot-900px-OPTIMIZED-FOR-WEB-smaller-version-1.png 440w\" alt=\"3 Keys IELTS course\" width=\"300\" height=\"293\"><\/a><strong>Are you ready to move past IELTS and move forward with your life vision?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Find out why our strategies are the most powerful in the IELTS world.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>When you use our Insider Method you avoid the BIGGEST MISTAKES that most students make on IELTS.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.allearsenglish.com\/keys\">Click here to get a score increase on IELTS. It\u2019s 100% guaranteed.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>That is only to practice coming up with paraphrases- you will <a href=\"\/ielts\/ielts-energy-303-failing-reading-strategies-free-idp\/\">not write notes on the real IELTS Reading Exam<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>After identifying the keywords and thinking of parallel expressions, <a href=\"\/ielts\/video-lesson-vital-ielts-reading-strategy-scanning\/\">you can scan the passage<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In this video, I use some sample questions from Cambridge IELTS 7 to show you the process of finding keywords and thinking of parallel expressions.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What do you think of today\u2019s advice?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Leave us a message in the comments section below!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today you\u2019ll learn what keywords are, how to find them, and how to use these keywords to find answers. If you\u2019ve been studying IELTS, you have come across the term keywords. 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However, it is&#8230; <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.allearsenglish.com\/ielts-reading-keywords\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":40173,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"category":[274,329,338,368],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ielts","category-ielts-prepositions","category-ielts-reading-videos","category-ielts-videos"],"acf":{"podcast_link":".mp3"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.8 (Yoast SEO v25.8) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Video: IELTS Reading What Exactly are KEYWORDS | All Ears English Podcast<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In this IELTS video find out what keywords are and how to use them to increase your IELTS Reading score. 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