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Lesson2: Academic Reading

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IELTSMultipleChoicePractice
AbouttheTest Lesson 1:
Objectives: Paragraph Headings
TopracticeIELTSmultiplechoicequestions
IELTS LESSONS Topracticescanningtechniques Lesson 2:
TolookattheuseofsynonymsinIELTSreadingquestions Multiple Choice &
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Lesson 3:
Strategiestoanswerthequestions True, False, Not Given
ESSAY WRITING 1. Lookthroughthequestionsfirst
Lesson 4:
IELTSWriting
2. Underlinekeywordsfromthequestion Matching Paragraph
3. Thenscanthetextforthosekeywordsthatyouhaveunderlined Headings
ModelEssays 4. Theanswershouldbefoundclosetothatword
5. Theanswerswillbefoundinthetextinthesameorderasthe Lesson 5:
StudentEssays Sentence Completion
questions
EssayQuestions
Lesson 6:
EssayForum Multiple Choice /
Skimming and Scanning
WritingTips
Lesson 7:
Thingstobewareof Guessing meaning from
context
GRAPH WRITING Therewillbesynonymsusedinthereadingthewordsinthe
IELTSmultiplechoicequestionsmaynotbethesameasinthe Lesson 8:
ModelGraphs The difference between
text
false and not given
StudentGraphs
Lesson 9:
GraphForum OneParagraphPracticeExercise IELTS Reading Strategies
Beforelookingatalongerreading,we'llhaveapracticewithtwo Lesson 10:
paragraphs.Itisthefirstpartofthefullreadingyouwilldo. IELTS Short Answer
LETTER WRITING
Questions
Identifythekeywordinthequestionfirstofall.Thenscanthetextto
SampleLetters
findit.Whenyouhavedonethis,readthesentencesaroundthiskey Lesson 11:
wordandseewhatinformationbestmatchesthethreechoicesyou IELTS Gapped Summary
have.
READING
1. Whatisdryfarming?
IELTSReading
A Preservingnitratesandmoisture. Follow@IELTSbuddy
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B Ploughingthelandagainandagain. Do you want to be
ReadingForum
notified as soon as
AcademicReadingeBook C Cultivatingfallowland. there are updates to the
site?
ReadingTips
AustralianAgriculturalInnovations: Enter Your Name
18501900
SPEAKING
Duringthisperiod,therewasawidespreadexpansionofagriculture Enter Your Email
IELTSSpeaking inAustralia.Theselectionsystemwasbegun,wherebysmall
sectionsoflandwereparceledoutbylot.ParticularlyinNewSouth
SampleQuestions
Wales,thisledtoconflictsbetweensmallholdersandtheemerging Submit
SampleTests squatterclass,whoseabuseofthesystemoftenallowedthemto
takevasttractsoffertileland. Don't worry your e-
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Therewerealsomanypositiveadvancesinfarmingtechnologyas secure. I promise to use it
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thefarmersadaptedagriculturalmethodstotheharshAustralian only to send you Updates
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SpeakingForum conditions.Oneofthemostimportantwasdryfarming.Thiswas to IELTS buddy.
thediscoverythatrepeatedploughingoffallow,unproductiveland
SpeakingTips couldpreservenitratesandmoisture,allowingthelandtoeventually
becultivated.This,alongwiththeextensionoftherailwaysallowed
thedevelopmentofwhatarenowgreatinlandwheatlands.
LISTENING

IELTSListening Toanswerthisquestionyoushouldhavehighlightedtheworddry
farming.
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Youshouldthenhavebeenabletoscanthetwoparagraphstoquickly
ListeningForum
findthisword.
ListeningTips
Readingtheinformationarounditmorecarefullywouldthegiveyou
theanswer:

VOCABULARY
Cultivatingmeanstoimproveandprepare(land)by
IELTSVocabulary ploughingorfertilizing,forraisingcrops.

AcademicWordList Sotheanswerwas"theploughingoffallowland...to
eventuallybecultivated."
TopicVocabulary

PhrasalVerbs

Collocations

Idioms

VocabBuilder
FullPracticeIELTSMultipleChoice
1.Whatisdryfarming?
GRAMMAR
Preservingnitratesandmoisture.
IELTSGrammar Ploughingthelandagainandagain.
Cultivatingfallowland.

2.WhatdidH.V.McKaydo?
IELTS FORUM
Exportthestripper.
DiscusstheTest
Improvethestripper.
Cut,collectandsortwheat.
OTHER RESOURCES 3.Whatdidthe'stumpjumpploughinnovationallowfarmerstodo?
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Cutthroughtreestumps.
IELTSTrainingVideos Changethewheelsforatraditionalplough."
Allowfarmerstocultivatelandthathadntbeenfully
IELTSQuizzes cleared.
IELTSScores
4.WhatdidJohnCustancerecommend?
IELTSBooks
Improvingwheatyields.
UsefulLinks Revitalisingtheindustry.
Fertilizingthesoil.

LIFE SKILLS 5.WhywasWilliamFarrerswheatbetter?

IELTSLifeSkillsTest Itwasdroughtresistant.
ItwasntfromEnglandorSouthAfrica.
ItwasdrierforAustralianconditions.
CONTACT

ContactUs AustralianAgriculturalInnovations:
18501900
Duringthisperiod,therewasawidespreadexpansionofagriculture
IELTS WRITING EBOOK
inAustralia.Theselectionsystemwasbegun,wherebysmall
Task1&2eBook sectionsoflandwereparceledoutbylot.ParticularlyinNewSouth
Wales,thisledtoconflictsbetweensmallholdersandtheemerging
squatterclass,whoseabuseofthesystemoftenallowedthemto
takevasttractsoffertileland.
 Therewerealsomanypositiveadvancesinfarmingtechnologyas
thefarmersadaptedagriculturalmethodstotheharshAustralian
conditions.Oneofthemostimportantwasdryfarming.Thiswas
thediscoverythatrepeatedploughingoffallow,unproductiveland
couldpreservenitratesandmoisture,allowingthelandtoeventually
becultivated.This,alongwiththeextensionoftherailwaysallowed
thedevelopmentofwhatarenowgreatinlandwheatlands.

TheinlandareasofAustraliaarelessfertilethanmostotherwheat
producingcountriesandyieldsperacrearelower.Thisslowedtheir
development,butalsoledtothedevelopmentofseverallabour
savingdevices.In1843JohnRidley,aSouthAustralianfarmer,
inventedthestripper,abasicharvestingmachine.Bythe1860sits
usewaswidespread.H.V.McKay,thenonlynineteen,modifiedthe
machinesothatitwasacompleteharvester:cutting,collectingand
sorting.McKaydevelopedthisearlyinnovationintoalargeharvester
manufacturingindustrycentrednearMelbourneandexporting
worldwide.RobertBowyerSmithinventedthestumpjumpplough,
whichletafarmerploughlandwhichstillhadtreestumpsonit.Itdid
thisbyreplacingthetraditionalploughshearwithasetofwheels
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thatcouldgooverstumps,ifnecessary.
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Thedevelopmentsinfarmmachineryweresupportedbyscientific
research.Duringthelate19thcentury,SouthAustralianwheat
yieldsweregoingdown.Anagriculturalscientistatthecolonys
agriculturalcollege,JohnCustance,foundthatthiswasduetoa
lackofphosphatesandadvisedtheuseofsolublesuperphosphate
fertilizer.Theimplementationofthisschemerevitalisedtheindustry.
Recent Articles FromearlydaysithadbeenobviousthatEnglishandEuropean
sheepbreedshadtobeadaptedtoAustralianconditions,butonly
IELTS Letter neartheendofthecenturywasthesameappliedtocrops.Priorto
Translation of this,EnglishandSouthAfricanstrainshadbeenuse,withvarying
Document degreesofsuccess.WilliamFarrer,fromCambridgeUniversity,was
Jul02,1702:51AM thefirsttodevelopnewwheatvarietiesthatwerebetterableto
withstanddryAustralianconditions.By1914,Australiawasno
Youneeda longerthoughtofasalandsuitableonlyforsheep,butasawheat
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