How I jumped from Band 6.0 to 7.5 in Reading in 3 weeks

Nadia Rahman

Bangladesh • Band 7.5

Reading Strategy

My biggest bottleneck was spending 26 minutes on Passage 1 trying to understand every scientific noun. Switching to a strict 17-20-23 minute split and underlining contrast markers ('nevertheless', 'conversely') before reading options lifted my score from 25/40 to 34/40!

Replies (1)

Emily Johnson• 2 hours ago

17-20-23 timing saved me on Passage 3 yesterday! Do you preview questions before skimming the first paragraph?

Nadia Rahman • 1 hour ago

Yes! I spend 45 seconds reading the title + first 3 questions (especially TFNG keywords) before scanning Paragraph A.