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. 
                 IELTS READING
                 Skimming and Scanning Practise 
                 Exercise 2
                 Exercise 3
              Grammar exercise from page 47 of 
              Cambridge Official Guide to IELTS. 
                 IELTS READING
                 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. 
                 IELTS READING
                 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) 
                 Emma Cosgrave   Find more from Emma on weloveielts.org