IELTS General Reading: Band 7 Is Won in Sections 1 and 2

IELTS General Training Reading is not the easy version.

For the same band, General Training typically requires several more correct answers than Academic, because the texts are simpler. That single fact changes how you should spend your hour. In this video, Head Teacher Bailey breaks down the E2 Front-Half Rule and works through a full Section 1 text live.

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TIMESTAMPS
00:00 - Intro
0:40 - The GT vs. Academic Scoring Reality
1:41 - The 3 Test Sections Breakdown
2:21 - Why Band 7 is Won on the Front Half
2:46 - The 35/25 Minute Pacing Split
3:42 - Section 1 Practical Demonstration
5:45 - 3 Careless Mark Leaks
7:01 - True, False, Not Given Decision Rule
7:38 - Final Strategy Recap and Study Blueprint

In this video you’ll learn:
• Why the General Training and Academic Reading conversions are different
• Why roughly two thirds of your marks sit in Sections 1 and 2
• How to split 60 minutes so the front half does not eat your Section 3 time
• Why you read the questions first in the front half, and not in Section 3
• The near-miss distractors built into short advert and notice texts
• The word limit, spelling and blank-answer habits that give away free marks
• One question that settles False versus Not Given

Raw score figures in this video are indicative planning ranges for preparation. Exact conversions vary slightly between tests and are not published as fixed thresholds.

Other General Training videos: The Band 8 IELTS Informal Letter → https://youtu.be/wmsWu2u6UGo
The Band 8 IELTS Formal Letter → https://youtu.be/FANYQp2c0SE

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