IELTS Reading: Skimming, Scanning, and Time Hacks
IELTS Practice
Updated 16 April, 2026
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How to handle 3 long passages in 60 minutes.
Time is the biggest enemy in IELTS Reading. Practet provides tools to help you work faster.
The 'SSS' Method:
- Skimming: Read the first and last sentences of each paragraph to understand the main idea.
- Scanning: Search for specific numbers, names, or dates mentioned in the questions.
- Structured Search: Tackle questions in an order that makes sense—often the order they appear in the text.
On Practet, we track your time per passage. If you spend more than 20 minutes on Passage 1, the system will flag this in your analytics.
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