IELTS Practice Reading # Turn Off The Heat

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TURN OFF THE HEAT!!

Levels (a position on a scale of amount, quantity, extent, or quality)of greenhouse gases (a gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect by absorbing infrared radiation. Carbon dioxide and chlorofluorocarbons are examples of greenhouse gases) trapped (trick or deceive (someone) into doing something contrary to their interests or intentions)in Earth’s atmosphere (the envelope of gases surrounding the earth or another planet) reached (stretch out an arm in a specified direction in order to touch or grasp something)an all-time high in 2014, according (as stated by or in)to a new report (give a spoken or written account of something that one has observed, heard, done, or investigated)by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). The group’s findings (the action of finding someone or something)were released on Monday, November 9.

Greenhouse gases, like carbon dioxide (CO2), come from everyday (daily) activities (the condition in which things are happening or being done)such as turning on a light and driving around town. They are released (allow or enable to escape from confinement; set free)in larger amounts (a quantity of something, especially the total of a thing or things in number, size, value, or extent)by factories (a building or group of buildings where goods are manufactured or assembled chiefly by machine)and farms. These gases trap heat in the atmosphere, which makes the Earth warmer (of or at a fairly or comfortably high temperature).

“We can’t see CO2,” WMO Secretary-General, Michel Jarraud, said in a statement (a definite or clear expression of something in speech or writing). “It is an invisible (unable to be seen)threat (a statement of an intention to inflict pain, injury, damage, or other hostile action on someone in retribution for something done or not done), but a very real one.”

The WMO reported (give a spoken or written account of something that one has observed, heard, done, or investigated)that the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere reached 397.7 parts per million (ppm) in 2014. In the Northern hemisphere it rose to above 400 ppm—a symbolic (serving as a symbol) milestone (a stone set up beside a road to mark the distance in miles to a particular place). Scientists (a person who is studying or has expert knowledge of one or more of the natural or physical sciences)say that CO2 levels should stay below 400 ppm to avoid long-term climate (the weather conditions prevailing in an area in general or over a long period)issues, like heat waves and floods.

“Carbon dioxide remains in the atmosphere for hundreds of years and in the ocean for even longer,” said Jarraud. “Past, present and future emissions will have a [growing] impact” on the world’s environment.

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How To Increase IELTS Band?

you can never win the battle, if you don’t know how to fight for it. So, is the case with getting great band in IELTS. To get a good band, the will to get it is required, but then it is equally important that you know how to exactly fight for it. Some of the things you must do while preparing for IELTS are given below-:

1.Familiarize yourself with the question types used. There are many different types of questions asked in IELTS and all of them will not come in a particular test. But knowing all the types of questions will help you to interpret the question more easily and hence save your time.

2.The next most important thing to do is manage time. During the entire IELTS test there are lot of time constraints and no matter how good you are if you don’t complete the task within a certain period of time , you are lost.
2.1 For the reading part, read short passages everyday within a time constraint. You may not understand it in the first go, but surely you will learn how to skim a text and grasp the important points. When you read it the next time, try to notice the more intricate details.
2.2 For the writing part, write about different topics every day, may be just for five minutes. the point here is not to write accurate things, but to be pen down your ideas.

3. Always read the test question carefully. No matter how many times you have practiced the questions, when giving the real test, go through the question with full concentration.
With the right armor, even the toughest of the battles can be won.

 

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Plurals For IELTS Listening

No matter how easy they seem to be, plurals are very important for IELTS listening. Even more, it is quite obvious that you will get questions, answers to which will be plural. This is because IELTS is an English test and will surely check if you can listen for plurals.

There are no half points in IELTS, so even if you write the correct answer but forget the ‘s’ you will be marked wrong. For instance, if the answer is books and you wrote book, you will not get any marks for it. Let us now understand plurals in English.

When you want to change the number of a particular thing, you change them from singular to plural. There are two types of plural nouns –

  1. Regular – If by adding ‘s’ to the singular noun, you are able to change the noun from singular to plural, it is said to be a singular noun. For instance, plural of book is books.
  2. Irregular – The nouns which do not follow the rule of simply adding ‘s’ are known as irregular nouns. Example, plural of fish is fish.

Rules For Making Plural –

  1. Nouns that end in -ch, x, s, z or s-like sounds are made plural by adding es. Example-
    witch witches
    box boxes
    gas gases
    bus buses
  2. Nouns that end in a vowel + y take the letter s. Example – plural of boy is boys.
  3. Nouns that end in a consonant + y drop the y and take ies. Example – plural of baby is babies.
  4. Plurals of nouns that end in f or fe usually change the f sound to a v sound and add s or -es. Example- plural of knife is knives.

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Irregular Plural Nouns

Irregular plural nouns are the ones, which don’t follow the general rule of merely adding a ‘s’. There are no easy ways to remember them, so they generally have to be memorized.

 

Latin-ate Plurals

Words ending in –is usually follow the original Latin form (basis/bases, crisis/crises) for reasons of euphony.

 SINGULAR  PLURAL
 addendum addenda
alga algae
alumnus alumni
amoeba  amoebae
 antenna antennae
bacterium bacteria
 cactus cacti
 curriculum curricula
 datum data
 fungus fungi
 genus genera
 larva larvae
 memorandum memoranda
radix radices
 referendum  referenda
 stigma  stigmas
 stratum  strata
 thesis  theses
 vortex  vortexes
 vertebra  vertebrae

OTHERS

 SINGULAR  PLURAL
 echo  echoes
embargo  embargoes
 tomato tomatoes
 hero  heroes
 torpedo torpedoes
 potato  potatoes
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