Level B2 (approx. band 5.5-6.5) · Academic and General Training You read the question, you search the passage for the same words, and you cannot find them. So you decide the answer is not there, or you grab a sentence that shares one word. The real answer was there all along, written in different words. In this episode: • Mapping question words to text words • Word-form change • Reversed structure • Checking the match: who, what, how much • Reading lab • Language bridge • Practice • Self-check questions with answers Key points: • Search for the meaning on your map, not the exact word in the question. • Look for the whole word family, not one form. • Turn the sentence around in your head before you reject it. • Who, what and how much must all match, or it is not a paraphrase. IELTS Complete Course: a self-study podcast from A1 to C2 for Academic and General Training. Listen, pause and answer, then take the 52-question quiz. Audio voiced with AI from an original script by Dr. Rashmi R Nair. Independent course, not affiliated with the IELTS test owners.