 This is how to get a bad nine in IELTS reading. Step one, get some official Cambridge practice tests. Step two, do at least two practice tests under exam conditions. Step three, go to the back and find out which questions you got wrong. Step four, go back and analyze the questions that you got wrong to establish what your main weaknesses are. Your weaknesses might be spelling, time management, vocabulary, or particular question types, such as true, false, not given, or matching headings. The final step is to turn each of these weaknesses into strengths and then repeat the process until you get the score that you deserve.