Basic IELTS Reading Unit! IELTS Reading Question Types The IELTS Reading test contains forty questions and you are given exactly one hour to answer all the questions. Remember that in the IELTS Reading test (unlike the IELTS Listening test), no extra time is given to transfer your answers onto your answer sheet. Hence, it is very important that you keep an eye on the time and timely transfer your answers onto your answer sheet as you complete each reading section. There are many types of questions used in the Reading test. You should be familiar with these types. Noe e ne ketenes Serum er ste Seer ec eke ar NCCT A ger me eae ls enn ern Re te ee Ctra ace Cte cee es Identification of Writer's Viewpoints/Claims and Information in a Passage — Yes/No Not Given; True/False/Not Given eee) 8. Matching Lists/Phrases The IELTS Reading test is, in fact, not as difficult as it seems to be. If you know the approach, you can easily obtain a high band score. 1, Multiple-Choice Questions Multiple-Choice Questions are designed to test a wide variety of reading skills. The questions may require you to have an overall understanding of the main points of the text in which you will need to be able to read for the gist. Or they may require you to have a detailed understand ing of particular points in which you will need to be able to read for specific details. Multiple- Choice Questions may also ask you to identify facts or opinions in the text. There are two types of Multiple-Choice Questions: * Standard Multiple Choice * Modified Multiple Choice 1.1 Standard Multiple-Choice Questions Standard Multiple-Choice Questions are the most typical form of Multiple-Choice Ques- tions used in the IELTS test with one question and four possible answers. “4