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The IELTS

Exam -
Reading

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IELTS Test Format
Listening
30 minutes

Academic reading General training reading


60 minutes 60 minutes

Academic writing General training writing


60 minutes 60 minutes

Speaking
11-14 minutes

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Reading Test
Timing: 60 minutes
Questions: 40 items
Test Parts: 3 sections
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Types of questions:
Multiple choice,
True/False/Not
Given, Yes/No/Not
Given

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Types of questions:
Matching, sentence
completion, summary
completion, note
completion, table
completion

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Academic Reading Test
• Texts are real - taken from
books, journals, magazines and
newspapers
• There are 3 sections
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Academic Reading Test

•Written about academic topics


of general interest
•May contain diagrams

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Reading Test
Skills Assessed:
•Reading for gist
•Reading for main ideas
•Reading for detail
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Reading Test
Skills Assessed:
•Understanding meaning
•Recognising a writers opinion, attitudes and
purpose
•Following an argument

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Reading paper

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Multiple choice

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