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Reading IELTS
Reading IELTS
Exam -
Reading
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IELTS Test Format
Listening
30 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
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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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