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The IELTS
Exam -
Reading

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Academic reading
60 minutes
Academic writing
60 minutes
General training reading
60 minutes
General training writing
60 minutes
Listening
30 minutes
Speaking
11-14 minutes
IELTS Test Format

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Timing: 60 minutes
Questions: 40 items
Test Parts: 3 sections
Reading Test

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

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•Written about academic
topics of general interest
•May contain diagrams
Academic Reading Test

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Skills Assessed:
•Reading for gist
•Reading for main ideas
•Reading for detail
Reading Test

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Skills Assessed:
•Understanding meaning
•Recognising a writers opinion, attitudes
and purpose
•Following an argument
Reading Test

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Reading paper

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Multiple choice