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Reading General training : test overview

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About the IELTS General Reading test :


The reading test is different for IELTS Academic and IELTS General candidates
3 sections, 40 questions, 60 minutes

  1. Section 1 contains two or three short factual texts, one of which may be composite (consisting of 6-8 short texts related by topic, e.g. hotel advertisements). Topics are relevant to everyday life in an English-speaking country
  2. Section 2 contains two short factual texts focusing on work-related issues (e.g. applying for jobs, company policies, pay and conditions, workplace facilities, staff development, and training)
  3. Section 3 contains one longer, more complex text on a topic of general interest

Texts are authentic and are taken from notices, advertisements, company handbooks, official documents, books, magazines, and newspapers.

Instructions to candidates:

In the actual test you will be given the following instructions:
  • do not open this question paper until you are told to do so
  • write your name and candidate number in the spaces at the top of the page
  • read the instructions for each part of the paper carefully
  • answer all the questions
  • write your answers on the answer sheet; use a pencil
  • you must complete the answer sheet within the time limit

At the end of the test, you will be asked to hand in both the question paper and your answer sheet.

IELTS Reading: Top 10 Tips

in this video, we are going to talk about the reading module of the IELTS. we are going to tell you some of our top IELTS reading tips. So let's get started. Click in the link below to download the video:

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Practice tasks:

Now let's move on to the practice part, Please click the start now button below to start the exercises :

Reading academic test Overview

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READING:


You have one hour for the IELTS reading test. You need to read 3 texts of between 500 and 900 words each and answer around 40 questions, which vary in type and increase in difficulty. You write your answers on the answer sheet. There is no additional time to transfer answers from the reading booklet so you must write your answers directly onto the answer sheet.

 The most common difficulty with the Reading test is time: it's easy to run out of it! Here are some tips to help your time management.

In this video we will reveal the TOP tips to prepare for your academic reading test :

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GENERAL Tips:

Preparation
  • Do several timed practice Reading tests before the real exam. These 'rehearsals' will give you a feel for how long you can take and will develop your skimming (reading for gist) and scanning (reading for specific information) skills.
  • In the weeks before the exam, read as much English text as possible, in newspapers, comics, magazines, whatever you enjoy.
  • With newspaper or magazine articles, think of a heading which summarises the main point of each paragraph. This focuses your understanding of the content and practices one type of possible reading exercise.
During the test
  • You have 20 minutes per text to read and answer the questions. If you haven't finished one section after 17-18 minutes, make an intelligent guess at the remaining answers and go on to the next section. Remember, the sections get more difficult, so if possible, save time on the early ones.
  • Read the questions carefully before you read the text so you know what information you are looking for. You could organize your 20 minutes per text like this:
  1. Use 3-4 minutes to read the questions.
  2. Then use 10-12 minutes to read the passage and to answer where you can.
  3. Use the last minutes to find the answers in the text that you did not find when you first read the passage. The answers are usually in the order in the text.
  • Remember to read the instructions carefully. If you are asked to answer a question in three words or less, don't give an answer with more words!
On the Reading paper there are 11 different types of task: multiple choice, identifying information, identifying writers views or claims, matching information, matching headings, matching features, matching sentence endings, sentence completion, note completion, table completion, flow chart completion, diagram label completion, and short answer questions.

PRACTICE Activities:

This IELTS RESOURCES website gives practice in 9 reading task types on a variety of texts. Tips on how to maximize preparation effectiveness and in exam techniques are also given. In addition, there are specific supplementary materials and practice tests in the IELTS RESOURCES library :

let's start the exercises, click on these tasks one by one:
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