Ielts Academic Reading Module

60 minutes

No extra time is given to transfer your answers to the answer sheet so you should record your answers on the answer sheet as you go!

What are the Academic Reading texts like?

Passages are taken from original sources like magazines, books, newspapers and even medical journals. You can expect to see material similar to what you would see in any university course. There can also be non-verbal material such as diagrams and graphs.

Expect a variety of styles and issues that are of interest to the world we currently live in. One passage usually contains very detailed information about a particular subject while other passages may be more general.

The total word count for the three passages will not exceed 3000 words. Normally, the total is about 2,500 words.

What are the questions like?

The basic question types follow. You will see a combination of these types of questions...

• Multiple Choice

• Sentence Completion

• Short Answer

• Table Summary - note fill in

• Diagram Labelling

• Paragraph or Section Headings

• Information Location

• Identifying Writer’s Views

• Classification

• Matching

• Flow-Chart Completion

To learn more about the various question types and to see examples for each one, click on the corresponding links above.

Instructions and tips on how to best prepare for and - improve scores for - each question type are included.

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