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The IELTSExam - Reading

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Academic reading60 minutes

Academic writing60 minutes

General training reading60 minutes

General training writing60 minutes

Listening30 minutes

Speaking11-14 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