IELTS is an English language exam that can be used for study, migration, or jobs. Every year, over three million people take our test. More than 10,000 employers, universities, schools, and immigration authorities around the world recognise IELTS.
60 minutes
The Reading segment contains 40 questions that are intended to assess a variety of reading abilities. Reading for gist, key ideas, detail, skimming, understanding rational argument, and recognising writers’ views, attitudes, and intent are some examples.
The IELTS Academic examination consists of three long texts ranging from informative and factual to discursive and theoretical in nature. These quotations come from books, journals, magazines, and newspapers. They were chosen for a non-specialist audience, but they are also suitable for students starting university courses or pursuing professional registration.
Definition of the IELTS Academic Reading Paper Format Three reading passages, each with a different set of questions and a different task style.
Timing-60 minutes
No. of questions-40
Identifying information, identifying the writer’s views/claims, matching information, matching headings, matching attributes, matching sentence ends, sentence completion, summary completion, note completion, table completion, flow-chart completion, diagram mark completion, and short-answer questions are just a few of the questionnaire types used..
Sources-Texts are taken from non-specialist books, journals, magazines, and newspapers. All of the subjects are of interest to the general public. They cover topics that are important, relevant, and open to test takers who are enrolling in undergraduate or postgraduate programmes or pursuing professional certification.The passages may be written in a number of different types, such as narrative, descriptive, or discursive/argumentative. A detailed logical argument can be found in at least one text. Non-verbal materials such as diagrams, graphs, and illustrations can be used in texts. A simple glossary is given if the texts contain technical words.
Answering-During the period allotted for the exam, test takers must pass their answers to an answer sheet. There is no extra time for transfers. When writing answers on the answer sheet, use caution since incorrect spelling and grammar will be penalized.
Marks Each question is worth 1 mark.
For each version of the General Training Reading test, a band score conversion table is created that translates scores from 40 to the IELTS 9-band scale. Whole bands and half bands are used to report scores.
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