IELTS Reading Interview Preparation Guide
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IELTS Reading Test are based on two types. If you are taking IELTS to study abroad then you will take the Academic IELTS Reading Module. If you are taking IELTS for other purposes such as working abroad, then you will take the General Training Reading Module.

21 IELTS Reading Test Questions and Answers:

1 :: IELTS Reading Tests are aims to assess the following skills:

Reading for gist
Reading for main ideas
Reading for detail
Understanding inferences and implied meaning
Recognising a writers opinions
Attitudes and purpose
Following the development of an argument

2 :: Academic IELTS Reading Test Contains:

40 questions in 60 minutes
3 readings
Texts from journals, magazines, books, newspapers
General interest texts written for non-specialist audience

3 :: General IELTS Reading Test Contains:

40 questions in 60 minutes
3 readings
Texts from advertisements, booklets, leaflets, manuals, notices, newspapers, magazines
Texts related to everyday life, work & general interest

4 :: The Reading Passages Contains:

There are three reading passages with a total of 2,150-2,750 words. Texts are taken from journals, magazines, books, and newspapers.

All the topics are of general interest and the texts have been written for a non-specialist audience. The readings are intended to be about issues that are appropriate to candidates who will enter postgraduate or undergraduate courses.

At least one text will contain detailed logical argument. One of the texts may contain non-verbal materials such as graphs, illustrations or diagrams.

If there are technical terms which you may not know in the text then a glossary is provided. The texts and questions become more difficult through the paper.

5 :: The Questions of IELTS Reading Test:

Instructions are clear and easy to follow and you will be provided with examples of any unfamiliar question types. Texts and questions appear on a Question Paper which you can write on but not take away from the test room.

You must answers all questions on an Answer Sheet during the 60 minutes - there is not extra time at the end to transfer your answers to an answer sheet.

The position of the questions varies - some of the questions may come before a passage, some may come after, depending on the question type.

6 :: Types of IELTS Reading Test question you can expect to see in the test:

short-answer questions
multiple choice
sentence completion
notes/summary/diagram/flow chart/table completion
choosing a heading for a paragraph
identification of writer's views/claims - yes, no or not given
identification of information - true, false or not given
classification
matching lists/phrases.

7 :: Section one Contains:

This section contains 2-3 short factual texts with topics that will be relevant to your everyday life when you live abroad in an English environment. For example, a text may consist of a number of advertisements.

8 :: Section two Contains:

There are 2 factual texts and they focus on issues related to work such as applying for a job, pay and conditions, staff training and development and company policies.

9 :: Section three Contains:

The text in this section is longer and more difficult. It is a text on a topic of general interest.

10 :: The Questions in General Training Module:

As with the Academic IELTS reading, these are the questions you can expect to see on the test:

short-answer questions
multiple choice
sentence completion
notes/summary/diagram/flow chart/table completion
choosing a heading for a paragraph
identification of writer's views/claims - yes, no or not given
identification of information - true, false or not given
classification
matching lists/phrases.