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Information about the IELTS Reading General Training test

The IELTS Reading General Training test will last for 60 minutes, consisting of 3 parts:

  • Part 1: includes 2 to 3 short passages, one of which is a passage compiled from 6 to 8 short texts related to a common topic. For example: hotel advertisements. The topics of the IELTS Reading test are all related to everyday life in an English-speaking country.

  • Part 2: includes 2 short passages focusing on work-related topics such as applying for a position, company policies, salary, and conditions.

  • Part 3: includes 1 long passage that is more complex than the previous two parts about a common interest.

The passages in the IELTS Reading test are all original and are extracted from company notes, advertisements, manuals, books, magazines, and newspapers.

Question types:

There are many types of questions used in the IELTS Reading test, for example: multiple choice, matching information, matching headings, completing tables, short-answer questions, completing diagrams, matching features, identifying information, summarizing passages, identifying the writer's views, matching sentence endings, completing sentences, completing process charts, completing notes.

Scoring method:

Each correct answer is awarded 1 mark, with a total of 40 marks converted to the IELTS 9-band scale.

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IELTS Reading General Training materials

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