IELTS Reading practice
Three Academic passages with 40 questions, the passage always beside the question, and an explanation that points to the paragraph with the evidence. Each practice is a complete Reading section in the official order. Press start and we give you a section you haven't done yet, chosen at random.
Untimed: take the time you need. Timed: one clock for the whole section, like test day — when it runs out, your answers are checked.
What's in an IELTS Reading section
- Passage 1 (13 questions): a factual or descriptive text – spend about 20 minutes.
- Passage 2 (13 questions): often with lettered paragraphs and matching tasks – about 20 minutes.
- Passage 3 (14 questions): a longer argument with the writer's views – about 20 minutes.
- 60 minutes in total, with no extra time to transfer answers.
Guides: True / False / Not Given · Yes / No / Not Given · Multiple choice · Choose two or three answers · Matching headings · Matching information · Matching features · Matching sentence endings · Sentence completion · Summary completion · Summary completion from a box · Note, table & flow-chart completion · Short-answer questions · Diagram labelling
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