READING
3 sections , 40 questions , 60 minutes
- Each section contains one long text.
- Texts are authentic and are taken from books , journals, magazines and newspapers. They have been written for a non- specialist audience and are on academic topics of general interest .
- Texts are appropriate to , and accessible to , candidates entering undergraduate or post graduate courses or seeking professional registration.
- Texts range from the descriptive and factual to the discursive and analytical. Texts may contain non-verbal materials such as diagrams , graphs or illustrations. If text contain technical terms, then a simple glossary is provided.
- There are three texts and 40 questions.
A variety of tasks is used, including multiple choice questions, identifying information, identifying writer’s views/claims, matching information, matching headings , matching features, matching sentence endings, sentence completion, summary completion, note completion, table completion, flow chart completion, diagram label completion , short answer question.
READING TIPS
Skim- read quickly – Try to find the main idea of each passage and if each paragraph. Don’t read all the supporting details. Ignore any unfamiliar words at this stage . Identify key words – Scan the passage and the questions for words you know will be in the passage such as names of people , places and dates. Identify paraphrase – look for similar meaning between what the passage says and what the question asks. Manage time – some questions will be extremely difficult so you should concentrate first on the questions that are easiest for you to answer. Take no more than 60 seconds to consider your answer before moving on to the next question. Expand your vocabulary – you will find the academic module of IELTS much easier if you expand your academic vocabulary.
- Skim- read quickly – Try to find the main idea of each passage and if each paragraph. Don’t read all the supporting details. Ignore any unfamiliar words at this stage .
- Identify key words – Scan the passage and the questions for words you know will be in the passage such as names of people , places and dates.
- Identify paraphrase – look for similar meaning between what the passage says and what the question asks.
- Manage time – some questions will be extremely difficult so you should concentrate first on the questions that are easiest for you to answer. Take no more than 60 seconds to consider your answer before moving on to the next question.
- Expand your vocabulary – you will find the academic module of IELTS much easier if you expand your academic vocabulary.