IELTS Reading Test:

Ielts Reading test consisits of three passages. Each passage contains 13 to 14 questions. The total number of questions in ielts reading test is 40. There are 2,150-2,750 words altogether that a student has to read in a IELTS reading test.

Note that: IELTS academic and IELTS general training Reading test differs from each other.

Purpose of reading test

Ielts Reading test is designed to test the following skills:

a. The ability to find out the general notion of a passage.

b. The skill to find out the prominant features of the reading passage.

c. The ability of answering a question in searching a fixed location of a reading passage.

d. The dexterity to understand what was the writer's underlying motivation during the passage writing.

e. The talent to understand how to organize your ideas while writing a discourse on any topic.

Timing:

Ielts reading test for 60 minutes. There is no extra time in ielts reading like ielts listening for transfering your answers in the answer sheet.

:

Every question takes equal one marks in IELTS Reading Test. So, 40 questions take 40 marks. But then, the acquired marks out of 40 are converted to a mark out of 9.

IELTS Reading question format

The following list contains the list of questions that may appear in the ielts examination:

1. short answer questions
2. Chart/Table Completion, Labelling a diagram.
3. Multiple Choice
4. note-taking
5. Paragraph Headings
6. Completing a Summary
7. Matching
8. Yes, No, Not Given অথবা True, False, Not Given
9. Identifying attitude and making inferences