Reading test: What is the IELTS Reading test?

(IELTS Training for Listening, Reading, Speaking, Writing in Gandhinagar)

1.Matching Headings Questions
• Task: Choose a heading from the list which matches a section or paragraph in the passage

2.True/ False /Not Given = Yes /No/ Not Given Questions
• Task: Decide if the information or writer’s opinion in the question statements can be found in the passage

3.Matching Paragraph Information Questions
•Task: Matching the information given in the question with information found in one of the paragraphs in the passage.

4.Summary Completion Question
•Task: Completing a summary by filling in the gaps using words from the passage or words given in a box

5.Sentence Completion Questions
• Task: Completing sentences by filling in the gap with words from the passage

6.Multiple Choice Questions
• Task: Choose the correct answer to a question or the correct ending to a sentence from usually 3 or 4 possible options.

7.List Selection
•Task: Choose the correct option from a list of words, information or names. This differs from multiple choice because the questions all relate to only one long list of possible answers.

8.Choosing a Title
• Task: Choosing the most appropriate title from a list

9.Categorization Questions
• Task: Decide which category the information belongs to from a list.

10. Matching Sentence Endings
•Task: Completing sentences by matching the start of the sentence with the correct ending given in a list.

11.Table Completion
•Task: Completing the table using the correct word from the passage.

12.Flow Chart Completion Questions
• Task: Completing the flow chart using the correct words from the passage.

13. Diagram Completion Questions
• Task: Labeling a diagram

14. Short Answer Questions
•Task: Answering questions regarding details in the passage.