Reading
Find the line that decides each answer
Choose your test. Answer one question at a time; a miss on a choice or a gap gets one more try, then you see the reason and the paragraph it comes from.
Which IELTS test are you taking?
Listening and Speaking are the same for both. Reading and Writing Task 1 differ, so we show yours first.
Not sure? Check with the university, employer or visa body that asked for IELTS. The official test types page explains the difference.
Academic
Long passages of the kind found in books, journals and magazines. The real paper has three, with 40 questions in 60 minutes.
- Passage 1The value of an imperfect recordTrue / False / Not GivenMatching headingsSentence completionSummary completionMultiple choice10 questions
- Passage 2When a cooler street is not a cooler cityTrue / False / Not GivenMatching headingsSentence completionSummary completionMultiple choice10 questions
- Passage 3The museum label that became a questionTrue / False / Not GivenMatching headingsSentence completionSummary completionMultiple choice10 questions
- Passage 4Borrowing a drill, building an institutionTrue / False / Not GivenMatching headingsSentence completionSummary completionMultiple choice10 questions
- Passage 5The experiment beyond the laboratoryTrue / False / Not GivenMatching headingsSentence completionSummary completionMultiple choice10 questions
- Passage 6Restoring a river whose past is disputedTrue / False / Not GivenMatching headingsSentence completionSummary completionMultiple choice10 questions
General Training
Everyday notices, workplace documents and one longer article. The real paper builds from short texts to a longer one, with 40 questions in 60 minutes.
- Text 1Borrowing from the neighbourhood equipment libraryEveryday information: membership and borrowing guideMatching headingsTrue / False / Not GivenSentence completionMultiple choice12 questions
- Text 2A development placement at Harbour ServicesWorkplace information: staff development policyMatching headingsTrue / False / Not GivenSentence completionMultiple choice12 questions
- Text 3The clock above the marketGeneral-interest article: a fictional town restorationMatching headingsTrue / False / Not GivenSentence completionMultiple choice12 questions
- Text 4The path people madeGeneral-interest article: a fictional transport projectMatching headingsTrue / False / Not GivenSentence completionMultiple choice12 questions