The Academic Reading test is 60 minutes long.
Texts for the Academic Reading test are taken from books, journals, magazines and newspapers.
A variety of questions is used, chosen from the following types: multiple choice, 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 questions.
| Downloadable Academic Reading sample tasks |
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| Academic Reading Sample Task - Diagram label completion (PDF, 61KB) |
| Academic Reading Sample Task - Identifying information (PDF, 35KB) |
| Academic Reading Sample Task - Identifying writer's views (PDF, 56KB) |
| Academic Reading Sample Task - Matching features (PDF, 22KB) |
| Academic Reading Sample Task - Matching headings (PDF, 26KB) |
| Academic Reading Sample Task - Multiple choice questions (PDF, 21KB) |
| Academic Reading Sample Task - Table completion (PDF, 59KB) |
| Academic Reading answer sheet |
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| IELTS Reading answer sheet (PDF, 130KB) |