IELTS Academic - paper sample tests Academic Reading

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Academic Reading (60 minutes)

Texts for the Academic Reading test are taken from books, journals, magazines and newspapers.

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 questions.

Academic Reading sample tasks

• Academic Reading sample tasks (PDF 934 KB - 46 pages)
• Academic Reading answer sheet (PDF 490 KB - 1 page)

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Academic Reading (60 minutes)

The Academic Reading question types in IELTS on computer are the same as in the IELTS on paper test. A variety of tasks is used including: multiple choice, identifying information (True/False/Not Given), identifying a writer’s views/claims (Yes/No/Not Given), matching information, matching headings, matching features, matching sentence endings, summary completion, note completion, table completion, flow-chart completion, diagram label completion, short-answer questions.

Academic Reading Sample task Multiple Choice (one answer)

You will read an extract from a Part 1 text about older people in the workforce.

Click on the correct answer.

• Academic Reading Sample task Multiple Choice (one answer)
• Academic Reading Sample task Multiple Choice (one answer) Answer Key (PDF 21 KB - 1 page)

Academic Reading Sample task Multiple Choice (more than one answer)

You will read an extract from a Part 1 text about older people in the workforce.

Click on the correct answers.

• Academic Reading Sample task Multiple Choice (more than one answer)
• Academic Reading Sample task Multiple Choice (more than one answer) Answer Key (PDF 21 KB - 1 page)

Academic Reading Sample task Identifying Information (True/False/Not Given)

You will read an extract from a Part 1 text about the scientist Marie Curie.

Click on the correct answers.

• Academic Reading Sample task Identifying Information (True/False/Not Given)
• Academic Reading Sample task Identifying Information (True/False/Not Given) Answer Key (PDF 17 KB - 1 page)

Academic Reading Sample task Note Completion

You will read an extract from a Part 1 text about the scientist Marie Curie.

For each question, write your answer in the gap.

• Academic Reading Sample task Note Completion
• Academic Reading Sample task Note Completion Answer Key (PDF 21 KB - 1 page)

Academic Reading Sample task Table Completion

You will read an extract from a Part 1 text about dung beetles.

For each question, write your answer in the gap.

• Academic Reading Sample task Table Completion
• Academic Reading Sample task Table Completion Answer Key (PDF 17 KB - 1 page)

Academic Reading Sample task Matching Features

You will read an extract from a Part 1 text about the development of rockets.

For each question, click on the correct space in the table.

• Academic Reading Sample task Matching Features
• Academic Reading Sample task Matching Features Answer Key (PDF 107 KB - 1 page)

Academic Reading Sample task Summary Completion (selecting words from the text)

You will read an extract from a Part 3 text about the ‘Plain English’ movement, which promotes the use of clear English.

For each question, write your answer in the gap.

• Academic Reading Sample task Summary Completion (selecting words from the text)
• Academic Reading Sample task Summary Completion (selecting words from the text) Answer Key (PDF 17 KB - 1 page)

Academic Reading Sample task Summary Completion (selecting from a list of words or phrases)

You will read an extract from a Part 3 text about language.

For each question, write your answer in the gap.

• Academic Reading Sample task Summary Completion (selecting from a list of words or phrases)
• Academic Reading Sample task Summary Completion (selecting from a list of words or phrases) Answer Key (PDF 18 KB - 1 page)

Academic Reading Sample task Sentence Completion

You will read a Part 2 text which discusses whether birds evolved from dinosaurs.

Click on the correct answer.

• Academic Reading Sample task Sentence Completion
• Academic Reading Sample task Sentence Completion Answer Key (PDF 17 KB - 1 page)

Academic Reading Sample task Matching Sentence Endings

You will read an extract from a Part 3 text about the scientific community in London in the 1700s.

Click on the correct answer.

• Academic Reading Sample task Matching Sentence Endings
• Academic Reading Sample task Matching Sentence Endings Answer Key (PDF 17 KB - 1 page)

Find out more about the Academic Reading test

This Academic Reading sample will show you three texts to read.

The test is in three parts, with 40 questions in total.