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.
Computer-delivered Academic IELTS Reading test
There is no difference in the content, format or level of difficulty and scoring of the computer-delivered IELTS test. The type of Reading questions asked, thus, remain the same as in the paper-based test: Please ensure you are using Chrome or Firefox to launch the sample texts.
| Computer Based ACADEMIC Reading Sample tasks |
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| Sample Academic Reading Matching Headings Launch sample test Download answer key |
| Sample Academic Reading Matching Features Launch sample test Download answer key |
| Sample Academic Reading Flow-chart Completion (selecting words from the text) Launch sample test Download answer key |
| Sample Academic Reading Table Completion Launch sample test Download answer key |
| Sample Academic Reading Note Completion Launch sample test Download answer key |
| Sample Academic Reading Summary Completion (selecting words from the text) Launch sample test Download answer key |
| Sample Academic Reading Summary Completion (selecting from a list of words or phrases) Launch sample test Download answer key |
| Sample Academic Reading Sentence Completion Launch sample test Download answer key |
| Sample Academic Reading Multiple Choice (one answer) Launch sample test Download answer key |
| Sample Academic Reading Multiple Choice (more than one answer) Launch sample test Download answer key |
| Sample Academic Reading Matching Sentence Endings Launch sample test Download answer key |
| Sample Academic Reading Identifying Information (True/False/Not Given) Launch sample test Download answer key |
Paper Based Academic Reading Sample tasks
| Downloadable Academic Reading sample tasks |
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| Academic Reading Sample Task – Matching headings (PDF, 26KB) |
| Academic Reading Sample Task – Matching information (PDF, 35KB) |
| Academic Reading Sample Task – Table completion (PDF, 59KB) |
| Academic Reading Sample Task – Diagram label completion (PDF, 61KB) |
| Academic Reading Sample Task – Multiple choice questions (PDF, 21KB) |
| Academic Reading Sample Task – Identifying writer’s views (PDF, 56KB) |
| Academic Reading Sample Task – Matching features (PDF, 22KB) |
| Academic Reading answer sheet |
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| IELTS Reading answer sheet (PDF, 130KB) |