Get experience of the IELTS on computer Academic Reading test with the ten different types of example questions below.
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Questions:
1. Multiple choice with one answer
You will read an extract from a Part 1 text about older people in the workforce.
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2. Multiple choice with more than one answer
You will read an extract from a Part 1 text about older people in the workforce.
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3. Identifying Information (True/False/Not Given)
You will read an extract from a Part 1 text about the scientist Marie Curie.
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4. Note Completion
You will read an extract from a Part 1 text about the scientist Marie Curie.
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5. Matching Headings
You will read a Part 2 text about the physics of traffic behaviour.
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6. 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.
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7. Summary Completion (selecting from a list of words or phrases)
You will read an extract from a Part 3 text about language.
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8. Flow-chart Completion (selecting words from the text)
You will read an extract from a Part 3 text about the effect of a low-calorie diet on the ageing process.
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9. Sentence Completion
You will read a Part 2 text which discusses whether birds evolved from dinosaurs.
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10. Matching Sentence Endings
You will read an extract from a Part 3 text about the scientific community in London in the 1700s.
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11. Table Completion
You will read an extract from a Part 1 text about dung beetles.
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12. Matching Features
You will read an extract from a Part 1 text about the development of rockets.
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