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How to approach IELTS Reading
IELTS Academic Reading gives you 60 minutes for 3 passages and 40 questions — about 20 minutes each, with no extra transfer time. The skill is locating answers fast, not reading every word. Build a repeatable routine:
1
Skim first (2–3 min)
Read the title, headings and first lines to map what each paragraph covers before touching questions.
2
Read questions, underline keywords
Names, dates and numbers are easy to scan for; underline them to guide your search.
3
Scan, do not reread
Hunt for keywords and their synonyms. The answer is almost always a paraphrase, not the exact words.
4
Watch the clock per passage
Never spend over 20 minutes on one passage. Guess, mark it, and move on — you can return if time allows.
5
Answer in order where you can
Most question sets follow the passage order, so the next answer is usually below the last one you found.
6
Never leave a blank
There is no negative marking — a guess on a hard question can still be a band higher.
Practice by question type
IELTS Academic Reading tests you across roughly a dozen question types, and each one rewards a different tactic. Pick the type you struggle with most, see a real sample with a full explanation, then practice unlimited questions of that type until it clicks. Every question below comes from our own pool, scored against the official answer key.
True or False or Not Given
Decide if a statement agrees with the passage.
291 questionsYes or No or Not Given
Decide if a claim matches the writer view.
247 questionsMatching Headings
Match the best heading to a paragraph.
246 questionsMultiple Choice
Pick the best answer from the options.
255 questionsSentence Completion
Fill the gap using words from the text.
212 questionsSummary Completion
Complete a summary with the right words.
99 questionsMatching Information
Find which paragraph holds a given detail.
207 questionsMatching Features
Match statements to people, places or things.
57 questionsMatching Sentence Endings
Choose the ending that completes each sentence.
13 questionsShort Answer Questions
Answer briefly using words from the passage.
113 questionsNote Completion
Complete notes with words from the text.
32 questionsTable Completion
Fill a table with details from the passage.
20 questionsFlow Chart Completion
Complete a process diagram from the text.
8 questionsTry one of each — with full explanation
True or False or Not Given
291 questions in the pool
Paragraph 1
Known to biologists as the mycorrhizal network, this underground framework was once viewed as little more than a botanical curiosity.
Does the statement agree with the information in the passage?
Mycorrhizal networks were taken seriously by biologists as soon as they were first discovered.
Yes or No or Not Given
247 questions in the pool
Paragraph G
Nevertheless, the analysis reviewed here indicates that these consequences were more significant than many curriculum planners identified.
Does the claim agree with the views of the writer?
The wider consequences of standardised testing were probably greater than many curriculum planners realised.
Matching Headings
246 questions in the pool
Paragraph A
Walk into any modern supermarket and you will be confronted with an extraordinary abundance of choice. A typical large grocery store stocks approximately 30,000 different products, a figure that has tripled since the 1990s.
Choose the best heading for this paragraph.
Which heading best fits the paragraph above?
Multiple Choice
255 questions in the pool
Paragraph F
When alternatives are clearly differentiated, adding more options does not typically cause problems. But when options are similar and require careful comparison on multiple dimensions, the cognitive cost of evaluating them rises steeply.
Choose the best answer.
According to the passage, choice overload is most likely to occur when
Sentence Completion
212 questions in the pool
Paragraph B
Japanese cultivators developed a distinctive method of steaming and grinding leaves to produce matcha, the powdered green tea used in the formal tea ceremony.
Complete the sentence. Choose ONE WORD from the passage.
In Japan, growers created a powdered green tea, made by steaming and grinding leaves, which came to be called ______.
Summary Completion
99 questions in the pool
Paragraph A
The longest documented migration is that of the Arctic tern, which flies each year from the Arctic to the Antarctic and back, a round trip of around forty thousand kilometres.
Complete the summary. Choose ONE WORD from the passage.
The seabird with the greatest annual round trip is the Arctic ______.
Matching Information
207 questions in the pool
Paragraph C
These maps functioned as devotional images, arranged around theological priorities rather than coastlines or roads, and were never intended to guide a traveller.
Which piece of information does this paragraph contain?
What does this paragraph tell us about the maps?
Matching Features
57 questions in the pool
Paragraph A
Wilson proposed that millions of years of evolution in natural environments have shaped our biology in ways that make contact with nature essential to our physical and psychological well being.
Match the idea to the right person.
Who put forward the idea that humans have evolved to need contact with nature?
Matching Sentence Endings
13 questions in the pool
Paragraph B
Critics contend that the insistence on consensus as the telos of deliberation conceals the extent to which procedural neutrality itself encodes the values of dominant groups.
Choose the ending that correctly completes the sentence.
Critics argue that the requirement for consensual rational discourse is problematic because
Short Answer Questions
113 questions in the pool
Paragraph A
The festival was held every four years, an interval known as an Olympiad, which the ancient Greeks used as a unit of time.
Answer the question. Choose ONE WORD from the passage.
What name was given to the four year interval between the Games in ancient Greece?
Note Completion
32 questions in the pool
Paragraph 2
The procedure begins with a small biopsy from a living animal. Technicians isolate a population of stem cells from this tissue.
Complete the note. Choose ONE WORD from the passage.
Starting material: a small ______ taken from a living animal.
Table Completion
20 questions in the pool
Paragraph 3
Hydroponics, the most common method, suspends plant roots in a nutrient solution rather than soil.
Complete the table. Choose ONE WORD from the passage.
Hydroponics: roots are suspended in a liquid nutrient ______.
Flow Chart Completion
8 questions in the pool
Paragraph C
The standard tool is a hollow steel auger, known as an increment borer, which is screwed into the trunk by hand. The auger removes a thin core of wood without doing significant harm to the tree.
Complete the flow chart. Choose TWO WORDS from the passage.
An ______ is screwed by hand into the trunk, then a thin core of wood is removed.
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Common mistakes to avoid
✗Reading every word of the passage before the questions.
✓Skim for structure, then let the questions tell you what to read closely.
✗Using your own knowledge to answer True/False/Not Given.
✓Judge only what the passage states — your opinion is irrelevant.
✗Exceeding the word limit on completion questions.
✓Count words carefully; "ONE WORD" means exactly one.
✗Spending too long on one hard question.
✓Mark it, guess, move on — every question is worth the same one mark.
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