IELTS Exam Pattern

Timing: Single composite 60-minute timer for all three passages combined: no sectional lock, you can move between passages freely, the same as the real test.

IELTS Academic Reading has three passages of increasing difficulty, taken from books, journals, magazines and newspapers, worth 40 questions in total. There is no negative marking: each correct answer scores 1 mark, and the raw score out of 40 is later converted to a band score from 1 to 9 using IELTS's published conversion table. This practice test uses a multiple-choice format for every question so it can be scored instantly; the official test also uses other formats such as matching and sentence completion for the same reading skills.

Timing: Single composite 60-minute timer for all three sections combined: no sectional lock, you can move between sections freely, the same as the real test.

IELTS General Training Reading has three sections of increasing difficulty: Section 1 uses short social or survival texts (notices, advertisements, guides), Section 2 uses workplace-related texts, and Section 3 is one longer, general-interest text similar in style to the Academic test. There is no negative marking: each correct answer scores 1 mark, and the raw score out of 40 is later converted to a band score from 1 to 9. This practice test uses a multiple-choice format for every question so it can be scored instantly; the official test also uses other formats such as matching and sentence completion for the same reading skills.