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2. IELTS Reading Question Types
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An Overview of

3. • We can divide IELTS Reading questions in three main
groups:
1. Completion Tasks.
2. Matching Tasks.
3. Identification Tasks.
An Overview of IELTS Reading Question Types

4. • In this group you will find:
 Sentence Completion.
 Summary Completion.
 Note Completion.
 Table Completion.
 Flow-Chart Completion.
 Diagram Label Completion.
 Multiple Choice Questions.
In the next few slides, you will see
these tasks as they appear in the
test.
Examples are taken from Cambridge
IELTS Books.
An Overview of IELTS Reading Question Types
These are basically fill in the blanks type of questions (except
MC questions). In these kind of questions, you will be given
several sentences with gaps and asked to complete the
sentences with words from the reading text.

5. In the note completion
task you will be given a
summary of a part of the
passage and you will be
asked to complete it with
information drawn from
the text. The given
information will be in the
form of several short
notes.
 Note Completion
An Overview of IELTS Reading Question Types
IELTS Reading
Completion Tasks
Completion Tasks

6.  Flow Chart
Completion
 In the flow chart completion
task you will be given a
summary of a part of the
passage and you will be asked
to complete it with information
drawn from the text. The given
information will be in the form
of a series of boxes or steps
linked by arrows (referred to as
a flow-chart) to show a
sequence of events, with some
of the boxes or steps partially
empty. An Overview of IELTS Reading Question Types
Completion Tasks
IELTS Reading
Completion Tasks

7.  Sentence
Completion
In the sentence
completion task you will
be given a summary of a
part of the passage and
you will be asked to
complete it with
information drawn from
the text. The given
information will be in the
form of several
sentences. An Overview of IELTS Reading Question Types
Completion Tasks
IELTS Reading
Completion Tasks

8.  Summary
Completion
In the summary
completion task you will
be given a summary of a
section of the text in the
form of several connected
sentences, and you will
be asked to complete it
with information drawn
from the text.
An Overview of IELTS Reading Question Types
Completion Tasks
IELTS Reading
Completion Tasks

9.  Table Completion
In the table completion task
you will be given a summary
of a part of the passage and
you will be asked to complete
it with information drawn
from the text. The given
information will be in the
form of a table with some of
its cells empty or partially
empty.
An Overview of IELTS Reading Question Types
Completion Tasks
IELTS Reading
Completion Tasks

10.  Diagram Label
Completion
In the diagram label
completion task you will see a
diagram may be of some type
of machine, or of parts of a
building or of any other
element that can be
represented pictorially. You
will be required to complete
labels on the diagram, which
relates to a description
contained in the text.
An Overview of IELTS Reading Question Types
Completion Tasks
IELTS Reading
Completion Tasks

11.  Multiple Choice
Questions
In the multiple choice
questions task you will be
asked to choose the best
answer from four alternatives
(A, B, C or D),
Or the best two answers from
five alternatives (A, B, C, D or
E),
Or the best three answers
from seven alternatives (A, B,
C, D, E, F or G). An Overview of IELTS Reading Question Types
Matching Tasks
IELTS Reading
Completion Tasks

12. • In this group you will find:
 Matching Information
 Matching Headings
 Matching Features
 Matching Sentence Endings
In the next few slides, you will see
these tasks as they appear in the
test.
Examples are taken from Cambridge
IELTS Books.
An Overview of IELTS Reading Question Types

13.  Matching Headings
In the matching headings task
you will see a list of headings,
usually identified with lower-
case Roman numerals (i, ii, iii,
etc.)
You will be asked to match the
heading to the correct
paragraphs, which will be
marked alphabetically.
An Overview of IELTS Reading Question Types
Matching Tasks
IELTS Reading
Matching Tasks

14.  Matching Sentence
Endings
In the matching sentence
endings tasks you will be
given the first half of a
sentence and asked to
choose the best way to
complete it from a list of
possible options drawn
from the passage.
An Overview of IELTS Reading Question Types
Matching Tasks
IELTS Reading
Matching Tasks

15.  Matching
Information (1)
In the matching
information task you
will be required to
locate specific
information in the
paragraphs of the
passage.
An Overview of IELTS Reading Question Types
Matching Tasks
IELTS Reading
Matching Tasks

16.  Matching
Information (2)
 For which…….are the following
statements true? is very common
question type in section one.
 This is also matching information
task and you will be required to
locate specific information in the
paragraphs of the passage.
 This task only appears in the
general training test of IELTS.
An Overview of IELTS Reading Question Types
Matching Tasks
IELTS Reading
Matching Tasks

17.  Matching Features
(Names)
 In the matching features task you
will be required to match a set of
statements to a list of options.
 For example, to match different
research findings to a list of
researchers, or characteristics to
age groups, events to historical
periods, etc.
 The options will be identified by
letters A, B, D….
 Options are mostly names. An Overview of IELTS Reading Question Types
Matching Tasks
IELTS Reading
Matching Tasks

18. • In this group you will find:
 Identifying Information – Ture/False/Not Given
 Identifying Writer’s Views/Claims – Yes/No/Not Given.
 Short-Answer Questions. In the next few slides, you will see
these tasks as they appear in the
test.
Examples are taken from Cambridge
IELTS Books.
An Overview of IELTS Reading Question Types

19.  Identifying
Information
In the identifying information
task, you will be given several
statements and asked:
“Do the following statements agree
with the information in the text?”
You are then required to
choose ‘True’, ‘False’ or ‘Not
Given’ as per the information
contained in the text.
An Overview of IELTS Reading Question Types
Identification Tasks
IELTS Reading
Identification Tasks

20.  Identifying Writer’s
Views/Claims
In the identifying writer’s
views/claims task you will be
given several statements and
asked:
“Do the following statements agree
with the views/claims of the writer?”
You are then required to
choose ‘Yes’, ‘No’ or ‘Not
Given’ as per the information
contained in the text.
An Overview of IELTS Reading Question Types
IELTS Reading
Matching Tasks
Identification Tasks

21.  Short-Answer
Questions
In these task types you
will be given several
questions and asked to:
“Answer the questions below.”
You have to read the
related text and choose
the correct answers.
An Overview of IELTS Reading Question Types
IELTS Reading
Identification Tasks
Identification Tasks

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