Welcome to the IELTS Reading Lessons!

Welcome to your lesson on how to get as high of a score as possible in the IELTS reading section. Work through these two videos, then practice the techniques with the exam simulations listed below.

Here are a few IELTS Reading Exams that you can practice with.

Regardless of if you are going to take the Academic or General version of the exam, remember that the procedures we are implementing are the same, even though there is slight difference in content. For this reason, it is recommended to work through both the General and Academic options below.

Reading Exam 1

This is your IELTS Reading Exam Simulation #1 from English Exam Prep!

Complete all of the questions in 60 minutes.

At the end, you will see:
1) How your score correlates with the IELTS Band.
✓ This will help you know where you are right now.
2) A breakdown of your individual score in each individual question type.
✓ This will help you see if there are any weaknesses (and strengths!) for certain question types.
3) Click on View Questions and you will see the explanation of why each answer you chose is correct or incorrect.
✓ This will help you to link your English knowledge in an IELTS-context.

Good luck!

From the British Council:

From IELTS.org:

Downloadable Academic Reading sample tasks
Academic Reading sample task – Diagram label completion (PDF, 61KB)
Academic Reading sample task – Matching information (PDF, 35KB)
Academic Reading sample task – Matching features (PDF, 22KB)
Academic Reading sample task – Matching headings (PDF, 26KB)
Academic Reading sample task – Multiple-choice questions (PDF, 21KB)
Academic Reading sample task – Table completion (PDF, 59KB)

 

Downloadable General Training Reading sample tasks
General Training Reading sample task – Flow Chart Completion (PDF, 40KB)
General Training Reading sample task – Identifying Information (PDF, 99KB)
General Training Reading sample task – Matching Information (PDF, 43KB)
General Training Reading sample task – Matching Features (PDF, 32KB)
General Training Reading sample task – Matching Headings (PDF, 31KB)
General Training Reading sample task – Sentence Completion (PDF, 19KB)
General Training Reading sample task – Short-Answer Questions (PDF, 18KB)

 

From IDP IELTS Canada:

Description AC Worksheet
Answer sheet Click to download PDF
Identifying information Click to download PDF
Identifying writer’s views Click to download PDF
Matching features Click to download PDF
Matching headings Click to download PDF
Multiple choice questions Click to download PDF
Table completion Click to download PDF
Diagram label completion Click to download PDF
Description GT Worksheet
Flow Chart Completion Click to download PDF
Identifying Information Click to download PDF
Matching Information Click to download PDF
Matching Features Click to download PDF
Matching Headings Click to download PDF
Sentence Completion Click to download PDF
Short Answer Questions Click to download PDF
Reading Answer sheet Click to download PDF