The 10 types of IELTS reading questions

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In this blogl we cover:

‐ The 10 types of IELTS reading task questions
‐ How to tackle  “features matching” questions.
‐ Why you shouldn’t read every word of the text...
‐ A handful of test busting tips for solid exam preparation.
‐ An important tip to help you avoid sneaky examiner tricks (negative sentences).

These are types of questions that requires you to identify whether the given information is either true false or it’s not given. This type of question tests your ability to clearly understand what the text is talking about.

These types of questions requires you to find a specific information and placing them where they fit to be. You need to have clearly understood the text and be able to understand every paragraph and what information it contains.

These questions requires you to pick a heading from the given headings and place each of them to the paragraphs. Mainly, if you have clearly understood the given text, you’ll be able to make a heading out of every paragraph.

In this type of question, you will find an incomplete sentence. You are supposed to complete it with words taken from the text. You therefore need to quickly map the incomplete text to a particular location in the text for you to find the correct answer.

A summary part of the text will be given to you. You are required to complete it by picking words from the text with a given maximum number of words to complete it.

These are types of questions that that requires you to find a specific information about given features and match it. For example you can be given different people who discovered different things at different times. You are now required to match who discovered what at what time. You therefore need to be very keen when matching.

This is a very simple question. Part of a sentence is picked from a line in the text. What you need to do here is to just locate where it has been taken from and complete the sentence and there you have your have your correct answer!

You have to be extra careful here! This is a question that expects you to answer the question from the given facts in the text. Moreover you need to check the number of words because you are limited. A maximum number of words is always given.

You just need not to get this question wrong. All that is required of you here is to find some given information and place them where they fit.



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