Ans. IELTS Listening and speaking sections are similar for Academic and General Training. Reading and Writing tests come with a different set of questions and different difficulty levels. The IELTS Reading module is simpler in the IELTS General Training.

Ans. The passages are from notice, commercial, newspaper, but IELTS – Academic paper uses passages from journals, magazines with a diagrammatic representation.

Ans. The duration of the IELTS Reading test is an hour (60 minutes). Within this 1 hour the candidate has to transfer the answers to the sheet.

Ans. The IELTS – Reading test includes MCQ, understanding author perspective, matching, sentence endings, sentence completion, summary/note/flowchart consummation, chart naming, and short questions. Roughly 13 questions from each 3 passages.

Ans. The IELTS Reading test includes 40 questions.

Ans. Candidates can write, mark, and note on the question paper but writing the answers in the answer sheet is a must.

Ans. The total score out of 40 is converted into an IELTS band score of 0 – 9 as per an IELTS Band Calculator. The transformations are distinctive for both the Academic and General Training modules.

Ans. As it is a language proficiency test, accurate spellings are very necessary. A correct answer with incorrect spelling will be checked wrong. So beware.

Ans. It is ideal to complete reading the passages in 15 minutes and use the remaining 45 minutes to answer 40 questions. Using not more than 1 minute on each question will be a smart idea so that in the end you have a few minutes to go through the answer sheet again.

Ans. Without losing focus, move on to the next question. In the end, come back to it and try to understand the question, read the passage, and fill the vacant place.