IELTS Reading Courses
The IELTS reading test is 1 hour long. There are 3 reading passages and a total of 40 questions to answer. The types of questions you need to answer include:
- Matching Headings
- Categorisation
- Matching Sentence Endings
- Table Completion
- Flow Chart Completion
- Diagram Completion
- Short Answer
Visit our reading hub for more details and, if you have completed practice papers, check your reading band score using our band score calculator.
Go through the lessons below to learn how to approach the different questions in the IELTS reading test.
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Reading Strategies
This course is designed to prepare you for the IELTS reading test by teaching you three essential skills.
17 lessons | 12 hours | FREE
Guided Reading Test
Be guided through a complete reading test from takeielts.britishcouncil.org and learn important test-taking strategies.
3 lessons | 3 hours | FREE