The table below breaks out the different question types, and whether you are expected to write a letter, word(s) or a number. The ninth type combines several similar formats into a single question type in the Strategies course, we will consider examples and strategies for these individual formats. There are 11 main question types in the Reading module you may see any of them in a given test paper, but you are unlikely to see all of them in a single test paper.

Each passage has 13вЂ“14 questions, usually broken into two or three sets of different question types. The passages are usually presented in increasing order of difficulty. Although the texts are representative of reading requirements for undergraduate and postgraduate students, they are not discipline specific. At least one passage contains a detailed argument. The passages come from books, magazines, newspapers and journals and are non-specialised. The IELTS Reading module tests a range of skills, such as skimming and scanning, understanding main ideas, reading for detail and understanding opinion and attitude. Answers must be written on the answer sheet within the 60 minutes given. You are advised to spend 20 minutes on each passage and its questions, and there is no time at the end to transfer your answers to the answer sheet. The Reading module consists of 40 questions based on three passages, with a total of 2,000 to 2,750 words on average.

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