
Ielts
Academic Reading Module
The test has three reading passages and each of the passages is accompanied by a set of questions. There may be more than one type of question in each set. For example, you may be asked to find detailed information in a text in order to complete sentences; you may have to identify views and attitudes within a text; you may have to understand how something works and complete a diagram or chart. The passages may be written in a variety of different styles, such as argumentative, descriptive, narrative, discursive, etc.
General Training Reading Module
The test has three sections. Section 1 contains two or more texts which are based on social situations. Section 2 contains two texts based on course-related situations and Section 3 contains one text that tests general reading comprehension. The question types are similar to those in the Academic module. The texts in the first two sections are most likely to e descriptive and factual. The text in the third section may contain some argument.