IELTS reading has two different versions for the two types of IELTS test viz. IELTS Academic and IELTS General Training.
Academic Reading
Three reading passages are provided to the candidates and these involve a number of task types.
These include
Multiple choice questions (MCQs)
Identifying information
Identifying the writer’s views/claims
Matching information
Matching sentence endings
Matching headings
Matching features
Summary completion
Sentence completion
Note completion
Flow-chart completion
Table completion
Short-answer questions
Diagram label completion and
General Training Reading
There are three sections in general training reading. It involves one of the following
Multiple choice questions (MCQs)
Identifying writer’s views/claims
Identifying information
Matching information
Matching features
Matching headings
Matching sentence endings
Summary completion
Sentence completion
Note completion
Table completion
Diagram label completion
Flow-chart completion
Short-answer questions