IELTS Academic Reading practice
Full 60-minute IELTS Academic Reading simulation: three passages of increasing difficulty with 40 questions in total, including multiple choice, True/False/Not Given, matching headings and sentence completion.
- Start testReading Practice Test 1Passage 1: The history of tea. Passage 2: Urban beekeeping. Passage 3: Sleep and memory.
- Start testAcademic Practice Test 2Passage 1: Cargo bikes in European cities. Passage 2: Hearing the deep ocean. Passage 3: Why we trust strangers.
- Start testAcademic Practice Test 3Passage 1: Vertical gardens in arid cities. Passage 2: Sustainable forest management in Scandinavia. Passage 3: The challenge of electronic waste.
About the IELTS Academic Reading test
The Academic Reading paper lasts 60 minutes and contains three long passages drawn from books, journals, magazines and newspapers. The texts deal with topics of general interest and become progressively more difficult. You answer 40 questions in a mix of formats — multiple choice, True/False/Not Given, Yes/No/Not Given, matching headings, matching information, sentence completion, summary completion and short answer.
There is no extra time at the end to transfer answers, so plan to write directly. As a rough guide, 30 correct answers out of 40 corresponds to a Band 7 on the Academic scale.