Free IELTS Reading resources

Mountaineering is a challenging and exhilarating outdoor activity that involves climbing up mountains or other steep and rugged terrain. It requires physical and mental strength, endurance, and technical skills to navigate through different kinds of terrain, from rock...

This post is another practice exercise for True, False, Not Given style questions. For the main lesson page on this question type, take a look here: True, False, Not Given in IELTS reading Tā moko The practice of making markings on the human body has long been in...

One of the most common – and most difficult – types of question you are likely to face in the IELTS reading test are Headings style questions, where you are required to match a heading (much the same as a title) to a paragraph from the text. Here are some facts about...

Qualifying words in IELTS reading By now, you should be familiar with the idea of looking for key words in the question before looking for the answer in both the IELTS reading and listening test. However, a common reason for IELTS candidates to lose points is by not...

Reading practice exercise 7 Brush up on your reading skills with this short text and questions. Note: The text is NOT full the length of a normal IELTS reading test – this is a shortened version for some quick practice! See if you can complete it under 10 minutes....

Read the text below and answer the TRUE, FALSE, NOT GIVEN questions that follow. After checking your answers, you should also look at the vocabulary section for this text at the bottom of the page. Speed levels: 20 minutes or more = TOO SLOW! 15 minutes = not bad 10...

Classifying questions are similar to matching questions – the questions are in statement format, and you need to decide which of a limited number of options each statement relates to. Here’s a very simple example: Classify the following statement as relating to: A....

Read the text below and answer the CLASSIFYING questions that follow. After checking your answers, you should also look at the vocabulary section for this text at the bottom of the page. Speed levels: 25 minutes or more = TOO SLOW! 18 minutes = not bad 12 minutes =...

This is a text completion exercise. Before you begin, we recommend you take a look at the Text completion information page. Read the text below and complete the questions that follow. NO MEAN FEAT Every now and again, amid the doom and gloom of war, violence and...

We recommend you read this page about headings style questions before beginning this practice. A brief history of the Olympics Most people have heard of the Olympics, a sporting event held every four years, where people from around the world congregate in one place to...

This is a text completion exercise. Before you begin, we recommend you take a look at the Text completion information page. The home office A Can you feel your anxiety and stress levels increasing every time you get caught in a traffic jam? Do you find it difficult to...

Text completion questions in IELTS are one of the most common question types. You need to be able to complete either a sentence or a short summary of the text, using either words from the text or words provided in a box. There are two different types of instruction...

One of the skills that you will be tested on in the IELTS test is the ability to identify parallel expressions – that is, two sentences that have the same meaning but are written using a different structure, vocabulary or grammar. This is especially important with...

5 tips to improve your IELTS reading Are you taking practice test after practice, but not seeing your score improve? Stuck on the same level with your reading for ages? You’re not alone – this is a very common problem, especially when you are studying on your own...