IELTS Academic Reading Overview Activity - Worksheet	

Find out how much you know about IELTS Academic Reading. Fill in the gaps in this text with one of the words/figures from the box below.
IELTS Academic Reading is made up of (1) ............... passages with a total of (2) ............... items (questions). Each item is worth (3) ................ mark. The total word count for all the passages together is between (4) ………. and (5) ............... words. Candidates have (6)............... minutes to complete the test. Passages are based on (7)............... texts, and are taken from sources such as magazines, journals, books and newspapers. The passages may be written in a variety of narrative styles, for example (8)............... .or discursive/argumentative. They may also contain non-verbal material such as (9)............... or (10)............... 

Choose from:
three	60	2000	one	descriptive	
diagrams	40	authentic	graphs	2750	

IELTS Academic Reading Overview Activity - Worksheet	

Find out how much you know about IELTS Academic Reading. Fill in the gaps in this text with one of the words/figures from the box below.
IELTS Academic Reading is made up of (1) ............... passages with a total of (2) ............... items (questions). Each item is worth (3) ................ mark. The total word count for all the passages together is between (4) ………. and (5) ............... words. Candidates have (6)............... minutes to complete the test. Passages are based on (7)............... texts, and are taken from sources such as magazines, journals, books and newspapers. The passages may be written in a variety of narrative styles, for example (8)............... .or discursive/argumentative. They may also contain non-verbal material such as (9)............... or (10)............... 

Choose from:
three	60	2000	one	descriptive	
diagrams	40	authentic	graphs	2750	

Answers

1.	three	
2.	40	
3.	one	
4.	2000	
5.	2750	
6.	60	
7.	authentic	
8.	descriptive	
9. &10. 	
diagrams
graphs