Ielts reading overview

• IELTS READING SECTION 
• The IELTS academic and general training tests each have their own reading papers. The main difference between the two is the subject of the reading passages. The academic reading paper features three academic texts, while the general training reading section includes 5-6 texts, most of which are shorter and intended for wider readerships. The timing (one hour), number of sections (three), and number of questions (40) are the same on both versions, but there are slight discrepancies of structure. Each section of the academic test will have between 12 and 14 questions, but the sections of the general training test have exact sets of questions (14 for part 1 and 13 each for parts 2 and 3). The academic reading paper has 11 different types of exercises, while the general training test has 12. Test-takers are not given additional time to transfer their answers to the answer sheets on this section of the IELTS.