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IELTS Tawfeeqby Taoufik Ferjani, former in-house IELTS examiner
IELTS General Training · Reading · Practice Test 2Computer-delivered format

Free IELTS General Training Reading Test: find your real band

A full General Training Reading paper in three sections, from everyday notices to a long text, with the same question types and timing as the real computer-delivered exam.

اختبار قراءة جنرال (General Training) كامل مثل الاختبار الحقيقي على الكمبيوتر، للهجرة والعمل. أنهِ الاختبار وتصلك نتيجتك (الباند) ومراجعة كل أخطائك على إيميلك.

60minutes
40questions
3sections
7question types

Instructions to candidates

  • Answer all the questions. You can change your answers at any time during the test.
  • The timer starts when you press Start test. There is no extra time to transfer answers.
  • Select text in a passage to highlight it. Use Flag to mark a question for review.
  • When you finish, enter your email. Your band score, your result by question type and the reason for every wrong answer are sent to you.
Use a laptop for the real exam feel. It also works on a phone.
More practice? See all free Reading tests (Academic and General Training) · كل اختبارات القراءة المجانية

Why most students lose marks in Reading

Taoufik Ferjani · former in-house IELTS examiner, Abu Dhabi

Reading is not a vocabulary test. It tests whether you can find what the passage actually says, quickly, and not what you expect it to say. That is why the topics in this test are deliberately unfamiliar: in the real exam you cannot rely on what you already know.

The three mistakes I see most from Arab candidates:

  1. Confusing FALSE with NOT GIVEN. FALSE means the passage says the opposite. NOT GIVEN means it says nothing about it.
  2. Matching words instead of meaning. The right answer is almost always a paraphrase. The wrong options repeat the passage's words.
  3. Spending too long on Section 1. The everyday texts are the easiest marks. Aim for about 15, 20 and 25 minutes, and keep 25 minutes for the long text in Section 3.

نصيحتي: خذ الاختبار في ظروف حقيقية، 60 دقيقة بدون توقف وبدون قاموس. النتيجة التي تصلك ستخبرك بالضبط أي نوع من الأسئلة يُضيّع عليك الباند.

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