Category: Reading

IELTS Reading Practice Test 1

Reading Passage 1: Last Speech of Socrates at his trial Someone will say: And are you not ashamed, Socrates, of a course of life which is likely to bring you to an untimely death?...

Keep track of time

Only 60 minutes are allowed for the reading module. And during these 60 minutes you have to read the passage, find the answers and enter them on the separate answer sheet. You can either...

Strategies for the reading section

A sizable vocabulary is absolutely essential for success in the reading comprehension module. While learning words your focus must be on those words that are more likely to be found in academic text books....

Reading module practice test 1

Important Each section in the Reading Module has 13-15 questions, however, the passage given below is short and has fewer number of questions. Academic reading passage 1 The north-west Indian state of Rajasthan is...

True / False / Not Given Questions

These types of questions ask the students to compare the given statements to information in the passage and decide whether they agree or disagree with the information given in the passage or whether there...

How to prepare for the reading test?

Here are a few tips to improve your band score in the IELTS Reading module. Make notes During the IELTS test, you can make notes on the question booklets. And because the examiners will...

IELTS reading practice – idioms

Read the following passage and then answer the questions given below it. Famine has taken a heavy toll of thousands of lives in Somalia. At the same time a civil war is going on....

IELTS Reading Practice Test

Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. There is a fairly universal sentiment that the use of nuclear weapons is against morality and that its production should be restricted....

IELTS Reading Success Tips

The IELTS reading module is 60 minutes long. The passages given for reading are taken from books, journals, magazines and newspapers. No special subject knowledge is necessary for doing well on the IELTS reading...