Question Types

Question Types

Below is a list of the types of question that you could meet in the IELTS General Training Reading Test. It’s useful to read the list of course, but the only way to really be familiar with the types of question is through practice with IELTS practice tests.

• Multiple choice questions
• Short answer  questions
• Completion questions: Completing sentences
• Completing notes
• Completing a summary (no word bank)
• Completing a summary (with word bank)
• Completing a diagram
• Completing a flow chart
• Completing a table
• Matching a bank of headings to identify paragraphs or parts of text
• Matching a bank of writers’ views/claims/information with the writer 
• Identification of information in the text: yes/no/not given questions
• true/false/not given questions
• Matching lists/phrases
• Classification questions