IELTS General Reading Practice Test 2025: Free 10+ Practice Test PDFs with Answers & Tips

In Identifying information, you need to determine whether a statement agrees with the information in the passage (True), contradicts it (False), or is not mentioned (Not Given).
 

How to answer:
 

• Scan the passage quickly to locate keywords related to the question.
• Read the section carefully where you think the answer might be located.
• Check if the information matches the question requirements precisely (e.g., singular/plural form, exact wording).

The Yes/No/Not Given task is similar to True/False/Not Given but focuses on the writer’s opinions or arguments. These questions ask whether the writer agrees with the claim (Yes), disagrees (No), or does not mention it (Not Given).
 

How to answer:
 

• Identify the writer’s opinion or stance on the topic.
• Compare it with the statement in the question.
• Be careful not to assume anything beyond the text.

Matching information is very similar to the Matching Features task type. In this task, you will be given statements that match the passage's correct paragraph. The statements can be descriptions, summaries, facts or explanations of different paragraphs. 

How to answer: 

• Read the given set of statements and identify the keywords.
• Skim through the passage to get an idea of the subject that is being discussed in each paragraph.
• Locate the keywords in the passage to find references. 
• Verify the context and finalise your answers. 

In matching headings, you're given a list of headings or titles, and you have to match each to a paragraph or section in the text.

How to answer:
 

• Skim through the paragraphs to get a sense of their main ideas.
• Identify the main theme or purpose of each paragraph.
• Match each heading to the paragraph that best represents its main idea.

In this task, you will be given statements alongside a set of features such as dates, locations, and characteristics like height, length, and colour. These features might also be possible answers to a problem statement given in the question.

These statements are straight from the passage itself. Your goal is to match up these features with the right statements by figuring out how they connect within the passage.
 

How to answer:

• Begin by reading the questions and identifying key terms.
• Scan the text to identify the main subject in each paragraph and try to note any relevant keywords.
• If necessary, look for synonyms that can help link the keywords to the passages.
• Finally, re-read the questions and make connections.

In this task, you are given a set of incomplete sentences and a list of possible endings. You need to match the correct ending with each sentence.
 

How to answer:
 

• Read the sentence beginnings carefully and understand their meaning.
• Skim the passage to find relevant information.
• Identify logical connections between sentence parts.
• Ensure grammatical accuracy when choosing an ending.

In sentence completion, you need to complete sentences using information from the passage.

How to answer:
 

• Read the sentence stem carefully to understand what information is needed.
• Locate the part of the passage that provides the missing information.
• Ensure that your completed sentence is grammatically correct and fits logically with the rest of the passage.

This question type involves completing a summary of a section of the text using words from the passage. The summary may be in the form of:
 

• A continuous passage (referred to as ‘summary’)
• A set of notes (called ‘notes’)
• A table with missing details (labelled ‘a table’)
• A flowchart with steps linked by arrows, with some parts left incomplete(known as ‘a flow chart’).
   

How to answer:
 

• Identify key details in the summary, note, or table.
• Skim the passage to locate relevant information.
• Use exact words from the text (unless instructed otherwise).

For this question type, you are required to complete a given diagram by filling in the missing labels. The diagram could represent a process, object, or structure.
 

How to answer:
 

• Study the diagram to understand its key elements.
• Locate the relevant information in the passage.
• Identify and match keywords from the diagram with those in the text.
• Write the correct labels using the word limit specified in the instructions.