IELTS Academic Reading: Strategies and Traps
A map for the 60-minute Reading test: question families, evidence, paraphrase and pacing.
IELTS practice · Choose your route
Choose Listening, Reading, Writing or Speaking and work from the 20 audited Academic sets at your own pace. When you want exam conditions, take all four skills together in a complete mock.
Start here
Choose a single skill for focused work or complete a timed IELTS mock.
Four independent skills
Each route uses the same audited material as the complete mock. Choose a set, practise freely, then return here to switch skills.
Practise all 20 audited sets with replayable audio, free navigation, private scoring and printable student PDFs.
20 sets · 800 questions · student PDFsPractise Reading alone with 20 audited sets, or study 14 question formats and 6 transferable reading skills.
20 sets · 40 questions each · method lessonsWork on Task 1 and Task 2 from any of the 20 audited sets, with no exam timer, then study the full Writing method.
20 sets · Task 1 + Task 2Practise the three Speaking parts independently with prompts from 20 audited sets and record your responses.
20 sets · 3 parts · recordingScore note: Listening and Reading show estimated practice bands. Writing and Speaking provide completion review without inventing an automatic band.
Choose your test route
Choose the test you are preparing for before opening a skill. This keeps Writing Task 1 format differences and Reading contexts clear.
IELTS audio study room
Start with the episode that matches your next task. Each one has its own exam page with the audio, an editorial accuracy note, a written study map and direct routes into practice.
A map for the 60-minute Reading test: question families, evidence, paraphrase and pacing.
How to read the visual, select the main features and protect the recommended 20-minute budget.
Decode the prompt, plan a position and connect every paragraph to the four scoring criteria.