OFFICIAL IELTS TYPE
Multiple choice
WeLearn strategy: Compare every option with the exact question and reject lexical echoes or partial truths.
IELTS Academic Reading
Know the task. Choose the reading move.
11 numbered official types · 14 WeLearn routes for practising their formats and variants. Learn the decision pattern, practise it with evidence and then transfer it to mixed reading.
Official format vs WeLearn strategy
Keep the official map. Train each decision separately.
Official format: IELTS lists 11 Academic Reading types. WeLearn strategy: we provide 14 routes because official type 9 contains four distinct representations.
Official source: IELTS Academic: Reading test format. Reviewed on 2026-08-09. WeLearn is independent and does not reproduce official tasks or passages. Read the IELTS copyright and trade mark notice.
Complete official map
11 official types → 14 WeLearn routes
14/14 routes published
OFFICIAL IELTS TYPE
Identifying information (True/False/Not given)
WeLearn strategy: Separate support, contradiction and missing information without using outside knowledge.
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Identifying writer’s views/claims (Yes/No/Not given)
WeLearn strategy: Attribute the writer’s position or claim precisely before making a decision.
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Matching information
WeLearn strategy: Locate specific details in paragraphs without confusing them with the main idea.
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Matching headings
WeLearn strategy: Choose the main idea that covers the whole paragraph, not one striking detail.
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Matching features
WeLearn strategy: Track relationships and attributions across people, categories, theories or facts.
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Matching sentence endings
WeLearn strategy: Complete the sentence meaning; grammar alone cannot decide the answer.
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Sentence completion
WeLearn strategy: Locate the detail and supply a grammatically valid form within the word limit.
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Summary/note/table/flow-chart completion
WeLearn strategy: Use the representation, paraphrase and expected word form to complete each gap.
IELTS groups these under one official type. WeLearn separates four routes because each representation demands a different reading process.
Summary Completion
Use paraphrase, grammar and the word limit to complete a connected summary accurately.
Note Completion
Read the note structure, predict the missing form and locate the smallest valid answer.
Table Completion
Use row and column relationships to predict and verify the missing information.
Flow-chart Completion
Follow sequence, cause and condition signals through a process before filling each gap.
OFFICIAL IELTS TYPE
Diagram label completion
WeLearn strategy: Connect a detailed textual description with parts or positions in the diagram.
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Short-answer questions
WeLearn strategy: Find a factual detail and answer with the shortest form allowed by the instruction.
Supporting reading skills
Build the subskills each question type depends on.
Study sequence
Accuracy first. Speed after the method is stable.
01Choose the question type that causes the most confusion and complete one untimed lesson.
02Read the explanation and name the error: vocabulary, scope, inference, location or distraction.
03Repeat the same type with a new compact passage until the evidence rule feels automatic.
04Finish with timed mixed practice and test whether the method transfers under pressure.
Transfer your method
Ready to switch formats inside one passage?
Use Mixed Practice after studying the individual formats. Identify the task, choose the reading move and justify the answer with passage evidence.
Preguntas frecuentes
Respuestas rápidas antes de practicar
¿Cuántos tipos de preguntas hay en IELTS Academic Reading?
IELTS enumera 11 tipos oficiales. WeLearn ofrece 14 rutas porque separa Summary, Note, Table y Flow-chart Completion, cuatro formatos que IELTS agrupa dentro de su tipo oficial 9.
¿Skimming y scanning son tipos oficiales de pregunta?
No. Skimming y scanning son habilidades de lectura. Por eso en Idiomas WeLearn viven en /habilidades y se enlazan como apoyo a los tipos oficiales.
¿Debo practicar por tipo de pregunta o hacer simulacros completos?
Primero conviene practicar por tipo para entender trampas y método. Después mezcla tipos y termina con simulacros para transferir precisión a condiciones reales de examen.