General
How many language skills does the IELTS test?
4
How many sections does the Listening Section have?
4
How many questions are there overall on the reading test?
40 questions
The Academic Writing section of the IELTS contains ___ writing tasks.
2
The IELTS Speaking test has ____ sections.
3
The IELTS is a test of
a) community language skills
b) communicative language skills
c) communication language skills
b) communicative language skills
When you speak with another person, the conversation is called a _________
dialogue
The Academic Reading section of the IELTS contains ________ passages from books, journals, magazines, or newspapers.
3
The Academic Writing section takes ________.
60 minutes/one hour
What is the nature of the questions in Section 1?
A. News related
B. Personal
C. Educational
D. Opinion-based
Personal
How many institutions worldwide accept IELTS?
3,000
The Listening section contains _____ questions.
40
True or False: You should leave a question blank if you do not know the answer.
FALSE - Never leave a question blank!
In TOTAL, you must write at least _________ words in the Writing section.
400 words
(TASK 1 - 150 minimum)
(TASK 2 - 250 minimum)
The total number of minutes for the Speaking section ranges from ___ to ___ minutes.
11-14 You must get both numbers correct to earn your points.
SECTION 1 (4-5 minutes)
SECTION 2 (3-4 minutes)
SECTION 3 (4-5 minutes)
How many band scores does the IELTS have?
9
You have approximately _____ minutes to complete the Listening section.
40
The Academic Reading test is ______ long.
One hour
What kind of essay should you normally write in Task 2?
A. Descriptive
B. Historical
C. Discussion
D. Personal
C. Discussion
During the Speaking section of the test, it is important at all times to speak continuously, without long pauses and without lots of 'um's and 'uh's. What is the word for this natural, free flowing type of speech?
Fluency or fluent, fluently
The IELTS takes a total of _____ hours and _______ minutes.
2 hours and 44 minutes.
The Listening section contains _____ TYPES of questions.
6
When you read quickly to find a specific information in the passage, it is called _______
Scanning
There are _____ types of tasks you can be required to complete in Task 1.
4 (graph, chart, table, process)
The section in which you speak for a few minutes only to yourself, and do not interact with another person is called _____________.
monologue