IELTS

Reading Listening Writing Speaking

Timing 60 minutes Approximately 30 60 minutes 11-14 minutes
minutes (plus 10
minutes to transfer
your answers to an
answer sheet)
Number of 3 4 2 tasks 3 parts
part conversation with
an examiner
Number of 40 40 2 tasks 3 parts
questions conversation with
an examiner
- Part  True/False/Not Given: Section 1 – 10
- Number of These questions ask questions.
questions you to decide whether Section 2 – 10
- Number of the information in the
mark questions.
passage is true, false,
- Type of task or not given in the Section 3 – 10
- Score text. questions.
 Multiple choice: These Section 4 – 10
questions ask you to questions.
choose the best
answer from a list of  Matching
four options.
 Multiple choice
 Matching: These
questions ask you to  Note completion
match items from one  Form completion
list to another.  Table completion
 Short answer: These
questions ask you to
answer a question in
your own words, using
no more than two or
three words.
 Diagram/table
completion: These
questions ask you to
complete a diagram or
table with information
from the passage.
 Summary completion:
These questions ask
you to complete a
summary of the
passage with
information from the
text.

Content of Section 1 – two or three Section 1 – A

each part short factual texts related conversation
to everyday life between two
Section 2 – two short
 factual texts related to people set in an
work everyday social
Section 3 – one longer context.
text of greater complexity Section 2 – A
monologue set in
an everyday
social context.
Section 3 – A
conversation
between up to
four people set in
an educational or
training context.
Section 4 – A
monologue on an
academic subject.
Marking Each correct answer Each correct
receives 1 mark. answer receives 1
mark.