Here we collect recent IELTS general reading exam questions from internet and other resources. Its contents include real test questions in all general reading sections; and are organized by test date.
2018-10-27: Section 1 (India)
The section was about a set of small advertisements and questions related to identifying the adverts for relevant information.
2018-10-27: Section 2 (India)
The section was about the Job description for the position of Media Assistant.
2018-10-27: Section 2 (India)
The section was about the famous Botanist ‘Douglas Fir’.
2018-10-13: Section 1 (Qatar)
The section was about an ancient school which has been renovated to look how exactly it looked in the past.
2018-10-13: Section 2 (Qatar)
The section was mostly based on Company Dress code, holiday and risk assessments for employees – specifically dress code, how, when and where to use casual and formal clothes..
2018-10-13: Section 2 (Qatar)
The section was about Daniel Tammet’s special skills relating to calculation and linguistic skills and introduction of new language – called Manti.
2018-09-28: Section 1 (Belarus)
The section was ads about various outdoor activities.
2018-09-28: Section 2 (Belarus)
The section was about a website which created by a woman during pregnancy.
2018-08-18: Section 1 (USA)
The section was about ads by baby sitters.
2018-08-18: Section 1 (India)
The section was about different types of bus routes to different places in Australia or New Zealand.
2018-08-18: Section 1 (Nigeria)
Passages on conducting a test in Mount Everest .
2018-08-18: Section 2 (USA)
The section was about a special lizard.
2018-08-18: Section 2 (Nigeria)
The section was about setting up a cafe.
2018-08-18: Section 3 (USA)
The section was about skinks.
2018-08-18: Section 3 (India)
The section was about Humpback whales migration patterns.
2018-08-18: Section 3 (Nigeria)
The section was about summer holiday camp for kids.
2018-08-02: Section 1 (South Africa; India; Sri Lanka)
A passage about advertisements for flats.
2018-08-02: Section 1 (Australia)
It was about Australian visa types (visiting and working holiday visas; cost and who can visit and obtain visa on arrival, working condition on working holiday visa..)
2018-08-02: Section 2 (South Africa; India)
A description of a company startup was given to fill the blanks.
2018-08-02: Section 2 (Australia)
It was about how to gain promoted.
2018-08-02: Section 3 (South Africa; India; Sri Lanka)
The passage was a lengthy article on “History of Pens”.
2018-08-02: Section 3 (Australia)
It was a very long passage about the psychology of procrastination.
2018-07-28: Section 1 (KSA)
True False NG for a passage on immigration to Australia.
2018-07-28: Section 1 (USA)
True False NG for a passage on New Zealand Driving License details.
2018-07-28: Section 2 (USA)
The second section of reading was about railways lines of Britain.
2018-07-28: Section 3 (KSA)
The passage on Laughter and its components.
2018-07-28: Section 3 (USA)
Complete the flowchart - asking for a Pay raise.
2018-07-28: Section 4 (USA)
Match the paragraph and some complete the sentence about an underground archaeologist.
2018-07-07: Section 1 (China)
The first section of reading was about UK drive licence.
2018-07-07: Section 2 (China)
The second section of reading was about property introduction for sales.
2018-07-07: Section 3 (China)
The third section of reading was about business competence measurement.
2018-07-07: Section 5 (China)
The fifth section of reading was about RFID tag.
2018-06-30: Section 1 (New Zealand)
Checking used car before buying.
2018-06-30: Section 1 (Germany)
It was about Sydney transport.
2018-06-30: Section 2 (New Zealand)
Tips and service charge in restaurants.
2018-06-30: Section 2 (Germany)
Paragraph Matching was UK doctor visit.
2018-06-30: Section 3 (New Zealand)
New Paid Holiday Policy in the EU.
2018-06-30: Section 3 (Germany)
Sentence completion was interviewing skills.
2018-06-30: Section 4 (New Zealand)
Rescue Endangered Bird in New Zealand.
2018-06-30: Section 4 (Germany)
Heading matching/multiple choice---pepper talk.
2018-05-12: Section 1
Information on tickets to enter museums (group and individual tickets).
2018-05-12: Section 1 (South Africa)
List of exhibitions, each with a brief description.
2018-05-12: Section 2
A paragraph on Aesoph’s tales, how to interpret them with science.
2018-05-12: Section 2 (South Africa)
Advert of a physiotherapy clinic.
2018-05-12: Section 3
A paragraph on carpooling.
2018-05-12: Section 3 (South Africa)
Etiquette at workplace. Tips on how to be polite.
2018-05-12: Section 4 (South Africa)
Company policy (rules) on Time Management.
2018-05-12: Section 5 (South Africa)
Global warming topic. An expedition to explore/study melting glaciers at Uganda.
2018-05-05: Section 1 (Australia)
About bus transport in area called Cornwall.
2018-05-05: Section 2 (Australia)
About bike ride learning courses.
2018-05-05: Section 3 (Australia)
About employees training programs.
2018-05-05: Section 4 (Australia)
About history of Calculator.
2018-04-23: Section 3 (Pakistan)
About ancient Egypt and pyramid history.
2018-04-21: Section 1 (Qatar)
The fist text about Greyhound buses.
2018-04-21: Section 1 (India)
Part 1 was about Greyhound Buses and Part 2 was about parks and campfires.
2018-04-21: Section 2 (Qatar)
About taking paternity leave from HR.
2018-04-21: Section 2 (India)
Part 1 was Paternity leave entitlement and Part 2 was about a company policy for new joiners.
2018-04-21: Section 3 (Qatar)
About the guardian king of Egypt, zahid hawwas.
2018-04-21: Section 3 (India)
About an Egyptian archaeologist.
2018-04-07: Section 1 (United Arab Emirates)
True or false questions (T/F/NG) about MG Bins.
2018-04-07: Section 2 (United Arab Emirates)
Matching headings about employee annual leave and pays.
2018-04-07: Section 3 (United Arab Emirates)
Fill in spaces about maternity leaves.
2018-04-07: Section 4 (United Arab Emirates)
Matching headings, multiple choices and fill in spaces about a species of bird.
2018-03-24: Section 1 (USA)
Multiple Sports Clubs (Write correct letter A-E).
2018-03-24: Section 2 (USA)
Information regarding Liverpool, England (T,F,NG).
2018-03-24: Section 3 (USA)
Lengthy Paragraph of Douglas Fir (British Botanist).
2018-03-04: Section 1 (Brazil)
About 5 different houses than you had to match each house with a description, all the descriptions were synonyms and paraphrasing from the fist text.
2018-03-04: Section 2 (Brazil)
An airline instruction form, explaining the language test their employees need to take, true of false questions.
2018-03-04: Section 3 (Brazil)
One very long text about procrastination (2 pages) match each paragraph with the main topic give, and many other questions about this text, again all of them using a lot of synonyms.
2018-03-04: Section 4 (Brazil)
Simple text about Australian visa and questions of what the text said, like which visa needed payment, who didnt need visa, how long one could work with a visa… again all synonyms and paraphrasing.
2018-03-03: Section 1 (USA)
The fist text about job promotion.
2018-03-03: Section 1 (India; Saudi Arabia)
The fist text about: Day care center advertisement.
2018-03-03: Section 2 (USA)
True or false questions: evening classes.
2018-03-03: Section 2 (India; Saudi Arabia)
True or false questions: things to do before booking an appointment with doctor.
2018-03-03: Section 3 (USA)
Questions about this text: Ad for Europe hotels for skiing.
2018-03-03: Section 3 (India; Saudi Arabia)
Questions about this text: importance of team work on projects in company.
2018-03-03: Section 4 (USA)
On procrastination give headings and notes completion in what eg are given in article.
2018-03-03: Section 4 (India; Saudi Arabia)
Matching Headings for Paragraphs regarding Skink and Lizards of New Zealand.
2018-03-03: Section 5 (India; Saudi Arabia)
True, False, Not Given about skink and lizards of New Zealand.
2018-02-10: Section 1 (Saudi Arabia)
Teachers employment application process.
2018-02-10: Section 2 (Saudi Arabia)
Different hotel accommodation types and the facilitates they come with.
2018-02-10: Section 3 (Saudi Arabia)
Earlier navigation practices among sailors.
2018-02-01: Section 1 (India)
Work ethics for employees – Form completion and Sentence completion
2018-02-01: Section 2 (India)
Tidal Energy – Paragraph headings matching and one-word answer
2018-01-20: Section 1 (Colombia)
About couple that setup a website to get in touch with old school mates.
2018-01-06: Section 3 (India)
Egypt civilization – Clothing and adornment.