IELTS QUESTION TYPES

 


🧠 IELTS QUESTION TYPES – FULL LIST BY SECTION

🔹 1. Listening Section (40 Questions | 30 Minutes)

Each of the 4 parts includes different audio contexts like conversations or monologues. Here are the main question types:

✅ Listening Question Types:

  1. Multiple Choice

  2. Matching (e.g., names to opinions)

  3. Plan, Map, or Diagram Labelling

  4. Form, Note, Table, Flow-chart, or Summary Completion

  5. Sentence Completion

  6. Short-Answer Questions

🔹 2. Reading Section (40 Questions | 60 Minutes)

Different for Academic and General Training, but many question types are shared.

✅ Common Reading Question Types (Both Modules):

  1. Multiple Choice

  2. Identifying Information (True / False / Not Given)

  3. Identifying the Writer’s Views (Yes / No / Not Given)

  4. Matching Information (e.g., match paragraphs to details)

  5. Matching Headings

  6. Matching Features (e.g., people to statements)

  7. Matching Sentence Endings

  8. Sentence Completion

  9. Summary, Note, Table or Flow-Chart Completion

  10. Diagram Label Completion

  11. Short-Answer Questions

📝 3. Writing Section (2 Tasks | 60 Minutes)

Divided into two tasks. Task types vary depending on the test version: Academic or General Training.

✅ Writing Task Types:

🔸 Academic Module:

  • Task 1:

    1. Bar Chart

    2. Line Graph

    3. Pie Chart

    4. Table

    5. Diagram or Process

    6. Map Comparison

    7. Mixed Graphs (combination of above)

  • Task 2:

    1. Opinion Essay

    2. Discussion Essay

    3. Problem/Solution Essay

    4. Advantages/Disadvantages Essay

    5. Double Question Essay (two-part question)

🔸 General Training Module:

  • Task 1:

    1. Formal Letter

    2. Semi-formal Letter

    3. Informal Letter

  • Task 2: (Same as Academic)

    • Same five essay types as above

🗣️ 4. Speaking Section (3 Parts | 11–14 Minutes)

A face-to-face interview with an examiner.

✅ Speaking Part Structure:

🔸 Part 1: Introduction & General Questions

  • Topics: Home, hobbies, work, travel, family, daily routine

  • Simple personal questions

🔸 Part 2: Cue Card (Long Turn)

  • You get a task card with a topic and 1 minute to prepare

  • Must speak for 1–2 minutes

  • Topics: Describe a person, place, event, object, etc.

🔸 Part 3: Discussion Questions

  • In-depth follow-up questions related to Part 2 topic

  • Focus: expressing opinions, justifying ideas, abstract discussion

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