Order of Reading Questions

In this lesson we’ll talk about the importance of following a certain order in answering the questions. 

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The IELTS exam questions for every passage appear in a particular order. However, as a test-taker, you do not have to answer them in the same order. For the following reasons, test-takers are recommended to follow the order below to answer the questions:

  • This order prioritizes the question types that do not require a lot of work to get to the answer;
  • This order prioritizes the question types inside which the questions appear in order;
  • This order prioritizes the question types that contain useful keywords.

 

1

True/False/Not Given
Yes/No/Not Given
Yes/No/Not Given (writer’s claim)
Yes/No/Not Given (writer’s opinion)

2

Short Answer Questions

3

Labelling Diagrams
Table Completion
Sentence Completion
Summary Completion (with wordlists)
Summary Completion (without wordlists)

4

Multiple Choice Questions
Global Multiple Choice Questions
Matching Sentence Endings

5

Matching Names
Classifying Information

6

Matching Information to Paragraphs
Matching Headings

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