Reading Section Overview

Number of Passages

3 Long Passages (Academic)

More than 1 short passage (General Section 1)

More than 1 short passage (General Section 2)

1 long passage (General Section 3)

Number of Questions

40 (13 + 13 + 14)

Allocated Time

60 minutes

Recommended time distribution, 20 mins per passage

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