IELTS Reading · General Training · Computer-delivered

IELTS General Training Reading Practice Test 3: Choosing the best sleeping bag, The Spread the Word Life Writing Prize, Encouraging employees to be healthy: a guide for employers, Marama Beach Hotel and Bistro: guidelines for working in the kitchen, A home-sewing revival: the return of Clothkits

This is IELTS General Training Reading Practice Test 3 on the computer-delivered screen, with 5 texts: Choosing the best sleeping bag, The Spread the Word Life Writing Prize, Encouraging employees to be healthy: a guide for employers, Marama Beach Hotel and Bistro: guidelines for working in the kitchen, A home-sewing revival: the return of Clothkits. You can start it free in your browser — no download.

• 60 minutes
• 40 questions
• Reading passages on screen

What is in this test

• Text 1

  Choosing the best sleeping bag

  Product descriptions you compare on warmth, weight and price to match each camper to a bag.

• Text 2

  The Spread the Word Life Writing Prize

  Competition rules: who may enter, word limits, deadlines and what the winner receives.

• Text 3

  Encouraging employees to be healthy: a guide for employers

  Practical steps an employer can take, from standing desks to lunchtime walking groups.

• Text 4

  Marama Beach Hotel and Bistro: guidelines for working in the kitchen

  Kitchen staff rules on hygiene, uniform, knives and what to do when something is spilled.

• Text 5

  A home-sewing revival: the return of Clothkits

  A longer article on a sewing-kit company that closed, then came back, and why its customers returned.

Question types in this test

This test uses 6 of the Reading question types. Each one links to what it asks for and the mistakes that cost marks:

• Matching information to paragraphs
• Note completion
• Multiple choice (one answer)
• Sentence completion
• Summary completion
• True / False / Not Given

Timing and marking

You get 60 minutes for all 40 questions, and there is no extra time at the end to copy answers across — on screen, what you type is already your answer.

There are 40 questions, one mark each, so your raw score is out of 40. The results screen shows which questions you got right, grouped by question type, so you can see where the marks went.

What is different on a computer

The passage sits on one side and the questions on the other, with a divider you can drag. You select text and highlight it instead of underlining with a pencil, and you can search the passage. Practising that is the point of this site.