IELTS Reading · General Training · Computer-delivered

IELTS General Training Reading Practice Test 4: The best ice cream makers, Photography weekend course on the coast of Cornwall, Respiratory Protective Equipment - advice for factory employees, Working with cows in a dairy Guidelines for employers, Night photography in autumn

This is IELTS General Training Reading Practice Test 4 on the computer-delivered screen, with 5 texts: The best ice cream makers, Photography weekend course on the coast of Cornwall, Respiratory Protective Equipment - advice for factory employees, Working with cows in a dairy Guidelines for employers, Night photography in autumn. 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

  The best ice cream makers

  Reviews of several machines, compared on capacity, noise, freezing time and price.

• Text 2

  Photography weekend course on the coast of Cornwall

  Course details: the timetable, what to bring, where you stay and what the fee covers.

• Text 3

  Respiratory Protective Equipment - advice for factory employees

  How to choose, fit and check a mask at work, and when one is not enough.

• Text 4

  Working with cows in a dairy Guidelines for employers

  Farm safety guidance on moving cattle, handling bulls and training new staff.

• Text 5

  Night photography in autumn

  A longer piece on shooting after dark: planning, exposure and what the autumn sky offers.

Question types in this test

This test uses 5 of the Reading question types. Each one links to what it asks for and the mistakes that cost marks:

• Matching headings
• Matching information to paragraphs
• Sentence completion
• Table 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.