IELTS Reading · General Training · Computer-delivered

IELTS General Training Reading Practice Test 5: Workplace Information for New Employees at Sycamore Solutions, Employee Training and Development at Sycamore Solutions, The Public Library — A Changing Institution

This is IELTS General Training Reading Practice Test 5 on the computer-delivered screen, with 3 passages: Workplace Information for New Employees at Sycamore Solutions, Employee Training and Development at Sycamore Solutions, The Public Library — A Changing Institution. You can start it free in your browser — no download.

• 60 minutes
• 40 questions
• Reading passages on screen

What is in this test

• Passage 1

  Workplace Information for New Employees at Sycamore Solutions

  A first-week handbook: hours, pay dates, holidays, parking and who to ask about what.

• Passage 2

  Employee Training and Development at Sycamore Solutions

  How training is booked and paid for, and what the company expects in return.

• Passage 3

  The Public Library — A Changing Institution

  A longer article on how libraries moved from lending books to running classes, clubs and computers.

Question types in this test

This test uses 7 of the Reading question types. Each one links to what it asks for and the mistakes that cost marks:

• True / False / Not Given
• Sentence completion
• Matching headings
• Note completion
• Matching features
• Multiple choice (one answer)
• Summary completion

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.