Reading part tests your ability to understand written English in an academic environment. It is advisable for candidates to completely read the instructions given on the screen before beginning and then start answering.

Task type Number of Tasks Task description Skills assessed Text/ Recording Length
Multiple choice, choose single answer  2-3 After reading a text, answer a multiple-choice question on the content or tone of the text by selecting one response. reading text up to 110 words
Multiple choice, choose multiple answers 2-3 After reading a text, answer a multiple-choice question on the content or tone of the text by selecting more than one response. reading text up to 300 words
Re-order paragraphs 2-3 Several text boxes appear on screen in a random order. Put the text boxes in the correct order. reading text up to 150 words
Reading: Fill in the blanks 4-5 A text appears on screen with several gaps. Drag words from the box below to fill the gaps. reading text up to 80 words
Reading and Writing: Fill in the blanks 5-6 A text appears on screen with several gaps. Fill in each gap from a drop-down list of response options. reading and writing text up to 300 words

You may take notes using the Erasable Noteboard Booklet and pen, and use these notes as a guide when answering the tasks. Authentic texts about academic subjects in the humanities, natural sciences or social sciences are presented. Although you may not be familiar with the topics presented, all the information you need to answer the tasks is contained in the texts.
Reading task types are not timed individually. You can refer to the timer in the upper right-hand corner of the computer screen, Time Remaining, which counts down the time remaining for the Reading part.

READING TASK SCORING 

COMMUNICATIVE SKILLS Enabling skills and other traits scored
Multiple-choice, choose single answer
READING Correct/Incorrect:
1 Correct response
0 Incorrect response
  Multiple-choice, choose multiple answers
READING Partial credit, points deducted for incorrect options chosen:
1 Each correct response
-1 Each incorrect response
0 Minimum score
Re-order paragraphs
READING Partial credit:
1 Each pair of correct adjacent textboxes
0 Minimum score
Reading: Fill In the blanks
READING Partial credit:
1 Each correctly completed blank
0 Minimum score
Reading and Writing: Fill In the blanks
READING AND WRITING Partial credit:
1 Each correctly completed blank
0 Minimum score