Synthia's IELTS and PTE Coaching

PART 2: READING (32 – 41 MINUTES)

In Part 2 you are tested mainly on your reading skills. Part 2 contains a single timed section. Read the instructions to each question carefully and answer as directed.

Item

Task

Skills assessed

Prompt length

Multiple-choice, choose single answer

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

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

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

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

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

READING: MULTIPLE-CHOICE, CHOOSE SINGLE ANSWER

For this item type you need to read the passage and answer the multiple-choice question.

There are several possible response options but only one is correct.

To select an option click on it using the left button on your mouse. If you change your mind, left-click on the option again to deselect it, or left-click on a different option.

The option you select is highlighted in yellow.

READING: MULTIPLE-CHOICE, CHOOSE MULTIPLE ANSWERS

For this item type you need to read the passage and answer the multiple-choice question. There is more than one correct response.

You need to select all the response options that you think are correct from the list of possible options.

To select an option click on it using the left button on your mouse. If you change your mind, left-click on the option again to deselect it.

The options you select are highlighted in yellow.

READING: FILL IN THE BLANKS

For this item type you need select the most appropriate words from a drop-down list to restore the text.

There is a passage with some missing words. Beside each gap, there is a button with a drop-down list. Left-click on this button to reveal the drop-down list of options for that gap. Select the option you think best fills the gap.

To change your mind, left-click on a different option.

READING: RE-ORDER PARAGRAPHS

For this item type you need to restore the original order of the text by selecting text boxes and dragging them across the screen.

There are two ways you can move the text:

  1. Left-click on a box to select it (it will be outlined in blue), hold the left mouse button down and drag it to the desired location.
  2. Left-click on a box to select it, and then left-click on the left and right arrow buttons to move it across. On the right panel, you can also use the up and down arrow buttons to re-order the boxes.

To deselect a box, left-click elsewhere on the screen.

READING: FILL IN THE BLANKS

For this item type you need to drag and drop words across the screen to correctly fill in the gaps in the text.

There is a passage with some missing words. You have a list of words in the blue box that you can use to fill the gaps in the text. There are more words than gaps so you will not use all the words provided.

Left-click on a word to select it; keep the left mouse button held down and drag the word to the gap where you want to place it. You can also drag words between gaps. To remove a word from a gap, drag it back to the blue box.

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