QuestionTypes:Notes/table/form/summary/flowchart/diagramcompletion.

Thesequestionsaskforspecificinformation.

TherearetwotypesofthesecompletionquestionsintheIELTSreadingexam.

1)Withaselectionofpossibleanswers.
2)Withoutachoiceofpossibleanswers.

Thesequestionsrequireyouto:

Insertawordorphraseinthemiddleofasentence.
Insertawordinthemiddleandanotherwordattheendofasentence.
writewordsorphrasesthatarenotinsentences
writealetterthatrepresentsawordorphrase

ForType1questions,thewordsorphrasesprovidedwillbedifferentfromthewordsinthetext.Therewillbemorewordsthan
gaps.

Type2questionsaresimilartotheshortanswerquestionsinthattheywilltellyoutowriteyouranswersinNOMORETHAN
THREEWORDS.

Soyoucananswerwithoneword,twowordsorthreewordsbutnomore.Aswithshortanswerquestions:
Alsonotethattheanswersshouldnotrequireahyphenatedword(e.g.nonsmoker)oracontraction(e.g.
Theyve).Iftheanswerrequiresanumber,youcanwriteitasanumeral(e.g.6)oraword(e.g.six)ora
combination(e.g.6million).

Type1
HealthProblemFood

Highbloodpressure(1)...........
&cholesterol
CanceroftheColon(2)...........
HeartDisease(3)...........
Infections(4)...........
Diabetes(5)...........

A.oats&rice
B.honey
C.corn&wheat
D.spices
E.nuts&seeds
F.herbs
G.oils

Type2
Completethenotesbelow:

ChooseNOMORETHANTHREEWORDSfromthereadingpassageforeachanswer.Writeyouranswersinboxes68onyour
answersheet.
"Somefoodslikeshellfish,meatsand...6...maycausefoodpoisoningiftheyhavebeeninfectedby...7...Oneofthemost
commontypesoffoodpoisoningis...8....

Howtoanswerthesecompletionquestions:

Readtheinstructionscarefully.
Lookatthetableorformetccarefully:

Examineanyheadingsorsubheadings.
Trytogetanideaofthetopic.
Decidewhatsectionofthepassagetheexercisecovers.
Anticipategrammaticalformaswellasvocabulary.
Ifaboxofanswersisgiven,seeifyoucanguessanyofthematches&eliminateunlikelyanswers.
Ifthequestionisintheformofatable,workoutwhichwayitisbesttoreadithorizontallyorvertically.
Ifthequestionisintheformofasummary,readthroughitfirstandseeifyoucanguessanyofthemissingwords.

Takeeachgaponebyoneandsearchthetextforthebestword(s)tofillthegap.

Remember:
Ifthereisaboxofanswers,therewillbeatleasttwoyoudontneed.
Ifthereisnobox,theanswercouldbeoneword,twowordsorthreewordsbutnotfourormore.
Ifyouthinkyouneedmorethanthreewordsyouranswerisprobablyincorrect.
Theremaybealternativerubricsforthesecompletionquestionse.g.completethenoticeorcompletetheexplanationor
completethenewsreport.