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IELTS Exam Syllabus 2026

01

Listening Module

  • 1.1.1

    Audio Recordings: Everyday conversation, Monologue, Group discussion, Academic lecture

  • 1.1.2

    Questions (MCQ, Matching, Diagram Labelling, Completion)

  • 1.1.3

    Accents: British, Australian, Canadian, American

  • 1.2.1

    Recording 1: Conversation between two speakers in social context

  • 1.2.2

    Recording 2: Monologue set in an everyday social context

  • 1.2.3

    Recording 3: Conversation between up to four people in educational context

  • 1.2.4

    Recording 4: Monologue on an academic subject

02

Reading Module (Academic)

  • 2.1.1

    Long Passages (Journals, books, newspapers, magazines)

  • 2.1.2

    Questions: True/False/Not Given, Matching headings, Multiple-choice

  • 2.1.3

    Passage Length: 2,150–2,750 words total

  • 2.2.1

    Identifying Information (True/False/Not Given)

  • 2.2.2

    Identifying writer's views or claims (Yes/No/Not Given)

  • 2.2.3

    Matching Information, Headings, Features, Sentence Endings

  • 2.2.4

    Completion Tasks (Sentence, Summary, Note, Table, Flow-chart, Diagram)

  • 2.2.5

    Short Answer Questions

03

Writing Module (Academic)

  • 3.1.1

    Analyze visual data (Graph, Diagram, Process, Map, Table)

  • 3.1.2

    Minimum 150 words

  • 3.2.1

    Argue or solve a problem based on a given point of view

  • 3.2.2

    Minimum 250 words

  • 3.2.3

    Evaluate ideas, evidence and justify opinions

04

Speaking Module

  • 4.1.1

    General questions about yourself (family, home, studies, hobbies)

  • 4.2.1

    Cue card topic (1 min prep, 2 min speech)

  • 4.3.1

    Deeper, abstract and analytical questions related to Part 2 topic