Glossary
Academic
Also written as IELTS Academic
One of the two IELTS tests, taken for university study and for professional registration. Listening and Speaking are the same as General Training; Reading and Writing are different.
Guides that use this term
Multiple Choice in IELTS Reading: Four Options, and the Variant That Wants Several
Reading multiple choice gives four options where the Listening paper gives three, and the Academic paper carries a second form with a longer list where you choose more than one. The instructions are the only place that says how many.
Reading
Matching Sentence Endings: An Academic-Only Type That Follows the Text
This type is on the Academic paper only, and it is one of four Reading types where IELTS states the questions follow the order of the text. Work forward through the passage and you never need to search backwards.
ReadingAcademic
Checked against ielts.org on 8 September 2026.