Glossary
General Training
Also written as IELTS General Training, GT
One of the two IELTS tests. It is taken for migration to Australia, Canada, New Zealand or the UK, and for training below degree level. Reading and Writing differ from Academic, but Listening and Speaking are the same.
Guides that use this term
IELTS Listening Matching Questions
You match each item you hear about to an option in a list, and your answer is a letter. The items follow the order of the recording, but the options may not. Read the instructions and the whole list before you listen.
Listening
IELTS Listening Map Labelling: Plans, Maps and Diagrams
You hear someone describe a place and match it to a plan, map or diagram. Find the layout and the starting point before the recording begins. Then follow the speaker one place at a time.
Listening
Sentence Completion: Words From the Text, Inside the Word Limit
Fill a gap in each sentence with words from the text, inside the word limit. On the Academic paper the questions follow the order of the text. On General Training the answers may not.
Reading
Checked against ielts.org's test types page on 8 September 2026.