IELTS Academic Reading Diagram Labelling practice: free questions with answers

Follow the limit printed above each diagram. This practice allows no more than two words per label. In the exam, the stated limit can vary; exceeding it loses the mark.

Copy the spelling from the passage. IELTS counts a hyphenated word as one word. Do not replace the required label with a synonym.

Not necessarily. Answers usually come from one part of the passage, but their diagram numbers may use a different order.

There is no fixed number. The test has 40 questions across three passages, and Diagram Labelling usually comes as one block of questions on a single passage; some tests leave it out. The drills here have 6 questions each.

IELTS Academic Reading gives you 60 minutes for three passages, so allow about 20 minutes per passage, including its Diagram Labelling questions. One drill here takes about 10 minutes.

Yes. Every drill has an answer key with an explanation for each question, and your answers are marked instantly.

Each correct answer is one mark, and your total out of 40 becomes your band: in Academic Reading, about 15 correct answers out of 40 gives band 5, 23 gives band 6, 30 gives band 7 and 35 gives band 8. Spelling must be correct, and an answer over the word limit is marked wrong.

Yes. Both papers use the same question types; only the texts differ. In our General Training practice, Diagram Labelling drills are in Section 1 and Section 2 and Section 3.