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IELTS Table Completion Practice Questions

Table Completion reorganises passage information into rows and columns. Reading both headers before searching is essential because a blank is defined by two categories at once.

What Table Completion questions test

It tests classification, comparison and retrieval of precise facts such as dates, quantities, characteristics or outcomes.

Step-by-step strategy

  1. 1Read the table title, row labels and column headings aloud as a combined question.
  2. 2Predict the data type and note any units already printed outside the blank.
  3. 3Find the passage section describing that row, then verify the relevant column relationship.
  4. 4Enter only the missing content and check that you have not repeated a printed unit.

Common traps to avoid

  • Reading only the row label and ignoring the column.
  • Writing “20 percent” when the table already supplies the percent sign.
  • Confusing adjacent categories with similar data.
  • Breaking the stated word/number limit.

Timing advice

Budget roughly a minute per blank; once the table’s source section is found, complete neighbouring cells together.

Practise Table Completion passages

#TitleDifficultyAction
1How Bridges Stand UpmediumPractise
2Lost Cities of the AmazonhardPractise
3The Box That Changed the WorldmediumPractise
4The Engineering of the Suspension BridgehardPractise
5The Marathon and the Limits of EndurancemediumPractise

Practise other reading question types

True / False / Not GivenYes / No / Not GivenMatching HeadingsMatching InformationMatching FeaturesMultiple ChoiceShort AnswerSentence CompletionSummary CompletionNote CompletionMatching Sentence EndingsMultiple Choice — Multiple AnswersAll reading passages