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IELTS Reading Practice Test: Numeration
Practice your IELTS reading skills with this comprehensive 13-question test. Time limit: 20 minutes.
Reading Passage Content Summary
## Numeration **(1)** One of the best intellectual achievements of a baby is learning how to talk to a person, and the next is learning how to count numbers and play with them. From childhood days, we get so attached to the numbers and the numeration system. It is considered a feat of pure imaginat...
Question Types Included
- sentence-completion (7 questions)
- matching-features (3 questions)
- true-false-not-given (3 questions)
Test Information
- Total Questions: 13
- Time Limit: 20 minutes
- Level: Intermediate to Advanced
- Format: IELTS Academic Reading
Reading Comprehension Questions
Questions 1–7: Note Completion
Choose NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER from the passage for each answer.
Write your answers in boxes 1–7.
Similarly, in the seventh century, the word 1. was interchangeable with the tachund or 2. of the Anglo-Saxon language, and so 100 was denoted as hund teontig, or ten times ten.
A typical individual from the 3. in Europe did not know anything about numbers as we use them in this modern era.
In the previous days, when a person needed to be produced as a 4. in a court of law, they must be able to 5. numbers from one to nine.
In this case the most basic action to develop a sense of number is definitely not how to count but rather to 6. that the concept of number is an 7. . It is not a simple attachment to a group of specific subjects.
Questions 8–10: Matching Features
Match the correct statement with the correct letter, A–C.
Write the correct letter, A, B or C, in boxes 8–10.
Statements:
- A. Numbers, words, and expressions
- B. Extraordinary achievement
- C. Minimum use of actual numbers
8. Our earliest tribal men and women had
9. The earlier version of European languages had poor standards in
10. Self-made numeration system is a
Questions 11–13: True / False / Not Given
Do the following statements agree with the information given in the reading passage?
Write TRUE if the statement agrees with the information
Write FALSE if the statement contradicts the information
Write NOT GIVEN if there is no information on this in the passage
11. The Tsimshian language in British Columbia has more letters than other languages.
12. A person from Europe during the seventh century knows something about numbers.
13. In the Anglo-Saxon language, the word toen was interchangeable with tachund.
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Numeration
Reading Passage Content
This page contains IELTS reading practice materials with comprehensive questions and explanations.
Reading Comprehension Questions
Questions 1–7: Note Completion
Choose NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER from the passage for each answer.
Write your answers in boxes 1–7.
Similarly, in the seventh century, the word 1. was interchangeable with the tachund or 2. of the Anglo-Saxon language, and so 100 was denoted as hund teontig, or ten times ten.
A typical individual from the 3. in Europe did not know anything about numbers as we use them in this modern era.
In the previous days, when a person needed to be produced as a 4. in a court of law, they must be able to 5. numbers from one to nine.
In this case the most basic action to develop a sense of number is definitely not how to count but rather to 6. that the concept of number is an 7. . It is not a simple attachment to a group of specific subjects.
Questions 8–10: Matching Features
Match the correct statement with the correct letter, A–C.
Write the correct letter, A, B or C, in boxes 8–10.
Statements:
- A. Numbers, words, and expressions
- B. Extraordinary achievement
- C. Minimum use of actual numbers
8. Our earliest tribal men and women had
9. The earlier version of European languages had poor standards in
10. Self-made numeration system is a
Questions 11–13: True / False / Not Given
Do the following statements agree with the information given in the reading passage?
Write TRUE if the statement agrees with the information
Write FALSE if the statement contradicts the information
Write NOT GIVEN if there is no information on this in the passage
11. The Tsimshian language in British Columbia has more letters than other languages.
12. A person from Europe during the seventh century knows something about numbers.
13. In the Anglo-Saxon language, the word toen was interchangeable with tachund.
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20 min
13 questions