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IELTS Reading
Diagram label completion
Label the parts of a drawn object or structure using words from the passage.
Test instructions
Label the diagram below.
Choose NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS from the passage for each answer.
What this task is
A technical drawing with labelled arrows and gaps. The passage describes the object in words, and you copy those exact words into the diagram.
This type appears only with passages that describe a physical object, so one paragraph describes the object part by part. The labels usually follow the order of that description.
The traps
The common mistakes in this question type. Learn to spot each one before test day.
The parts rarely arrive as a tidy list. A component named in one sentence is positioned in the next. The label needs both.
Two parts sit close together on the drawing and in the text. The arrow points at exactly one of them.
What to do next time
- Find the descriptive paragraphs first. The ones full of position language: above, beneath, attached to, running through.
- Use the diagram's printed labels as anchors and find them in the text. The gapped parts are described alongside them.
- Copy exactly, and check the word count on every label.
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