Academic

Practice reading and keep the words you don’t know.

Work through AI-generated Academic Reading sets, generate your own from any topic, keep a private list of the words you looked up and write study notes beside them.

In Academic

Everything in one place.

Open any of these on its own, or move between them without leaving the section.

Reading practice

Practice a reading set built from the passages the community has generated — or make one of your own.

  • Pick a topic and a difficulty
  • Search the shared community catalog
  • Practice without an account; generating your own needs one
Start reading practice

Unknown words

Look a word up and it is added to your own list, kept only for you.

  • Add a word as you meet it
  • A list that no one else sees
  • Remove words once you know them
Open your word list

Notes

Write study notes as you go, keep them in projects, and find them again before the exam.

  • Plain text or HTML notes
  • Projects, and pins for the ones that matter
  • Pictures kept with the note
Open your notes

Who it’s for

For people preparing for IELTS and PTE.

  • PTE Academic candidates

    Practice the five PTE Academic Reading item types — two kinds of fill in the blanks, multiple choice with single or multiple answers, and re-order paragraphs — on passages about any topic.

  • IELTS Academic candidates

    Get used to long academic passages and the questions that follow them, at the difficulty you choose, and build your vocabulary as you go.

  • English learners

    Keep a private list of every word you looked up, and take words off it once they stick.

  • Teachers and tutors

    Generate a reading set on any topic and difficulty to give a class something fresh to practice.

How it works

Three steps, no setup.

  1. Step 1:

    Pick a topic

    Choose from the community's sets, or generate one on any topic at the difficulty you want.

  2. Step 2:

    Practice the set

    Read the passage and answer its questions, as many sets as you like.

  3. Step 3:

    Collect what you didn’t know

    Look up a word and it joins your own list, ready to review whenever you like.

FAQ

Questions, before you start.

Do I need an account to practice reading?

No. Anyone can practice the community’s sets. An account lets you generate your own set from any topic and keep your own libraries.

Which tests is it for?

It is built around Academic Reading practice, the kind of passage-and-questions task that IELTS and PTE use.

Which PTE Reading question types are there?

The five PTE Academic Reading item types: Reading & Writing fill in the blanks, Reading fill in the blanks, multiple choice with a single answer, multiple choice with multiple answers, and re-order paragraphs.

Are my answers scored?

Yes. Submit a section and your answers are scored, with a summary of how you did.

Who can see my unknown words?

Only you. Each word is kept in your own list, tied to your account.

Where do my notes go?

Notes are kept in your account, in projects. They are the same notes you see in the Studio and under My Records.