IELTS Table Completion Task – Strategy, Examples & Tips

Master the IELTS Table Completion task with ease! This post breaks down how the task works, provides clear examples with completed tables, and offers essential tips to boost your score. Learn how to extract the right information from the passage, watch out for paraphrased clues, and avoid common mistakes. Perfect for IELTS aspirants aiming for a higher band score!

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4/15/20252 min read

📊 Table Completion

We all are familiar with a game where there is a table with some missing information and we have to fill the gaps by inserting the correct answer. Well, this question type is exactly like that. ✅

🛠️ HOW DOES IT WORK?

In this, there will be a passage which you all would read, then a table would be provided to you with some missing information.
🧠 Your job would be to complete those missing parts by inserting the right and relevant information from that passage.

📘 EXAMPLE

Passage Excerpt:
"That College is known to be a haven for higher learning. It has offered four splendid courses: the Bachelor of Arts, which lasts for two years; the Masters in Science and Technology, which requires three years to complete; the Doctorate of Medicine, which takes three years of study; and the Masters in Philosophy which is a rigorous course of three years."

📋 Table to Complete:

✅ Completion:

🎓 Bachelor of Arts: 2 years
🔬 Master of Science: 3 years
📚 Doctor of Philosophy: 3 years

📘 ANOTHER EXAMPLE FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE

Passage Excerpt:
“The World War 2 is one of the most detrimental wars that had direct as well as indirect impact upon humans. There is an estimate of almost 45 million killings in that disastrous incident. It started in the year 1939 officially, when Germany had invaded Poland, and ended in 1945 when the two cities of Japan experienced the drop of atomic bombs by the United States. After this global conflict, the United Nations was established to maintain peace globally.”

📋 Table to Complete:

✅ COMPLETION:

🕰️ 5 YEARS
💣 ATOMIC BOMBS ON JAPAN
⚰️ 45 MILLION

🎯 TIPS TO SCORE:

✅ Read the passage carefully and locate the dates (years, months, dates) or other important details.

🧐 Be mindful of paraphrases, because the wording of the questions in the table might be different from that in the passage.

🔁 Always recheck and review the information you inserted in the table for a guaranteed better score.

💪 You got this, guys!!