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Listening:

The only thing I remember – it was too fast. I had to sneeze and missed 2 answers!

Reading:

Reading was a bit tough this time. In General Training IELTS, the
first 20 questions are usually easy. But this time I found first 10
questions about a long passage. Actually that passage was
“answers” and we were supposed to match the “questions”
to them, so it took longer. Two more reading passage
came with questions of True , False, Not Given type
and I had to fill up the gaps in the summary.

Writing:

Writing Task 1:
Write a letter to a college Principal, where you attended one day computer course and are unhappy about the way it was conducted. Explain the type of course, what happened and what can be done that it never happen again

Writing Task 2:
In Many countries, children are getting fatter and less fit day by day. What is your opinion about it?

Speaking:

Interview
Questions about my hometown, I was asked to describe it.

Speech
Describe 2 people from the same family, their similarities.

Discussion
Change in trends of the family types and about respect of elders in my family and my country.

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Listening:

1. Phone call with representative of “Mobility Company”. A man asked directions to their showroom, and made some inquiries about the products he could
get or install for his father, who had a weak back.

2. Recorded message on the phone, giving tourist information about some caves in Great Britain. (At the end there’s a quite long phone number, out of 15 people taking the exam, I couldn’t find anyone who was sure about the numbers he/she had written.
There were too many numbers, no repetitions, too fast.

3. Girl talking to student adviser. She asked about Science and Biology oriented undergraduate courses, if those were part time, full time or flexible; if there were any scholarships available or not.

4. Students giving a lecture about white rite, a mineral, which is source of barium, and main natural resource of their town.

Reading:

1. Math classes in Japan
2. About penology and amateur contributions to scientific research
3. About archeology on Easter Island.

Writing:

Writing Task 1:
Line Graph: Production of vehicles 1998-2002. Amount of hours required to manufacture a vehicle in four US based factories: Nissan, General Motors, Ford, Chrysler.

Writing Task 2:
Some people think that there are benefits in going to private secondary schools. Others feel that private secondary school can have negative effect on the society as a whole. What is your opinion? Justify and give examples according to your knowledge or experience.

Speaking:

Interview

Speech

Card about helping someone. (I’m sure I’ve seen it somewhere, either online or in some book)

Discussion