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November 2012

IELTS test in Uzbekistan and India – November 2012 (Academic Module)

Our friends K and J shared the topics and questions from their IELTS exams which took place in Uzbekistan and India (apparently the two exams were the same).

Listening testIELTS test in Uzbekistan

Section 1. A student was making an inquiry about a rental apartment.
Questions: filling in blanks.

Section 2. 3. Don’t remember.

Section 4. A lecture about animals.
Questions: filling in blanks.

Reading test

Passage 1. About bovines.

Passage 2. Sleep patterns in animals.

Passage3. Study of different human groups and their behavior.

Writing test

Writing task 1 (a report)

We were given a graph showing the amount of smokers among teenagers living in the UK between the years 1988 and 1998.

Writing task 2 (an essay)

Solving environmental problems should be responsibility of one international organization instead of state or national governments. Do you agree or disagree?

Speaking test

Interview

– What is your full name?
– Do you work or study?
– Where do you come from?
– Is it a nice place to live?
– Do you like sports?
– Are you interested in cars?

Cue Card

Talk about a TV program that you like to watch. Please say

– What the program is about
– When you watch it
– Who you watch it with, and
– Why you think it is interesting.

Cue Card 1

Describe the most difficult task that you have ever done in your life. Please say

– What task was it
– When and why you did it
– How you felt upon completion

Discussion

– Do you think ambitions play an important role in our life?
– If damage occurs somewhere, who is considered responsible for it?

IELTS Letter, topic: Expressing dissatisfaction with a course at college

You are not happy with the course you are doing at college and would like to change to a different course. Write a letter to the college director requesting to change your course. You should include details about:
– what course are you doing now
– why you are not satisfied with that course
– what course would you like to change to

Dear Mr. Hodgkins,

I am currently enrolled in an Italian cooking class at St. James and am writing regarding some difficulties I have had this subject for the past two weeks. I would like to know if it is to change my course.

I believe that the last day allowed for students to make any changes was Wednesday 5th June but, . The fact is that, during the enrolment session, no one mentioned that I needed to be literate in Italian, which not. Therefore, you will comprehend that for me, getting an understanding of what the teacher is saying is beyond comprehensible.

Thus, I am requesting that my current enrollment be transferred from the Italian course to the French cooking class. unlike in Italian, I am fluent in French.

I apologise for any inconvenience this may cause to you and the staff and look forward to hearing from you.

Yours sincerely,

Sandrine Mo

The student’s response covers the task question very well, the sentences have good structure, the level of formality is adequate and the vocabulary is suitable for the purpose. Some expressions would sound better in different wording (see suggestions underlined in blue). Overall, this letter is a very good one, and seems worthy of Band 8.5.

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while doing
possible for me
my particular situation requires special consideration
I am
The reason is that