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March 2017

IELTS Speaking test in Pakistan – March 2017

Thanks to S who recently took the IELTS test in Pakistan, we can share the following Speaking questions:

Speaking testIELTS test in Pakistan

Interview

– What is your full name?
– Can I see your ID?
– Where are you from?
– Do you work or study?
– What work do you do?
– Why did you choose this kind of work?
– Where do you see yourself in the next 10 years?
– Would you like to become a celebrity, if you had a chance?
– Why is that?

Cue Card

Talk about time you were very busy in your life. Please say

– What did you do?
– Where and when was it?
– Did you enjoy that part of your life?

Discussion

– Do you like visitors? Why?
– What do you do when visitors come to your place?
– What do you prefer, to visit people or to invite them to your place?
– Do you think children nowadays are overburdened? Why?
– What can be done about it, in your opinion?
– Do you think children learn more in school or during playtime?
– What would be your suggestion about it?
– Do you think workers should be rewarded for working overtime? Why?
– How should it be done?

IELTS test in India – March 2017 (Academic Module)

After taking the IELTS test in India R remembered the following topics and questions:

Listening testIELTS test in India

Section 1. A lady called ABC insurance company about organising contents insurance for her house.

Section 2. About a recent development in the city centre.

Section 3. Don’t remember.

Section 4. Two students discussed their thesis with their tutor.

Reading test

Passage 1. About an extinct bird called Maou.

Passage 2. About left- and right-handedness.

Passage 3. Don’t remember.

Writing test

Writing task 1 (a report)

We were given a table showing the percentages of a population in 3 different areas living in flats, terrace houses, semi-detached and freestanding houses.

Writing task 2 (an essay)

Nowadays children spend more time playing computer games than doing sports. Why is it happening? Does it have a positive or negative effect on their development?

Speaking test

Interview

– What is your full name?
– Can I see your ID?
– Where are you from?
– Do you work or study?
– Do you like relatives coming to your home?
– What do you usually do with your relatives?
– Do you prefer visiting relatives yourself, or for them to come to your place?

Cue Card

Talk about a car, bike or bicycle trip you would like to make in the future. Please say

– Where and when would you like to go?
– Who would you go there with?
– What would you do there?

Discussion

– What is your reason for choosing such a trip?
– What mode of transport do you use to get to work?
– What mode of transport do countryside people prefer?
– Do you think we have enough footpaths for pedestrians?
– What should our governments do to curb pollution?