IELTS-Blog

Thanks to M from Pretoria, South Africa, we know this much about the Academic IELTS exam there:

Writing

Task 1 (report)
We had a graph about three types of programs on one TV station. The three types were sport, weather and films. Number of hours been shown over the past 30 years plus expected predictions for the next 10 years.

Task 2 (Essay)
Will woman leaders, be less violent than men? Discuss, provide examples and your opinion.

Speaking

The oral part was difficult for me, I think have made a few mistakes. Everything was like your book said.

And this is N from Mexico, telling us about his General IELTS exam:

Listening

I missed some question, I could realize when the answer was coming but in that moment the volume was low, I was sited and the end of the line, so I am not pretty sure that I had reached my target band

Reading

I felt good in the Reading test, it were a lot of short readings and the questions were always in the different way, for example “Some kids learn one language slower than other said Mr. Joe” the question was: Who said that some children learn faster one language than other?

Writing

Task 1 (letter)
Write a letter to apply for a job taking care of one house when the owner was away.

Task 2 (essay)
What are the positive and negative aspects of electronic games for children? Discuss, what is your opinion?

Speaking

Interview
Describe your job
What are the positive and negative things about it

Card
Describe an electronic device, not a computer, that you find useful, you could say if is easy to use, why it is helpful and how to use it.

Discussion

Writing samples for General Training

This sample includes letters and essays, all with examiner’s comments, as follows
1) A letter of Band 5
2) A letter of Band 7
3) An essay of Band 5
4) An essay of Band 8
Click here to view the samples

This sample is a Letter topic - click here to view

This sample is an essay topic - click here to view

Writing samples for Academic Module

This sample includes 4 reports and 4 essays, all with examiner’s comments, as follows

1) A report of Band 5
2) Two reports of Band 6
3) A report of Band 7
4) Two essays of Band 5
5) An essay of Band 6
6) An essay of Band 7

Click here to view the samples

Task 1 - Sample bar graph, click here to view

Task 1 (report) - sample question, click here to view

Sample report of band 5, click here to view

Sample report of Band 6, click here to view

Sample essay topic #1, click here to view

Sample essay topic #2, click here to view

Sample essay #1 of band 5, click here to view

Sample essay #2 of Band 5, click here to view

Sample essay of Band 6, click here to view

Sample essay of Band 7, click here to view

Click here to see what a real Answer Sheet for the Writing section looks like: