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Recent IELTS exams

Real students tell about their recent IELTS exams: IELTS questions, topics, tasks, answers.

IELTS test in Kerala, India – September 2012 (Academic Module)

Our kind friend M shared the topics from a recent IELTS exam in India:

Listening testIELTS test in India

Section 1. Booking hotel facilities for a party.

Section 2. Sport facilities available in a town.

Section 3. Don’t remember.

Section 4. The red sea urchin.

Reading test

Passage 1. About rain water conservation in a village.

Passage 2. About evolution of various sciences.

Passage 3. About biometrics.

Writing test

Writing task 1 (a report)

We were given two bar graphs showing the number of persons per household in the UK in the years 1991 and 2001.

Writing task 2 (an essay)

Private companies that support and carry out scientific research are spending more than governments these days. Do the advantages of this development outweigh its disadvantages? Explain and give your reasons.

IELTS Speaking test in Iran – September 2012

The following questions were shared by R who recently took the IELTS test in Iran.

Speaking testIELTS test in Iran

Interview

– What is your full name?
– Can I see your ID, please?
– Where are you from?
– Do you live in a house or an apartment?
– Which part of your house do you like the most? Why?
– What makes your house pleasant?
– Do you like sports?
– Describe the kind of spots people do in your country. Why?
– Have you ever tried any sport?
– Do you think sport affects the person doing it?
– Is there any sport you would like to try?

Cue Card

Describe how you usually communicate with your friends. Please say:

– Are you communicating by phone, letters or e-mails?
– What are the advantages and disadvantages of these ways?
– Do your friends agree with this way of communication?
– Which way do they prefer?

Discussion

– Compare letter-writing nowadays and 100 years ago.
– What do you think about the future of letter-writing?