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Recent IELTS exams

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

IELTS test in Qatar – November 2016 (Academic Module)

Our friend L took the IELTS test in Qatar and remembered the following details:

Listening testIELTS test in Qatar

Section 1. About a bicycle shop.

Section 2. Project improvement plan.

Section 3, 4. Don’t remember.

Reading test

Passage 1. About monkeys, humans and how they are related.

Passage 2. Management improvement process at a particular company.

Passage 3. Don’t remember.

Writing test

Writing task 1 (a report)

We were given two line graphs and a table describing the population under 5 and over 65 years old, from 1950 to 2010 and the projection for 2040.

Writing task 2 (an essay)

Nowadays most of the urgent problems can only be solved through international cooperation. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement?

Speaking test

Interview

– What is your full name?
– Can I see your ID?
– Where are you from?
– Do you work or study?
– Describe your hometown.
– Do you have a lot of free time?
– What do you do in your spare time?
– Let’s talk about gifts.
– Do you like giving or receiving gifts?
– Why is it so?
– What kind of gifts do you prefer?

Cue Card

Describe an application you have recently used and found very useful. Please say

– What is it?
– What did you use it for?
– Why did you find it useful?

Discussion

– Do your friends use this application?
– How often do you use this application?
– Are young and elder people using same applications?
– What is the most popular application in your country?

IELTS Speaking test in Germany – November 2016

Thanks to a friend who took his IELTS test in Germany we can share the following Speaking questions:

Speaking testIELTS test in Germany

Interview

– What is your full name?
– Can I see your ID?
– Where are you from?
– Do you work or study?
– What subject are you studying?
– Why did you choose this particular course?
– Do you like chocolate?
– Why do you think people eat chocolate?
– Would you buy chocolate as a gift?

Cue Card

Describe sport facilities in your area such as stadiums, sport clubs and so on. Please say

– What events are organized in your area?
– What facilities are available?
– Do you use these facilities? Why/Why not?

Discussion

– What can you say about families engaged in sports together?
– Why do people participate in international events such as the Olympic Games?
– What are the benefits of hosting such an event?
– Do the benefits outweigh the costs of hosting such events?
– Why do you think so?