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Recent IELTS exams

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

IELTS Speaking test in Pakistan – April 2015

The IELTS test taker A from Pakistan remembered the following Speaking questions from a recent exam:

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?
– Do you live in an apartment or a house?
– Do you like living there?
– What is your favourite place there? Why?
– Do you plan to live there for a long time?

Cue Card

Talk about a situation where you came across a stranger and helped him/her. Please say

– Describe the situation and how you helped.
– When and where did it take place?
– How did you feel after helping that stranger?

Discussion

– Let’s talk about volunteering jobs.
– What do you think about volunteering in general?
– What type of volunteering jobs do people usually adopt?
– Why should people volunteer in your opinion?
– What happens when you volunteer? Why?
– Do you think it is beneficial to the volunteer? Why?

IELTS test in the UK and Uzbekistan – April 2015 (Academic Module)

Two IELTS test takers (thanks, I and B!) remembered the following topics and questions from their recent exams, that looked very similar:

Listening testIELTS test in the UK

Section 1. A conversation between a customer and a shipping company’s representative.

Section 2. About a gym with a daycare facility.

Section 3. About top tennis players.

Section 4. About ethics and history.

Reading test

Passage 1. About Galapagos islands’ finches (birds).

Passage 2. About human ability to run and how fast we can do it.

Passage 3. About anthropology and ethnology.

Writing test

Writing task 1 (a report)

We were given a diagram of manufacturing process of chip wood boards and furniture production from wood.

Writing task 2 (an essay)

All around the globe every year many animal species become extinct. However, some people feel that governments should be concerned more with solving the problems of human life. Discuss both views and give your opinion.

Speaking test

Interview

– What is your full name?
– Can I see your ID?
– Where are you from?
– Do you work or study?
– Do you want to be a teacher? Why?

Cue Card

Talk about a book that you read recently. Please say

– What was the book?
– Why did you read it?
– Would you recommend it to others?

Discussion

– What types of books do children read in your country?
– How can we promote reading to children?
– What are the reasons adults are reading?
– What is the effect of technology on reading?
– Can you compare reading with watching TV?