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Recent IELTS exams

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

IELTS test in the UK and Saudi Arabia – April 2014 (Academic Module)

IELTS test takers C and A from the UK and Saudi Arabia shared the following exam update:

Listening testIELTS test in the UK

Section 1. A phone conversation between a jobs seeker and an employment agency.
Questions: filling in blanks.

Section 2. An induction given by a teacher to new students, including description of different subjects and where they are located.
Questions: match a subject with the correct room number.

Section 3. Don’t remember.

Section 4. A research presentation about the importance of salt in Sweden.
Questions: filling in blanks.

Reading test

Passage 1. About the history of public transport.

Passage 2. On how contagious yawning and empathy can be.

Passage 3. About the use of misleading words in Science and how they affect the knowledge of ordinary people.

Writing test

Writing task 1 (a report)

We were given a graph comparing the percentage of men and women employed in different occupational areas.

Writing task 2 (an essay)

Celebrities are usually famous for glamor and wealth rather than their achievements. Some say taking them as an example can be dangerous for young people. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

Speaking test

Interview

– What is your full name?
– Can I see your ID?
– Where are you from?
– Do you work or study?
– What do you do for living?
– Describe your hometown.
– Did you have any pets in your life? Why?
– What wild animal do you like? Why?
– Do you think a teacher should encourage students to ask questions?
– Do you think the Internet is a good source of information?

Cue Card 1

Talk about a subject that people usually ask you about. Please say

– What is it?
– Why do you think they ask about it?
– How do you feel about these questions?

Cue Card 2

Talk about something you have read. Please say

– What is it?
– When did you read it?
– Who is the writer?
– Did it affect you in any way? How?

Discussion 2

– What do you think about reading in general?
– Did it change compared to the past?
– Do young people still like reading nowadays in your opinion? Why?

IELTS test in India – April 2014 (General Training)

This exam update was shared by K, who took the IELTS test in India:

Listening testIELTS test in India

Section 1. A discussion about film making.
Questions: filling in blanks, table completion of films.

Section 2. A discussion between two friends about a survey on a few cities.
Questions: multiple choice, match headings to cities.

Section 3. Don’t remember.

Section 4. About a manufacturing company.
Questions: filling in blanks.

Reading test

Passage 1. Different kinds of hotels.
Questions: short-answer questions, True/False/Not Given.

Passage 2. Information about car parking and car rental at the airport.
Questions: filling in blanks.

Passage 3. Information given by HR management
Questions: filling in blanks.

Passage 4. A story about one scientist and his tour around the world.
Questions: True/False/Not Given, match headings to paragraphs.

Writing test

Writing task 1 (a letter)

You are planning a holiday in another country. Write a letter asking your friend to join you and explain

– Why are you taking a holiday?
– What is your holiday plan?
– Why would you like him/her to come?

Writing Task 2 (an essay)

We are facing too many noise problems these days. What are the main causes of this situation? What can be done about it?

Speaking test

Interview

– What is your full name?
– Can I see your ID?
– Where are you from?
– Do you work or study?
– Do you work in the same field that you studied?
– Describe your high school.
– What was your favourite subject?
– Why did you like it?
– Were there lessons in your favourite subject that you disliked? Why?

Cue Card

Talk about an activity that you would like to do with older people. Please say

– What would you like to do?
– When and where would you do it?
– How often would you do it?

Discussion

– When did you perform last time?
– What do older people do in your country?
– What do people do together?
– What other activity should families do together?
– Why is it beneficial for them?
– Do you think husbands and wives both should work? Why?
– What is your favourite animal or pet?
– Do you like pets? Why?