IELTS exam in India - March 2009 (General Training)

IELTS exam in India – March 2009 (General Training)

This update came from India where our friend G recently took his General Training IELTS test. Thanks, G!

Note: one day later a person from London, UK told me they had the exact same questions.

Reading test

In Reading, there were 5 passages and about 10 questions were of True/False/Not Given kind.

Writing test

Writing Task 1 (letter)
You lost something and someone found it and sent it to you. Writing a letter to that person
1. Thanking the person
2. Explain how you must have lost it
3. Explain what was there in it and why it was important to you

Writing Task 2 (essay)
In some countries, the number of people opting to live alone is increasing every year. Is this a positive development or negative development. What is your opinion.

Speaking test

Interview
- Where are you from?
- What are you doing? Do you like your job?
- How do you keep fit?
- Do you listen to music, what kind of music?
- Do you think computers and mobile phone keep people close or away when compared to how things were in the past?
- Increase in use of SMS (through mobile phone), what do you think about it? Is it good or bad?

Cue Card
Tell me something about the person you like spending time with the most, you should say
- How did you know this person ?
- How much time do you spend together?
- What do you normally talk about?

Discussion
- How you help your workers at office and what kind of help you receive from others?
- What are your job responsibilities?
- Is your job helping you to learn more?
- What kind of business is your company into?