IELTS Speaking questions from India and Azerbaijan - November 2009

IELTS Speaking questions from India and Azerbaijan – November 2009

IELTS Speaking tests in India and Azerbaijan were shared by our friends (thank you V. and Y.), here are the questions that they remembered:

Speaking test 1

Interview
- Describe your hometown.
- What do you like best about your hometown?
- Does a lot of people ride bicycle in your country?
- Do you know to ride bicycle?
- Why do children like to ride it?
- Do you enjoy parties?
- Which parties are more interesting, of younger or of older people?

Cue card
Talk about a person who cooks well, you should say:
- Who this person is,
- How she/he learned to cook.
- How long she/he has been cooking.

Discussion
- Should children learn cooking at school?
- Should children be taught where food comes from?
- Is it important to spend a lot of time on cooking?

Speaking test 2

Interview
- Where are you from?
- What should I call you?
- Currently where are you living (house or apartment)?
- Which part of your house you like best? Why?
- Where would you prefer to go shopping, big shopping centres or small shopping centres?
- What things you do not like to buy in a shopping centre?
- What is your daily routine?
- What time of a day you like most and why?
- Which activity you would like to change in your daily routine in the future?

Cue card
Talk about a place in your town you like most, you should say:
- What place in your town that is,
- Why you visit the place,
- How often you visit the place,
- When you last visited the place.

Discussion
I was asked some general questions regarding places of entertainment, leisure activities and, in addition, the following questions.

- Should a hospital have modern facilities available to solve the current health problems?
- What facilities are not available in the hospitals in your town?
- What measures governments have to take to solve the traffic problems?