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December 2014

IELTS test in Spain and Qatar – November 2014 (Academic Module)

The IELTS exams in Spain and Qatar, according to two test takers S and M, were identical. Here are the topics and questions they remembered:

Listening testIELTS test in Spain

Don’t remember.

Reading test

Passage 1. About a roller coaster, its origin and evolution throughout the decades.

Passage 2. About the effect of noise on people, mainly on children’s process of concentration and learning.

Passage 3. About DNA.

Writing test

Writing task 1 (a report)

We were given two bar graphs comparing family spending per month in 1997 and 2007 in a country in Europe.

Writing task 2 (an essay)

In the past people used to live in one house their whole life. Nowadays people live in several different places during their life. What are the reasons for this change? Is it a positive or a negative trend?

Speaking test

Interview

– What is your full name?
– Can I see your ID?
– Where are you from?
– Do you work or study?
– What is your favourite colour? Why?

Cue Card

Talk about an old friend that you had at school. Please say

– Describe him/her.
– When did you meet him/her?
– Why did you become friends?

Discussion

– Do you like street markets?
– What are their benefits?
– Are street markets common in your country?
– Let’s talk about maps.
– How often do you use maps?
– Do you prefer electronic or paper maps?

IELTS Results competition winners in November 2014

November was a very good month for many test takers, and in particular for 17 high scorers who won in our IELTS results competition. They received band scores ranging from 7.5 to 8.5 – a real reason for celebration!

Congratulations to:

Academic Module – 1st placeBand 8.5 in IELTS

  • Kalini Wattage from Tanzania, Band 8.5

Academic Module – 2nd place

  • Sundar Gnanavel from India, Band 8
  • Ashkan Eslami Fard from Iran, Band 8
  • Pratistha Singh from India, Band 8

Academic Module – 3rd place

  • Manisha Adhikari from Nepal, Band 7.5
  • Wai Hong Tan from Malaysia, Band 7.5
  • Diana Kolusheva from Uzbekistan, Band 7.5
  • Nahid Al Hoque from Bangladesh, Band 7.5
  • Alex Okwudiri Umeanozie from Nigeria, Band 7.5

General Training Module – 1st place

  • Rohit Agarwal from India, Band 8.5
  • Bosco Manuel Fernandes from Pakistan, Band 8.5
  • Kamran Afshar from Iran, Band 8.5

General Training Module – 2nd place

  • Lakshmikanth Jadhav from India, Band 8
  • Sanjay Basrur Kumar from India, Band 8
  • Himanshu Pandey from India, Band 8
  • Pavlo Bakhmut from Ukraine, Band 8

General Training Module – 3rd place

  • Rajesh Sankara Pillai from India, Band 7.5

So now your lives are not on pause any more, and you are one step closer to your dreams. These great IELTS scores mean you are free to study or work in a country you have chosen, and give yourselves and your families a better future. To mark this happy occasion we are sending your certificates of achievement to your email addresses. Winning IELTS results will be displayed in the IELTS-Blog hall of fame – so if you won, please feel free to show them off to your friends!

We’re always trying to find out from winners how they did it. Recently, Ashkan shared his success story on our blog, and we received fantastic responses from our readers who found it helpful.

I’d like to ask the winners – please be kind to the other test takers who are still preparing for their IELTS exams. Do share your stories and tell us how you studied, and what helped you achieve success in IELTS. Any useful tips will be shared on IELTS-Blog.com, so everyone can use the same technique and get a better score in their own exam this month.

P.S. IELTS results competition runs every month, and everyone is welcome to participate. Learn how to enroll here.