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June 2015

IELTS Speaking test in India – June 2015

Our friend A took the IELTS test in India and remembered the following questions:

Speaking testIELTS test in India

Interview

– What is your full name?
– Can I see your ID?
– Where are you from?
– Do you work or study?
– Do you live in a house or an apartment?
– Describe your home.
– Do you like your home?
– Would you like to live there in the future?
– What type of clothes do you usually wear? Why?
– Do you wear different clothes during the week and at weekends?
– Will you continue to wear the same type of clothes in the future? Why?
– Is there any particular color of clothes that you prefer? Why?

Cue Card

Talk about a person you know who is a good cook. Please say

– Who is this person?
– Why do you think he/she is a good cook?
– How did he/she learn to cook so well?

Discussion

– Do you think you are a good cook?
– Do you enjoy cooking?
– What do you know about eating habits of children?
– Should children know the products used to make the food they are eating?
– Should they also know the source of these products? Why?
– Should schools take responsibility for providing healthy and nutritious food to their students?
– Should children be taught how to cook at school? Why?

IELTS test in San Francisco, USA – June 2015 (Academic Module)

Thanks to S who took the IELTS test in San Francisco in the USA we can share the following topics:

Listening testIELTS test in USA

Section 1. About a job at a fruit farm.

Section 2. About a map showing the location of places around a hotel.

Section 3. A girl talked about her sport course.

Section 4. Description of the life cycle of a seahorse.

Reading test

Passage 1. About a specific area that has very little rainfall during the year and suffers from drought, and how this can be fixed.

Passage 2. About the negative effect of advertisements on children.

Passage 3. About a country in South America, how it was discovered and the origin of its people.

Writing test

Writing task 1 (a report)

We were given a table showing the general percentage of women in the workforce and the percentage of women in managerial positions in five countries: Australia, Egypt, Japan, Sir Lanka, and the US.

Writing task 2 (an essay)

Many people believe that companies and individuals should pay to clean up the environment in proportion to the amount of pollution they have produced. Do you agree or disagree? Give your own opinion and examples.

Speaking test

Interview

– What is your full name?
– Can I see your ID?
– Where are you from?
– Do you work or study?
– Let’s talk about transportation.
– Do you prefer private or public transport? Why?
– When was the last time you had travelled by public transport?
– Why don’t you use it more often?

Cue Card

Talk about a cafe or a restaurant that you enjoy visiting. Please say

– Where is it?
– How often do you visit it?
– Why do you like it so much?

Discussion

– Describe cafes and restaurants in your country.
– What food is usually served there? Why?
– Do you go to cafes and restaurants to meet friends or family in your country?