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September 2015

IELTS test in Australia – August 2015 (Academic Module)

An IELTS test taker from Australia (thanks, A!) remembered the following information about a recent exam:

Listening testIELTS test in Australia

Section 1. A father talked over the phone with a children’s activity centre representative.
Questions: filling in blanks.

Section 2. About a museum on Waikehe Island in New Zealand.
Questions: multiple choice, match headings to paragraphs.

Section 3. A student and professor talked about a research project about Ife head sculptures in Nigeria.
Questions: multiple choice.

Section 4. A talk about absenteeism.
Questions: filling in blanks.

Reading test

Passage 1. An article regarding resort development in Queensland.
Questions: filling in blanks, multiple choice.

Passage 2. An article about robots and children.
Questions: filling in blanks, multiple choice, match statements to paragraphs.

Passage 3. About dolphins and their intelligence.
Questions: multiple choice, True/False/Not Given, match statements to paragraphs.

Writing test

Writing task 1 (a report)

We were given a bar graph showing the average housing prices in Perth and Sydney in 2000, 2005 and a projection for 2015. Another pie chart was showing home ownership in Australia among 30-35 population age group.

Writing task 2 (an essay)

Some people believe that universities should focus on providing academic skills, while others think that universities should prepare students for their real future careers. Discuss both views and give your opinion.

IELTS Speaking test in Australia – August 2015

An IELTS test taker from Australia remembered being asked the following questions in his Speaking test:

Speaking testIELTS test in Australia

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 a living?
– Do you think your work is easy?
– Do you think your work will change in the future?
– Where do you live now?
– Do you like watching the sky? Why?
– Do you prefer to do it at night or during the day?
– Is there a place in your hometown where you can see clear sky?
– Did you learn about sky in school?

Cue Card

Talk about ambitions that you have in life. Please say

– What are they?
– Why do you want to achieve this?
– Why haven’t you achieved this yet?

Discussion

– What will you do to achieve it?
– Do you think people nowadays are too ambitious? Why?
– Do you think being ambitious at workplace is good?
– Why do you think people have these ambitions?