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November 2015

IELTS Speaking test in Nepal – November 2015

When B took his IELTS Speaking test in Nepal, he was asked the following questions:

Speaking testIELTS test in Nepal

Interview

– What is your full name?
– Can I see your ID?
– Where are you from?
– Do you work or study?
– What is your major?
– Why did you choose it?
– Do you like reading? Why?
– What books do you like to read?
– What book did you read recently?
– What did you learn from it?
– Do you go to sleep early or stay up late?
– How do you feel in the morning after that?

Cue Card

Talk about a new skill that you would like to learn. Please say

– What is that skill?
– Why do you want to learn it?
– Why is it important to you?

Discussion

– Do you think skills such as cooking are necessary for children to learn? Why?
– At what age should kids start learning it? Why?
– What other skills are good to learn as a child?
– Compare skills learned at school in the past and nowadays.
– Are skills necessary in primary school?

IELTS test in Australia – October 2015 (Academic Module)

An IELTS test taker from Australia (thanks, E!) remembered the following topics and questions from a recent exam:

Listening testIELTS test in Australia

Section 1. About hotel reservation.

Section 2. Students discussed business and marketing strategies.

Section 3. Don’t remember.

Section 4. The history of cocoa.

Reading test

Passage 1. About different clocks and systems.

Passage 2. A research into children’s development.

Passage 3. A research into dinosaurs.

Writing test

Writing task 1 (a report)

We were given two line graphs showing male and female population in prison in one European country between 1911 and 2011. We had to summarise and describe the data.

Writing Task 2 (an essay)

Some people say that mobile phones should not be allowed in public places, others argue that people should be free to use their phones wherever they like. Discuss both views and give your own opinion.

Speaking test

Interview

– What is your full name?
– Can I see your ID?
– Where are you from?
– Do you work or study?
– What was your favourite book as a child?
– Lets talk about colours.
– What kind of colours do you like to use?
– What colour would you never use in your home?
– Why is that?

Cue Card

Talk about an environmental law that your country should implement. Please say

– What law should it be?
– Who should follow the law?
– Do you think it would be easy to implement and enforce this law?

Discussion

– How would this law help the environment?