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November 2016

IELTS Results competition winners in October 2016

Today is a great day, because we get to congratulate 11 winners on their IELTS success. All those nights spent going through the books, doing practice tests and working on grammar and vocabulary are finally over; now a much more exciting chapter in their lives begins! Our October winners come from Vietnam, Iran, Mexico, Nigeria, India and the Philippines, and their scores range from the near-perfect IELTS Band 8.5 to a very honorable Band 7.5.

Congratulations to:

Academic Module – 1st placeBand 9 in IELTS

  • Ashwin Murugan from India, Band 8
  • HargunSingh Khanduja from India, Band 8
  • Vo Tran from Vietnam, Band 8

Academic Module – 2nd place

  • Apoorva Paygude from India, Band 7.5
  • Ravinder Kumar from India, Band 7.5

General Training Module – 1st place

  • Sweety Basil Paul from India, Band 8.5
  • Mark Anthony Basa from the Philippines, Band 8.5

General Training Module – 2nd place

  • Payam Pourfallah from Iran, Band 8
  • Nima Shabestari from Iran, Band 8
  • Fernando Gonzalez from Mexico, Band 8

General Training Module – 3rd place

  • Adeola Babade from Nigeria, Band 7.5

Well done guys, we’re applauding you! As a token of our appreciation we are sending your certificates of achievement to your emails. 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!

So, how does a person get a high score in IELTS? What does it actually take? All we know at the moment is that Ravinder Kumar (Band 7.5) used our book ‘Ace the IELTS’. But there must be so much more information our winners can share!

We hope to hear from the winners the stories of how they prepared and studied, and what helped them achieve success in IELTS. Anything they wish to share will be posted on IELTS-Blog without delay, 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.

IELTS Speaking test in Saudi Arabia – October 2016

When M took the IELTS Speaking test in Saudi Arabia, the following questions were asked:

Speaking testIELTS test in Saudi Arabia

Interview

– What’s your full name?
– Can I see your ID?
– Where are you from?
– Do you live in a house or an apartment?
– What does your apartment look like?
– Do you like celebrities?
– Who is your favorite local celebrity?
– Have you met a celebrity before?
– Let’s talk about your hometown.
– What is the your hometown?
– Do you like your hometown? Why?
– Would you return back to your hometown in the future?

Cue Card

Talk about a website that you usually use. Please say

– What is it?
– How did you learn about it?
– Why is it important?
– Do you recommend it to others?

Discussion

– What websites do you use for online shopping?
– What are the advantages and disadvantages of online shopping?
– Did online shopping affect the offline markets?
– How can regular supermarkets compete with online shopping?
– Will people use online shopping more often in the future?