IELTS-Blog

Our friend A recently took the IELTS Speaking test in India and below are the questions he remembered:

Speaking test

Interview

– What is your full name?
– Can I see your ID?
– Where are you from?
– Do you work or study?
– What do you do?
– What is your profession?
– Describe a day at your job.
– How important is it to smile, in your opinion?
– Do you smile in front of the camera? Why?
– Can you trust a person because they smile? Why?
– Do you wear perfume?
– Have you ever received perfume as a gift?

Cue Card

Talk about your favourite music, song or band. Please say

– What is it?
– When and where did you hear it for the first time?
– Why do you like it?

Discussion

– Do you sing? Why?
– How important is it to have a pleasant voice?
– What types of music are popular today?
– Is music too money-oriented nowadays?

Our friend S took the IELTS test in Nepal and remembered the following details:

Listening test

Section 1. About a recycling company and its activity.
Questions: short-answer questions (no more than 1 word), multiple choice.

Section 2. The application process for a job at the office and a job description.
Questions: filling in blanks, match headings to paragraphs.

Section 3. Don’t remember.

Section 4. About a research done on human behaviour.
Questions: short-answer questions (no more than 2 words), True/False/Not Given.

Reading test

Passage 1. About Japanese artists.
Questions: short-answer questions (no more than 1 word), True/False/Not Given.

Passage 2. About Arctic foxes.
Questions: filling in blanks, short-answer questions (no more than 2 words), match headings to paragraphs.

Passage 3. Don’t remember.

Writing test

Writing task 1 (a report)

We were given two pie charts: one illustrating the percentage of water used by Australian infrastructure and another showing its contribution towards the Australian economy.

Writing task 2 (an essay)

Some people believe that sports are a key element in our society, while others argue that it’s just a recreational activity to be done in one’s free time. Discuss both views and give your opinion.