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IELTS exam in Israel – January 2009 (General Training)

S. from Israel has kindly sent this update, here are the topics from his General Training IELTS exam:

Writing test

Writing Task 1 (letter)
Write a letter to the local planning committee. A new swimming pool is about to be built in your town, the local planning committee wants all residents to let them know where to place the pool in the centre of town or just outside the town.

Write a letter describing the importance of the pool, the location you prefer and why, explain why the other location isnt suitable. This is not the exact wording, but you get the general idea.

Writing Task 2 (essay)
Clothes these days play an important part in our lives. Write down what is your opinion about this and its influence on the individuals and society.

Speaking test

Interview
There were many questions about music.
-What is your favorite kind?
-Do you listen to it a lot and why?

Cue Card
Describe a good law in your country, you should say
– What is the law
– Why is it good
– Who does it affect

Discussion
The questions were about the police, police officers, what is the common opinion of the police and its officers, what does it take to be a good police officer.

Free IELTS Listening, Reading, Writing and Speaking exercises

Today I’ve got more free IELTS exercises for you. If you haven’t heard so far about IELTSontrack.com, let me introduce it to you. The nice people in charge of this website belong to the Centre of English Language of the University of South Australia.

Here is what they have made available for free:

IELTS Listening mini-test

There are 8 questions and it takes 6 minutes. You can listen with or without a transcript. When answering questions, make sure you scroll down to see all the questions – I didn’t and missed some questions. Answer by selecting the answer, when finished, click “Submit”. The correct answers will show up marked with a “V” and the incorrect marked with an “X”.

Click here for the listening test

IELTS reading test

There are passages of both General Training and Academic Module difficulty, the Academic text comes with 13 questions and the General Training with 7 questions. Choose the desired module (Academic or General) and hit “Start”. When you’re answering questions, don’t forget to scroll down to see all of them. Oh, and one more thing – it didn’t work for me in the Internet Explorer 6, I had to use Firefox.

Click here for the reading test

IELTS Writing test

I think this writing test is very useful. First, there are 3 tasks: an Academic Task 1, a General Training task 1, and a Task 2 (essay). For every task there is planning help where they explain how to approach writing a report, a letter or an essay and then there are sample answers. Excellent practice, I am sure you’ll find it helpful.

Click here for the writing test

IELTS Speaking test

You get to practice by listening to the recording of an interview (where a student answers the examiner’s questions) and then answering the questions that you hear yourself. There is a transcript that you can use if something is not clear to you in the recording. After you’ve started the test by hitting the “Start” button, you will see the list of questions and the examiner’s comments on the recorded student’s performance.

Click here for the speaking test

If you’ve found more free IELTS exercises, please share with the rest of us.