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Recent IELTS exams

Real students tell about their recent IELTS exams: IELTS questions, topics, tasks, answers.

IELTS Speaking test in Vietnam – June 2013

The Speaking questions below were shared by T who took the IELTS test in Vietnam.

Speaking testIELTS test in Vietnam

Interview

– What is your full name?
– Can I see your ID?
– Where are you from?
– Do you work or study?
– Do you live in a house or an apartment?
– Do you like your house? Why?
– What house would like to have in the future?
– What do you do to relax?
– Do you think relaxation is important?
– Do you prefer to read a real newspaper or read the news online?
– Do you read world news or national news?

Cue Card

Describe an important plant in your country. Please say

– What is the plant?
– How do you know about this plant?
– How important is it for your country?
– Do you like this plant?

Discussion

– Have you ever grown any plants?
– How important is the nature?
– Some people think that protecting the nature is not the job of individuals. Do you agree with that?
– What can you do to protect the nature?
– Is it more important to protect the nature now than it was in the past?
– What should the government do to protect the nature?

IELTS test in the USA – June 2013 (Academic Module)

This IELTS exam update was shared by A from the USA (thank you!)

Listening testIELTS test in the USA

Section 1. A conversation before applying for a summer job.

Section 2, 3. Don’t remember.

Section 4. A dialogue about minority languages around the world.

Reading test

Passage 1. About tourism and culture as a business.

Passage 2. Studies about children’s behavior, different points of view and theories by famous psychologists such as John B. Watson, Salvador Luria and others.

Passage 3. About seeds and plant sources for medicinal herbs and also their botanical origin and evolution.

Writing test

Writing task 1 (a report)

We were given three graphs about education, universities, and socio-economic status of the students in a period between 1994 and 2002. The graph also showed investment in the education system by the government for the same period.

Writing task 2 (an essay)

Most of the big cities are overpopulated. Why do people still move to big cities? Give your opinion and examples.

Speaking test

Interview

– What is your full name?
– Can I see your ID?
– Where are you from?
– Do you work or study?
– Describe your hometown.
– Are there any interesting places in your city? Why?
– Would you like to live there in the future?
– What is the weather like in your country?
– What is your favorite season?
– How was the weather in the place you grew up?

Cue Card

Describe a TV program that you have learned something important from. Please say

– What was the program?
– Where and when did you see it?
– Why was this TV program important to you?

Discussion

– What kind of TV programs do people in your country watch the most?
– Do you think television has evolved over time?
– What kind of TV programs do older people and children in your country like to watch?
– What do you think about kids and television?
– Do you have some advice for the parents?