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Recent IELTS exams

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

IELTS Speaking test in Canada – December 2012

The topics below were shared by S who took the IELTS test in Canada recently.

Speaking testIELTS test in Canada

Interview

– What your full name?
– Do you work or study?
– Do you like your job? Why?
– Did you have any difficulties in getting this job?

– Did color matter to you when you were a child?
– Does color matter now when you buy things?
– Is there a color you don’t like to use in your home?
– Do you watch TV? Which program did you last watch on TV?
– Do you like to watch TV alone or with someone? Why?

Cue Card

Describe an advertisement that you have seen recently. Please say

– What was the product in the advertisement?
– What was the importance of the advertisement to you?
– What did you like about it the most?

Discussion

– What do you think about advertisements aiming at children?
– What do you think about companies spending a lot of money to advertise their products?
– Should only good-looking people be in advertisements?

IELTS test in Pakistan and the UK – December 2012 (Academic Module)

The following IELTS exam update was shared by our friends from Pakistan and the UK:

Listening testIELTS test in the UK

Section 1. About international express post.

Section 2. A description of a tour in some country.

Section 3. Don’t remember.

Section 4. About a new tire recycling system.

Reading test

Passage 1. A research on how to improve bad behavior of students.

Passage 2. About the man that knows everything.

Passage 3. Introduction of 7-day working week in the USA by communists and the advantages and disadvantages of this.

Writing test

Writing task 1 (a report)

There were 3 pie charts showing percentage of profits of six companies in 1999, 2002 and 2009. Two companies had an upward trend, two had a downward trend and one remained stable.

Writing task 2 (an essay)

Nowadays students find it hard to study at university compared to school studies. Why is this happening? What is the solution to this problem?

Speaking test

Interview

– What is your full name?
– What do you do for work?
– How many entertaining spots do you know?
– Is there any entertaining spot close to where you live?
– What was the last and recent place you have visited?
– What do you do in you leisure time?

Cue Card

Talk about a sport in your country. Please say

– What sport is it?
– Is it well developed in your country?
– What is the most popular sport there? Why?

Discussion

– Do you play or watch any game by yourself?
– What sports are shown on different TV channels in Pakistan?
– Why does cricket have a higher coverage than hockey in Pakistan?
– Is there any possibility that TV channels will show more sports in future?