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Recent IELTS exams

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

IELTS test in India and Saudi Arabia – October 2012 (Academic Module)

Our friends from India and Saudi Arabia shared these topics from their IELTS exams, which looked very similar:

Listening testIELTS test in India

Section 1. A conversation between a customer and a Holiday Inn manager.
Questions: multiple choice.

Section 2. Information about the National Arts Week.
Questions: filling in blanks.

Section 3. Two students were discussing their project.
Questions: filling in blanks.

Section 4. A discussion regarding the environment.
Questions: filling in blanks.

Reading test

Passage 1. About how to be happy.
Questions: multiple choice, True/False/Not Given.

Passage 2. About numbers.
Questions: filling in blanks, multiple choice, matching headings to paragraphs.

Passage 3. Medieval period in Britain.
Questions: multiple choice, True/False/Not Given, matching headings to paragraphs.

Writing test

Writing task 1 (a report)

We were given a double bar graph showing broadband internet connection usage in five different countries in the years 2001 and 2002.

Writing task 2 (an essay)

Don’t remember.

Speaking test

Interview

– What is your name?
– What is your hometown?
– What profession are you in?

Cue Card

Describe a teenager that you know. Please say

– Who is he/she?
– How do you know him/her?
– Why do you like him/her?

Discussion

Questions regarding health, children, schools and education.

IELTS Speaking test in Indonesia – October 2012

Our friend M shared her speaking topics from a recent IELTS exam in Indonesia:

InterviewIELTS test in Indonesia

– What is your name?
– Do you work or study?
– Will you recommend your work to other people?
– Do you like to send postcards?
– When did you send your first postcard?
– Will you send a postcard instead of an email?
– Why do you like to send postcards?
– When was the last time you received a postcard?

Cue Card

Talk about a song that influenced your life. Please say:
– What was the song?
– Why do you like the song?
– In what way did that song influence your life?

Discussion

– What kind of music is popular with young people nowadays?
– What are the benefits of playing music?
– Can playing music be learned?
– Does music have a positive effect on human life or not?
– How about the music that sends a horrible message?