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Recent IELTS exams

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

IELTS Speaking test in the Philippines – September 2012

The following Speaking topics were shared by a student who took the IELTS test in the Philippines (thank you F!).

Speaking testIELTS test in the Philippines

Interview

– What is your full name?
– How can I address you?
– What do you do?
– Do you work or study?
– Lets talk about birthdays.
– How do you celebrate your birthday now?
– Is it different from the way you have celebrated it in the past?
– What was your most memorable birthday?
– Let’s talk about cars.
– Do you drive a car?
– What type of car do you like? Why?

Cue card

Talk about a holiday you spent on a lake, river or near the ocean. Please say

– Where was it?
– What did you do?
– When did it take place?

Discussion

– What type of water sports is played there?
– Do you think boats are still useful as transport nowadays?

IELTS test in Kerala, India – September 2012 (Academic Module)

Our kind friend M shared the topics from a recent IELTS exam in India:

Listening testIELTS test in India

Section 1. Booking hotel facilities for a party.

Section 2. Sport facilities available in a town.

Section 3. Don’t remember.

Section 4. The red sea urchin.

Reading test

Passage 1. About rain water conservation in a village.

Passage 2. About evolution of various sciences.

Passage 3. About biometrics.

Writing test

Writing task 1 (a report)

We were given two bar graphs showing the number of persons per household in the UK in the years 1991 and 2001.

Writing task 2 (an essay)

Private companies that support and carry out scientific research are spending more than governments these days. Do the advantages of this development outweigh its disadvantages? Explain and give your reasons.