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Recent IELTS exams

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

IELTS test in Indonesia – July 2012 (General Training)

The IELTS exam below was shared by D (thank you!)

Listening testIELTS test in Indonesia

Section 1. A man was calling an educational toys company to inquire about some toys for his children.
Questions: fill in blanks.

Section 2. A talk on the radio about Queensland travel festival.
Questions: multiple choice.

Section 3. Two students were conducting a survey about university facilities.
Questions: fill in blanks, diagram labeling, multiple choice.

Section 4. Donna Chan, a university researcher explains about her studies, why she loves her job and about some of her new findings.
Questions: fill in blanks and multiple choice.

Reading test

Passage 1. A public library notification that included how the staff should behave.
Questions: True/False/Not given.

Passage 2. Description of some restaurants in Sydney.
Questions: Matching features to the right restaurant.

Passage 3. About an employment agency’s code of conduct and also some restrictions they have to comply with.
Questions: fill in blanks.

Passage 4. A text about job clubs, some suggestions on how to improve the clubs.
Questions: rephrasing some sentences.

Passage 5: A text about an expedition of two best friends to the dunes somewhere in Mongolia, near the Gobi desert.
Questions: Matching some paragraphs with the main idea in every single paragraph, fill in blanks.

Writing test

Writing task 1 (a letter)

Write a letter to your manager and ask for his/her comments regarding the article which will be published in a famous magazine next month. In this letter, you should say

– What have you written the article about?
– Why did you write it?
– What makes it so special?

Writing Task 2 (an essay)

Nowadays in some countries, single young adults prefer to live outside of their parents homes, they usually leave to study or work in different places. Do you think this trend has more advantages or disadvantages?

IELTS test in France – July 2012 (Academic Module)

Our kind friend K who took the IELTS test in France sent the following questions he remembered:

Listening testIELTS test in France

Section 1. Application form to join a football club.

Section 2. Article about the extinction of a bird called fern.

Section 3, 4. Don’t remember.

Reading test

Passage 1. Modernization of the radio and making it more affordable.

Passage 2. The El-Nino effect on rivers in the USA and how it has affected habitats.

Passage 3. Don’t remember.

Writing test

Writing task 1 (a report)

We were given a bar graph showing changes in the number of employees in different sectors in 2001 and 2008.

Writing task 2 (an essay)

Scientists claim that they can tell whether a child will become a criminal by examining the child at the age of 3. Do you agree that crime is a product of human nature? Do you think we can stop children from becoming criminals?

Speaking test

Interview

– What is your full name?
– Do you live in an apartment or a house?
– What is the best room in your home?
– What makes your home interesting?
– Which relatives did you see often in your childhood?
– Which relative is more influential in your life today?

Cue Card

Describe a situation where you had to be polite.

Discussion

– How can we help children to learn to be polite?