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Recent IELTS exams

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

IELTS Speaking test in Dhaka, Bangladesh – June 2012

A test taker from Bangladesh (thanks M!) remembered these speaking questions from his IELTS exam:

Speaking testIELTS test in the Philippines

Interview

– What is your full name?
– Do you live in an apartment or a house?
– What is your favorite room?
– What is your favorite meal (breakfast, lunch or dinner)? Why?
– How important is breakfast?
– What is better, a small or a big meal? Why?

Cue Card

Talk about a famous person you are interested in. Please say:

– Describe this person.
– How did you come to know about him/her?
– Why did he/she become famous?
– What have you learned from him/her?

Discussion

– What do you know about celebrities?
– Do you think celebrities are different in different countries?
– Were they different in the past?
– What does motivate people to become well-known?
– Do you think technology can help people interested in it, to become well known?

IELTS test in the Philippines – June 2012 (Academic Module)

A test taker from the Philippines (thanks C!) has shared this IELTS update:

Listening testIELTS test in the Philippines

Section 1. How to become a member of Newport sailing club.

Section 2. An interview with a woman describing her desert-based travel agency.

Section 3. Students presented their project about milling in Africa to their professor.

Section 4. Don’t remember.

Reading test

Passage 1. The green Sahara – archeologists’ findings about the Kinnians and Teherenians.

Passage 2. Evolution theory in association with work environment.

Passage 3. The history of photography and its effect on arts.

Writing test

Writing task 1 (a report)

We had a table showing the production of carbon dioxide in 5 countries in 2005-2006.

Writing task 2 (an essay)

With the increasing number of people in cities, most do not know their neighbors and the sense of community is lost. What is causing this? How can we turn it around?

Speaking test

Interview

– What is your full name?
– What can I call you?
– Can I see your identification card?
– Where are you living?
– Is it a house or an apartment?
– Do you have a favorite room in the house?
– What does make your house pleasant?
– Is drawing important for an adult?
– Do you find it difficult to draw?

Cue Card

Talk about a job that you would like to have. You should say

– What is it?
– What skills are needed for it?
– Why did you choose it?

Discussion

– What can you say about those who change their profession?
– What do you think are the disadvantages/advantages of changing one’s profession?
– What professions do you think won’t be needed in the future?