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Recent IELTS exams

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

IELTS Speaking test in India – December 2011

The questions below were shared by our kind friend S who took an IELTS exam in India.

Speaking test IELTS test in India

Interview

– What do you like the most about your job?
– How many schools did you go to?
– Will you send your children to the same school?
– When did you first use the Internet?
– Do you think computers are necessary in the future life?
– How often do you buy things online?

Cue card

Talk about an interesting place that you know that is open to public. Please say:

– what kind of place it is,
– who goes there,
– why people usually go there, and
– explain why you think it is an interesting place for people

Discussion

– Did you go to this place recently?
– What are the purposes of public buildings?
– What public buildings are there in your area?
– What type of public buildings do young people prefer?
– Why do people visit public buildings?
– Do you think there should be some rules in public buildings?

IELTS test in Iran – December 2011 (General Training)

The topics below were shared by E, who recently took an IELTS exam in Iran.

Listening testIELTS test in Iran

Section 1. A student was registering at the university.
Questions: filling in blanks.

Section 2. A tour guide was leading tourists through the island.
Questions: multiple choice, information matching.

Section 3. How light pollution affects wild animals.
Questions: information matching, multiple choice.

Section 4. Description of making an imaginary airport.
Questions: filling in blanks.

Reading test

Passage 1. The history of the tea.
Questions: True/False/Not Given and matching of the scientists names.

Passage 2,3 and 4. Don’t remember.

Writing test

Writing task 1 (a letter)

You want to rent out one of the rooms of your apartment. Write a letter to the accommodation officer of a nearest college and say

– What does the room look like?
– What kind of student would you prefer?

Writing Task 2 (an essay)

Nowadays people prefer to follow sports events on TV rather than take part in sports themselves. Do you think this is a positive or a negative development?