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Recent IELTS exams

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

IELTS Speaking test in China – December 2011

The questions below were shared by our Chinese friend X after her IELTS exam.

Speaking test IELTS test in China

Interview

– What is your name?
– Where are you from?
– Do you work or study?
– Is it easy to find a job like this?
– Do you like your job?
– Whom do you like to travel with? Why?
– When did you first use the Internet?
– How often do you buy things over the Internet?

Cue Card

Talk about a family photograph. Please say:

– Who took this photograph for you?
– What does this photograph show?
– Why do you like this photograph?

Discussion

– What elements are involved in a good photograph?
– Do you think photographs are a form of art?
– Do Chinese people attend photography classes?
– Do you hang some photographs on the walls of your home?

IELTS test in Australia – December 2011 (Academic Module)

The following IELTS exam was shared by our kind friend F from Australia (thanks to the contributor!)

Listening test IELTS test in Australia

Section 1. A conversation on the phone between a client and an insurance sales representative.
Section 2. A monologue about solar village.
Section 3. A talk between two students and a teacher about a questionnaire for the food consumers.
Section 4. A monologue on cotton farming and fashion.

Reading test

Passage 1. A research into ways to determine construction problems in roads.
Passage 2. The change of language between past and present.
Passage 3. Various types of marketing policy and their effects.

Writing test

Writing task 1 (a report)

We had to write a report on a chart that depicted the class size of primary and secondary school students in six different countries in 2006 in comparison with the global class size.

Writing task 2 (an essay)

Today food is traveling thousands of kilometers from where it is produced. Is it a positive or a negative trend?

Speaking test

Interview

– What’s your name?
– Do you work or study?
– Where are you originally from?
– What kind of food do you like?

Cue card

Talk about a family event you attended, please say:

– When and where did it happen?
– Who was present and what happened?
– How did you feel about the event?

Discussion

– Who is more important, friends or family?
– When do friends become more important than family?
– What is your opinion about old people who are living without their family?