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Recent IELTS exams

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

IELTS test in Italy – October 2011 (Academic Module)

Our kind friend P has shared his IELTS exam in Italy, enjoy:

Listening test IELTS test in Italy

Section 1. We were given a table with missing words about different hobbies or crafts.
Questions: We needed to fill in gaps telephone numbers, dates, meeting places, and spell out a word.

Section 2. Plan of a modern library.
Questions: map labeling.

Section 3. Students were talking about a project.
Questions: Understand opinions, suggestions and hints.

Section 4. Lecture about employers, employment, and how universities prepare students for future jobs.

Reading test

Passage 1. About children that lack sport activity, related health risks, how parents are involved in children’s outdoor activities, initiatives taken by a branch of British government.

Passage 2. Marketing strategies, with case studies about Jill & Lee and The Body Shop. These companies are using charity campaigns to affect buyers decisions.

Passage 3. Recent discoveries on the planet Mars make scientists re-think their beliefs about Mars’ past climatic changes. Ice on Mars and the action of ice banks on the Mars surface.

Writing test

Writing task 1 (a report)

Bar chart with different workforce areas (healthcare, education, teaching, business, transport, construction and so on). Bars were showing how men and women are employed in those sectors.

Writing task 2 (an essay)

Often new commercial centers are planed with respect to green areas and sport facilities. Do you agree or disagree with this statement? Why?

IELTS Speaking test in the UK – October 2011

Below is the Speaking part of the IELTS exam in the UK we shared yesterday – enjoy.

Speaking test IELTS test in the UK

Interview

– Did you grow up in a village or a city?
– What leisure activities did you have in your village?
– Do you think your village is a good place to live?
– What are the advantages for young people in your village?
– Have you ever learned to dance?
– Do you enjoy dancing?
– Do you enjoy watching other people dance?
– On what occasions do people in your country dance?

Cue Card

Tell me about an old person you know. Please say

– Who is he/she?
– How do you know him/her?
– Why do you like him/her?
– Explain why this person is important to you.

Discussion

– Why do some employers believe that employing an older person is an advantage?
– What can an older person offer to a company?
– Why do a lot of older people want to keep working?
– Are there many old people in your village?
– How does it affect the community when there are more old people than young people?
– What could a city do to attract more young people?