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Recent IELTS exams

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

IELTS Speaking test in Hyderabad India – August 2011

The Speaking questions below were sent by D who took an IELTS exam recently in India. Enjoy!

Speaking test

Interview

– What is your name?
– Tell me about yourself.
– Where do you live, in a small town or a big city?
– Why do you like this place?
– Are there any musical concerts in your city?
– Do you like them?
– How often do you attend a live concert?
– When was your last visit?
– Do you prefer a live concert or music on CD?

Cue Card

Talk about a program that you saw on TV and did not like. Please say

– What program was it?
– What was it about?
– Why didn’t you like it?
– What could have been done to make it better?

Discussion

– What educational programs do you watch on television?
– How often do you watch them?
– What is the purpose of advertisements?
– What is the impact of ads on children?

IELTS test in Namibia – August 2011 (Academic Module)

The IELTS exam below was shared by S and R, who remembered the following topics and questions:

Listening test

Section 1. About the telephone tariff at a rental accommodation.

Section 2. About Barkly gardens.

Section 3. A conversation between two students about a presentation.

Section 4. About the railway between Darwin and Adelaide in Australia.

Reading test

Passage 1. A text about Leaf-cutter and Lower attine ants.

Passage 2. About a scientific method to calculate the distance between the Earth and the Sun, called Transit of Venus.

Passage 3. Advertisement related passage.

Writing test

Writing task 1 (a report)

We were given a table that showed the number of workers, actual and predicted figures between 1985 and 2015. Below is a similar table:

IELTS Writing Task 1 table

Writing task 2 (an essay)

In the last century, the first man walking on the moon said: “It is a giant leap for mankind”. However, some people think it makes little difference to our daily lives. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

Speaking test

Interview

– What is your name?
– What can I call you?
– Do you work or study?
– Do you like your job, why?
– Would you like to change your career in the future?
– Where do you stay?
– What foods are popular in your culture?
– Do people eat as a group in your culture?
– Is it good for people to eat as a group?
– What colours do you prefer in your life?

Cue Card

Describe a character that influenced you in childhood. Please say

– Who is that character?
– What does he/she look like?

Discussion

Don’t remember.