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Recent IELTS exams

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

IELTS Speaking test in Vietnam – July 2011

Our Vietnamese friend T has shared the questions he was asked in his IELTS speaking test recently.

Speaking test

Interview

– What is your full name?
– What do you like about your house?
– Is there anything you don’t like about your house?
– What would you like to change about your house?
– Do you like your name?
– Would you like to change your name?

Cue card

Describe your regular walks, please say

– Where do you walk?
– Whom do you walk with?
– What do you see on the way?
– Explain why you are walking regularly.

Discussion

– Why does walking make people healthier?
– Why do people like walking in the morning?
– Do you think different ages have different ways to exercise?
– What activities are better than walking for people who want to keep healthy?

IELTS test in Belgorod, Russia – July 2011 (Academic Module)

Below are the topics and questions shared by our kind friend A after her IELTS exam in Russia.

Listening test

Section 1. Registering a new patient in a hospital.

Section 2. About airports.

Section 3. Research related to different kinds of computer users.

Section 4. Don’t remember.

Reading test

Passage 1. About dinosaurs.

Passage 2. History of creation of banknotes.

Passage 3. Don’t remember.

Writing test

Writing task 1 (a report)

Describe two pie charts representing information about water consumption in Australia.

Writing task 2 (an essay)

Paying university graduates large salaries is justified, but only if they had to pay for their education. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement?

Speaking test

Interview

– Do you live in a big city or in a small town?
– Do you like flowers?
– For which purpose are flowers used in your country?
– What do you do with flowers on festivals?

Cue Card

Describe a leisure center in your city (a park, a cinema, a shopping mall or similar). Please say

– Where is it located?
– What amenities does it offer?
– How often do you go there?

Discussion

– What are the common leisure activities in your country?
– What activities do teenagers do in your country?
– Why do teenagers prefer to spend more time at home?