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Recent IELTS exams

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

IELTS test in Ecuador – July 2011 (General Training)

The topics and questions below were shared by A, who recently took an IELTS exam in Ecuador.

Listening test

Section 1. About a wedding venue.
Questions: Filling in blanks and multiple choice with 3 possible answers.

Section 2. About sports activities.

Section 3. About an experiment with a rocket transporting an egg.

Section 4. A teacher was giving instructions for a task related to monument structures.

Reading test

Passage 1. Article about an event venue.

Passage 2. Set of rules for company employees.

Passage 3. How to start your own business.

Passage 4. Place offering different camp activities.

Passage 5. Ancient and modern clocks.

Writing test

Writing task 1 (a letter)

You are taking a course at college, but you are not happy with it. You would like to change to a different course. Write a letter and include the following:

– What course are you taking?
– Why aren’t you happy with the course?
– Which course would you like to take instead?

Writing Task 2 (an essay)

There is a trend in some countries to get married at an older age and also to have children later in life. Why is it happening? Discuss positive and negative aspects of such trend.

Speaking test

Interview

– Please say your full name.
– What should I call you?
– Are you currently working or studying?
– Do you plan to stay in this job for a long time?

Cue Card

Talk about a country or town you would like to visit. Please say

– What country / town is it?
– With whom would you like to go?
– How do you plan to get there?
– Why do you want to go there?

Discussion

– Will people be traveling more in the future? Why or why not?
– Is technology helping to improve travel?

IELTS test in the UK – July 2011 (Academic Module)

Below are the writing and speaking topics that our friend C remembered from his IELTS exam in London, UK.

Writing test

Writing Task 1 (a report)

We were given a bar chart comparing children of three different age groups (1-3 years old, 4-9 years old and 9-13 years old) by their bed time activities. The activities given were reading, watching TV, brushing teeth, and eating.

Writing Task 2 (an essay)

Lectures were the traditional way to teach large numbers of students in the past. Now new technology is being used to teach students. Is this a positive or a negative development?

Speaking

Interview

– What do you do, studying or working?
– Do you like your present job?
– Would you like to continue in the present job?

Cue card

Describe one of your days off, please say

– Where would you go?
– With whom would you spend the day?
– What activities would you do?
– Please explain why you like a day off.

Discussion

– Do you think people need a day off?
– Do you like to spend a day off with friends or family?
– Who is more important in life, friends or family?
– Do you prefer just one long holiday or many days off?
– Do you think money is important in life?
– Which is more important in your life, money or the relationship with family / friends?
– Do you think nowadays people are working more hours than before?
– What should be more important for people: earning money or building relationships within their family?
– Do men and women have different ways of spending leisure time?