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Recent IELTS exams

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

IELTS test in Florida, USA – July 2011 (General Training)

Our friend Y remembered some of the topics and questions they had in a recent exam in the USA.

Listening test

Section 1. A teacher was calling to change the schedule for his daughter’s afternoon class.

Sections 2-4. Don’t remember.

Reading test

Passage 1. A restaurant menu.

Passage 2. The appearance of Dodo (a bird).

Passage 3,4. Don’t remember.

Writing test

Writing task 1 (a letter)

Write a letter to the hotel manager asking for help with your event celebration. Please say

– What kind of event is it?
– What arrangements should be done prior to the event?

Writing Task 2 (an essay)

Young people prefer living on their own or with friend to living in their parents’ home. Do you agree or disagree?

Speaking test

Interview

– What is your name?
– What would you like me to call you?
– Which part of your apartment do you like the most and why?
– Which part of the apartment would you change?

Cue Card

Talk about the profession that can change the world. Please say

– Do you know anyone working in that profession?
– Why would it change the world?
– What do you think can make this job enjoyable?

Discussion

Don’t remember.

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IELTS Speaking test in Malaysia – July 2011

Our Malaysian friend M has shared the Speaking questions from a recent exam, here they are:

Speaking test

Interview

– What is your full name?
– What should I call you?
– Can I see your ID?
– Are you currently working or studying?
– Where are you from?

– Do you like swimming?
– Do you think children should learn swimming?
– Do people in your country like swimming?
– Do you like swimming in the sea or in a swimming pool?
– Do you use a computer?
– What is your opinion about computers?
– What do you like to learn about computers?

Cue card

Describe the type of clothes you like to wear, please say

– Where do you buy clothes?
– How often do you go to buy clothes?
– How do you choose clothes?
– Why do you like to buy clothes?

Discussion

– Do you pay much money for clothes?
– How do people judge others by their clothes?
– What is your opinion about fashion?
– Why do some people like fashion?
– What is the negative side of fashion?