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Recent IELTS exams

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

IELTS Speaking test in Iran – May 2011

The speaking questions below were shared by our kind friend N, who took his IELTS exam in Iran recently.

Speaking test

Interview

– Do you work or study?
– What do you like about your job?
– Do you like your job or people you work with?
– Have you ever collected things?
– Why do people like to collect things?
– In your country, what are the things that people usually collect?
– Do you like animals?
– What animals do you like?
– Do people keep animals in your country? What kind?
– What kind of wild animals do you like? Why?

Cue Card

Talk about an adventurous person in your life. Please say
– Who is this person?
– How do you know him/her?
– What kind of risks does he/she take?

Discussion

– Are you an adventurous person?
– Do people take more risks now than in the past?
– Do you think people take more intellectual risks or physical risks?
– Why do some people like to take risks?
– Why don’t most people like to take risks?
– Do you think government should support people who take risks and lose?

IELTS test in China – May 2011 (Academic Module)

The IELTS exam below was shared by G from China – thanks for your help.

Listening test

Section 1. About a hotel that requires new design or redecoration.

Section 2. A student was asking his teacher for suggestions regarding his project on the use of recycling for environmental protection.

Section 3. An introduction for sports center members, including description of the facilities in the sports center and their training effects.

Section 4. A change in production process and its effect on a new kind of clothes fabric.

Reading test

Passage 1. Nobel’s story.

Passage 2. The effect of bees on the environment and the impact honey makes on people who use it as food.

Passage 3. About the corporate culture and management models in different companies.

Writing test

Writing task 1 (a report)

We were given bar charts describing sales of the “fair trade” products in the UK (coffee, tea, honey, coca, and bananas).

Writing task 2 (an essay)

Some people think that foreign visitors should be charged more than locals when they visit culture and tourist attractions in a country. To what extent do you agree or disagree?