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Recent IELTS exams

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

IELTS test in Australia – April 2011 (Academic Module)

The IELTS exam in Australia was shared by A (thank you!), who remembered the following information:

Listening test

Section 1. A conversation between a clinic receptionist and a patient first, and then between a doctor and a patient.

Section 2. Tourist resort briefing.

Section 3. A presentation about preservation of biological diversity.

Section 4. Don’t remember.

Reading test

Passage 1. About solar energy systems.

Passage 2. About the use of Neem in India as a pesticide.

Passage 3. A research on how people tend to make decisions and an explanation about the decision-making process.

Writing test

Writing task 1 (a report)

We had to describe a chart showing the percentage of different types of waste (glass, plastic, metal and so on) recycled from 1992 to 2002 in a particular country.

Writing task 2 (an essay)

There is a trend of increasing competitiveness in today’s society. In your opinion, is it a good or a bad development?

Speaking test

Interview

– Tell me about the city and culture you grew up in.
– Do you play a lot of sports?
– Is sport a common pastime in your country?
– Do you have many sporting events with mixed-sex participation?

Cue Card

Describe a noisy place you have visited recently. Please say
– Why was it noisy?
– What effect does the noise have on you?

Discussion

– Is your country facing problems with noise pollution?
– Has it increased over the years? Why?

IELTS test in India – April 2011 (General Training)

The topics and questions below were shared by our kind friend A who took his IELTS exam in Pune, Inida. He didn’t remember any of the Listening or Reading topics, but did a great job on the Writing and Speaking:

Writing test

Writing task 1 (a letter)

Write a letter to the principle of your college to inform him that you have joined an evening course, which is different from the one described in their brochure. Please say

– What course have you joined?
– Describe how the course is different from the one described in the brochure.
– What action do you expect the principal to take?
– What are your suggestions regarding this matter?

Writing Task 2 (an essay)

Children are influenced by their friends’ opinions. In what way are children affected by their friends? How can parents make sure this influence is positive? Please provide supporting examples.

Speaking test

Interview

– What is your full name?
– Do you prefer to read newspapers or to watch news on TV?
– Do you use internet to read the news?
– Where do you prefer to see movies, on a TV screen or in the cinema? Why?
– What kind of movies do you like? Why?

Cue Card

Describe an advertisement you have seen recently, please say:

– What was it about?
– What was included in it?
– In your opinion who should watch the advertisement?

Discussion

– Are advertisements important to you?
– In what way?
– Why do they use celebrities in advertisements?
– Do you think children should be in advertisements?
– What are the media getting by showing advertisements?
– In what places can advertisements be allowed?