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Recent IELTS exams

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

IELTS test in Lahore, Pakistan – March 2011 (Academic Module)

The IELTS exam below was shared by our friend R from Lahore, who remembered the following:

Listening test

Section 1. An information officer of a travel agency was providing information to a customer on the phone. They were talking about a tour on Santa’s Island.

Section 2. An instructor was explaining a campus map to the new students of an institute.

Section 3. Students were talking about chimpanzee behavior they observed on a tour.

Section 4. A lecture about types of corporate styles.

Reading test

Passage 1. CSR – corporate social responsibility.
Passage 2. Traffic jams.
Passage 3. Don’t remember.

Writing test

Writing task 1 (a report)

We were given three pie charts comparing exports of Argentina, Chile and Mexico in 2004.

Writing task 2 (an essay)

Mobile phones and the internet can be of great use for the elderly. In what ways do you think these can be helpful to them? How can they be encouraged to use this technology?

IELTS Speaking test in the UK – March 2011

The following questions were shared by A who had her speaking test in the UK.

Speaking test

Interview

– What is your name?
– Tell me about yourself.
– Where do you live, in a small town or a city?
– Why do you like this place?
– What do you know about science?
– Since when are you learning science?
– Do you enjoy it? Why?
– Are there any live music concerts in your town?
– Do you like them?
– How often do you attend live concerts?
– When was your last visit?
– Do you prefer to go to live concerts or to listen to CDs?

Cue Card

Talk about a program you saw on TV that you didn’t like, please say
– What program it was,
– What the content was,
– Why you disliked it and
– What could have been done to make it better.

Discussion

– What educational programs do you watch on television?
– How often do you watch them?
– What do you like about them?
– What is the purpose of advertisements?
– Do they really have an effect on people?
– What is the impact of ads on children?
– Are they necessary at all?
– What do you think about satellite channels?