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Recent IELTS exams

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

IELTS test in Australia – January 2011 (General Training)

IELTS exam in Australia was share by our kind friends D and P. Here is what they remembered:

Listening test

Section 1. A conversation between Peter and Jim about sharing a house. Jim was inspecting a room.

Questions: about the price, thing that Jim needs to bring in, the location of the telephone and when Jim can move in.

Section 2. An interview with Alan of Echange.com

Section 3. A lecture about Just Coffee.

Section 4. Don’t remember.

Reading test

Passage 1. How to get information from a newspaper, yellow pages and a library.

Passage 2. Advertisement for second-hand things.

Passage 3. The procedure for filing a complaint about your workplace.

Passage 4. The story of Gwen John.

Writing test

Writing task 1 (a letter)

You are on a business trip and stayed at a hotel. Unfortunately you left something behind in your hotel room. Write a letter to the manager, in your letter please include the following:

a. details of your stay.
b. details of what you left.
c. what you want the manager to do.

Writing task 2 (an essay)

In some countries wedding ceremonies are becoming bigger and more expensive than in the past. Why do you think this is the case? Is this a positive or negative development?

IELTS Speaking test in Australia – January 2011

It turns out that the recent IELTS exam in Australia was just like the tests in Hong Kong and Indonesia shared yesterday. Here are the questions C was asked in the Speaking section.

Speaking test

Interview

– What is your full name?
– What can I call you?
– Can I see your ID?
– Are you a student?
– Where are you from?
– Why do students choose to become a nurse in your country?
– Do you like nursing?
– Has anyone compelled you to become a nurse?
– Do you like traveling?
– What kind of transport do you usually use?
– Do you use air travel frequently?
– What is your favorite mode of traveling?
– Is air travel costly?

Cue Card

Talk about a cultural festival which people are celebrating in your country, please say
– When and where is it celebrated?
– How is it celebrated?
– What is the difference between its celebration the past and at present?

Discussion

– What is the importance of celebration?
– What are the usual celebrations in the West and in your country?
– What are the differences of celebrations in the past and at present?
– Is it important to celebrate the New Year?
– Is New Year celebrated in your country?
– What is your opinion about celebrations?
– Do people celebrate marriage? Is it important?
– What are the other types of celebrations in the West?