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Recent IELTS exams

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

IELTS Speaking test in Japan – August 2010

Our Japanese friend has shared the questions she remembered:

Speaking test

Interview

– What is your name?
– Where are you from?
– Describe you country.
– Do you like living in your country?
– Do you work or study?
– What is your work like?
– Why did you choose this kind of work?
– Do you like to cook?
– Do you cook often?
– Do you think you will cook more in future?
– Where did you learn English?
– Do you think learning English is easy?
– What do think about those people who drive short distances?
– Do you think using public transport is better?

Cue Card

Talk for 1 or 2 minutes about a walk you enjoyed, please say
– Who was there with you?
– Where and when did you go?
– Why did you enjoy it?

Discussion

– Do you think it would be better if we stopped using private cars for long distances?
– What are the advantages and disadvantages of having a private car?

IELTS test in Saudi Arabia – August 2010 (Academic Module)

IELTS exam questions and topics were shared by S from Saudi Arabia (thank you!), who remembered the following:

Listening test

Section 1. An interview between a researcher and a visitor to a country for tourism purposes.

Section 2. An interview with a cinema manager.
Questions: a drawing of the cinema location and a schedule of films we had to complete.

Section 3. A discussion between 2 university students and their mentor.

Section 4. A presentation of a research about an old building.

Reading test

Passage 1. Agricultural tourism.
Passage 2. Photography.
Passage 3. The effect of the increased amount of salt in the Australian land.

Writing test

Writing Task 1 (a report)

We had a table describing oil consumption of some regions in the world as a percentage of world oil consumption in 2004 and also a prediction for 2014.

Writing Task 2 (an essay)

Some people say that modern children’s games affect negatively the development of their skills compared to traditional games. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

Speaking test

Interview

– What is your full name?
– What do you do, work or study?
– Did you enjoy your first day at work? Is it important?

Cue card

Talk about a school you went to in your childhood, please say
– what school it was,
– where it was,
– describe the classrooms,
– what you remember about the teachers.

Discussion

– What is better, a small or large a class?
– What do you think about teaching social subjects in schools and how it should be done?