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Recent IELTS exams

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

IELTS test in the USA – April 2010 (Academic Module)

IELTS in the USA was remembered and shared by our kind friend E. Here is what we know:

Listening test

Section 1. A women and a policeman were talking about burglary.
Section 2. About a hot water machine.
Section 3. Students were talking about their project.
Section 4. A lecture about organic farming.

Reading test

Passage 1. Theory of and researches into the ancient of people in Australia.
Passage 2. Memory competitions and memory functions.
Passage 3. Microfiber and it’s usage.

Writing test

Writing Task 1 (a report)
There were 1 line graph and 2 pie charts describing the global population.

Writing Task 2 (an essay)
Advertising discourages people from acting like individuals by making people want the same things and want to look the same. Do you agree or disagree?

Speaking test

– Introduce yourself.
– What is the role of flowers in your country?
– Questions about pollution.
– How different is the noise pollution in the city and the countryside?

IELTS Speaking questions from Australia – April 2010

IELTS Speaking questions were shared by M from Australia. The rest of the exam topics was published yesterday.

Speaking test

Interview

– Questions about myself.
– Questions about places to see in my home country.
– What languages do you speak?
– Are there any other languages you wish to study?
– Are you collecting anything?
– What would you like to collect in the future?
– Why people are collecting things?

Cue Card

Talk about an activity that you do to keep yourself healthy. You should say:
– what this activity is,
– when you do it,
– where you do it,
– whether you would recommend this to others and why.

Discussion

– How did the people in earlier generations keep themselves healthy?
– Has it changed?
– What do you think people should start doing today to stay healthy?
– What can the government do to support healthy lifestyle?