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Recent IELTS exams

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

IELTS test in Australia – March 2010 (Academic Module)

IELTS test in Perth, Australia was described by S., who remembered the topics in the Writing and Speaking sub-tests:

Writing test

Writing Task 1 (a report)

The first chart showed the percentage of girls and boys in secondary education of four regions (Europe, America, Africa, and East Asia) in the world in 2000. The second chart showed percentage of men and women in higher education (college, university) of four regions in the same year.

Writing Task 2 (an essay)

Nowadays, more jobs and work are done by machines. What are the effects of this on individual and society? Do you think the advantages outweigh the disadvantages? Discuss.

Speaking test

Interview

– Introduce yourself.
– Do you work or study?
– Do you wear a watch?
– How do you feel if you are late for something?
– Do you think time passes too slowly nowadays?
– What do you want to be in the future?

Cue card

Talk about your favorite subject at school, you should say:
– What is it?
– How did you learn about the subject?
– How important is the subject in your everyday live?

Discussion

– What do you think about teachers?
– What are the qualities one needs to be a good teacher?
– What do you think about bad teachers?
– How different was education system in your country in the past and at present?
– What do you think about the role of technology in education?

IELTS test in China – March 2010 (Academic Module)

IELTS test in China was shared by N. (thank you!), who remembered the following details.

Listening test

Section 1. A survey, a man wanted to study Japanese and consults with an agency.

Section 2. British seafood.

Section 3. Don’t remember.

Section 4. A doctor introduces her study about ocean species, she spoke about her personal experience.

Reading test

Passage 1. The essence of happiness and few factors which influence it.

Passage 2. Fingerprints investigation applied to two different fields: art works and crime scenes.

Passage 3: A study of relationship between a chronic syndrome and foot pressure points conducted by scientists. There was an introduction of a range of special boots which could be beneficial.

Writing test

Writing task 1 (a report)
Bar graph type, there were two graphs comparing the percentages of students in terms of different genders between the middle school level education and higher level in 4 different regions.

Writing task 2 (an essay)
With the help of science and technology, machines are becoming more popular in workplace. Do you think the advantages of this trend outweigh the disadvantages? Discuss both ideas and give your own opinion.

Speaking test

In the interview I was asked questions about the place where I live.

Cue card
Describe a famous foreign person (not from your own country) who you want to meet. You should say:
– who that person is,
– what personality he/she has,
– what is the reason he/she is famous,
– why you want to meet him/her.

Discussion
– Discuss the positive and negative points of being famous.
– Do you think you could become famous?
– What are the reasons for becoming famous?
– What do you think of the role celebrities play, such as raise the money for charity groups or in promoting the world peace.