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Recent IELTS exams

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

IELTS test in Indonesia – February 2010 (Academic Module)

IELTS test in Indonesia was collectively shared by E. and A.(thank you very much!), who remembered the following details:

Listening test

Section 1: About a market, there was a map, which contained some locations and one of them should have been chosen.
Sections 2-4: Don’t remember.

Writing test

Writing task 1 (a report)
There was a comparison of favorite subjects of the students from 2 different schools. It is presented as a bar chart.

Writing task 2 (an essay)
Some people prefer to watch movies at the cinema, others like watching their movies at home, as home theaters become more popular. Discuss, what is your opinion?

Speaking test

Interview

– What’s your name?
– What are you doing at the moment?
– What qualification does your job require?
– Do you like flowers?
– On what occasions in your country people give flower to one another?
– What was the last time you gave someone a bouquet of flowers?

Cue card

Talk about an important letter that you received, you should say:
– Who it was from,
– When you received the letter,
– What it was about,
– Why it was important for you.

Discussion

– What is the impact of illiteracy on your country?
– How could we encourage people to learn how to read and write?
– Why it is important that we begin learning how to write at school?
– Is it important to not have any illiteracy in the society?

IELTS exam in Sydney, Australia – February 2010 (General Training)

ELTS test in Sydney, Australia was shared by our kind friend L. (thank you!), who sent me the following information:

Listening test

Section 1: Local drama club.
Section 2: About a reference list / bibliography.
Section 3: Don’t remember.
Section 4: History of mining in 1700s.
Reading test

Passage 1: A notice regarding visiting a museum.
Questions: True/False/Not Given.

Passage 2: Advertisements about travel.
Questions: Information matching.

Passage 3: About the use of company computers.
Questions: Filling in the blanks.

Passage 4: Different days of paid holiday for different employees.

Passage 5: An article about an old painting and its authentication.
Questions: True/False/Not Given, information matching, filling in the blanks.

Writing test

Writing task 1 (a letter)
Write a letter to local council regarding the plan of replacement of a library with a supermarket, you need to write the following:
– where do you get this information,
– the disadvantages of having a supermarket instead of the library,
– importance of the library.

Writing task 2 (an essay)
More and more people start buying ready to eat food and less people cooking for themselves, what are the advantages and disadvantages of such development? Discuss.

Speaking test

Interview
– What do you do?
– Why did you decide to study in this university?
– How was your first day at the university?
– Do you think first day is important?
– Do you prefer to study in a quiet environment?
– What’s the sound of nature you love to hear?
– What’s daily noise you hate?
– What’s the sound that reminds you of your childhood?

Cue card
Talk about exciting news you received via email/text/phone.
(this topic seem to be very popular recently!)

Discussion
– Why people choose face to face communication over email/message?
– What’s the difference between communication among old people and young adults?
– These days, do people think that using text messages can quickly change their plans, what do you think?
– Under what circumstances would you need to speak face to face?