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Recent IELTS exams

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

IELTS Speaking questions from Australia – January 2010

IELTS Speaking questions from Australia were shared by M. (thank you!), who remembered this much:

Speaking test

Interview

– What is your full name?
– How can I call you?
– Where are you from?
– Do you work or study?
– Why did you choose that university?
– What do you remember about the first day of university?
– What is important to people on the first day in the university?
– Do you like cooking?
– Who does the cooking at home?
– Did you learn how to cook from your mum?

Cue card

Talk about a famous person (not from your country) that you would like to meet. You should say
– Who is he/she?
– Why is the person famous?
– How do you know about this famous person?
– Explain why you would like to meet this famous person.

Discussion

– Do you want to be famous? Why?
– Why does a famous person become famous?
– What is the advantage and disadvantage to becoming famous?
– How does famous persons influence people?

IELTS Speaking questions from Kuwait – January 2010

IELTS Speaking test in Kuwait was shared by U., who says that the rest of his exam was exactly like IELTS in India. Here is what he was asked:

Speaking test

Interview

– What is your name?
– Do you work or study?
– What do you like in your work?
– Which subject in this work do you like and why?
– Would you like to continue your work in this firm?

Cue card

Talk about a mechanical or electronic piece of equipment you would want to buy, you should say:
– What is it?
– Why do you want to buy it?
– Who told you about it?
– What other features would you want to have in it?

Discussion

– How is education and technology related?
– What is the effect of technology on society?
– Tell me about a specific situation where technology has affected the society.