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Recent IELTS exams

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

IELTS test in Iran – January 2010 (Academic Module)

IELTS exam in Iran was shared by A. (thank you!), who managed to remember the Reading and Writing sections. Here they are:

Reading test

Passage 1: Tea and the history of it, how it was introduced to Europe and then to Russia.

Passage 2: About plants and chlorophyll, red and yellow leaves, their purposes and some theories.

Passage 3: The passage was about mental disorders, Alzheimer, and causes and effects of some parameters on the mind of elderly people.

Writing test

Writing Task1 (a report)
We were given a chart that included one line graph and one bar chart.
The graph showed temperature changes in a one year period for an African city, having a peak in August.
The bar chart showed the amount of rainfall over the same period, and monthly, in millimeters.

Writing task 2 (an essay)
In high schools the unpaid community service is a part of the program. Should it be compulsory or not? Discuss, what is your opinion?

IELTS Speaking questions from the Philippines – January 2010

The IELTS exam in the Philippines was just like the exam in Malaysia, so says J., and here are the Speaking questions she had (thank you J!)

Speaking test

Interview

– What is your full name?
– What shall I call you?
– Where do you live and where is it located?
– How is the transportation in your place? Is it accessible?
– Do you think you would live there longer?
– How often do you spend time with your friends in your free time?
– Do you prefer to hang out with your friends at home or going out?
– What do you usually do when you’re together?
– What do people in your country mostly talk about when they are together?

Cue card

Talk about a conversation you had on the phone that was important to you, you should say:
– Who you talked to,
– What you talked about,
– Why it was important.

Discussion

– Which do you prefer, a face to face or a phone conversation?
– What would be the barriers in a phone conversation?
– Could there be problems in a face to face conversation?
– Do you think people who don’t know each other could have a functional talk? Give examples.
– Would they also talk about personal details?