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Recent IELTS exams

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

IELTS in Adelaide, Australia – Writing and Speaking

As promised, here are the Writing and Speaking questions from IELTS in Adelaide (see yesterday’s post).

Writing test

Writing Task 1 (report)
The table we were given described Fishing Industry; the comparison between Large scale business and small scale business and the sections included to compare were the Number of Employees, Annual Production, Annual Consumption of fuel and one more category I forgot.

Writing Task 2 (essay)
Child care is very necessary for the parents, so mothers and fathers need to take a child care training course. To what extent do you agree or disagree.

Speaking test

Interview
– Are you a student or working ?
– Why do you find this course interesting?
– Do you like to watch television?
– How often do you watch television?
– What sort of programs you like to watch on TV?
– Do you prefer to see the local channels or keen to see international channels?

Cue Card
Tell me about an electronic device you want to buy, you should say:
– What it looks like
– Why you’d like to buy this device
– When you are going to buy it.

Discussion
– Is technology playing an important role in the society?
– Any Negative aspects of technology that you see in the society?
– There were two more questions that I don’t remember.

IELTS in Adelaide, Australia – September 2009 (Academic Module)

IELTS in Adelaide, Australia was shared by K., and let me tell you – he has an amazing memory. Let’s thank him for the effort and for his kindness. Here is what IELTS in Adelaide was like:

Listening test

Section 1: A conversation between a male and a female; the female voice was giving information about a hall booking and services included in the booking, menus and packages. In addition she was telling about computer cards printing, a special cake and concession for advance booking.

Questions: Fill the blanks (two words only).

Section 2: A radio talk where the representative talks and gives a review of some programs;

Questions: Multiple choice, the options were A: Positive, B: Negative, C: Neutral. After that there was one table and we had to continue this review where host started to explain about the 4 programs name, type and what is exactly the program was about. To complete this section we had to fill in the blanks (use one word only).

Section 3: It started with a conversation between girl and boy; the girl here was sharing her experience about a hotel Management internship.

Questions: Here also 8 options were provided for 6 questions. For example question no. 33 Cleaning ___H____ (Option H was “It was a noisy job.”) and other 4 questions were multiple choice, and here the girl was telling the boy about how he can apply for a job in a restaurant.

Section 4: Research studies about animal fats.

Questions: First 4 questions were True / False, then some questions were multiple choice, and last four questions were choose the appropriate option and fill in the blanks.

Reading test

Passage 1: Research studies about how animal treat themselves to recover from injuries and illnesses.

Questions: Fill in a table (one word only) and fill in the blanks.

Passage 2: How human beings used to trade;

Questions: first four questions were to match a heading to a paragraph; last six questions were to fill in the blanks, choosing from provided words.

Passage 3: Research into schooling and studies; Three projects were designed and how those projects were generating results.

Questions: First 4 questions were True / False, the other questions were on these three projects, statements were given and we had to choose the appropriate option such as which project this statement belongs to. For example statement X belongs to A, B or C.

This is not the end – questions in Writing and Speaking tests will be published tomorrow.