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Recent IELTS exams

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

IELTS test in Brunei – December 2015 (General Training)

Thanks to V who took the IELTS test in Brunei we can share the following topics and questions:

Listening testIELTS test in Brunei

Section 1. A conversation regarding a public service survey.
Section 2. A conversation about tennis players.
Section 3. A conversation about music, psychology and how they are connected.
Section 4. A lecture about migration of butterflies and their hibernation.

Reading test

Passage 1. About an old museum.
Questions: match headings to paragraphs.
Passage 2. About an automotive service.
Questions: True/False/Not Given.
Passage 3. Don’t remember.
Passage 4. About travel to Australia for gold mining.

Writing test

Writing task 1 (a letter)

You recently saw a job advertisement for a tour guide, to show your local area and its attractions to English-speaking tourists. Write a letter to a tourist agency and say
– Where did you see this advertisement?
– Explain why you are suitable for this job.
– Suggest how to improve your local area to attract more tourists.

Writing Task 2 (an essay)

In some countries students spends about 5 hours a day in school, in other countries they study even less. Does short school day have more advantages or disadvantages? Discuss.

Speaking test

Interview

– What is your full name?
– Can I see your ID?
– Where are you from?
– Do you work or study?
– Describe the home where you grew up.
– Where do you live now?
– Can you describe your current home?
– Do you like mathematics?
– Do you prefer to use a calculator or to calculate in your head?
– How often do you make phone calls? Why?
– Do you prefer to send text messages or to call?

Cue Card

Describe a small successful company that you know. Please say

– What products do they make?
– How did you know about it?
– What makes the company successful?

Discussion

– What determines the success of a business?
– Is it easy to start a business in your hometown? Why?
– What are the advantages and disadvantages of a family business?
– Is it easier to start a business now compared to the past?
– Would you like to start a business in the future? Why?
– What is better, being an employer or an employee?

IELTS Speaking test in Russia – December 2015

Thanks to N who recently took the IELTS test in Russia we can share these Speaking questions:

Speaking testIELTS test in Russia

Interview

– What is your full name?
– Can I see your ID?
– Where are you from?
– Do you work or study?
– What do you do for work?
– Do you like this job?
– What is more important, the people you work with or the job itself?
– What exactly do you like about your job?
– Do you like watching movies?
– What kind of movies do you usually watch?
– Did your taste in movies change over time?
– What kind of movies did you prefer to watch in the past? Why?

Cue Card

Describe a machine or equipment that you would like to buy. Please say

– What is it?
– What would you use it for?
– How would you feel after getting it?

Discussion

– How did technology influence the education system?
– Did the role of teachers change compared to the past? Why?
– How did technology change our society?
– How big was its impact?