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Recent IELTS exams

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

IELTS test in Australia – October 2015 (Academic Module)

An IELTS test taker from Australia (thanks, E!) remembered the following topics and questions from a recent exam:

Listening testIELTS test in Australia

Section 1. About hotel reservation.

Section 2. Students discussed business and marketing strategies.

Section 3. Don’t remember.

Section 4. The history of cocoa.

Reading test

Passage 1. About different clocks and systems.

Passage 2. A research into children’s development.

Passage 3. A research into dinosaurs.

Writing test

Writing task 1 (a report)

We were given two line graphs showing male and female population in prison in one European country between 1911 and 2011. We had to summarise and describe the data.

Writing Task 2 (an essay)

Some people say that mobile phones should not be allowed in public places, others argue that people should be free to use their phones wherever they like. Discuss both views and give your own opinion.

Speaking test

Interview

– What is your full name?
– Can I see your ID?
– Where are you from?
– Do you work or study?
– What was your favourite book as a child?
– Lets talk about colours.
– What kind of colours do you like to use?
– What colour would you never use in your home?
– Why is that?

Cue Card

Talk about an environmental law that your country should implement. Please say

– What law should it be?
– Who should follow the law?
– Do you think it would be easy to implement and enforce this law?

Discussion

– How would this law help the environment?

IELTS Speaking test in India – October 2015

When R took the IELTS Speaking test in India, he was asked the following questions:

Speaking testIELTS test in India

Interview

– What is your full name?
– Can I see your ID?
– Where are you from?
– Do you work or study?
– Do you enjoy your work?
– Do you see yourself working in the same field in the future?
– Have you worked or studied in groups?
– Do you prefer to study in a group or individually?
– What does one learn while working or studying in a group?
– What are the drawbacks or disadvantages of studying/working in a group?
– Do you like colours?
– What are the colours that you would rather not have in your house?
– Do you think colours influence you?

Cue Card

Talk about your favourite song. Please say

– What is the song about?
– When did you first hear the song?
– Why is it your favourite?

Discussion

– Does it remind you of something when you hear it?
– Let’s talk about music.
– What kind of music do children like to listen to?
– Is it different from what you listen to?
– What kind of music does the older generation like to hear?
– Why do people like to listen to music?
– Do you like to sing?
– Do you think everyone can sing?
– What are some of the occasions when people sing?
– Do you think all cultures enjoy singing?