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Recent IELTS exams

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

IELTS test in Australia and Tanzania – September 2015 (General Training)

IELTS test takers T and S remembered the following topics from their exams in Australia and Tanzania:

Listening testIELTS test in Australia

Section 1. About salsa dance.

Section 2. About a tourist organization, its office and operations.

Section 3. Don’t remember.

Section 4. About a New Zealand bird called Moa.

Reading test

Passage 1. About Australian immigration services.
Questions: True/False/Not Given.

Passage 2. About ethical behaviour in the workplace.

Passage 3. Don’t remember.

Passage 4. About an expedition to the source of the Mississippi river by Henry Schoolcraft and his wife. Also about his six-volume study of American Indians (Ojibwe).

Writing test

Writing task 1 (a letter)

You recently borrowed a book from a teacher and forgot to return it after your exam. Write to him/her and say

– What book did you take?
– How did that book help you?
– Explain why you didn’t return it.

Writing Task 2 (an essay)

Some people think that man-made Zoos should not exist in the 21st century. Do you agree or disagree?

Speaking test

Interview

– What is your full name?
– Can I see your ID?
– Where are you from?
– Do you work or study?

– Would you like to work in the countryside? Why?
– Do you make quick decisions or not? Why?
– Is it good to make decisions like that?
– Do you like photography? Why?
– What is the photo that you like best? Why?

Cue Card

Describe how you would spend a day off, if you were given one at college or workplace. Please say

– How would you feel about it?
– What would you do?
– With whom would you do it?

Discussion

Do you prefer one long or a few short holidays? Why?

IELTS test in Macedonia – September 2015 (General Training)

Thanks to our friend M who took the IELTS test in Skopje, Macedonia we can share the following Writing and Speaking questions (M didn’t remember the Listening or the Reading topics).

Writing testIELTS test in Macedonia

Writing task 1 (a letter)

You recently completed a course and you borrowed a book from your teacher which you couldn’t return in time. You would like to return the book now. Write a letter to your teacher and say

– What book was it?
– How helpful was the book?
– Explain why you couldn’t return it in time.

Writing Task 2 (an essay)

Some people believe that zoos where animals are kept in man-made environment should no longer exist in the 21st century. Do you agree or disagree?

Speaking test

Interview

– What is your full name?
– Can I see your ID?
– Where are you from?
– Do you work or study?
– Do you know how to swim?
– When did you learn to swim?
– Is swimming popular in your hometown?

Cue Card

Discuss an instance when you shared personal information with someone. Please say

– With whom did you share it?
– What information did you share?
– How did you feel after that?

Discussion

– What do you know about data privacy?
– Do you think sharing information on the Internet is a good idea?
– Why do researchers share information online?