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Recent IELTS exams

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

IELTS Speaking test in Australia – August 2015

An IELTS test taker from Australia remembered being asked the following questions in his Speaking test:

Speaking testIELTS test in Australia

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 a living?
– Do you think your work is easy?
– Do you think your work will change in the future?
– Where do you live now?
– Do you like watching the sky? Why?
– Do you prefer to do it at night or during the day?
– Is there a place in your hometown where you can see clear sky?
– Did you learn about sky in school?

Cue Card

Talk about ambitions that you have in life. Please say

– What are they?
– Why do you want to achieve this?
– Why haven’t you achieved this yet?

Discussion

– What will you do to achieve it?
– Do you think people nowadays are too ambitious? Why?
– Do you think being ambitious at workplace is good?
– Why do you think people have these ambitions?

IELTS test in Canada – August 2015 (Academic Module)

An IELTS test taker from Canada (thanks, A!) remembered the following Writing and Speaking questions:

Writing testIELTS test in Canada

Writing task 1 (a report)

We were given a line graph showing the production of three different fossil fuels such as oil, coal and natural gas in the UK between 1989 and 2000.

Writing task 2 (an essay)

The development of new technologies is increasing rapidly and this influences people’s life more then ever before. To what extent do you agree or disagree? 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?
– Do you like mathematics?
– At what age did you start learning it?
– Why do you like it?
– Do you like eating vegetables and fruits? Why?
– What vegetables and fruits do you like the most?

Cue Card

Talk about a picture you have in your home that you like. Please say

– What picture is it?
– Where did you put it?
– Where did you get it?

Discussion

– Why do you like it?
– What do you like more, pictures or photographs?
– What are the advantages and disadvantages of both of them?
– Do you like looking at photographs on your smart phone? Why?