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Recent IELTS exams

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

IELTS test in India – July 2014 (Academic Module)

Thanks to the IELTS test taker D from India we can share the topics and questions from a recent exam:

Listening testIELTS test in India

Section 1. Booking of a caravan for the trip in New Zealand.

Section 2. Plan of the university library.

Section 3. Students’ discussion about various kinds of bees.

Section 4. A lecture about statistic results of libraries’ development worldwide.

Reading test

Passage 1. About circadian rhythms.

Passage 2. About different scales of human societies from small groups to a town.

Passage 3. Don’t remember.

Writing test

Writing task 1 (a report)

We were given a pair of graphs showing how people spent their free time in 1980 and 2010.

Writing task 2 (an essay)

People continue to commit crimes even after being punished for it. Why do you think this happens? How can crime be stopped?

Speaking test

Interview

– What is your full name?
– Can I see your ID?
– Where are you from?
– Do you work or study?
– What don’t you like about the place where you live?

Cue Card

Talk about a time when you saved money for a special occasion. Please say

– What was it for?
– How did it feel?
– Did you tell anyone about it?

Discussion

– Do you think credit cards increased the amount of money people spend?
– Do you think online shopping has increased people’s spending?

IELTS Speaking test in Caracas, Venezuela – July 2014

When R took the IELTS test in Venezuela the Speaking examiner asked these questions:

Speaking testIELTS test in Venezuela \

Interview

– What is your full name?
– Can I see your ID?
– Where are you from?
– Do you work or study?
– What kind of work do you do?
– Why do you do this job?
– Do you like it?
– Do you watch TV?
– What kind of TV shows do you watch?
– Why do you like them?

Cue Card

Describe a subject or a course that you have studied in school or college. Please say

– What was it?
– Did you like it? Why?
– How long did you study it for?
– Explain your feelings towards this subject.

Discussion

– Do you know about any education programs in this country?
– Do you consider teaching profession popular in your country?
– What is better to have, a strict or a permissive teacher? Why?