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Recent IELTS exams

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

IELTS Speaking test in the Russian Federation – June 2014

Our Russian friend N shared the speaking questions she was asked in a recent IELTS exam:

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 at work?
– How do you relax?
– Do you think it is easy to relax nowadays?
– Are street markets popular in your country?
– Do you like to do shopping there? Why?
– What do you usually buy there?

Cue Card

Describe a law in your country. Please say

– What law is it?
– How did you know about it?
– What effect does it have on the society?

Discussion

– Was it important to introduce this law?
– Do you know any police officers personally?
– Is it a popular occupation in your country? Why?
– Why do people choose to become a lawyer more often than a police officer?
– What personality traits should a police officer have?
– Would you like to become a police officer?

IELTS test in Pakistan – June 2014 (Academic Module)

Thanks to the IELTS test taker from Pakistan we can share the following details about a recent exam (he only remembered the Writing and Speaking questions):

Writing testIELTS test in Pakistan

Writing task 1 (a report)

We were given a bar chart showing the percentage of young people at universities in six different European countries (the UK, Poland, Finland, Italy, Spain, and Norway) in 2000 and 2007.

Writing task 2 (an essay)

Some people give more importance to artists (painter,writers, musicians) in the current age of rapidly developing technology and science. What do you think? Do people prefer arts to technology in your view?

Speaking test

Interview

– What is your full name?
– Can I see your ID?
– Where are you from?
– Do you work or study?
– What do you study?
– Why did you select this subject?
– What type of weather do you have in your country?
– Do you like rain?
– When does the rainy season come in your country?
– Is there too much or too little rain? Why?

Cue Card

Describe a work that you do at home with an elderly person. Please say

– What is it?
– When did you start doing it?
– How often do you do it?

Discussion

– Are family gatherings important in your view?
– On what occasions do people gather in your country?
– What advantages do family gatherings have?
– How much is gathering outside of home important?
– What impact does it have on the family?
– How do working parents affect their children’s lives?
– What are the solutions for working parents to accommodate children in their absence?
– How does it affect children’s lives when both parents are working?
– Does it have any advantages?