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Recent IELTS exams

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

IELTS Speaking test in Thailand – March 2014

Thanks to the IELTS test taker T whose exam was in Thailand we have these speaking questions:

Speaking testIELTS test in Thailand

Interview

– What is your full name?
– Can I see your ID?
– Where are you from?
– Do you work or study?
– What do you think about your job?
– Do you think it is interesting?
– Did you like history in school?
– How often do you watch the history channel?

Cue Card

Talk about a place near water that you have visited. Please say

– Why did you go there?
– What did you do there?
– Did you enjoy it?

Discussion

– What is the major use of water in your country?
– Is it important to conserve water?
– Why should scientists focus on space exploration rather than exploring water?
– What is the importance of sunlight?
– What will happen if there will be no sunlight?
– How long for are you exposed to sunlight daily?

IELTS test in Canada – March 2014 (Academic Module)

The questions below were shared by M (thanks a lot!) who took the IELTS test in Canada. M remembered everything except the Listening test.

Reading testIELTS test in Canada

Passage 1. About golden silk spiders.

Passage 2. About magicians and their ability to remember cards, whether remembering is a memory training or just a trick.

Passage 3. Don’t remember.

Writing test

Writing task 1 (a report)

We were given two bar graphs: one showing CO2 emission per person in six different countries and another showing CO2 emission by the whole population of these six countries.

Writing task 2 (an essay)

People think that good health is a basic need so it should not be in hands of profit-oriented companies. Are the advantages of profit-oriented companies overweight the disadvantages?

Speaking test

Interview

– What is your full name?
– Can I see your ID?
– Do you work or study?
– Where are you from?
– Do you like this place? Why?
– Do you like plants? Why?
– If somebody gave you a plant as a gift, how would you feel about it?
– Do you know how to look after plants?

Cue Card

Talk about a subject that you didn’t like in secondary/high school. Please say

– What was the subject?
– Why didn’t you like it?
– Who was the teacher?

Discussion

– Do you think students should have bigger choice of courses in high school?
– What should be the right age to leave school? Why?
– At what age do you think young people are ready to confront life challenges?
– Do you like hosting parties or going out for parties?
– What are the most popular programs/courses students choose to participate in? Why?