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Full IELTS Speaking Test, Free Sample #1 (with Examiner’s Commentary)

Full IELTS Speaking Test, Free Sample #1 (with Examiner’s Commentary)

Today we’re happy to share a resource that so many people were asking for: a full IELTS Speaking Test recording, with examiner’s commentary and a transcript. This test was recorded by a real past IELTS examiner and a future test-taker (Asia), and is a very close simulation of what happens on the test day in the real examination room.

Here is how it can be useful to you:

1. You can get familiar with everything that happens in the Speaking test, and feel prepared when it’s your turn.
2. You can listen to the examiner’s questions, test-taker’s answers, and think about what YOU would say in response to these questions.
3. You can spot the test-taker’s mistakes and avoid them in your own speech.
4. You can go over the Examiner’s Commentary, learn how he rated the student’s performance and why (he also points out some of the student’s mistakes!)
5. You can even use this as a Listening exercise, and refer to the transcript to understand every word on the recording.

Watch the YouTube version here:

 

Or listen to the recording on SoundCloud here:

If you find this resource helpful, there are more Speaking tests here. They aren’t free, but very affordable and worth every cent, because they will help you prepare for scoring your best in IELTS.

IELTS test in Turkey and India – October 2015 (Academic Module)

Two IELTS test takers (thank you, E and K!) had the same exam in Turkey and India. Here are the topics and questions they remembered:

Listening testIELTS test in Turkey

Section 1. A conversation about holidays.

Section 2. Description of a library map.

Section 3, 4. Don’t remember.

Reading test

Passage 1. About Biomimicry and studies of nature’s models in order to use these designs and processes to solve human problems.

Passage 2, 3. Don’t remember.

Writing test

Writing task 1 (a report)

We were given a bar chart showing students’ applications for four courses across three universities in the UK in 2004, 2011 and a projection for 2018. We had to summarise and compare the data.

Writing task 2 (an essay)

Some celebrities say that their private lives shouldn’t come under media scrutiny. Other people, however, believe that they should accept it as part of their fame. Discuss both views and give your opinion.

Speaking test

Interview

– What is your full name?
– Can I see your ID?
– Where are you from?
– Do you work or study?
– Why do you study English?
– What are your future aims?
– Did you have a favourite teacher at school?
– What was your favourite book as a child?
– Do you read books in English? Why?
– Have you ever thought about becoming a teacher? Why?

Cue Card

Describe a street in your hometown that you know well. Please say

– What and where is it?
– How often do you go there? Why?
– What does the street look like?

Discussion

– Do you enjoy being at that street? Why?
– Do you like big cities?
– How often do you do shopping?
– Do you think road safety is important?
– Is air pollution an issue in big cities? Why?