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IELTS Speaking test in Paris, France – September 2016

IELTS Speaking test in Paris, France – September 2016

Our friend Z took the IELTS Speaking test in Paris and was asked the following questions:

Speaking testIELTS test in France

Interview

– What is your full name?
– Can I see your ID?
– Where are you from?
– Do you work or study?
– Do you live in a house or an apartment?
– How is the view from your apartment?
– What can you actually see from there?
– Is it better to live in an apartment, in your opinion?
– Is it expensive or cheap to live in such apartment?

Cue Card

Describe a tall building in your country. Please say

– Where and what is it?
– What do you know about it?
– Why do you like or dislike it?

Discussion

– Is it good to live in a high-rise building?
– Are there many tall buildings in your country? Why?
– What are the advantages of living in a high-rise building?
– Do you think it would be a good idea to build high-rise buildings in historical places?
– What are the disadvantages of a tall building?
– Do you think the government will prefer to build tall buildings in the future? Why?

IELTS test in Vietnam – August 2016 (Academic Module)

Our friend J took the IELTS test in Vietnam and remembered the following details:

Listening testIELTS test in Vietnam

Section 1. About the Au Pair program.
Questions: filling in blanks.

Section 2. About different choirs and their features.
Questions: multiple choice.

Section 3. Don’t remember.

Section 4. About music in the workplace.
Questions: short-answer questions.

Reading test

Passage 1. About hunger in Africa, its cause and possible solutions.

Passage 2. How ocean creatures use their vision system.

Passage 3. The philosophy of beauty.

Writing test

Writing task 1 (a report)

We were given a bar graph showing the number of people who applied for immigration to Australia in four occupations: accountant, computer programmer, cook and IT engineer.

Writing task 2 (an essay)

Cycling has many benefits, yet in some countries there is a decrease in the number of people using bicycles as their main form of transportation. Why is it happening? Give suggestions how to encourage people to use bicycles again.

Speaking test

Interview

– What is your full name?
– Can I see your ID?
– Where are you from?
– Do you work or study?
– Do you travel by bus or taxi?
– How often do you do it? Why?
– What do you prefer, taking a bus or a taxi?

Cue Card

Describe a day when you had to change your plans because of the weather. Please say

– When and where was it?
– What did you do instead?
– How did you feel about it?

Discussion

– Do you usually change your plans according to the weather?
– How is the weather in your country?
– What activities do people do in different weather?
– Do people talk about the weather in your country?
– Did you take dance classes when you were young? Why?
– On what occasions do people dance in your country?