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IELTS Speaking test in Egypt – August 2016

IELTS Speaking test in Egypt – August 2016

When K took the IELTS Speaking test in Egypt he was asked the following questions:

Speaking testIELTS test in Egypt

Interview

– What is your full name?
– Can I see your ID?
– Where are you from?
– Do you work or study?
– Where do you live now?
– Describe the place where you live, please.
– Is there any public transport near your home?
– What is good or bad about this place?
– Do you like advertisements? Why?
– Would you buy something because you saw it in an advertisement?
– What do you think about online advertisements?

Cue Card

Talk about money-saving techniques that you use. Please say

– What is your plan for saving money?
– How do you enforce it?
– When did you start this saving plan?

Discussion

– Would you recommend this way of savings to others? Why?
– Who should encourage children to save?
– Is it good to teach children to save? Why?
– How would you encourage your children?
– What are the effects of wasting natural resources?
– How can technology help in saving natural resources?
– How can the government control usage of natural resources?

IELTS test in Colombia – August 2016 (Academic Module)

Thanks to J who took the IELTS test in Colombia we know this much about the recent exam:

Listening testIELTS test in Colombia

Section 1. About a job application form and its requirements.

Section 2. A conversation between two students about their research.

Section 3. About accommodation options and facilities at a beach resort.

Section 4. About filming as a form of art.

Reading test

Passage 1. The history of Stagecoach transportation in Australia in the golden era.

Passage 2. About the extinction of black-tailed prairie dog and its conservation plan.

Passage 3. About the use of mirrors and its impact on human psychology and science.

Writing test

Writing task 1 (a report)

We were given two pie charts showing the residential water use including kitchen, bathroom, toilet, garden, washing clothes in 1988 and 2008.

Writing task 2 (an essay)

The only reason people work hard is to earn more money. There are no other reasons to do it. To what extent do you agree or disagree?