IELTS test takers T and S remembered the following topics from their exams in Australia and Tanzania:
Listening test
Section 1. About salsa dance.
Section 2. About a tourist organization, its office and operations.
Section 3. Don’t remember.
Section 4. About a New Zealand bird called Moa.
Reading test
Passage 1. About Australian immigration services.
Questions: True/False/Not Given.
Passage 2. About ethical behaviour in the workplace.
Passage 3. Don’t remember.
Passage 4. About an expedition to the source of the Mississippi river by Henry Schoolcraft and his wife. Also about his six-volume study of American Indians (Ojibwe).
Writing test
Writing task 1 (a letter)
You recently borrowed a book from a teacher and forgot to return it after your exam. Write to him/her and say
– What book did you take?
– How did that book help you?
– Explain why you didn’t return it.
Writing Task 2 (an essay)
Some people think that man-made Zoos should not exist in the 21st century. Do you agree or disagree?
Speaking test
Interview
– What is your full name?
– Can I see your ID?
– Where are you from?
– Do you work or study?
– Would you like to work in the countryside? Why?
– Do you make quick decisions or not? Why?
– Is it good to make decisions like that?
– Do you like photography? Why?
– What is the photo that you like best? Why?
Cue Card
Describe how you would spend a day off, if you were given one at college or workplace. Please say
– How would you feel about it?
– What would you do?
– With whom would you do it?
Discussion
Do you prefer one long or a few short holidays? Why?