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IELTS test in Canberra, Australia – June 2015 (General Training)

The IELTS Writing and Speaking questions below were shared by C who took the test in Canberra, Australia:

Writing testIELTS test in Australia

Writing task 1 (a letter)

Your mentor recommended you to learn a new language and gave you contact details of a teacher. Following his advice, you need to write a letter to the teacher and say

– What is your motivation to learn a new language?
– How can the teacher help you?
– When will you be ready to start?

Writing Task 2 (an essay)

Nowadays air travel is cheaper than in the past. Is this a positive or a negative development? Discuss and give your own opinion.

Speaking test

Interview

– What is your full name?
– Can I see your ID?
– Where are you from?
– Do you work or study?
– How is the education system in your country?
– Do you find it a good system? Why?
– How did you choose the subjects for your study?
– Did you take someone’s advice?
– Do you think it was a good advice? Why?
– Do you think it is always good to follow the advice you are given? Why?
– Have you ever given advice to someone else?
– What do you think about advice in general?
– Do you like nature in general, and trees in particular?
– Do you have a childhood memory that includes trees?

Cue Card

Talk about an ambition that you have. Please say

– What is it?
– Why do you want to achieve it?
– What have you done to achieve it?

Discussion

– Explain why you have not achieved it yet.
– How important is it to have an ambition in life?
– Do you think children are taught to be ambitious?
– Is it important to have ambitious people in the society?
– Do you think ambitions of people in the past affect us today?

IELTS test in India – June 2015 (General Training)

Our friend J took the IELTS test in India and remembered the information below (unfortunately J didn’t remember the Speaking questions).

Listening testIELTS test in India

Section 1. A conversation between a man and a woman about a job in summer camps in North America.

Section 2. A lecture about environment protection in Auckland and Tiritiri Islands.

Section 3. A conversation between two people about a translator job for a group of Russian tourists. The students shared their experience with a teacher after the job was over.

Section 4. A talk about ship wrecks submerged under the sea.

Reading test

Passage 1. About holiday tours and hotels in North America.

Passage 2. About a maternity leave program and child tax credits.

Passage 3. About steps taken by an employer to get its employees’ identity and character checked by the Criminal Records Bureau after the employees clear their interviews.

Passages 4. About Dr. Bill Magee and his contribution in identifying plants’ deceases all over Australia and Africa.

Writing test

Writing task 1 (a letter)

Your friend wants to come and spend his/her holiday staying at your place for a week. Write an apology letter to him/her and say

– Explain why you can’t do it on those particular dates.
– Suggest some alternative dates and things to do.

Writing Task 2 (an essay)

Some people think that managers alone should make decisions in the company, while others think that employees should be involved in the decision-making process too. Discuss both views and give your own opinion.