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IELTS Results competition winners in August 2021

For most of the world, 2021 has been a rollercoaster, with countries entering and exiting lockdowns and so many of us feeling unsure of tomorrow. Yet, there are many inspiring stories of people quietly working towards and achieving their target IELTS scores. These stories need to be amplified – and that’s where our monthly IELTS results competition comes in!

Proudly presenting the winners of IELTS results competition in August 2021:

Academic Module – 1st placeBand 9 in IELTS

  • Mihir Bhat from India, Band 8
  • Maria Mosca from Italy, Band 8

Academic Module – 2nd place

  • Chiemenam Samuel Anekwe from Nigeria, Band 7.5

General Training Module – 1st place

  • Prabu Varadharajalu Sivakumar from India, Band 8
  • Chiemenam Samuel Anekwe from Nigeria, Band 8

General Training Module – 2nd place

  • Sukhmani Basran from India, Band 7.5

Congratulations on your success! To celebrate your achievements we are sending your special certificates to your emails. Winning IELTS results will be displayed in the IELTS-Blog hall of fame – so if you won, please feel free to show them off to your friends!

How did they prepare for IELTS?

Some of the winners relied on our services and materials: Mihir and Prabu used our writing correction service, Maria learnt techniques and strategies from Target Band 7 book, and Samuel used our practice tests.

In addition, Mihir was subscribed to our daily emails with IELTS questions – and it helped! He said,

“All of the questions that were asked to me were exactly same as the ones mailed by you guys earlier. I had practiced all of the questions over the past 2 months and I cannot stress this enough, Thank You for everything! I got a band score 8, all because of you guys!”

Samuel, too, credited our website with helping him get his target scores. He said,

“I just want to thank you guys at IELTS-Blog.com for the great work that you do. Your materials and advice was really helpful to me in achieving the scores I needed in both the general and academic modules. You are all wonderful and much appreciated.”

The winners of this competition are fighting the good fight – against inertia, hopelessness and negativity. They found the gift of motivation within themselves and are giving it to us all, at a time when we really need it.

We would love to hear from our winners, because anything that helped them achieve success in IELTS, can help YOU, too! Their advice, as soon as we get it, will be posted on IELTS-Blog without delay, so everyone can use the same technique and get a better score in their own exam.

P.S. IELTS results competition runs every month, and everyone is welcome to participate. Learn how to enroll here.

IELTS test in Malaysia – September 2021 (Academic Module)

Our lovely friend F.M. shared the questions she remembered from a recent IELTS exam in Malaysia:

Writing test

Writing task 1 (a report)

We were given a table showing the number of people from five European countries living in each other’s countries in 2011. It was a complex (six rows by six columns) table showing the number of expats received by each individual country as well as the number of its own citizens living as foreigners in other countries.

Writing task 2 (an essay)

In many countries, people do not recycle waste materials, such as paper, glass and cans. What are the reasons for this? What could be done to solve this problem?

Speaking test

Part 1 (Interview)

– What is your full name?
– Can I see your ID?
– Where are you from?
– Do you work or study?
– What do you do for work?
– Do you use any technology for your work?
– Is there a way you use technology to improve your work?
– Did you have barbeques when you were a child?
– What kind of barbeque food do you like to eat?
– Do you like to have a barbeque with your family or friends?
– Where can you go for a barbeque in your city?
– Why do you go for a barbeque?

Part 2 (Cue Card)

Talk about your favorite movie. Please say

– What is it?
– When and where did you see it?
– What is it about?
– And explain why this movie is your favourite.

Follow-up question: Do you usually watch movies in a cinema?

Part 3 (Discussion)

– What movies are popular in your country?
– What genres of movies do people like to watch the most?
– Do different age groups like the same kind of movies?
– Do young and old people like to watch the same types of movies?
– Why do some people like to watch black and white movies?
– Do you believe that every country should have its own film industry? Why?
– Do you think in the future computer graphics and robots will be used instead of people in movies?