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Simone Braverman

Simone Braverman is the founder of IELTS-Blog.com and the author of several renowned IELTS preparation books, including Ace the IELTS, Target Band 7, the High Scorer's Choice practice test series, and IELTS Success Formula. Since 2005, Simone has been committed to making IELTS preparation accessible and effective through her books and online resources. Her work has helped 100,000's of students worldwide achieve their target scores and live their dream lives. When Simone isn't working on her next IELTS book, video lesson, or coaching, she enjoys playing the guitar or rollerblading.

IELTS Speaking questions from the UK – July 2010

IELTS in the UK, not surprisingly, was just like the exam in France. Here is another version of the Speaking questions, kindly shared by J, who found IELTS-Blog helpful in their exam preparation and felt like giving back:

Speaking test

Interview

– Tell me about whether you are a student or do you have a job.
– Do you think first day at work is important?
– What languages do you speak?
– Do you want to learn any other language and why?

Clue card

Talk about a famous person, not from your country, that you like. Please say
– who that person is,
– where they are from,
– why you like them
– and explain why you want to meet them.

Follow up question: have you or any of your relatives met this person?

Discussion

– Why celebrities are important to a country?
– How a famous person can help people?
– Do you think that in the future nationality would not be important for celebrities?
– Is it an appropriate form of business for a celebrity to do advertisements?

IELTS test in Australia – July 2010 (General Training)

IELTS exam in Australia was shared by our friend P (thank you so much!). Here is what P remembered:

Writing test

Writing Task 1 (a letter)

You have ordered a book by post from a mail order company, the book hasn’t arrived yet. Write a letter to the manager of the company, in your letter say

a) what the content of your order was, .
b) what the problem is and how important that book is to you,
c) what steps you would like the company to take regarding your order.

Writing Task 2 (an essay)

Tourism has negative effect on certain destinations and many people believe that particular tourists are to blame for that. Discuss the specific negative effects that were identified as ones with impact on tourist places. What are the solutions to this situation?

Speaking test

Interview

– What is your full name?
– Where do you come from?
– Common interview questions.

Cue Card

Discuss the current changes in your home town or city and changes that are required for further development of the city.

Discussion

– Do you think politicians and government should ask public’s opinion about making changes (for city development purposes)?
– How different is the way young people think about current changes from the way older people think?
– Do you believe young people think about traditions as much as old people do?
– How do you teach traditional values to your children?
– What is the right way to cope with the demand of people who want to move to the city?
– What are the changes you can think of we can make to increase the tourism?