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IELTS Speaking test in Lagos, Nigeria – April 2019

O remembered the following IELTS Speaking questions from a recent test in Nigeria:

Speaking testIELTS test in Nigeria

Interview

– What is your full name?
– Can I see your ID?
– Where are you from?
– Let’s talk about what you do.
– Do you work or study?
– What do you do for work?
– Tell me about your role at work.
– What would you like to change about your work?
– How do people travel to work usually?
– What would you like to change about the way you travel to work?
– Do you like pets?
– What type of pets do people have in your country?
– Did you have a pet as a child?
– Are there any pets you don’t like?
– Why is that?

Cue Card

Talk about a thing that you helped a teenager to change. Please say

– What is it?
– How did you help him/her to change it?
– When did it take place?

Discussion

– Explain how you felt about it later.
– How did you go to school as a child?
– What is that one thing that you enjoyed during that time?
– What skills do people need to acquire at workplace, in your opinion? Why?
– What difference would it make for them? Why?
– How do workers feel when a company asks them to acquire some skills?
– Is it an inconvenience to them or does it increase their satisfaction? Why?
– How do people acquire these skills?
– Is it by personal development or studies?
– Nowadays what skill do you think people need to learn the most?

IELTS test in Qatar – April 2019 (General Training)

Our friend V from Qatar remembered the following topics and questions from his recent IELTS test:

Writing testIELTS test in Qatar

Writing task 1 (a letter)

You worked for a company abroad, but had to quit suddenly and return to your hometown. Write a letter to your colleagues to say goodbye. In you letter

– Explain why you had to leave.
– Apologize for not saying goodbye properly.
– Why would you miss them?

Task 2

Doctors in many countries say that people do not do enough physical exercises. What are the causes of this trend? How can the situation be improved?

Speaking test

Interview

– What is your full name?
– Can I see your ID?
– Where are you from?
– Do you work or study?
– What do you do?
– Where do you live now?
– What do you like about the place where you live?
– Do you have friends in your neighbourhood?
– Do you like paintings?
– What sort of paintings do you like?
– Did you learn to draw?
– Would you like to get a portrait of yourself?
– Do you have paintings at your home?
– How important is it to have paintings in your house?
– Do you wear sunglasses? Why?
– Would you buy expensive sunglasses for yourself?
– Did you lose sunglasses in the past?
– Would you gift sunglasses to somebody?

Cue Card

Describe a place where you like to study the most. Please say

– Where is it?
– What does the place look like?
– Why do you like to study there?

Follow up question: Does anyone else use the same place to study?

Discussion

– What techniques do you use for study?
– Are classroom studies better than online or the opposite is true?
– What is your opinion about group study?
– What are its advantages and disadvantages?
– How can you overcome these disadvantages?
– Should you vary your techniques while studying the same subject?
– What is more important, academic qualifications or practical experience?