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Recent IELTS exams

Real students tell about their recent IELTS exams: IELTS questions, topics, tasks, answers.

IELTS Speaking test in Sri Lanka – February 2013

The IELTS test taker M from Singapore shared the Speaking questions he was asked in his recent exam:

Speaking testIELTS test in Sri Lanka

Interview

– What is your full name?
– Can I see your ID?
– Where are you from?
– Do you work or study?
– What subject are you studying?
– How much time do you spend in the countryside?
– Do people need relaxation time at all? Why?
– How do you relax?

Cue Card

Describe a place where you have spent most of the time in your life. Please say

– What is this place?
– What were you doing there?
– Why was that place important to you?

Discussion

– Is the appearance of a building or a company important?
– Do customers care about the appearance?
– Does size of an office have any impact on the performance?
– To what extent do you agree that people should personalize their working area? Why?

IELTS Speaking test in Dubai, the UAE – February 2013

Our friend J, the IELTS test taker from Dubai, share these Speaking questions:

Speaking testIELTS test in the UAE

Interview

– What is your full name?
– Can I see your ID?
– Where are you from?
– Do you work or study?
– What subjects do you study?
– What is your major?
– Why do you think your work does good to the world?
– Would you recommend this profession to anyone?
– Describe a place that you recently visited.
– What do you do during your leisure time?

Cue Card

Talk about a movie that you have seen recently. Please say

– What movie was it?
– What is the significance of that movie?
– What is the main hero like?

Discussion

– Would you recommend such a film to anyone?
– What an actor has to have, or has to do as an extra activity, when he works on a film?
– What do you think such actor’s character is like, when revealed to the public/society?