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Recent IELTS exams

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

IELTS test in Vietnam – November 2012 (Academic Module)

These topics and questions were shared by J (thank you!)

Listening testIELTS test in Vietnam

Section 1. A person was asking for some medical help.

Section 2. An introduction telling about a museum.

Section 3. About New Zealand art, Hei-tiki.

Section 4. Don’t remember.

Reading test

Passage 1. About ballet in Russia.

Passage 2. About Intelligence.

Passage 3. Don’t remember.

Writing test

Writing task 1 (a report)

Compare pictures of a sport centre in 2007 and at present.

Writing task 2 (an essay)

Nowadays, people use computers or telephones to communicate and don’t write letters any more. Some think that letter-writing skills would disappear completely. To what extent do you agree or disagree? How important is the letter-writing skill to you?

Speaking test

Interview

– Do you live in a house or an apartment?
– Do you like it?
– What is your favorite room there?
– What colors do you like?
– What do you like or dislike about your city?

Cue Card

Describe an activity that you would like to do with a group of people. Please say

– What activity is it?
– Whom do you want to do it with?
– Why do you want to do it?

Discussion

– What skills do people need to work in groups?
– What are the benefits of group activities to children and the elderly?
– Do you think international organizations are helpful to your country?

IELTS test in Canada – November 2012 (General Training)

The information below was shared by Z (thanks!) who recently took the IELTS test in Canada. Z didn’t remember the Listening or the Reading sections, but had a good recollection of the questions in the Writing and Speaking sections:

Writing testIELTS test in Canada

Writing task 1 (a letter)

You have borrowed something from your friend for a party, but it was damaged during the party. Write a letter to your friend and say

– What was it?
– How was it damaged?
– What will you do about it?

Writing Task 2 (an essay)

Many people these days travel far for work or spend more hours working. Does this trend have more advantages or disadvantages? What do you think about work-life balance?

Speaking test

Interview

– Do you work or study?
– When did you decide you wanted to work in your profession?
– What do you want to do in the future?
– Did you spend more time with your relatives than your friends as a child?
– How often do you see your relatives now?
– Do you think you’ll see them more or less, in the future?
– Who is the most important relative to you?
– Do you like flowers?

Cue Card

Talk about your childhood friend whom you haven’t seen for a long time and want to meet again. Please say

– Who is that person?
– Where did you meet last time?
– What was he/she doing that time?
– Why do you want to see him/her again?

Discussion

Don’t remember.