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Recent IELTS exams

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

IELTS Speaking test in the Philippines – December 2011

The following questions were shared by our kind friend B. who took an IELTS exam in the Philippines recently.

Speaking test IELTS test in Philippines

Interview

– What is your full name?
– May I see you ID card?
– Do you live in a city, a town or a village?
– Is it a nice place to live?

Cue Card

Talk about an old person that you know. Please say

– Who is he /she?
– What did you learn from him / her?
– How did you come to know him/her?

Discussion

– Why is it important to have an old person in your family?
– Do you think that this old person in your family will help you after his/her retirement?

IELTS test in Turkey – December 2011 (Academic Module)

The following topics were shared by E who recently had an IELTS exam in Turkey:

Listening test IELTS test in Turkey

In general very similar to Cambridge books, don’t remember in detail.

Reading test

Passage 1. About art and museums.

Passage 2. About pollution that is caused by private cars.

Passage 3. About brain cells.

Writing test

Writing task 1 (a report)

We were given 5 diagrams showing how to recycle waste into organic compost.

Writing task 2 (an essay)

Some people think that design of newly constructed buildings in big cities should be controlled by governments. Do you agree or disagree?

Speaking test

Interview

– What do you do?
– Where are you from?
– What kind of a child were you?
– Which activities did you like the most?
– Do you like dancing?
– Where did you learn to dance?
– How do local people dance?
– On what occasions do they dance?

Cue Card

Talk about a musical event in a foreign place that you have attended.

Discussion

– Why do people like music?
– Why do you think music is important?
– Should parents force their children to play some instrument?
– Why do you think parents want their children to get involved in music?
– In some shopping centers or business places there is always music playing, why?