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Recent IELTS exams

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

IELTS test in Sofia, Bulgaria – September 2011 (General Training)

The IELTS exam below was shared by our Bulgarian friend P from Sofia. Here are the questions P remembered:

Listening test IELTS test in Bulgaria

Section 1. Different types of university accommodation.

Section 2. A discussion between a student and a professor about university research.

Section 3. How to build a certain kind of structure.
Questions: diagram / map labeling.

Section 4. Don’t remember.

Reading test

Passage 1. Articles about art.
Questions: matching titles to paragraphs.

Passage 2. About a rehabilitation gym.

Passage 3. About a new public transportation system.

Passage 4. Don’t remember.

Writing test

Writing task 1 (a letter)

You have bought a damaged item from an online store, write a letter to the manager and say:

– What was the item that you bought?
– What was wrong with it?
– What actions do you expect the manager to take?

Writing Task 2 (an essay)

Young people spend less of their free time with their family nowadays. What are the reasons for this? Are there more negative or positive sides to it?

IELTS Speaking test in Mumbai, India – October 2011

The IELTS speaking questions below were shared by A (thank you!) who took his exam in Mumbai, India. IELTS test in India

Speaking test

Interview

– Please introduce yourself.
– Are you working or studying?
– What kind of work do you do?
– What are your job responsibilities?
– What do you like or dislike about your work?
– Was it difficult to find your current job?
– Do you have a mobile phone?
– Do you think we are using them more today then a few years back?
– Do you think our dependency on mobile phones will grow in the future?
– Can you tell me for which purpose are mobiles extremely useful?
– Have you ever had a problem with your mobile while traveling?

Cue Card

Talk about two people from the same family. Please say

– What do they look like?
– How similar are these two persons?
– How much time do they spend together?
– Why did you choose to talk about these two persons?

Discussion

– How many languages do you know?
– Which language would you like to learn, and why?
– What are the advantages of learning another language?
– How can a person learn a language on their own?
– What difficulties might one face in learning a foreign language?