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Recent IELTS exams

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

IELTS test in Pakistan – November 2010 (Academic Module)

IELTS exam in Pakistan was shared by our kind friend B, who remembered the following:

Listening test

Section 1. A lady was getting information about opening a savings account in a bank.
Section 2. A welcoming speech given to visitors of Green Island park.
Section 3. A conversation about some research.
Section 4. A talk about the purpose of sharing new researches.

Reading test

Passage 1. About whether or not ethanol is necessary.
Passage 2. About hibernation and its different aspects.
Passage 3. Computers as technological boom.

Writing test

Writing Task 1 (a report)

There were a table and a chart comparing the amount on money spent by students studying in 4 countries in 2005.

Writing Task 2 (an essay)

Scientists believe that computers will become more intelligent than human beings. Some people find it a positive development while others think it is negative development. Discuss both points and give your own opinion.

IELTS test in Canada – November 2010 (Academic Module)

IELTS exam questions below were shared by E from Canada – here is what she remembered about the Writing and Speaking parts:

Writing test

Writing Task 1 (a report)

We were given a graph describing the percentage of people in 3 different age-groups who visited cinema in the UK between the years 1983 and 2000.

Writing Task 2 (an essay)

Economic status is believed to measure a country’s success by many people. Are there any other means or standards that measure a country’s success? Give reasons why there is one standard that is more important than the others, use your own experience and examples .

Speaking test

Interview

– Can I know your full name please?
– Are you working or studying?
– How do you spend your leisure time?
– Do you love to enjoy watching movies?
– Do you like to watch movies in a theater or at home?
– With whom do you watch movies?
– What type of movies would you love to watch? Why?

Cue Card

Tell me about a gift you have presented to somebody, please say
– What it was,
– Why you have presented it,
– To whom you have presented it,
– How you felt after presenting it.

Discussion

– Did that gift cost you much?
– Which are the situations you are giving gifts in?
– Why are you giving the gifts ?
– Is giving a gift or receiving a gift important?
– Is the cost of a gift very important?
– Why are we spending much time choosing the gift?
– Why do people do charity work?