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Recent IELTS exams

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

IELTS test in the Philippines – September 2010 (Academic Module)

IELTS exam questions were shared by A from the Philippines, here is what she remembered:

Listening test

Section 1. A student was inquiring about a part time job.
Section 2. School orientation session for parents.
Section 3. A chemistry student was inquiring about options of changing courses.
Section 4. A topic about marine life.

Reading test

Passage 1. The importance of paper versus computer.
Passage 2. About Darwin’s finches (medium ground finch and cactus
finch).
Passage 3. About TV addiction and its effects.

Writing test

Writing Task 1 (a report)

There was a bar graph showing the number of people and their reasons for visiting a certain town, the frequency of visits on a daily, weekly, monthly, yearly basis and those who never visited. The reasons given were education, work, entertainment, to visit people, and shopping.

Writing Task 2 (an essay)

Children of ages 7-11 now spend more time watching television and/or playing video games than before. What are the effects of this on children, family and society? What are the possible solutions to this situation?

IELTS Speaking test in Myanmar – September 2010

IELTS Speaking questions below were shared by K from Myanmar (thanks a lot!).

Interview

– Where are you from?
– What is your hometown famous for?
– Does your country have museums?
– Have you ever been to a museum? When?
– Did you like your visit to a museum?
– Did you enjoy sports when you were young? Why?
– What sports did you play?
– Is there a difference between types of sports that boys and girls play?

Cue Card

Talk about a law or a rule that you would suggest to improve your country, please say
– what law/ rule that is,
– why you think it is needed,
– explain how it would improve the situation in your country.

Discussion

– Do you think that being a policeman is an easy job in your country?
– Do you think men and women make equally good police officers?
– In general, is policeman’s job easy?
– Do you think it is a good idea for the police to carry guns around?
– What do you think are the responsibilities of a good lawyer?
– Do you think men and women make equally good lawyers?