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Recent IELTS exams

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

Update from a General IELTS exam, India

This is what our friend R. from India has shared about his General Training IELTS exam.
IELTS test in India

Listening test

It was okay, I scored 7.5

Reading test

I thought I did pretty well but I only got 6. I usually scores very well in all the exercises I did prior to this exam. I still don’t know how this is possible.

Writing test

Writing Task 1 (a letter)

Write a letter of recommendation for a friend who submitted his resume to a tourist office.

Writing Task 2 (an essay)

Advertising influences people to buy thing such as clothes and shoes. What are the problems caused by advertising? What solutions can be offered?

I scored 6.5 on this task here – again I don’t know where I went wrong, the topic is quite simple.

Speaking test

Cue Card

Describe a useful piece of equipment other than a computer. Please say:
– Where it is used,
– How it works,
– How it benefits you.

In the Speaking I scored 7. Never mind that the examiner was falling asleep 🙂

Update from a General IELTS exam, Qatar

Our friend A. from Qatar sent this contribution after his General Training IELTS exam.

Listening test

The Listening section was about environmental issues (too many of them!) and soil and a few more funny things.

Reading test

The Reading section was about water and its different sources and the new sources of drinking water.

Writing test

Writing Task 1 (a letter)

You read an article about your city in a magazine and you found incorrect information about your city, write to the magazine and
– Give details about the article
– Tell them about the incorrect information and correct it
– Suggest a solution for this problem

Writing Task 2 (an essay)

In companies the promotion to higher positions should be given to experienced employees of the company, as opposed to newly hired workers, do you agree or disagree?

Speaking test

The speaking section was about new friendships and different foods.