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Recent IELTS exams

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

IELTS test in India – November 2022 (Academic Module)

The questions below were shared by the kind-hearted J.E. who recently took IELTS in India:

Writing test

Writing task 1 (a report)

The graph below describes oil consumption of 4 countries/regions from 1965 to 2015, in million barrel per day.

Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

IELTS Writing Task 1 Graph Of Oil Consumption of 4 countries 1965 to 2015
* Note: this isn’t the actual graph given in the test, it was recreated for the purpose of demonstration.

Writing task 2 (an essay)

In many workplaces online communication has overtaken face to face meetings. Do the advantages of this development outweigh the disadvantages?

Speaking test

Part 1 (Interview)

– Where do you live?
– Do you work or are you a student?
– What is your favourite subject to study?
– You said that you are interested in technology, were you passionate about it from a young age?
– What do you prefer to use, a tablet or a computer, and why?
– When did you start using computers?
– Do you think spending a lot of time on a computer is useful?

Part 2 (Cue Card)

Describe a time when you used your mobile phone for some important work. You should say

– what you did
– when you did it
– why you had to use your mobile phone
– and explain how you felt about this experience.

Part 3 (Discussion)

– Who spends more time on the phone, older or younger people?
– What do younger people use their phones for?
– What do older people use their phones for?
– Do you think people are using their phones more now compared to the past?
– In the future, will people be using their phones more or less, and why?

IELTS test in Canada – November 2022 (Academic Module)

The questions below were shared by our wonderful friend S.G. who recently took IELTS in Canada:

Writing test

Writing task 1 (a report)

The table below shows the results of a survey conducted in 2012 in a European country, where viewers were asked about their preferences for TV programs.

Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

IELTS Writing Task 1 Table of TV Program Viewer Preferences
* Note: this isn’t the actual table given in the test, it was recreated for the purpose of demonstration.

Writing task 2 (an essay)

It has been suggested that primary school children should be taught how to grow vegetables and keep animals. To what extent the advantages of this suggestion outweigh its disadvantages?

Speaking test

Part 1 (Interview)

– Where do you live at the moment?
– Who do you live with, and why?
– Do you like snacks?
– What time of the day do you prefer to have snacks and why?
– Do you think snacking is a healthy habit?
– What were your favourite snacks as a child?
– If you had a child, what snacks would you give him/her?

Part 2 (Cue Card)

Talk about a person you know from another culture (such as a friend or a teacher). You should say

– who the person is
– how you met him/her
– where you met
– and explain what you learnt about his/her cultural background.

Part 3 (Discussion)

– Is it easy to communicate with people from another culture?
– What difficulties do we face when we talk to a person from another culture?
– Is language barrier the main problem or are there other difficulties? What are they?
– Do you think if there was just one language in the world, people from different cultural backgrounds could communicate more easily?
– What would be the impact of a different culture on the local culture?