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Recent IELTS exams

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

IELTS test in Australia – March 2022 (Academic Module)

Our friends S.K. and N.J. took their IELTS exams in Melbourne, Australia and collectively remembered the following questions:

Writing test

Writing task 1 (a report)

The tables below provide information about the consumption and production of potatoes in five parts of the world in 2006. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.

IELTS Australia Academic Writing Task 1 tables

Writing task 2 (an essay)

Some believe that in many countries, the investment of public money in arts can be justified. Others think that the government should spend more on health and education. Discuss both views and give your opinion.

Speaking test

Part 1 (Interview)

– What is your full name?
– Can I see your ID?
– Where are you from?
– How did you feel about your hometown when you were growing up?
– How do you feel about your hometown now?
– Do you work or are you a student?
– What do you like the most about your job?

Part 2 (Cue Card)

Talk about a skill that was difficult for you to learn. Please say

– when you learnt it
– why you learnt it
– how you learnt it
– and explain how you feel about this skill now.

Part 3 (Discussion)

– What skills should be taught to children from a very early age?
– Are there any other skills that children should have a basic knowledge of?
– Do you feel that it is easier for children to learn new skills compared to adults?
– Do you think that children today know more about science than their parents?
– What scientific discoveries have changed the world?

IELTS Speaking test in Japan – March 2022

Thanks to our generous friend M.K. we are sharing her IELTS Speaking questions today. She said, “I just had a computer-delivered test in Japan. I appreciate all the advice on your blog, it is so helpful. IELTS was really fun.”

Speaking test

Part 1 (Interview)

– What is your full name?
– Can I see your ID?
– Can you tell me about your job?
– What do you like to do at work?
– Do you watch sports sometimes?
– What sport would you like to watch in the future?

Part 2 (Cue Card)

Talk about some clothes that someone gave you. Please say

– what clothes they gave you
– when it happened
– why it happened
– and explain how you felt about it.

Part 3 (Discussion)

– Have you ever given anyone clothes?
– What is the difference between a uniform and normal clothes?
– Do you think wearing a uniform has more advantages or disadvantages?
– Some people don’t like uniform. What do you think is the reason?
– Some countries have different traditional clothes. Why do you think it is?