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Recent IELTS exams

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

IELTS Speaking test in Japan – October 2021

The questions below were shared by K.P., an IELTS tutor, whose student took the test in Japan. She said, “I religiously follow your page every day to keep tabs on the latest IELTS Speaking questions. I would like to take part in helping IELTS students get higher bands through knowing the questions in advance and avoiding brain overload.”

Speaking test

Part 1 (Interview)

– What is your full name?
– Can I see your ID?
– Where are you from?
– Do you work or study?
– What do you do?
– Do you like your job?
– Is it easy to get lost in your city?
– Have you ever gotten lost?
– How do you find your way when you are lost?
– Can you read a map well?
– Have you ever helped someone who got lost?
– What did you do?

Part 2 (Cue Card)

Talk about an art or craft activity that you did at school. Please say

– What it was
– How you did it
– What it looked like
– And explain how you felt about the activity.

Part 3 (Discussion)

– Should children learn about arts more?
– What are the benefits of making handcrafts?
– Why do some people think that art is difficult to understand?
– What can be done for young people to pay more attention to traditional arts?
– Do you think it’s important to cultivate an appreciation of arts in children?
– Do you think art should be included in the school curriculum? Why?
– Have you attended any art lessons?
– What have you learned from these lessons?

IELTS test in Brazil – October 2021 (Academic Module)

Our friend A.S. took the Academic IELTS test in Brazil recently and remembered the following questions:

Writing test

Writing task 1 (a report)

We were given a graph showing time car manufacturers spent making a car in the 1990s and in 2005. We had to summarize and compare the data.

Writing task 2 (an essay)

Nowadays eating habits of people around the world are changing, causing them many health problems, including obesity. Why do people tend to eat so badly? What can be done to improve their eating habits?

Speaking test

Part 1 (Interview)

– What is your full name?
– Can I see your ID?
– Where are you from?
– Do you work or study?
– Where do you live?
– Do you prefer to live in an apartment or a house?
– Let’s talk about the environment.
– Did you study this subject at school?
– Do you think it is important to take care of the environment? Why?
– What do you do to help the environment and reduce pollution?
– Do you think you could be doing more?
– Can you give some examples?

Part 2 (Cue Card)

Describe some equipment that you have in your house that is important to you. Please say

– What the equipment is
– What you are using it for
– How long you have had this equipment
– And explain why it is important to you.

Part 3 (Discussion)

– Do you think that technology changed a lot from previous generations?
– Why is it so?
– Would you say that technology makes people’s lives easier?
– During the pandemic, did people start to depend more on technology, in your opinion?
– Is it a good development?
– Do you think technology will replace human workers in factories soon? Why?
– If you had a company, would you prefer people or only machines working for you?
– Why is that?