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Recent IELTS exams

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

IELTS Speaking test in the UK – April 2021

Our friend D.R. remembered the following Speaking questions from her IELTS exam in the UK on Saturday:

Speaking test

Part 1 (Interview)

– What is your full name?
– Can I see your ID?
– Do you live in a flat or in an apartment?
– What can you see from your window?
– Do you remember people’s names when you meet them?
– How do you remember them?
– How do you feel when others don’t remember your name?

Part 2 (Cue Card)

Talk about a situation when you got lost in a city. Please say

– Where and when it happened
– Why it happened
– Who was there with you
– How you solved the situation
– And explain how you felt about it.

Part 3 (Discussion)

– Let’s talk about maps.
– Do you think children should learn to read paper maps at school? Why?
– Do you think it is an easy thing to learn?
– What are the advantages and disadvantages of digital maps?
– Let’s talk about making decisions.
– What are some key points in life when people have to make a choice?
– How important is the influence of others, when a person has to make a choice?

IELTS Speaking test in Canada – April 2021

Our friend J.W. was very kind and shared some recent IELTS Speaking questions from her exam in Canada:

Speaking test

Part 1 (Interview)

– What is your full name?
– Can I see your ID?
– Where do you live, in a house or an apartment?
– Do you like it?
– Do you recycle?
– What did you recycle in your childhood?
– Why do you think we should recycle?

Part 2 (Cue Card)

Describe the happiest moment of your life. Please say

– When it happened
– Who was there with you
– What you did
– And explain why it was the happiest moment of your life.

Part 3 (Discussion)

– Do you prefer writing by hand or typing on a computer? Why?
– What were some popular ways to deliver news in the past?
– How do people access news today?
– What has changed in the way information is delivered nowadays?
– If the government has a message for the public, what is the best way of delivering it?