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Recent IELTS exams

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

IELTS Speaking test in Russia – March 2021

Some very kind IELTS test takers from Russia shared their recent Speaking questions, below:

Speaking test

Part 1 (Interview)

– What is your full name?
– Can I see your ID?
– What may I call you?
– Where are you from?
– Describe your home town.

– What is your favourite colour?
– What colour don’t you like?
– What type of clothes do you normally wear?
– Do you wear a different type of clothes at the weekend?

– Let’s talk about picnics. Do you go on a picnic often?
– When was the first time you went on a picnic?
– Where do people usually go on a picnic where you live?
– Why do people like picnics?

Part 2 (Cue Card)

Talk about a time when you spoke a foreign language for the first time. Please say

– what language it was
– with whom you spoke
– what you said
– and explain how you felt about it.

Part 3 (Discussion)

– Is it important to teach children foreign languages when they are little?
– At what age should children learn a foreign language?
– Is it a good idea to teach children two foreign languages simultaneously?
– What is the best way to learn a language, through talking or writing?
– Why do you think many languages are disappearing these days?
– Does a language shape your culture?
– Is language the only thing that influences a person?

IELTS test in Poland – March 2021 (Academic Module)

We are grateful to K.P. who recently took the IELTS test in Poland and remembered these questions:

Reading test

Passage 1. About using wellness days during work in New Zealand.
Passage 2. Inventions in Ancient Human History.
Passage 3. A text about dinosaurs (quite a difficult one).

Writing test

Writing task 1 (a report)

We were given a triple line graph describing visitors to 3 different areas in a European country between 1987 and 2007. Each of the 3 lines represented visitors to a particular area. The areas were the coast, the mountains and the lakes.

Writing task 2 (an essay)

Some people think that instead of preventing climate change, we need to find a way to live with it. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

Speaking test

Part 1 (Interview)

– What is your full name?
– What may I call you?
– Do you work or study?
– Why did you choose this job?
– What do you dislike about your work?

– Did you have mathematics in your secondary school?
– Did you like math lessons? (Why/Why not?)
– Would you choose to study math now, if you could?
– Do you use math to improve your life? If so, what are some examples?

– What makes you happy?
– Is it important to be happy all the time?

Part 2 (Cue Card)

Talk about your favorite weather. You should say

– what weather is your favourite
– why it is your favourite
– what you do during this weather
– and explain how this weather affects you.

Part 3 (Discussion)

– How does the weather affect people in general?
– Do people watch weather forecasts on TV nowadays? Why/why not?
– Do you think the weather affects our clothing?
– Do most of your friends like the same weather as you do?
– What kind of weather do you have in your home country?
– Is there any special celebration or a holiday linked to a certain season/weather in your country?
– Do you think the weather affects the economy of your country? If so, how?