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Recent IELTS exams

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

IELTS test in Canada – March 2021 (Academic Module)

Our lovely friend recently took his IELTS test in Vancouver, Canada, and here are the questions he remembered:

Listening test

Part 1. It was a job interview, the interviewer asked for the candidate’s phone number and talked about preparation for the job.

Part 2. A talk about accommodation.
Questions: multiple choice, matching different problems to types of accommodation.

Part 3. Don’t remember.

Part 4. A lecture about the construction of underwater tunnel between England and France.
Questions: filling in the blanks, matching problems with the years they happened.

Writing test

Writing task 1 (a report)

We were given a bar chart showing the number of films produced in five countries. It didn’t specify the names of the countries, just letters A-E, in three years 2007, 2008 and 2009.

Writing task 2 (an essay)

Every country in the world has its road rules, but many drivers don’t obey them. Why is this happening? What can be done to solve this problem?

Speaking test

Part 1 (Interview)

– What is your full name?
– Can I see your ID?
– Do you work or study?
– Do you think mathematics is essential to you?
– Did you have a teacher in secondary school who made mathematics easy to understand?
– For what purpose is mathematics helpful to you in real life?
– Can you make a decision easily?

Part 2 (Cue Card)

Talk about a time you made a promise. You should say

– what you promised
– to whom you made a promise
– why you made that promise
– and explain how you felt about making that promise.

Part 3 (Discussion)

– What do parents promise their children?
– Do you think that keeping a promise to children is important? Why?
– Do you think that parents should reward children for keeping their promises? Why or why not?

IELTS test in India – March 2021 (Academic Module)

Thanks to P.R. who recently took IELTS in India we can share the questions she remembered:

Writing test

Writing task 1 (a report)

We were given a bar graph describing games played by different age groups and on different devices.

Writing task 2 (an essay)

More and more people are leaving the countryside and moving to cities. Do the advantages of this trend outweigh its disadvantages?

Speaking test

Part 1 (Interview)

– What is your full name?
– Can I see your ID?
– How may I address you?
– Do you work or study?
– Why did you choose this profession?

– Do you find remembering names difficult?
– Did you ever upset someone by pronouncing their name incorrectly?
– Did you ever feel bad when somebody pronounced your name incorrectly?

Part 2 (Cue Card)

Talk about a time when you were bored. Please say

– When it was
– Where it was
– Why you were bored
– And explain how you felt about it.

Follow up question: Do you get bored often?

Part 3 (Discussion)

– Do young people get bored more easily than old people?
– Why do people feel under pressure?
– Why do people feel that they have less time nowadays, even though they still have the same 24 hours?
– Why do some people think that spending free time doing leisure activities is a waste of time?
– Do you think when someone is doing leisure activities they are wasting time?