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Recent IELTS exams

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

IELTS test in Oman – February 2021 (Academic Module)

Thanks to our generous friend S.S. from Oman we are sharing the questions she remembered from a recent IELTS test:

Writing test

Writing task 1 (a report)

We were given a diagram describing the process of catching fish and its distribution to supermarkets.

Writing task 2 (an essay)

Scientists believe that computers, not humans, will control cars in the near future. What are the reasons for that? Would this be a positive or a negative development?

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 study?
– Where do you study?
– What is your major subject?
– Do you like it? Why?
– Let’s talk about changes and decisions.
– Describe some changes that happened to you.
– Do you like these changes?
– What age is suitable for making important decisions, in your opinion?
– Do you think parents have a role in making decisions for their children?
– Do parents have more influence than friends? Why?

Part 2 (Cue Card)

Talk about an instance when you changed your opinion and had to make a new decision. Please say

– What was the decision?
– When and where was it?
– How did people react to that?
– How did you feel about that decision later?

Part 3 (Discussion)

– Do you believe change is an important thing?
– Do you think social media is shaping up our decisions?
– Do you think famous people affect people of a certain age more than others?
– Do you think we need people in the country who express opinions openly?

IELTS Speaking test in Canada – February 2021

We are grateful to D.N. who took IELTS in Canada and shared the following Speaking questions with us:

Speaking test

Interview

– What is your full name?
– Can I see your ID?
– Where are you from?
– Do you work or study?
– What do you do?
– Let’s talk about growing things.
– Have you ever planted a tree?
– What tree have you planted?
– What type of trees are popular in your country?
– Let’s talk about your morning routine.
– Have you ever woken up early?
– Why do you wake early?
– What do you do in the morning?
– Do you like to sleep in at weekends? Why/why not?

Cue Card

Describe a time when you encouraged a person to do something they didn’t want to do. Please say

– Who is he/she?
– What did you encourage him/her to do?
– How did he/she react to it?
– And explain why you encouraged him/her to do it.

Discussion

– Why do parents encourage their children to do new things?
– In what ways do they motivate their children?
– Should parents reward children with prizes for doing well?
– How can employers motivate their workers to do better at work?
– What is better, to offer money or more time off work, to motivate an employee?