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Recent IELTS exams

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

IELTS Speaking test in Kuwait – January 2021

Our kind friend F.S. took the IELTS test in Kuwait and remembered the following Speaking questions. Her Listening, Reading and Writing were just like in this IELTS exam in India.

Speaking test

Part 1 (Interview)

– What is your full name?
– What shall I call you?
– Where are you from?
– Where do you live, in a house or an apartment?
– What is your apartment like?
– What can you see from your window?
– What time do you get up in the morning?
– What is your favourite morning activity?
– Did you ever have to get up very early in the morning?

Part 2 (Cue Card)

Talk about an occasion when you had to tell your friend the truth. Please say

– What was it?
– When was it?
– What was your friend’s reaction to the truth?

Part 3 (Discussion)

– Do you think telling the truth is a good thing?
– Are you an honest person?
– Why do you think being honest is good?
– Should a person always be honest?
– Does honesty have a role in a couple’s relationship?
– Can you give me an example?
– Have you ever felt bad about being honest?
– Where is it more important to be honest, at home or in the society?

IELTS test in India – January 2021 (General Training)

Our wonderful friends M.S. and A.S. took their IELTS exams in India and shared the following topics and questions:

Listening test

Part 1. Tour information was given, including on accommodation, fishing, tourist attraction points, wildlife park and a cave.
Questions 1 – 10: fill in the blanks (one word only).

Part 2. Company rules and regulations about time, clothing, how to clock in and clock out.
Questions 11 – 14: multiple choice.
About duties, how to report your leave and inform the manager/officer.
Questions 15 – 20: fill in the blanks.

Part 3. A discussion about agriculture.
Questions 21 – 26: multiple choice.
Questions 27 – 30: select summary options from the box, A to G.

Part 4. A lecture on marine life, spider crab’s eating habits, laying eggs in spring.
Questions 31-34, 39, 40: fill in the blanks.
Questions 35-38: multiple choice.

Reading test

Passage 1. Don’t remember the topic.
Questions: write the correct letter A-E in the box.

Passage 2. About paternity leave.
Questions: short answer questions (3 words).

Passage 3. Hiking on snow in Australia.
Questions: short answer questions (1 word or a number).

Passage 4. About tennis.
Questions: True/False/Not Given, match statements with the correct years.

Writing test

Writing task 1 (a letter)

You made a reservation at a hotel for you and your colleagues to stay during a business trip, but you need to make some changes to your booking. Write a letter to the hotel manager. In your letter

– Give details of your booking
– Explain what changes you need to make
– Ask for some special arrangements to be made for your business meetings.

Writing task 2 (an essay)

Nowadays people are spending more time watching movies. Why is this happening? Is it 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?
– Where are you living now?
– Is it a house or an apartment?

Part 2 (Cue Card)

Describe a time when your computer broke down. You should say:

– When it was
– What you were doing
– What you did to fix it
– And explain how you felt about it.

Part 3 (Discussion)

– Don’t remember.