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Recent IELTS exams

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

IELTS test in Nigeria – November 2019 (General Training)

Our friend M. remembered the following questions from a recent IELTS test in Nigeria:

Listening testIELTS test in Nigeria

Section 1. Health and fitness club membership information, including application guide, fees, dates and level fitness.

Section 2. About volunteering work for university students who are interested an additional work to keep busy.

Section 3. Don’t remember.

Section 4. About the history of hei-tiki sculptures. The signs, symbolic meaning and traditional implications.

Reading test

Passage 1. About technical assistant work in the UK.

Passage 2. Don’t remember.

Passage 3. The history and work of the archaeologist J. Giddio.

Writing test

Writing task 1 (a letter)

You have received a letter about winning a prize in a competition organised by the media house, but didn’t receive that prize. Write a letter to the editor of a newspaper about it and say

– Describe the competition and prize in details.
– How do you feel about it?
– What do you expect the editor to do about it?

Writing Task 2 (an essay)

Some parents and teachers agree that the behaviour of children should be strictly controlled. Others, however, believe that children should be allowed to do anything and experiment freely. Discuss both views and give your own opinion.

IELTS test in Indonesia – November 2019 (Academic Module)

Thanks to our friend M from Indonesia we can share the following recent IELTS questions:

Writing testIELTS test in Indonesia

Writing task 1 (a report)

We were given a table showing the numbers of all postgraduates from university in total in five different countries, and separately the numbers for men/women who worked in 1999.

Writing task 2 (an essay)

Nowadays public transport prices are constantly increasing. Why do you think it is happening? How can this problem be solved?

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 do?
– Can you describe your job?
– What do you like the most about it?
– Did you ever live in the countryside?
– How did you feel about living there?
– Would you like to live there again someday? Why?

Part 2 (Cue Card)

Talk about an instance when your car broke down. Please say

– When and where was it?
– What did you do?
– How did you feel about it?

Part 3 (Discussion)

– Do you use public transport?
– How often do you use it? Why?
– Do you use a car for everyday drive?
– What are the main causes of congestion, in your opinion?
– Who uses public transportation more, younger or older people?
– Why do you think it is?