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Recent IELTS exams

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

IELTS Speaking test in Iran – November 2019

Our friend S recently took the IELTS test in Iran and remembered the following Speaking questions:

Speaking testIELTS test in Iran

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 like about your job?
– Where do you live now?
– Do you like it there?
– Do you like to dye your hair? Why?
– Have you ever had a bad haircut?
– How often do you get a haircut?

Part 2 (Cue Card)

Describe a regional industry in or near your hometown. Please say

– What is it?
– How big is it?
– How does it help the local economy?

Part 3 (Discussion)

– Is there any particular product in every region of the country?
– Do people care about their local food?
– How does export and import work in your country?
– Is there a pharmaceutical industry in your country?

IELTS test in India – November 2019 (Academic Module)

Our friend R took an Academic IELTS test in India and remembered the following topics and questions:

Listening testIELTS test in India

Section 1. About cooking classes.
Questions: filling in blanks, multiple choice.

Section 2. A lecture about whales and their behaviour.
Questions: filling in blanks, short-answer questions (no more than 3 words).

Section 3. Don’t remember.

Section 4. About the history of salt production.
Questions: filling in blanks, short-answer questions (no more than 2 words).

Reading test

Passage 1. A study about otters.

Passage 2. An article on photography.

Passage 3. Don’t remember.

Writing test

Writing task 1 (a report)

We were given two maps showing the changes in the riverside park between 2010 and 2015.

Writing task 2 (an essay)

Nowadays schools should not use textbooks because children get bored with books. Using games, computers and TV is a better way to give them new information and knowledge. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement?