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Recent IELTS exams

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

IELTS Speaking test in Kazakhstan – October 2019

Our friend N. took the IELTS test in Kazakhstan and remembered the following Speaking questions:

Speaking testIELTS test in Kazakhstan

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 for a living?
– Do you find your job interesting?
– Can you describe it?
– Do you need to concentrate during your working day?
– When do you find it hard to concentrate during the day?
– Do you think it is hard to do a few tasks at the same time?

Part 2 (Cue Card)

Talk about a place you have visited that was very colourful. Please say

– What is the place?
– When did you visit it?
– What did you do there?

Part 3 (Discussion)

– Who did you go there with?
– What kind of feelings do you have about that place now?
– What colours are popular in home décor nowadays? Why?
– Do you think men and women tend to choose similar colours for their homes?
– Do you think the colour of a person’s room can affect him/her?
– Do you think it is important to choose the right colour every time?
– Do you think the colour of food is important? Why?
– Is it appropriate in business to wear bright clothing? Why?

IELTS test in Vietnam – October 2019 (Academic Module)

Our friend N. took the IELTS test in Vietnam and remembered the following questions:

Listening testIELTS test in Vietnam

Section 1. About national parks.

Section 2. A map description of a fitness centre and information about the use of fitness machines.

Section 3. Books about insects.

Section 4. A lecturer talked about a website that should help students with their project.

Reading test

Passage 1. How the structures of houses around the world affect the environment.

Passage 2, 3. Don’t remember.

Writing test

Writing task 1 (a report)

We were given a map showing the changes of a park from 1986 to its current shape in 2015.

Writing task 2 (an essay)

Fossil fuels are the main source of energy around the world. However, people are being encouraged to use alternative energy sources such as wind energy, solar energy and so on. Do you think this is a positive or negative development? Why?

Speaking test

Part 1 (Interview)

– What is your full name?
– Can I see your ID?
– Where are you from?
– Where do you live now?
– Is there anything you do not like about that place?
– Have you ever spent a lot of money on something?
– Do you like to wear jeans?
– Do people like to wear jeans nowadays? Why?

Part 2 (Cue Card)

Describe a day in the near future that would be the best day of your life. Please say

– what would happen on the day
– where this would happen
– how this would make you feel

Part 3 (Discussion)

– Do you think people celebrate things differently now, compared to the past?
– Why do people spend a lot of money on celebrations?