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Recent IELTS exams

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

IELTS Speaking test in India – August 2019

Our friend K recently took the IELTS Speaking test in India and below are the questions she remembered:

Speaking testIELTS test in India

Part 1 (Interview)

– What is your full name?
– Can I see your ID?
– Where are you from?
– Do you work or study?
– Do you like your job?
– Does your job involve travelling?
– Would you take a job that involves travelling to different countries?
– What are some challenges people face while travelling?

Part 2 (Cue Card)

Talk about a person you know who learnt a foreign language recently. Please say

– who the person is
– what language he/she learnt
– how he/she learnt the language

Part 3 (Discussion)

– Should children learn a foreign language in primary school?
– How can teachers motivate children to study?
– Is the way children learn different from that of adults?
– How has the teaching changed in your country in the last 20 years?
– What changes do you think will happen in teaching in the future?

IELTS test in London, UK – August 2019 (Academic Module)

B. took the IELTS test in London in the UK, and remembered many of the topics and questions from his exam:

Listening testIELTS test in the UK

Section 1. Bank application form.

Section 2. Map description.

Section 3. A teacher and two students talked about some kind of trees.

Section 4. Don’t remember.

Reading test

Passage 1. About Italian opera.

Passage 2. About forest fires in Australia.

Passage 3. Research into human brain.

Writing test

Writing task 1 (a report)

We were given two maps of a college building showing its transformation in 2010 and in 2019.

Writing task 2 (an essay)

Some people believe the media should be allowed to publish private information about people, while others are against it. Discuss both views and give your own opinion and relevant examples.