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Recent IELTS exams

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

IELTS Speaking test in Indonesia – July 2019

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

Speaking testIELTS test in Indonesia

Interview

– What is your full name?
– Can I see your ID?
– Where are you from?
– What is the name of your home town?
– Where do you live now?
– Do you work or study?
– What do you do?
– Do you like your job?
– Would you like to change it in the future?

Cue Card

Describe a job that one of your grandparents was doing. Please say

– What was it?
– Where and when was he/she doing it?
– Did he/she have any other job apart from this?

Discussion

– Would you like to do the same job?
– Explain why or why not.
– What are the most difficult jobs in your opinion? Why?
– Are they always well paid?
– What jobs are challenging, in your opinion?
– Why do you think so?
– What are the main skills required to do a challenging job?
– What are the benefits of training for employees and employers?

IELTS test in India – June 2019 (Academic Module)

Our friend V took an Academic IELTS test in India and below are the questions he remembered:

Listening testIELTS test in India

Section 1. It was about the bicycle invention.

Section 2. A conversation about hotel booking.

Section 3, 4. Don’t remember.

Reading test

Don’t remember.

Writing test

Writing task 1 (a report)

We were given a pie chart and a table showing information about visitors to different holiday resorts in Europe.

Writing task 2 (an essay)

Some people think that schools should select students according to their academic abilities. Others believe that it is better to have students with different abilities studying together. Discuss both views and give your own opinion.

Speaking test

Interview

– What is your full name?
– Can I see your ID?
– Where are you from?
– Do you work or study?
– What do you do?
– Where do you do your grocery shopping?
– Do you like street supermarkets? Why/Why not?

Cue Card

Talk about a person you know who has some great ideas or an interesting opinion. Please say

– Who is he/she?
– How did you meet him/her?
– Do you like or dislike these ideas? Why?

Discussion

– Do children usually have the same ideas as their parents?
– Why do you think it happens?
– When should children choose their own opinions?