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Recent IELTS exams

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

IELTS Speaking test in Tanzania – November 2018

Our friend V took the IELTS test in Tanzania and below are the Speaking questions she remembered:

Speaking test

Interview

– What is your full name?
– Can I see your ID?
– Where are you from?
– Do you work or study?
– What subject are you studying?
– Why did you choose it?
– Where do you live now?
– Do you live in an apartment or a house?
– What is your favourite room at home? Why?
– Do you think you will be moving to a new place in the future?

Cue Card

Talk about a website you regularly visit. Please say

– What website is it?
– What content does it have?
– How you did know about this website?

Discussion

– What do people use the Internet for mostly?
– How does the Internet affect our life?
– What websites are the most visited by young people in your country? Why?
– Why are some websites visited more frequently than others?
– What do you use in your leisure time, TV or the Internet? Why?

IELTS test in Pakistan – November 2018 (General Training)

S took the IELTS test in Pakistan and below are the Writing and Speaking questions she remembered:

Writing testIELTS test in Pakistan

Writing task 1 (a letter)

Write a letter to your manager about a party that you want to organize at the office. In your letter say

– Why do you want to do it?
– When and where will it take place?
– What arrangements will you have to make?

Writing Task 2 (an essay)

Nowadays the amounts of rubbish are constantly increasing in many countries of the world. Why is it happening? How can it be controlled and eventually reduced?

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?
– What made you choose this profession?
– Let’s talk about food.
– Do you like international cuisines?
– What international food do you like?
– Are there many international food restaurants in your country?
– Are there more such restaurants now than in the past? Why?
– What international food did you enjoy recently?
– Do you think there will be more international cuisines available in the near future?

Cue Card

Talk about an item of clothing you wore that was different from your normal clothes. Please say

– What was it?
– When and where did you wear it?
– What was so special about it?

Discussion

– What was the occasion?
– What did others say about it?
– Do you have a picture of you wearing those clothes?
– Why do you think people like to dress formally?
– Do people dress more formally now than in the past in your country?
– Is it good to dress formally?
– There are so many clothing brands nowadays, why is it so?
– Can you guess a person’s profession by their clothing?