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Recent IELTS exams

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

IELTS test in Sri Lanka – September 2018 (Academic Module)

Our friend S took the IELTS test in Sri Lanka and remembered the following topics and questions:

Reading test

Passage 1. Different researches on walking and the importance of walking.
Passage 2. Using IT in the medical sector in New Zealand.
Passage 3. All about a company that follows flexi-time services.

Writing testIELTS test in Sri Lanka

Writing task 1 (a report)

We were asked to summarise the key features and make comparisons between 2 graphs, as follows:

Graph one – average daily hours of sunshine in the cities of Melbourne and Darwin for one year.

Graph two – average monthly temperatures in the 2 cities for the same year.

Writing task 2 (an essay)

Restoration of old buildings in main cities involves enormous government expenditure. It would be more beneficial to spend this money to build new houses and roads. To what extent do you agree or disagree? Give reasons for your answer and include examples from your own experience.

Speaking test

Interview

– What is your full name?
– Where do you live?
– Do you live in a house or an apartment?
– Do you go shopping?
– Do you wear a watch?
– Why do you wear it?
– How would you feel if someone kept you waiting?
– Why is being on time important to you?

Cue Card

Describe a street that you visited to buy something. Please say:

– Where the street is
– When you visited it
– What you bought, and
– How you felt after that.

Discussion

– Do business owners give special offers when their products are about to expire?
– Do these offers have value for money?
– Why do people like to have designer clothes?
– Why do people buy things that they don’t need?

IELTS Speaking test in Pakistan – September 2018

A test taker from Pakistan (thanks, N!) remembered and shared the following IELTS Speaking questions:

Speaking testIELTS test in Pakistan

Interview

– What is your full name?
– Can I see your ID?
– Where are you from?
– Do you work or study?
– What do you do?
– Why did you choose this job?
– How was your first day at work?
– Did you use to save money as a child?
– Should parents give money to children?
– Should children help parents at home?

Cue Card

Talk about someone whom you helped with studies. Please say

– Who was he/she?
– Why did you help him/her?
– How did you feel after that?

Discussion

– How can grandparents help their grandchildren?
– Should countries help one another?
– What can stop countries from helping one another?