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Recent IELTS exams

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

IELTS test in Vietnam – August 2018 (Academic Module)

The following IELTS test questions were shared by S who took IELTS in Vietnam:

Listening testIELTS test in Vietnam

Section 1. About the Aboriginal people of Australia.

Section 2. A map description.

Section 3. Don’t remember.

Section 4. A conversation between two students about their projects.

Reading test

Passage 1. About coffee houses in London.

Passage 2. About different artists.

Passage 3. Don’t remember.

Writing test

Writing task 1 (a report)

We were given a graph showing a comparison between four regions of education.

Writing task 2 (an essay)

Some think that private companies should pay for pollution clean up, while others say it should be a government’s responsibility. Discuss, and state 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?
– Why did you chose this role?
– Do you like growing plants?
– How would you react, if you got a plant as a gift?

Cue Card

Describe a shopping street that you like. Please say

– What and where is it?
– When did you visit it?
– Who did you go there with?

Discussion

– Why do you think people visit this street?
– How was your experience there?
– Many people spend their time at shopping malls. Why do you think they do it?
– Do older people like going to local shops? Why?
– Why would people go shopping alone?

IELTS Speaking test in India – August 2018

The following IELTS Speaking test questions were shared by S after a recent exam in India:

Speaking testIELTS test in India

Interview

– What is your full name?
– Can I see your ID?
– Where are you from?
– Do you work or study?
– Where do you study?
– What college is it?
– Why did you select that college?
– Do you prefer a wet or dry climate? Why?
– Does it rain a lot in your area?
– Do you like rain?

Cue Card

Describe a job you would be interested to do. Please say

– What job is it?
– What skills do you need for this job?
– What makes it interesting?

Discussion

– What jobs are people interested in, in your city?
– Do people change jobs frequently nowadays?
– Why is it so?
– Why don’t some people have good jobs?