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Recent IELTS exams

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

IELTS test in China – June 2018 (Academic Module)

S took the IELTS test in China and remembered the following topics and questions:

Listening testIELTS test in China

Section 1. About house rental.

Section 2. About elephants and farmers’ crops.
Questions: multiple choice.

Section 3. About sport club membership problems and solutions.
Questions: multiple choice.

Section 4. About security in public places and reasons behind it.

Reading test

Passage 1. About a marketplace in a barn.

Passage 2. A science lecture about Mars.

Passage 3. Comparison of sports in the 20th and 21st centuries.

Writing test

Writing task 1 (a report)

We were given a horizontal bar graph showing citrus fruits (oranges, lemons, grapefruits and other) production. All data was in thousands metric tons and we had to summarise it.

Writing task 2 (an essay)

School teachers are more responsible for social and intellectual development of students than parents. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

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?
– Describe your hometown.
– How did you get here today?
– Who else came with you?
– What is the proper age for driving, in your opinion?
– Do you like to spend time with teenagers? Why?

Cue Card

Describe a long car journey that you had in the past. Please say

– Where and when did you go?
– Who did you go there with?
– Why did you decide to go there?

Discussion

– What did you do on your journey?
– What vehicle did you have?
– What cars do you like?
– What are the benefits of private transportation?

IELTS Speaking test in Vietnam – June 2018

When D took the IELTS Speaking test in Vietnam she was asked the following questions:

Speaking testIELTS test in Vietnam

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 do you study this subject?
– Do you like it?
– Do you think computers make our lives easier?
– How did our life change since computers appeared?
– Did you learn how to use the Internet at school?
– Do you think we use computers differently now compared to the past?
– Do you think we will use computers more in the future? Why?

Cue Card

Describe a parent or a relative that you admire the most. Please say

– Who is he/she?
– How do you know him/her?
– What does he/she do differently to others?

Discussion

– How did parenting change compared to the past?
– Please give some examples.
– How should kids be raised, in your opinion?
– Do you think parents are scared of raising their children?