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Recent IELTS exams

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

IELTS test in Indonesia – June 2018 (Academic Module)

Our friend A took the IELTS test in Indonesia and remembered the following details from his exam:

Listening testIELTS test in Indonesia

Section 1. A person that moved to another city was registering for healthcare.

Section 2. A journalist talked and reviewed some restaurants.

Section 3. A women talked to a person who had written some scientific articles.

Section 4. A lecture about aviation. A professor talked about an imaginary city where an airport needs to be built.

Reading test

Passage 1. About Chinese chariots and charioteers.

Passage 2. About doodles, including opinions of psychologists and artists.

Passage 3. About best poems of Langston Hughes.

Writing test

Writing task 1 (a report)

We were given a bar chart showing employment rates in five financial sectors around Australia between 2001 and 2008.

Writing task 2 (an essay)

Some people believe that preserving natural environment is crucial. However, most make no effort to do so. Why do you think this is happening? What are some simple actions that could help the environment?

IELTS Speaking test in Qatar – June 2018

When A took the IELTS Speaking test in Qatar, his examiner asked the following questions:

Speaking testIELTS test in Qatar

Interview

– What is your full name?
– Can I see your ID?
– Where are you from?
– Do you work or study?
– What do you do?
– How did get here today?
– Is it far from the place where you live?
– Describe your area.
– How many hours do you sleep a day?
– Do you think it is enough? Why?
– What do you do to ensure a good night’s sleep?
– Do you like sleeping during the day? Why?
– Do you think elderly people need more or less sleep than young?
– Why is it?

Cue Card

Describe a country or a city where you want to live or work. Please say

– Why do you want to go there?
– What makes this place different?
– How did you learn about it?

Discussion

– What are the parameters that make a good quality of life for you?
– Is it more important to have a nice place to live or a place where you have a job?
– How much are security and safety important for a quality of life?