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Recent IELTS exams

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

IELTS Speaking test in India – September 2017

When P took the IELTS Speaking test in India he was asked the following questions:

Speaking testIELTS test in India

Interview

– What is your full name?
– Can I see your ID?
– Where are you from?
– Where do you live?
– Do you work or study?
– What do you do?
– How often do you use email?
– When are you really required to use email?

Cue Card

Talk about a city you have visited recently. Please say

– What city is it?
– When did you visit it?
– What did you do there?

Discussion

– Who did you go there with?
– What geographical advantages are required for a city development?
– Are there any famous buildings in your city?
– Can you name a few?
– How could they affect the development?
– How can transportation, businesses and weather affect the city development?
– Do you think city development requires planning to take place before the development starts?
– Can you name a city that was planned in advance, and talk about its advantages?

IELTS test in India – September 2017 (Academic Module)

Our friend H remembered the following topics and questions from a recent IELTS exam in India:

Listening testIELTS test in India

Section 1. A phone enquiry about rental accommodation.

Section 2. About the fire department in a company.

Section 3. About different types of pigeons.

Section 4. About a plum tree.

Reading test

Passage 1. About an Olympic torch.

Passage 2. About a company established by New Zealand farmers.

Passage 3. About a pest found in sub-Sahara region.

Writing test

Writing task 1 (a report)

We were given a diagram showing the recycling process from waste to production of new aluminium cans.

Writing task 2 (an essay)

Some people thinks that it is necessary to travel another country to learn about it. Others argue that all the information is available on TV and the Internet. Discuss both the views and give 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?
– Do you like watches?
– Do you wear one?
– Did you buy it or got it as a gift?

Cue Card

Talk about two people from same family that you know well. Please say:

– who these people are
– how long you know them
– what their differences and similarities are

Discussion

Don’t remember.