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Recent IELTS exams

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

IELTS test in India – August 2017 (General Training)

An IELTS test taker from India remembered the following details (everything except for the Listening)

Reading testIELTS test in India

Passage 1. About a certain job and benefits to employees.

Passage 2. About rodeo festival in Canada.

Passage 3, 4. Don’t remember

Writing test

Writing task 1 (a letter)

Write a letter to an airline manager to find out about something you forgot on the plane during your travel. In your letter

– give details about your flight
– describe the item you forgot
– explain why it is important that you get it back

Writing task 2 (an essay)

Many people make friends through social sites and chat rooms. Others believe that it is not a good idea to make friends without meeting them face to face. Do you agree or disagree with this statement? Give your own opinion and relevant examples.

Speaking test

Interview

– What is your full name?
– Can I see your ID?
– Where are you from?
– Do you work or study?
– What is your job?
– Do you like it?

Cue Card

Talk about an invention that is changed the world in a good way. Please say

– What was the invention?
– How do you use it?
– Why do you like it?

Discussion

– Can you name other inventions that you think are great?
– What inventions might be made in the next 20 years?

IELTS test in Qatar – August 2017 (Academic Module)

An IELTS test-taker from Qatar (thanks, R!) remembered the following details after a recent exam:

Listening testIELTS test in Qatar

Section 1. A person was making a booking for a bed in a showroom.

Section 2. About educational training.

Section 3. About research skills and how to develop them.

Section 4. About crocodiles and how they migrate.

Reading test

Passage 1. About the development of radio using bakelite.

Passage 2. About agroforestry, a land use management system.

Passage 3. The evolution of a person.

Writing test

Writing task 1 (a report)

We were given a bar chart showing different sports’ participation numbers by boys and girls. The sports were swimming, football, netball, and basketball.

Writing task 2 (an essay)

Nowadays people from different countries watch and enjoy the same films, advertisements, music, and fashion. Do you agree or disagree? What are advantages and disadvantages of this development?