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Recent IELTS exams

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

IELTS Speaking test in Canada – August 2017

When R took the IELTS test in Canada she was asked the following questions:

Speaking testIELTS test in Canada

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 think people choose such a subject in your country?
– What is the most interesting part of your study?
– Do you eat fruit?
– What kind of fruit do you like?
– Why?
– Is it important to eat fruit?

Cue Card

Talk about an invention that has changed the world for the better. Please say

– What is it?
– When and where was it invented?
– Is it useful for different age groups?

Discussion

– What invention is used the most at home in your opinion?
– Do you think the most useful and important inventions of the world were already made?
– Do you think the invention of wheel was very important?
– What leads a person to invent something?

IELTS test in India – August 2017 (Academic Module)

Our friend A took the IELTS test in India and remembered the following details:

Listening testIELTS test in India

Section 1. A lady talked with a person from a real estate agency.
Questions: filling in blanks on a personal details form.

Section 2. A lady talked about a university.
Questions: filling in blanks, multiple choice.

Section 3. A student and his tutor talked about a project assignment on extinct species in New Zealand, including the bird Moa.
Questions: multiple choice, match characteristics to paragraphs.

Section 4. A person talked about the history and evolution of bicycles over the years.
Questions: short-answer questions (no more than 3 words), diagram labelling.

Reading test

Passage 1. About an oil refinery plant.
Questions: multiple choice, True/False/Not Given.

Passage 2. About Nicholas Kaldor employment theory. He developed the “compensation” criteria for welfare comparisons.
Questions: True/False/Not Given, summary completion.

Passage 3. About West African culture and people.
Questions: filling in blanks, True/False/Not Given.

Writing test

Writing task 1 (a report)

We were given two diagrams showing the student accommodation building in 2010 and now. We had to describe and compare changes.

Writing task 2 (an essay)

In many countries today the numbers of plants and animals are declining. Why is it happening, in your opinion? What can be the solution to this situation?