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Recent IELTS exams

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

IELTS test in Brazil – July 2017 (General Training)

Our kind friend E took the IELTS test in Brazil and remembered the following details:

Listening testIELTS test in Brazil

Section 1. Information about a new job vacancy at a company.

Section 2. Students talked about different universities.

Section 3. Don’t remember.

Section 4. About certain caves and animals that live there.

Reading test

Passage 1. About maple syrup farms.

Passage 2, 3. Don’t remember.

Passage 4. About a railway station and its history.

Writing test

Writing task 1 (a letter)

Write a formal letter to the manager of a construction company. They are building a house near your apartment and you want to complain about the noise and inconvenience in the area.

Writing Task 2 (an essay)

Some people believe that money is more important than free time for a good quality of life. Others say the opposite is true. Discuss both views. What is more important in your opinion? Give 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 subject are you studying?

Cue Card

Talk about two people from the same family. Please say

– who they are
– how you know them
– what their similarities and differences are
– and explain how you feel about them

Discussion

Don’t remember.

IELTS test in Saudi Arabia and India – July 2017 (Academic Module)

Our friends K and J took their IELTS tests in Saudi Arabia and India, and remembered some of the questions they had:

Writing testIELTS test in Saudi Arabia

Writing task 1 (a report)

We were given a bar chart showing the consumption of bottled water and soft drinks per person in five different countries in 2002. We had to summarize the information.

Writing task 2 (an essay)

Many countries aim to improve their standard of living through economic development. Sometimes this may bring loss of social values as a result. Do the advantages of higher standard of living outweigh its disadvantages?

Speaking test

Interview

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

Cue Card

Talk about an occasion when you received a good service from a person. Please say

– What was the service?
– When and where did you receive it?
– Why did you like it so much?

Discussion

– How did you feel after it?
– What is the difference between services from a big or small companies?
– What jobs require staff to get in touch with a lot of people?
– What qualities should the staff member have for such job? Why?
– What should people do when they receive bad service?