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Recent IELTS exams

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

IELTS Speaking test in Iran – July 2017

When S took the IELTS Speaking test in Iran, he was asked the following questions:

Speaking testIELTS test in Iran

Interview

– What is your full name?
– Can I see your ID?
– Where are you from?
– Do you work or study?
– What do you do?
– Do you like your job?
– Will you change it in the future?
– What do you think about indoor games?
– What kind of indoor games you were playing as a child?
– Do you still enjoy these games?
– When you go out, what do you take with you?
– Are the things you take different in the morning and evening?

Cue Card

Describe a future plan that you have, not related to work or study. Please say

– What do you plan to do and when?
– How will you achieve it?
– Why do you want to do it?

Discussion

– Who else is involved in this plan?
– Is it important to have plans for the future?
– Is it important for children to have dreams or future plans? Why?
– What was your dream as a child?
– Why did you have that dream?

IELTS test in Turkey – July 2017 (Academic Module)

Our friend C took the IELTS test in Turkey and remembered the following Writing and Speaking questions:

Writing testIELTS test in Turkey

Writing task 1 (a report)

We were given a bar graph showing the consumption of bottled water in five countries. We had to summarize and explain the data.

Writing task 2 (an essay)

Some countries improve their economy to gain high standard of living, but some social values can be lost during this transition. Do you think the advantages of this outweigh the disadvantages? Give your opinion and 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 the importance of your study?
– What is the main challenge of your work?
– Let’s talk about fruit.
– Do you like fruit?
– How often do you eat fruit?
– What fruits are your favourite? Why?
– Did you eat fruit in your childhood?
– What fruits were the best for you as a child? Why?
– Do you think older people eat less fruit? Why?

Cue Card

Describe a recent important change in your life. Please say

– What was the change?
– What were the reasons for this change?
– How do you feel about it now?

Discussion

– Do you think changes are important in our lives? Why?
– Do you think we encourage children enough to get new experiences? Why?
– Who is supporting children to change something?
– Do you think people can adapt to changes easily? Why?
– What do you think about the global changes nowadays?
– Can changes be stressful?
– Why is it so?