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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 – January 2017

When R 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?
– Do you work or study?
– What subject are you studying?
– Where do you live now?
– Can you describe a transportation system in your area?
– Do you use it a lot?
– How do you prefer to travel?

Cue Card

Talk about the highest paying job that you would like to do. Please say

– What is it?
– Where and when did you hear about it?
– Why would you like to do it?

Discussion

– What are the benefits of such a job?
– Why do you think this job is necessary?
– Do the advantages of this job outweigh its disadvantages?

IELTS test in Azerbaijan – January 2017 (Academic Module)

Our kind friend U took the IELTS test in Azerbaijan and remembered the following:

Listening testIELTS test in Australia

Section 1. A phone conversation about party arrangement.

Section 2. A conversation about study project between two students and a teacher.

Section 3. Don’t remember.

Section 4. A lecture about benefits of aircraft usage for long distance journeys.

Reading test

Don’t remember.

Writing test

Writing task 1 (a report)

We were given two pie charts and a table showing information about online shopping habits in Australia and New Zealand. We had to summarize the data.

Writing task 2 (an essay)

Some schools start teaching a foreign language in primary school years. Do advantages of teaching languages to young children outweigh the disadvantages? Give your own opinion and examples.