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Recent IELTS exams

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

IELTS Speaking test in Algeria – December 2016

When N took the IELTS Speaking test in Algeria, the following questions were asked:

Speaking testIELTS test in Algeria

Interview

– What is your full name?
– Can I see your ID?
– Where are you from?
– Do you work or study?
– What do you do?
– What are your future plans?
– Do you go on holidays?
– How often do you do it?
– Where do you usually go?
– With whom do you travel? Why?
– How much time do you need for a great holiday? Why?
– Do you like photography?
– What do you do with pictures you take?

Cue Card

Describe a time when you had to use your imagination. Please say

– When and where was it?
– What did you do?
– How difficult was it for you?

Discussion

– Would you do it again?
– Explain why.
– Do you think kids have imagination?
– Would you give a child a toy or a computer / iPad game?
– Do you think a teacher plays an important role in fostering the imaginative capacities of children?
– How can technology affect our children?
– Do you think having a rich imagination is good for future work opportunities?
– What kind of jobs require such a skill?

IELTS test in Vietnam – December 2016 (Academic Module)

An IELTS test taker from Vietnam (thanks, N!) remembered the following information about his recent exam:

Listening testIELTS test in Vietnam

Section 1. A conversation of a man and a woman about tourist attractions in Arizona.

Section 2. About Pacific languages.
Questions: filling in blanks, multiple choice.

Section 3. Don’t remember.

Section 4. A short lecture about puffins in Canada.
Questions: filling in blanks, short-answer questions (no more than 1 word).

Reading test

Passage 1. The text was describing some ancient place.
Questions: summary completion.

Passage 2. A text about phenology.
Questions: filling in blanks, multiple choice, True/False/Not Given.

Passage 3. About the decision-making process.
Questions: True/False/Not Given.

Writing test

Writing task 1 (a report)

We were given a bar chart describing the top ten sports in Canada in 1995 and 2005.

Writing task 2 (an essay)

International travel brings benefits to travelers and countries visited, but it also causes problems for the environment. Do the disadvantages outweigh the advantages? Give your own opinion and relevant examples.