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Recent IELTS exams

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

IELTS Speaking test in Saudi Arabia – October 2016

When M took the IELTS Speaking test in Saudi Arabia, the following questions were asked:

Speaking testIELTS test in Saudi Arabia

Interview

– What’s your full name?
– Can I see your ID?
– Where are you from?
– Do you live in a house or an apartment?
– What does your apartment look like?
– Do you like celebrities?
– Who is your favorite local celebrity?
– Have you met a celebrity before?
– Let’s talk about your hometown.
– What is the your hometown?
– Do you like your hometown? Why?
– Would you return back to your hometown in the future?

Cue Card

Talk about a website that you usually use. Please say

– What is it?
– How did you learn about it?
– Why is it important?
– Do you recommend it to others?

Discussion

– What websites do you use for online shopping?
– What are the advantages and disadvantages of online shopping?
– Did online shopping affect the offline markets?
– How can regular supermarkets compete with online shopping?
– Will people use online shopping more often in the future?

IELTS test in India – October 2016 (Academic Module)

Thanks to our friend S we know this much about the recent IELTS exam in India (she remembered everything except the Listening test topics):

Reading testIELTS test in India

Passage 1. About long leaf forests.

Passage 2. About different gestures and their meanings.

Passage 3. About the theatre.

Writing test

Writing task 1 (a report)

We were given a chart comparing the average teaching hours in four different countries in primary, secondary and high schools.

Writing task 2 (an essay)

Some people believe that it is better to build new museums and town halls instead of renovating the old ones. To what extent do you agree or disagree? Give your opinion and relevant examples from your own experience.

Speaking test

Interview

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

Cue Card

Describe a project that you have made in school with your classmates or friends. Please say

– What was the project?
– What was it about?
– What did you have to do?

Discussion

Don’t remember.