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Recent IELTS exams

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

IELTS test in Sri Lanka – September 2016 (General Training)

An IELTS test taker from Sri Lanka remembered the following Writing and Speaking questions:

Writing testIELTS test in Sri Lanka

Writing task 1 (a letter)

You have recently faced a problem at the airport. An employee of the airport helped you with this matter. Write a letter to the airport manager and say

– What was the problem?
– How did that person help you?
– Suggest the manager to praise this employee in some way.

Writing Task 2 (an essay)

Nowadays many adults play video games. Is it a good or a bad development? Give your opinion and include 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 for work?
– Can you describe your job?
– Why did you choose to do it?

Cue Card

Talk about a high-rise building that you know. Please say

– Where is it located?
– Why do you like it?
– What is so special about this building?

Discussion

– Do you like your vacations?
– Do you prefer to stay at home or to travel during your vacations?
– What is the reason for it?

IELTS test in India – September 2016 (Academic Module)

Thanks to T, an IELTS test taker from India, we can share this information about a recent exam:

Listening testIELTS test in India

Section 1. Two students discussed their project.

Section 2. About Trimera, a division of Coleoptera beetles including those which have three joints in the tarsi and their place in history.

Section 3, 4. Don’t remember.

Reading test

Passage 1. About a plant on the verge of extinction and the invention of scientists.

Passage 2. About the usage of boats during ancient times in a coastal region. Also about the discovery of submersed areas in the sea, as an evidence and warning for future generations about the rising sea level.

Passage 3. About Snell’s law, a formula that describes the relationship between the angles of incidence and refraction when passing through a boundary between two different isotropic media, such as water, glass or air.

Writing test

Writing task 1 (a report)

We were given a table comparing the different age groups’ consumption of ordinary milk and butter and low fat milk and butter in one European country.

Writing task 2 (an essay)

Nowadays children spend a lots of time watching TV and playing computer games. However, it does not help in improving children’s mental abilities. Do you agree or disagree?