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Recent IELTS exams

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

IELTS test in India – October 2015 (General Training)

Below are the topics and questions from a recent IELTS exam in India, that R remembered:

Listening testIELTS test in India

Section 1. Inquiry about a canoe course.

Section 2. A conversation between two students and their professor about a research topic that they planned on doing together.

Section 3. Don’t remember.

Section 4. Information about a resort including facilities and diagrammatic map description to point out a few places and buildings within the resort.

Reading test

Passage 1. About memory competition.

Passage 2, 3, 4. Don’t remember.

Writing test

Writing task 1 (a letter)

You recently heard about a business conference that you would like to attend. Write a letter to your manager and explain

– What and where is it?
– Why do you want to attend it?
– How will it be helpful to you and the company?

Writing Task 2 (an essay)

In many countries airlines are dropping their prices. Is it a positive or a negative development? 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 do you do?
– Do you have a big family?
– Please describe it.

Cue Card

Talk about inviting people to your house and entertaining guests. Please say

– What would you do to welcome guests?
– What kind of food preparations do you usually do?
– What do you usually do together?

Discussion

– Are there people visiting you whom you don’t like?
– Why is that?
– What do you do about it?

IELTS Speaking test in Saudi Arabia – October 2015

Thanks to S who took the IELTS test in Saudi Arabia we are sharing these Speaking questions:

Speaking testIELTS test in Saudi Arabia

Interview

– What is your full name?
– Can I see your ID?
– Where are you from?
– Do you work or study?
– What subjects are you studying?
– Why did you choose these subjects?
– Do you use a calculator?
– Do you think it is good to use a calculator?
– Will calculators be useful in the future?
– Why is that?

Cue Card

Describe a moment when you met a person whom you were longing to meet. Please say

– When and where did you meet?
– What did you do together?
– Why did you want to meet that person?

Discussion

– Do you like maths?
– Why is that?
– Do you prefer to have few good friends or a lot of just friends?
– What is the main quality of a good friend in your opinion?
– Would you help your close friend in need?
– How would you do it?