Our friend A took the IELTS test in Canada and remembered the following topics and questions:
Listening test
Section 1. An employment application form.
Section 2. About arrangements for an event.
Section 3. A conversation between two people about an audio lecture.
Section 4. Don’t remember.
Reading test
Passage 1. About cleanliness of public transport including trains.
Passage 2. About several shops selling different items and each paragraph had a particular shop description.
Passage 3. Don’t remember.
Passage 4. About the Great Fire of London that happened in September 1666.
Writing test
Writing task 1 (a letter)
Write a letter to your colleague from another department asking him/her to give a presentation at a conference. In your letter say
– What is the conference about?
– Why do you want him/her to give the presentation?
– What arrangements will you have to make?
Writing Task 2 (an essay)
Some people want academic subjects such as history and physics to be taught at secondary school. Others want practical skills such as mechanical and gardening to be taught. Discuss both views and give your own opinion.
