IELTS test september 2009 academic module
Source: http://www.ielts-blog.com/recent-ielts-exams
IELTS test in Sweden was described by F. (thanks a lot!), who shared the following questions from the Writing and Speaking tests.
Writing test
Writing Task 1
There were 3 pie charts about playing electronic games in Korea during the year of 2003.
- The first described in percent each age group were playing.
- The second showed how many percent of those who played were woman and how many were men.
- The third indicated how popular different kinds of categories of games were.
Simone says: This bit is important – do you remember our last homework with the 3 pie charts? This could be a new trend in the IELTS, so I suggest that you go back to it and practice. Click here to view the homework assignment with 3 charts.
Writing Task 2
The assignment was to write about the advantages of three different funding methods for education. They were:
1. Education funded by the government,
2. Education funded by the student
3. Education was funded by the student, but they were given a loan by the government, which they have to pay back after finishing their studies.
Speaking test
Interview
- What is your name?
- What should I call you?
- Where are you from?
- Tell me about your town.
- Do you like fruit and vegetables?
Cue card
Tell me about a conversation you had with someone that was very important to you. You should say:
- When it was.
- To whom you were speaking.
- Why the conversation was important to you.
- Was this the first time you have spoken to this person?
Discussion
- Do you think it is important to eat a lot of vegetables?
- Why should you eat vegetables?
- Do you like to eat vegetables?
Cuong Dang 1:04 AM on October 1, 2009 Permalink
Source: http://www.ielts-blog.com/recent-ielts-exams
IELTS test questions were shared by U. from Pakistan (thanks a lot!) and it turns out the Listening module was the same as in General Training IELTS in Bahrain. Here are the other parts:
Reading test
Passage 1: Developments in Public Transport.
Passage 2: A text about the sense of smell.
Passage 3: A text that emphasized the use of simple English.
Writing test
Writing task 1 (report)
There was a bar chart that compared two levels of two pollutants in four big cities (Los Angles, Tokyo, New York, ? ) during 2002.
Writing task 2 (essay)
Computers nowadays are used in every field of life. Where in your opinion is the role of computers in education and where is the role of teachers in education.
Speaking test
Interview
- What is your full name?
- Are you a student or a worker?
- What do you study?
- Where are you from?
- How often do you go to your friends?
- What do you prefer, have friends come to your home or go to their place? Why?
- Do you like to go out with your friends?
- Where do you like to go with your friends?
Cue Card
Talk about a journey that you have missed in the past, you should say:
- When was it,
- Where was it to,
- Why you missed it,
- How you felt about it.
Discussion
- What is the difference between tourism tours and business tours?
- What should we do before going on a tour?
- Do you think that with development of Information technology business tours will be eradicated? Why ?
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Cuong Dang 1:05 AM on October 1, 2009 Permalink
Source: http://www.ielts-blog.com/recent-ielts-examsIELTS in Australia – September 2009 (Academic Module)
IELTS test in Australia was shared by P (thanks a lot!), who remembered many details:
Listening test
Section 1: A lady puts her daughter in a new school.
Questions: Fill the form with her address, phone number and some details about her daughter, a little bit about school: how many students and which subjects her daughter will be taking.
Section 2: A newly opened shopping centre.
Questions: how many car parks, how many department stores, public transport access, then a table about events in that shopping centre.
Section 3: 2 students were discussing their assignment/survey.
Questions: Charts in one question asking about proportion in their survey result, Multiple choice questions, then choose 3 options which were mentioned in the conversation, that schools need to improve or rebuild.
Section 4: A lady presented her research/project. She talked about how she got the info, the details of her project, agriculture in the past, how to fertilize the soils, why poorer farmers could produce more crops than richer farmers.
Reading test
Passage 1: Development in child education (how the first kindergarten has been settled). It was about the theory of child education that was invented by 2-3 child behavior experts.
Questions: Matching headings to paragraphs, Yes/No or True/False questions, Match the period with events, Match the persons name with the things they have done.
Passage 2: Malaria in Italy. The cause and the regulations of Malaria in Italy in the past.
Questions: Yes/No or True/False questions, Gap fills (no more than 2 words).
Passage 3: How to clean the beaches that were soiled by leaking oil in several countries.
Questions: Gap fills (no more than 3 words), Multiple choice questions.
Writing test
Writing task 1 (report)
We had a line graph about energy sources used to produce electricity in The UK between 1996-2006 (not sure about the period) There are 4 kinds for energy sources: natural fuel, oil, coal and nuclear energy. The trends were as follows: 2 lines quite stable, one was upwards and one was downwards.
Writing task 2 (essay)
What in your opinion is better, encouraging young people go to university or train to be car mechanics and builders, which are needed by the local community.
Speaking test
Interview
- Where do you live?
- How convenient is the transportation from your place?
- What were you reading when you were young?
- What are you reading at present?
- Do you shop for fruit and vegetables?
- How important is it to eat fruits and veggies?
Cue card
Describe a conversation you had and that was important to you in some way.
- Who you had it with,
- Where you had it,
- What it was about.
Discussion
- Conversation in family: what kind of conversations do you have as a family?
- Conversation between 2 men and 2 women – how different are they?
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