An IELTS test taker A from Japan remembered the following Writing and Speaking questions:
Writing test
Writing task 1 (a letter)
You had an incident during your stay in a hotel. One of the staff members was very helpful. Write a letter to the hotel management about it and say
- What was the incident?
- How did the staff member help you?
- Suggest how the management should show appreciation to him/her.
Writing Task 2 (an essay)
Some people say that the Olympic games don’t have a role to play in the 21st century. Do you agree or disagree? Give your own opinion.
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 a job?
- Did you always want to do it?
- How did you feel on the first day at work?
- Let’s talk about your weekly schedule.
- Do you do the same things every day?
- What is your favourite day of the week? Why?
- What is the busiest day of the week for you?
- If you could change something in your daily schedule would you do it? Why?
- What changes would you do exactly?
Cue Card
Talk about a friend that you had during your school days. Please say
- Who was he/she?
- How did you become friends?
- What did you two talk about?
- Why was he/she interesting to you?
Discussion
- When did you last see your friend?
- Let’s talk about friends and friendship.
- What is the importance of friends?
- Would you like to have a few very good friends or a lot of just friends?
- If you had a problem, would you go to your friends or family? Why?
- Can you give me an example of such situation?
- Do you think it is always better to talk to your friends about such a problem?