Our friends Z and R took their IELTS tests in the UK and Azerbaijan and remembered the following details (the exam appears to be the same in these countries):
Listening test
Section 1. About pottery courses.
Section 2. About bird-watching tours.
Section 3. Don’t remember.
Section 4. A lecture about carbon dioxide emissions.
Reading test
Passage 1. About plants.
Passage 2. About a company car scheme.
Passage 3. How to deal with stress in the workplace.
Writing test
Writing task 1 (a report)
We were given a map and 4 pie charts showing the use of agricultural land in the USA for different purposes such as animal growing, forests, crops growing and other uses. We had to describe it.
Writing Task 2 (an essay)
Some people believe that history is very important and we must study the past to understand the present. Others say that it has little or no use at all. Discuss both views, give your opinion and support it with relevant examples.
Speaking test
Interview
- What is your full name?
- Can I see your ID?
- Where are you from?
- Do you work or study?
- Do you live in a house or an apartment?
- What kind of house is it?
- Do you like living there? Why?
Cue Card
Describe a place that you have visited for a short time. Please say
- Where was that?
- When did you go there?
- Would you like to go there again? Why?
Discussion
- What museums do you know?
- Which one do you like the most?
- Describe a museum that you have visited.
- What impression do museums give to you?