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IELTS-Blog::IELTS test in Uzbekistan – January 2014 (Academic Module) IELTS test in Uzbekistan – January 2014 (Academic Module) Posted: 31 Jan 2014 02:30 AM PST Our kind friend N shared the questions from an IELTS exam in Uzbekistan – here they are: Listening test Section 1. A phone conversation between a woman and an airline representative. Section 2. A conversation between a student and a professor about the next week’s presentation. Section 3. A woman talked about her travel to a particular island. Section 4. A woman talked about the process of printing photographs. Reading test Passage 1. About drama study for art students. Passage 2. About a certain type of Australian parrots. Passage 3. About different experiments done by several scientists. Writing test Writing task 1 (a report) We were given a graph showing the percentage of money spent on health in Japan, Italy, France, Germany and the ...

IELTS-Blog::ELTS Speaking test in Sri Lanka – January 2014 ELTS Speaking test in Sri Lanka – January 2014 Posted: 30 Jan 2014 02:30 AM PST These Speaking questions were shared by H, who took the IELTS test in Sri Lanka: Speaking test Interview - What is your full name? - Can I see your ID? - Where are you from? - Do you work or study? - Is the city you come from is a small or a big one? - How long have you been living there? - Did you sing as a child? - Who is your favorite singer? Why? - How often do you walk? - Do you walk in the city or in the countryside? Why? - What should we do to improve walking tracks in cities? - Do you think you'll walk more often in the future? Why? Cue Card Talk about a house/apartment that you have visited recently and liked. Please say - Whose house/apartment was it? - Where is it located? - Why did you like it so much? Discussion - Do you think the governmen...

IELTS-Blog::IELTS test in India – January 2014 (General Training) IELTS test in India – January 2014 (General Training) Posted: 29 Jan 2014 02:30 AM PST An IELTS test taker from India (tnanks, M!) shared this recent exam update: Listening test Section 1. A discussion between two friends who want to send various gifts to their school/college friends with a courier/mail service. Section 2. A discussion of a man and a woman about their habits, opinions, daily routines, and also about a career as a football player or a referee. Section 3. Don't remember. Section 4. A research into sleeping habits of various mammals. Reading test Passage 1. About a train company called Southpress. Description of their process, system, equipment, details required for routine upkeep, housekeeping and cleanliness of train coaches. Questions: True/False/Not Given. Passage 2. An advertisement of various shops selling antiques located at the ...

IELTS-Blog::How Raj raised his IELTS score from 6.5 to 7.5 How Raj raised his IELTS score from 6.5 to 7.5 Posted: 28 Jan 2014 02:30 AM PST Today we are happy to share the success story of Raj, a young man in his 20s from India. Raj is a native Tamil speaker, who needed to pass IELTS with at least Band 7 for his immigration application. In his previous attempt Raj couldn’t score higher than Band 6.5, and so he began searching for help online. He found www.IELTS-Blog.com, purchased our e-book Ace the IELTS in the end of November, began studying and 3 weeks later took the test again, this time scoring Band 7.5 Overall, with an 8 in the Listening section. Here’s what he wrote to us right after receiving his IELTS results: “Hi IELTS-Blog Team, I’m extremely happy to inform you guys that I got the required score in IELTS today. Listening 8, Reading 7.5, Writing 7, Speaking 7, Overall Band Score 7.5 I needed 7 in eac...

IELTS-Blog::IELTS Speaking test in Israel – January 2014 IELTS Speaking test in Israel – January 2014 Posted: 27 Jan 2014 02:30 AM PST These Speaking questions were shared by M (thanks!) who took the IELTS test in Israel: Speaking test Interview - What is your full name? - Can I see your ID? - Where are you from? - Do you work or study? - Where do you live now? - Is it a city or a town? - Do you think it is important to be punctual? - Do you always manage to be on time for all your arrangements? - How can you improve and be there on time? - Do you think it is possible to manage time better? - What is important for you to remember? Cue Card Describe a situation when you forgot about an important meeting. Please say - What meeting was it? - When was it? - What did you do about it? - How did you feel later? Discussion - Is human memory important nowadays? - Can electronic devices such as sm...

IELTS-Blog::IELTS test in the UK – December 2013 (Academic Module) IELTS test in the UK – December 2013 (Academic Module) Posted: 24 Jan 2014 02:30 AM PST IELTS test taker S shared the topics and questions from a recent exam in the UK: Listening test Section 1. A conversation between a man and a women regarding a survey about a living area. Section 2. A discussion between a music teacher and parents about music classes. Section 3. Radio presentation about food recipe books and the differences between books from the past and today. Section 4. A speech about some kind of ancient seeds and how to save them. Reading test Passage 1. About marketing of clothes, shoes and cosmetics using the internet. Passage 2. A report about the wild life and wild birds. Passage 3. Don't remember. Writing test Writing task 1 (a report) We were given a graph showing the differences between the 18th, 19th and 20th century. Writ...