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IELTS-Blog::IELTS test in Australia and Indonesia – March 2014 (Academic Module)

IELTS test in Australia and Indonesia – March 2014 (Academic Module)

Posted: 24 Mar 2014 03:30 AM PDT

IELTS test takers S and W shared the Writing and Speaking questions from a recent exam in Australia and Indonesia (they got the same questions in Writing but different ones in Speaking):

Writing test

Writing task 1 (a report)

We were given two diagrams to compare. One was the current plan of a university and the other was a future project plan for 2015.

Writing task 2 (an essay)

Living in big cities has a negative effect on people’s health. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

Speaking test

Interview

- What is your full name?
- Can I see your ID?
- Where are you from?
- Do you work or study?
- Which do you prefer: working in the morning or in the afternoon?
- What kind of clothes do you wear for work?
- What do you think about people’s habit of buying clothes nowadays?
- Can you compare it to the past?

Cue Card 1

Talk about your trip far away from home. Please say

- When and where was it?
- Whom did you go with?
- Did you like this trip? Why?

Discussion 1

- Is it important for young people to travel?
- Is there a difference between how old and young people travel?
- Do you keep pets at home?
- What kind of pets do you have at home?
- Are there wild animals that you like?

Cue Card 2

Talk about a tourist attraction that you have visited recently. Please say

- What was it?
- When and where was it?
- How did you feel after the visit?

Discussion 2

- What are the famous tourist attractions in your country?
- What activities did you and your friends do as kids?
- What activities do children like to do nowadays?