IELTS exam in Australia - June 2009 (Academic Module)
Listening test
Section 1: booking and inquiry about a room(quite easy)
Section 2: about a car and modifications done to it (a little bit confusing)
Section 3: about an assignment and division of topics (quite easy)
Section 4: about spices and their uses (amazingly it was easy as well)
Reading test
Passage 1 was about glass and its history, the questions were to fill in the blanks and diagram completion (easy)
Passage 2 - the topic I really don’t remember, but questions were
heading and paragraphs matching (easy) and True / False / Not given.
Passage 3 was about dreams and their research and finding, questions
were about statements which are True / False / Not given and research
and researcher matching (the topic was really interesting and tasks
were easy).
Writing test
Writing Task 1 (report)
We had a line graph of world energy source’s requirement from 1970 to 2030 (prediction graph)
Writing Task 2 (essay)
School children should not be forced to learn other foreign languages as their ability differs. Do you agree or disagree?
Speaking test
Interview
- What is your name?
- What should I call you?
- Do you study or do you work?
- What type of study you are doing?
- Is it easy to learn / what equipment do you use to learn?
Cue card
Tell me about the famous person you would like to meet.
- who is the person
- why he is famous
- explain: why do you want to meet him?
Discussion
- Why some people want to become famous?
- Do they have private life?
- How do you know the news?
- Do old people and youngsters have different choices of news? Why?
- What is the view of younger people of the fame? Did it change from the past?