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[Simon]

Congratulations Violet and Layla!

[Sarah]

hey i did my exam today morning. The questions was as follows:
Writing task1:
two line graph presenting a two different forecast for general temperature and carbon.
Writing two:
Government should spend money to support children activities like art and sport rather than sport professional athletes.to what extent you agree or disagree.

speaking:
part 1:
birthdays and how do you celebrate birthdays
do you remember your friends birthdays
and did they remember yours? why?
part two:
what is your best time in the day?
why do you enjoy this time of the day?
what do peoples usually do in this time?
then Questions about the routine and life and how to get balance between work and social life.
why it is important to make a balance between the two?
why social life and visiting relatives is important and how?
if we didn't make a balance between the two dose this affects the economy?! how?

Reading:
the reading test was quite difficult i ran out of time and i think i am not going to make it this time?
its my first time. i felt so stressed and confused also i found out when i transfer the answer to answer sheet i make a shift because i wrote the answer of two blacks (should be the answer of the same question) but i put them each on different blanks. i felts so nervous and confused !!

[lyudmyla]

WT2-International traveling,advanteges and disadvantages. Give your opinion. Sorry, I do not remember how the topic sounded exactly. I took the test today in Cleveland, USA.

[Green]

Question from Sunderland, UK on 1st December 2012
Task 1
The graphs shows the carbon emmission and temperature change in 2020 and 2100. Summerise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisions where relevent.

Task 2
Governments should spent more in sports and arts for children in school rather than in professionals. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

[Reena Chetan Gandhi]

Hello Siomon and Friends,

the topic on Writing Task 2 on 1 December 2012 was:-

some people say that in next 100 years life will much better for majority people, other are unsure.
what is your opinion ?

I wrote enough about coming technology and globalisation but this topic was very general.

Iam hoping for the Best.

Cheers
Reena

[erika]

@reena: where did u take the test?

[erika]

@sarah; where did u take your test? hope u will get the scores u need.. goodluck!

[Sarah]

@erika I took it in Palestine-Gaza

[Maysam]

Hi everyone I took the test yesterday 1.12.2012

Here are the questions

Writing task 1 : two line graphs about temperature and carbon emission predictions

task 2 : Should the government spent on art and sports in children's school and education or should the government support professional sports and artistic performances

Speaking
Where you live ? what do you like about it ? Do you like photograph? Do you think people are taking more photographs now ?
When was the last time you took a photograph? what are some common names in your country ? what name would you give to a child ?

Part 2
talk about a person you enjoy to talk to ?
Who ? Why ? What do you talk about ? Describe the person ?

Part 3
How adults communicate to each other versus talking to a child ?
Is is easier for a child to learn a language?
If each of the parents talk a language , how the child would learn ?
How can the child learn to speak ?
What is the difference between animal and human communication?
What do you think of sign language?

pray for me ielts takers ...

[Naveed A A]

dear mates
Next month, I am going to appear in IELTS General exams, so would u plz tell me about anybody who checks writing skills volunteerly bcoz i dont have enough money to pay, just saving for exam
thanx n regards
Naveed

[Raj]

Governments should spent more in sports and arts for children in school rather than in professionals. To what extent do you agree or disagree?
Government should give an equal importance to both sports nd arts in school,and professinal athelets and must spend equally on both ,so should i DISAGREE with the question or PARTLY agree in order to answer the question,,
i understand SIMON s too busy so please OTHERS feel free to answer my question,
MANY TANX,,

[Ammar]

Can you please share your speaking questions ? My exam is on the 6th
Reena and Green
Wish u all luck with ur grades

[Green]

@ Maysam, where you took your exam? It seems yours and mine was the same.

@ Ammar my speaking cue card was to describe a recent programme or sports I watched on the TV.

1. Where was it
2. Why it was important to me
3. Who was with me

On the 3rd part related to the topic was-
why people need entertainment, why most people choose weekend for this, what people in my country do on the weekend, what is the significance of weekend in people's life etc.

wish u good luck

Thanks

[Sai]

Took the IELTS General test at Canada on 1st Dec, 2012. Here are the writing Task 1 and Task 2 Qs for the test held

Task 1:
You have recently celebrated 90th birthday of one of your relatives. Write a letter to the hotel manager where you celebrated the event.

Give details of the event?
Explain what was different so the seniors enjoyed it?
How did one member of staff made this even more memorable?

Task 2:

There are people who have achieved success in life inspite of not going to school.
What are the factors for success?
What do you think makes for success in life?

I am writing from memory and the above may not be the exact wording of the Qs as in the test, however I have tried to give the essence of the Qs themselves.

[Petya]

Simon,
I can hardly express my gratitude for the invaluable help I’ve got from your blog.
I appreciate all the time and effort you have put in every single lesson. I didn’t have much time to prepare and on top of that I decided to take the Academic just as a challenge, even though I am taking the IELTS for work related purposes. I had only one opportunity to take the test and I couldn’t count on a second attempt.
I feel that I owe my results in the writing section to you and Dominic Cole.
It initially took me a while to sift through all the teaching resources available online. After my research I decided to trust you both. Now that I know my results I don’t regret my decision:
L:8
R:8
W:7.5
S: 8.5
I think I’ve read everything on your blog and I find the WRITING TASK 1 and TASK 2 related articles enormously useful.

And a final twist in my story…during my preparation I have written all in all 3 essays. I am not saying this is the right way to go though. But the truth is that it isn’t a matter of chaotically producing quantity. One has to analyze his own mistakes and deconstruct good essay examples – the kind of examples I found here and on Dominic’s site. Then I would suggest reading very carefully the “how to put together” kind of advise that accompanies a lot of the texts here.

Once again I admire your straightforward approach to teaching and the fact that you are shearing this knowledge for free. If I could I would pay for your services.

Take care:

Petya (Bulgaria)

[Petya]

Sorry!
shearing=sharing

[Simon]

Thanks for your feedback Petya, and congratulations on such great scores!

[HKK]

Hi Shir,

For listening and reading, you must use pencils. For writing, you can use either one.

[shir]

Thank you,

HKK.

[Claudia]

Hello guys!

for the ones who have already took the test: in the READING, did you find the questions in order in the reading passage?
I really appreciate an answer because I'm ensure about what technique to use for this part of the test!

Thank you in advance!

@shir: either of the two is possible but I'd prefer to use a pencil because I can simply erase what I've written with a rubber

Claudia

[George]

Hi Simon.
Does it influence the score if the examiner notices that a candidate's speech has been copied from books?

[shir]

Thank you,

Claudia.

[Reena Chetan Gandhi]

@Erika - I had appeared for my test in Melbourne, Australia
@Ammar: Thank you and All th best for your coming exam.

[shir]

Part 1:
1.Where you live ?
2.what do you like about it ?

Birthdays and how do you celebrate birthdays ?
do you remember your friends birthdays
and did they remember yours? why?

Part 2:

In Secondary or High School

Why Science is important for us in School?
and more questions about School and science.

Part 3:

How is Important to life?
Do you think there are more men in science field when compared to women?
Is Media, News parpers etcc..sholud encourage about the Science in commom people?

[shir]

DEC 05:

Today, i have given my IELTS Speaking.

Think i didn't do good:(...
Hopes for the best.

[taher]

I think it is not a matter whether pencil/pen.I prefer pencil,so that i could correct the writing whenever i need to do that.

[taher]

@Shir,Dont worry,Your topic seems not easy.School and science,i am not prepared even for this topic.i will sit january 2013.

[shir]

@ taher.
All the best

[semenchu]

Shir,

IELTS staff provide us pencil in Malaysia. So, we have to practice use pencil..

[Ammar]

@ Green
@ Reena
Thank you so much . That was so useful

[Karin]

My exam will be on December 15, speaking on 13 or 14 December
I'm really nervous now..

[HKK]

Just got my result for the test on Nov 24.

L 7.5
R 8
W 6.5
S 6.5

Overall 7

How about yours everyone?

Thanks Simon for the website!

[Hemona]

the 24 nov test results for singapore is out.
My score Listening 9
Reading 9
Writing 7.5
Speaking 8
Overall 8.5
yipeeeeee

[Daniel Sentosa]

Dear Simon, I just have one quick question, is it possible that the IELTS test version is not always the same version code ? In my case, I took the test on Nov 24, 2012 in Indonesia.Whilst I got Listening, Writing & Speaking version 12112 (0381/4 ; 0382/2), however I got Reading version 30329, which is not the same version like the others section,in addition the reading part was very hard to me to accomplish. I got my result as follow: L 7.5 R 5.5 W 6.0 S 7.0 Overall 6.5, Huge gratitudes for you, Mr. Simon for your remarkable efforts to IELTS takers. Eventhough, I still need to take another test in the near future.

[Red]

hi Simon!

I just knew my IELTS scores today. Unfortunately I didn't get the required scores that I needed.

Listening- 8
Reading- 8
Writing- 6.5
Speaking- 7.5
Overall- 7.5

do you think I should ask for a remark/recheck for the writing because I need atleast 7 to all of the bands?

the last time I took it, my scores were
L- 8
R- 7.5
W- 7
S- 6.5
O- 7.5

[Polina]

hello everyone,
ielts AM, Perm, Russia

i've just came back from my speaking part of IELTS exam. My questions were:
Part 1
Speak about your native city
Its' advantages and disadvantages
what job do you do now
what job you would like to have
what do you think about plastic flowers
part 2
a book you would recommend to read
when did you read it
why would you recommend it
part 3
was about literacy in my country and its' influence on people and country in general.
tomorrow i'm having my last 3 parts.
regards and good luck to everyone
and thank you, Simon

[tattoo88]

Wow, Hemona you really must be brilliant in English. How I wish examiners in our country would be more considerate. lol

[Luna]

Dear all future IELTS test takers, especially those who will take the Academic IELTS on the 5th of January, 2013 in New Zeland or Australia!!!

I will take the above exam in Canada and I beg you to post speaking and writing questions as soon as possible!!!
I do a lot of preparing I need to get 7.0 on the exam, unfortunately I am here in Canada only 2 months and I am not a native english speaker; in addition, I have two kids - they take all of my day time, I study only at night time - that is why I am so nervious about the exam. If someone post the questions before my exam, I'll get extra hours,therefore, will get a chance to be ready. Thanks a lot and I wish all test takers to get the maximum score on the IELTS!!!!

[rahula mc]

W1

You moving out from ur accommodation. Ask ur friend to take over ur paled. Tell him the benefits .

W2

Is speaking in front of public is important. what is the benefits of speaking in public. do u agree or disagree that schools choughs reach to increase the oral communication.

Hope anybody will get this usefull

[rahula mc]

and I did exam today in Melbourne

[Hemona]

thank u tattoo88...english has always been my favorite subject..heheh

[Ielts candidate]

Any one wrote academic today

[HKK]

Hi Hemona,

Really amazed by your great score!
Two thumbs up!!!

I wish I could do like you.

[ashwini]

ashwini-Hi am taking the test on 15 th dec
anybody with me

[ashwini]

can anybody post the questions on writing task 2 after the test on 15 th dec as soon as possible . Please ...

[erika]

i took the ielts academic exam today in riyadh saudi arabia. i dont remember the exact words but this were the questions the way i remembered it. hope it can help.

writing test 1: a line graph showing different countries with land loss in kilometers due to raise of 1 meter sea level.

a pie chart showing countries population affected by rise of sea levels.

test 2; the world is facing crime problems and there is no way to prevent it. do u agree or disagree

speaking test 2; describe a gift u recently gave. say

what u gave, who u gave it to..what did he/she feels about it
why did u give that gift.

test 3: questions related about gifts.

do u prefer hand made gifts or gifts from the store.
what people think about hand made gifts/gifts frm d store
is it ok to re gift gifts
which would u prefer giving or receiving gifts
who gets more pleasure in receiving gifts, children or adults more questions pertaining to gifts were asked

[Hemona]

thank u very much HKK

[Nguyen]

Today, I took my exam on 8th of December in 2012. The question of the writing 2 task is:

Many people say the gap between the rich an the poor is becoming wider. The rich is even more richer and the poore is more poor.

What problems could this situation cause ? What measures are to be taken to address this problem ?

[Nguyen]

Pencils will only be given to candidates on Listening, reading. When taking writing section, you can use pencils or pens from examiners if you like.Do not worry about it. Good luck.

[Ginger]

Hi guys,
I took test on 8th Dec in Canada and my task2 is the same as Nguyen's. The task 1 is quite simple, a two lines graph showing oil production and consumption in China.

[Paijin]

IELTS' exam on 8 December in Singapore,

Writing

Task I : was a bar chart that illustrates about the number of people going to cinemas over seven days.

Task II : Many people nowadays decide to have children in later year, why this happens, and what it will affect to society and family life. ( I cannot remember exactly sentence, but it should be around this.)

[Indra]

My speaking and writing questions on 8th Dec -- General Module

Section 1:
What is your name and how can i address you?
Where is your home town?
Do you live in apartment or a house?
Which part of the room do you like the most in your house?
With which relatives did you spend most of the time in childhood?
How do you maintain good relation ship with relatives?

Section 2: It is about old people . I am not sure about the questions
When did you meet him?
What kind of a person he his?
Would you like to meet him again?

Section 3:
Advantages and disadvantages of old people to me?
What is the age limit for calling a person as old?

Writing:

Task 1: Write a letter to recommend a friend for a job you have seen in advertisement.

Task 2:Nowadays people depend on newspapers, radios, television and the Internet for news and information. Which in your opinion is the best way for getting news and why?

[Jay]

I got exam at india

same topic like Indra

[Joydeep]

I had my IELTS exam (General training) yesterday (8th Dec) at Hayward, California. Let me jot down the questions I remember:

Listening:

1. A woman talking to a travel agent to book air tickets
2. History of an art gallery
3. The map of the gallery
4. A description of different type of transhumance

Reading:
1. A passage on some restaurants in Cardiff
2. Advertisement of a library
3. A journey to sand dunes in Gobi desert

Writing:

1. You have come across an advertisement regarding a training course that you think may be useful for you. But it is quite expensive and you feel your office can help you. Write a letter covering the following:

a. describe the training
b. say it is going to help you
c. how your office can help you in paying the fee

2. Teenage is when a lot of problems arise, both at home and in school. Write minimum 250 words on this topic, also comment on what could be the roles of payrents.

I will update about the speaking test in the next post

[Nhi]

My examiner is friendly but I never imagine about the interview like that. It last less than 10 mins. He interrupted me many times and didn't let me finish the sentence. I don't know how much I got. It's weird.

[Lili]

I am sitting for the ielts exam this coming friday and saturday. extremely nervous for the writing part 2 even though I have been studying and speaking in English for more than 10 years. :/

[VU]

Hi everyone,
I wonder if anybody can tell me that do the level of difficulty of reading and listening in the real exam like those in Cambridge books?
I will take the exam in the short time, and I want to evaluate myself.
Thanks a lot !

[ash]

hi lili i am writing academic on 15 th december can u please post me the writing task2 after your exam as there would be sometime to prepare for it. please a favour .

[beena]

lili where r u writing . Is it Academic which ur attending .I can send u some material which i have i hope it helps .reply to this mail id beena15@yahoo.com.

[HP]

Hello VU,

Yes, I gave IELTS couple of times and I found real test as same as in Cambridge official exam papers - book 1 to 8. You really do not need to look any where else for practice papers.

All I do is, follow this blog and practice from those books. And, yes if you search in this blog you will find some post, where, Simon recommend these books.

So, don't worry and prepare.

Hope this help,
Thank you,
HP

[HP]

Hello guys,

I have an exam on 15th December, in India. I will try to put exam question as early as possible after finished it, specially writing task, So others may have benefit from it. Sometime the question got repeated, so please visit this place before attend exam.

I will attend Academic Module, and any body from Australia or New-zealand.

Thank you,
HP

[yap]

Anyone taking speaking test on 13th Dec?Can share your questions?
Thanks in advance!!

[beena]

That would be really great HP i am taking academic module on 15th. I am not very confident in task2 . When u complete the exam at 1 . the time here is 8.30 am if u can post it as soon as possible it would be of great help .Thats the nice attitude well appriciated . once again thanks a lot.

[Pragya]

Hi HP<
i am writing academic on the 13 th and my speaking is on the 18th tuesday.
Thanks ,
Pragya.

[Pragya]

Hi hp, i am writing the academic on the 15 th and my speaking is on 18th .
Thanks Pragya.

[HP]

I will definitely post questions as soon as possible. Hope it will help.

But don't rely on that too much... :D

Thank you,
HP

[HP]

@Pragya,

From where will you attend the exam!
I am at Ahmedabad, India

Thank you,
HP

[razmp48]

I just want to share my experience in taking the IELTS Academic Module. The first time I took it last October 13, I got fairly low scores in Writing and Speaking tests (as I need a band score of 7 in each category): L=7.5, R=8.5, W=6.5, S=6. But this didn't caused me to give up. I studied harder and speculated every mistake that I may have incurred during my practice tests. I therefore took another exam of the same module last December 1 to give it one more try. Today, I got my results and here they are:

L=7
R=8.5
W=7
S=7.5

I'm so happy and satisfied with the scores that I got. Thank you so much for this great and helpful website Simon. I'd certainly recommend this blogsite to my friends and colleagues who would also want to take the exam.
Just a piece of advice to those who will be taking the exam whether it's the GT or Academic module- Complacency and just relying too much on luck won't ever improve or give you your target scores. You really need to study hard and learn from your mistakes, and of course, stick on to your faith. Good luck and Godbless to everyone :)

[Reena Chetan Gandhi]

Hello Simon & Friends,

I have a good news to share with you all.
I have scored Ielts from test date 01/12/12.
My scores were
Listening -8
Reading -9
Writing -7
Speaking 7.5

I have very thankful to my mentors, simon's Website and comments and ofcourse your experiences.

I would say keep trying rather than losing hope and confidence in yourself.

I wish Luck to All of the Test takers.
God bless you with a life changing experience

[Pragya]

hi hp ,
I am writing in uk .what time is your exam . if it is around 9 u will complete it at 1 . here the time is 8.30 am .My exam starts at 9 .I will atleast have half an hour to go through task 2. Thanks a lot.

Pragya.

[Simon]

Congratulations razmp48 and Reena!

[sofia.]

Hi razmp48,
I want to know how did u prepare yourself for ielts?i too gave on 1st dec but didnt get require score.i got 6.5 overall.i need 7 in each session.please guide me,and give me your email i.d too,if you dont mind.i am weak in speaking and writing.i got 6.5 in each session. i am very disappointed.

[Long]

Hi Reena Chetan Gandhi
That's great band score you've got.
Can you share your experience to do the Ielts test well ?
I don't know that the level of difficulty in reading and listening of the real test same with those in Cambridge books?
I've never taken the test before. I feel that the two sample tests of British Council is much more difficult than Cambridge books. So I can't imagine the difficulty of the real test look like.
I Wish that you can help me and everyone
Thank you !

[Pete]

From Bangkok,

Task1 - Line graph comparisons between 3 fuel types
Task2 - Why some people do not visit museums in local areas?
What is the importance of museums to a society?

Speaking

Part2 Describe a plan you you like to do, not related to your work or study

Cheers

[Karina]

Okay, I did my Academic test 30 minutes ago)
Speaking:
1. Where I live, why I love my hometown etc
2. Song that I love, why, when and where I heard it first time
Writing:
1. Sales of music companies
2. Students nowadays find that it is harder to study at uni and colleges in comparison with schools
Reading:
1. About Mr. Young (dont remember his name)
2. School experiments with children (about their behaviour)
4. How USSR come to way to work 7 day a week
And I forgot what was in listening, but 4 part was really difficult

[Pragya]

Where did u take the test

[CKH]

Fron Hong Kong on 15 Dec 2012

Writing
Task 1 - Graph charts for energy consumption
Task 2 - Why people do not visit mesuems nowadays & what is the effect of mesuems to societies.

Speaking
Part 2 - Describe a film
Part 3 - Film vs Societies

[ashwini]

hi karina i took the test in uk the questions were the same as yours.My speaking is on 18 th .

[ashwini]

hi simon,
I had my test today . Will i score less if the task 1 is 135 words.But i covered all explanations with overview and conclusions.My task2 was ok .

Thanks simon for all the help. I have still got speaking to do on tuesday.Your ebook was very structured so i did use some of ur ideas in the essay.

[Karina]

Pragya, Kazakhstan
ashwini, hmm.. my friends had other topics. They were asked about favourite food; old photo that you like; and strange topic about in which cities u was, about environment in this cities and comparison between them

[Simon]

Thanks to those of you who have shared your question!

...

Hi Ashwini,

You can still get a good score with 135 words if the content was good. I'm glad you were able to use the ebook ideas!

[zamani]

IELTS (general) Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 1dec2012
Writing 1
Letter to complain about a delivery service
Writing 2
Will it be difficult to live in our world in the future? agree/not agree.

Speaking
- self introduction/hometown/etc/what do you think about birthday
- Topis : describe an old person you know/who is he or she / interesting thing about that person

My result
R9
L7.5
W7
S6.5
Overall 7.5 (need to re-seat to get all at least 7). Good luck all.

[Chris]

Thanks for a great site Simon

[Mahe]

Hi I had exam on 15th of December
Wriring task 1 was 3 pie charts about percentages of different music companies sales shared in 1997, 2002 and 2007 (I think). two companies had upward trend, two had down ward trend and one had remain stable.

Writing task 2 was about education: "Students when enter to university or college do not do as well as when they were at school. Why? Give some suggestions to solve this problem?

Listening was hardest part. Part 1 was so quick that you could not catch next question. it was about international express post. Part 2 was about a tour. Part 3, improving a presentation. Part 4 was about new sestem of tyres recycling.

Reading was much better? it was about:

A research about improving bad behaviour of students.

" The man who knows everything".

Introduction of working 7 days a week in USA by commonisms, advantages and disadvantages of it.

Speking was about:

What you are doing? are you a student or have a job?

What is your plan in future?

How was your primary and elementry education?

Have you went to visit your school? have you met your old classmates?

What is your favourit sport?Why?

Which sport is more popular in your country? Why?

The card was about: An old person who you visited. Where you visit him? Why he is interesting for you?

tell about advantages and disadvantages of being old?

Are you in your culture you respect old people?

What is changed nowadays for old people? is get better or worse?

I hope this get helful
Mahe

[Luna]

hello to everybody,thanks a lot for sharing your questions - very, very helpfull.

separate BIG THANKS for Simon and his first class site!!!

I;d like to ask Mahe and Nguyen where were your tests & did you get the desirable scores?

Good luck for every ones!!!

[anj]

Hi Reena Chetan Gandhi,

I also got the same topic for Writing Task 2, but got only band 6. Can you tell me what kind of essay you wrote? Did u discuss both sides or you wrote only about one side?

[ashwini]

Today i had my speaking test questions where
where i am from?
how is the climate in your country?
which climate i like most?
which season i like ?
and part 2 :
relaxing session u recently visited?
where was it ?
who were with u ?

part 3
what is importance of relaxing?
should companys make compulsory to work on weekends?
should company pay for the relaxing sessions.
what companys in the future will make profit related to relaxing.

[keshav]

Hi, is their any difference taking exam with IDP ESCOL and British council ?

[Long]

Hi anj
Which type did you choose to do that essay in your real test?
I don't think we can give balanced idea in this type of question.

[Vinayak]

Dec 01 - General Training - Toronto

Task 1:

Write letter to organizer for successfully arranging the party,

1.party arranged for elderly relative of yours.
2.mention the events in party.
3.mention special thanks to one of the staff.

Task 2:

People can be successful ,even without the school education. Agree or disagree ?

[tee]

Dear Mr Simon,
I sat for the ielts test last month and my score is L/7,R/6.5,W/6.5,S/6.5 over all 6.5 after about 2 months preparation.
Now that I wanted to resit for another test,I wanted to know how many weeks I should prepare to get 7 score.

[kiki]

I just got result from the test date 8/12/12
L 6.0
R 6.5
W 7.0
S 4.5

I was surprised for my speaking mark, I have never ever had lowest point like that, at least 6.5. What should I do?

Anyways, thanks alot for great site Simon

[Jay]

Kiki

How u got 7 in writing and 4.5 in speaking, realling surprising reasult ever seen

[zarmp48]

@ Sofia, I can't give u my email add yet due to some personal reasons, but I'll be making another account so we can communicate regarding your concerns in IELTS.

By the way, I just want to share some of the questions/things that I had encountered when I took the IELTS exam last December 1:

*Speaking Test:
-Part 1:
"What is your full name?"
"How do u want me to call you?"
"Describe the place where you live in."
"Do you work or study?"
"What is that thing that you like the most about your present job?"
"In what situations do you become stressed out with your present job?"
"Why do you think other people would like to have a the kind of job that you have right now?
"What do you usually do during your leisure time?"
"What do you usually do when you make use of the Internet?"
"Do you know anyone who doesn't know how to use the Internet? Why do you say so?"
"When do you use email and an electronic postcard?" (I think this question tests your ability to compare two things)

Part 2:
Describe an unusual job that you would like to try.
-What is that job?
-Why are you interested to try that job?
-What makes it unusual?
Explain how would you able to take the this kind of job.

Part 3:
"Do you think other people would also like to try this unusual job? Why?"
"What skills are needed in this kind of job?"
"Do you think that on-the-job training are important? Why?"
"Do you think that there are jobs that do not really need a formal education? Why?"

*Writing Test:

Task 2:
Nowadays, most organizations provide their staff an opportunity to work in their homes for at least a day in a week. Do you think this a positive or a negative development?

(As far as I remember, these were the questions that were asked of me during my speaking and writing tests.)

goodluck to everyone

[1978bubun]

Just had my result today:

L:7.5, R:9, W:7.5, S:8.5, Overall:8

Thanks to everyone here!

[Jay]

I gave exam in britishi council, but they are asking for candidate no to access result online, while how to get candidate no???

[Kaz]

Did my exam on 08/12 in Sri Lanka
This is my 1st attempt and I prepared around 3 months for the test specially writing and speaking. Results--
L-9 R-8.5 W-7 S-7

This site helped me a lot, thanks

[Maya]

Hi Kiki.
I had same odd result on the test I took on 1December
L8R7.5 W6.5 S5.5
I was very sad because I usually score 7-7.5 in speaking
Took the exam to increase my writing score from 6.5 to 7 but to my surprise the speaking score decreased from 7.5 to 5.5and W score remained the same
IT IS IELTS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!,!,!,

[Jay]

its totally upset result

there is no proper method to assess IELTS, completely business

Last 5 attempts I got max 6.5 in writin, while last result i just had 5.5

Thats business exam

[Luna]

Hello
Does anybody from Hong Kong have an Academic IELTS on 5th January 2013?
Would you please, post the w2 and speaking questions ASAP?

Good luck!!!!