Charles Martinez's Blog: IELTS test in Australia – December 2015 (Academic Module)

Our friend E took the IELTS test in Australia and remembered the following Writing and Speaking questions:

Writing test

Writing task 1 (a report)

We were given a graph showing the expenditure on advertising of four different car manufacturers in the UK in 2002.

Writing task 2 (an essay)

Incidents of anti-social behaviour and lack of respect to each other are increasing nowadays. What is causing this? What can be the solution? Include relevant examples in your response.

Speaking test

Interview

– What is your full name?
– Can I see your ID?
– Where are you from?
– Do you work or study?
– Let’s talk about your hometown.
– Do you think your hometown is a good place to grow up?
– Do you prefer to live in the countryside?
– Do you prefer dark or light colours?
– Would you choose to buy something because of its colour?
– What is the colour of your house?

Cue Card

Talk about a new skill that you would like to learn. Please say

– What is it?
– How would you learn it?
– Do you think it would be easy to learn it?

Discussion

– What skills are necessary to be a good employee? Why?
– Do you think everyone is able to communicate well?
– Is it a skill that one can learn?