IELTS test in India and Saudi Arabia – October 2012 (Academic Module)

Our friends from India and Saudi Arabia shared these topics from their IELTS exams, which looked very similar:

Listening test

Section 1. A conversation between a customer and a Holiday Inn manager.
Questions: multiple choice.

Section 2. Information about the National Arts Week.
Questions: filling in blanks.

Section 3. Two students were discussing their project.
Questions: filling in blanks.

Section 4. A discussion regarding the environment.
Questions: filling in blanks.

Reading test

Passage 1. About how to be happy.
Questions: multiple choice, True/False/Not Given.

Passage 2. About numbers.
Questions: filling in blanks, multiple choice, matching headings to paragraphs.

Passage 3. Medieval period in Britain.
Questions: multiple choice, True/False/Not Given, matching headings to paragraphs.

Writing test

Writing task 1 (a report)

We were given a double bar graph showing broadband internet connection usage in five different countries in the years 2001 and 2002.

Writing task 2 (an essay)

Don’t remember.

Speaking test

Interview

- What is your name?
- What is your hometown?
- What profession are you in?

Cue Card

Describe a teenager that you know. Please say

- Who is he/she?
- How do you know him/her?
- Why do you like him/her?

Discussion

Questions regarding health, children, schools and education.