IELTS test in Astana, Kazakhstan – October 2019 – General Training

Listening test

:Section 1

A dialogue about a photography course

:Section 2

About international photographers who were featured in a photo gallery

:Section 3

A discussion between two students about their trip to Bolton Island

:Section 4

A lecture about African nomadic tribes such as Berbers, Tuaregs, Timbuktu

Reading test

:Passage 1

There were five short texts, summaries of films, and the task was to answer 9 questions on the given texts

:Passage 2

How to get a promotion at a workplace

:Passage 3

About employee’s recruitment process. There was a flow-chart with missing words, which we had to fill in

:Passage 4

About the importance of flax plant in New Zealand

Writing test

Writing task 1 : a letter

You are attending a course at the evening school. Write a letter to the director of the school with a complaint about the course. In your letter

. Describe the course you are taking –
. Explain what you do not like about the course –
? What should be done about it, in your opinion –

Writing Task 2 : an essay

Nowadays most people are not fit and active enough, compared to the past. What are the main causes of this situation? Suggest some possible solutions