IELTS test in Australia – August 2020 – General Training

Listening test

:Part 1

A talk describing packages and trips to New Zealand and South Africa, things to do and prices
Questions: fill in the blanks

:Part 2

A talk explaining the necessary steps to get a drivers license
Questions: dragging words into gaps

:Parts 3, 4

Don’t remember

Reading test

:Passage 1

The history of modern inventions such as radio and cash registers

:Passages 2-4

Don’t remember

Writing test

Writing task 1 : a letter

You are doing an evening course. Write a letter to the principal of your school and explain that the course that you are taking is slightly different in the way it is delivered from what the school offered. In your letter

 provide the details of the course –
explain what the problem is –
. give some suggestions to fix the problem –

Writing task 2 : an essay

Some people say that the Internet will soon become the preferred method of delivery of the news and information, causing the newspapers and magazines to gradually disappear. Do you agree or disagree? Give your opinion and include examples from your knowledge or experience

Speaking test

Interview

? What is your full name –
? Can I see your ID –
? Where are you from –
? What did you like about the house you lived in when you were a child –
. Describe the house that you live in now –
? What would your ideal house be like –

Cue Card

Talk about a person who taught you a skill when you were a child. Please say

 Who the person was –
What skill he/she taught you –
. Whether it was easy to learn the skill and why –

Discussion

. Let’s talk about jobs –
? Do companies prefer multi-tasker workers or specialist staff nowadays? Why –