IELTS test in Canada – January 2018 – General Training

Listening test

Section 1. An employment application form
Section 2. About arrangements for an event
Section 3. A conversation between two people about an audio lecture
Section 4. Don’t remember

Reading test

Passage 1. About cleanliness of public transport including trains
Passage 2. About several shops selling different items and each paragraph had a particular shop description
Passage 3. Don’t remember
Passage 4. About the Great Fire of London that happened in September 1666

Writing test

Writing task 1 : a letter

Write a letter to your colleague from another department asking him/her to give a presentation at a conference. In your letter say

? What is the conference about –
? Why do you want him/her to give the presentation –
? What arrangements will you have to make –

Writing Task 2 : an essay

Some people want academic subjects such as history and physics to be taught at secondary school. Others want practical skills such as mechanical and gardening to be taught. Discuss both views and give your own opinion