IELTS test in Canada – June 2017 – General Training

Listening test

Section 1. A conversation on the phone. The man called a campground to book some equipment for a trip
Questions: filling in blanks

Section 2. It was about locations of buildings on a campus map
Questions: Map labelling

Section 3. A woman gave a talk on airport rules
Questions: filling in blanks

Section 4. Students made a presentation about nurses training
Questions: multiple choice

Reading test

Passage 1. Some descriptions of camping places
Questions: Matching information, True/False/Not Given

Passage 2. About a famous Egyptian archeologist
Questions: matching sentences to paragraphs, multiple choice, filling in blanks – one word only

Passage 3,4. Don’t remember

Writing test

Writing task 1 : a letter

Write a letter to a friend telling him/her that you’re going back to your home town and you want to give him/her some furniture. Please say

 why you thought about him/her –
describe the furniture –
suggest a way for him/her to get it –

Writing Task 2 : an essay

Many people think that public celebrations (like national holidays, festivals etc.) are a waste of money and that the government should spend those funds in a better way. Do you agree or disagree

Speaking test

Interview

? What is your full name –
? Can I see your ID –
? Where do you live –
? Do you live in a house or an apartment –
? What is your ideal house/flat for the future –

Cue card

Talk about a website that was really helpful to you. Please say

 what the website’s name is –
how you found it –
why it was so helpful –

? Follow up question: Do you recommend it to your friends

Discussion

. Let’s talk about people and the Internet –
? Do you think that people are too reliant on the Internet? Why –
. Let’s talk about books and technology –
? Do you think that in the future there will be only e-books and no more paper books –