IELTS test in India – April 2019 – General Training

Listening test

:Section 1

A phone conversation regarding a national park visit

:Section 2

About some ancient community in South America, modern Peru now. A survival story about using local trees. They used roots for food, leaves for medicinal purposes, dyes from trees as colours for pottery and dyeing clothes

:Section 3

A human resources manager was giving an introduction to newly joined employees about work, rules and values of the company

:Section 4

A Map description of local facilities, including some public gardens, swimming pool, beach, bus stops and so on

Reading test

:Passage 1

About a swimming school and diving certificate course
Questions: True/False/Not Given, sentence completion

:Passage 2

A text related to job applications to restaurants
Questions: application form filling

:Passage 3

Advertisements of five different restaurants with various food selections
Questions: match statements to paragraphs

:Passage 4

About a popular band based in North America. A special thing about that band was that they never translated or wrote their lyrics in English
Questions: match statements to paragraphs, True/False/Not Given, sentence completion

Writing test

Writing task 1 : a letter

You are attending a training program in a foreign country. Write to your manager and say that you want to stay longer in that country for personal reasons. Include the following in your letter

? How did you benefit from the training program –
? Why do you want to stay longer –
? When are you planning to come back –

Writing Task 2 : an essay

The number of older people is increasing in many parts of the world. What are the effects of this on the society as a whole?  What are the advantages or disadvantages of this trend