IELTS test in India – September 2021 – Academic Module

Listening test

:Part 1

A description of some vacation options
Questions: filling in blanks

:Part 2

A description of an industrial process
Questions: filling in blanks

:Part 3

Don’t remember

:Part 4

A lecture about literature
Questions: multiple choice questions

Reading test

:Passage 1

Inventions that were ahead of their time
Questions: True/False/Not Given

:Passage 2

Icebergs as a source of water
Questions: filling in blanks, True/False/Not Given

:Passage 3

Saving rare languages
Questions: multiple choice questions, matching headings to paragraphs, matching statements to people

Writing test

Writing task 1 : a report

We were given a bar graph showing the percentage of household waste that was recycled in one city between 1992 and 2002

Writing task 2 : an essay

It is impossible to help all the people in the world who need help, so governments should help people in their own countries. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement

Speaking test

Part 1 : Interview

? What is your full name –
? What shall I call you –
? Are you working or studying –
? What career do you think you will be successful in –
? What color do you like –

Part 2 : Cue Card

Talk about a business person you admire. You should say

 who the person is –
how you know him/her –
how he/she became so successful in business –
. and explain why you admire him/her –

Part 3 : Discussion

? What kind of businesses are more successful these days –
? What are the characteristics of a successful business person –
? What effect do these characteristics have on the person and their life –