IELTS test in New Zealand – July 2020 – Academic

Reading test

:Passage 1

A text about drinking water supply in Australia

:Passage 2

A text about clusters of IT companies

:Passage 3

A text about music as a talent

Writing test

Writing task 1 : a report

We were given a picture showing the use of renewable energy as a proportion of the total energy from 1971 to 2006. We were asked to summarise the information by selecting and reporting main feature and make comparisons where relevant

Writing task 2 : an essay

People are spending more hours at workplace in some countries. What are the positive and negative impacts of this trend

Speaking test

Interview

? What is your full name –
? Can I see your ID –
. Tell about the home you grew up in –
? Was it a house or an apartment –
? What kind of place do you currently live in –
? What would you prefer for the future, a house or an apartment and why –
? Do you like comedy –
? What kind of comedy is there in your country –
? Would you like to watch a live comedy show –
? Do you tell jokes to your friends –
? Do they laugh –
? Do you think you are funny when you tell jokes –

Cue Card

Talk about a foreign country you would like to know more about. Please say

? What country is it –
? What do you want to know about it –
? How is it different from your country –

Discussion

? What is the meaning of a person’s national identity –
? How is it different from a person’s global identity –
? What should one have, a national or a global identity –