IELTS test in Pakistan and Greece – January 2020 – Academic Module

Listening test

:Part 1

A conversation between two people about a holiday prize
Questions: 2 questions were fill in the blanks, 5 questions were multiple choice (instead of fill in the blanks that we are used to) and 3 questions were choose 3 items from 7

:Part 2

A map with questions on it

:Part 3

Two students were talking about academic subjects
Questions: multiple choice, sentence completion

:Part 4

A scientist was talking about a plant
Questions: 10 fill in the blanks

Note: We had 45 seconds to check the answers at the end of every Part

Reading test

:Passage 1

Floods in the Great Canyon
Questions: True/False/Not Given, fill in the blanks

:Passage 2

Schools in Msekeni in Africa
Questions: matching headings to paragraphs, fill in the blanks, match a writer to information

:Passage 3

Innovation in companies and fears
Questions: matching paragraphs to sentences, True/False/Not Given, multiple choice

Writing test

Writing task 1 : a report

We received two pie charts with information about vehicle exports by a company in three years (1996, 2006 and 2016). We were asked to report the main features and compare/contrast where possible

Writing Task 2 : an essay

Many people believe that individuals are responsible for their own happiness, while others think happiness is dependent on other external factors. Discuss both views and include your own opinion. Give reasons for your answer and examples from your experience