IELTS test in the USA – December 2017 – General Training

Listening test

Section 1. Making a reservation for a catered kids’ birthday party
Section 2. About community formation and their activities, for example, growing crops for food
Section 3. About management of a project, including various positions such as delivery manager, executive, project leader and their responsibilities
Section 4. About the bamboo treadle pump used in India

Reading test

Passage 1. Some advertisements about courses for job seekers, learners, students, kids, adults etc
Questions: Matching information to advertisements
Passage 2. An article about a company’s employee policy
Questions: Fill in the blanks
Passage 3. Don’t remember
Passage 4. The history of development of an instrument for sailors such as compass
Questions: Matching headings and True/False/Not Given

Writing test

Writing task 1 : a letter

You were visiting a friend in another city and upon your return back home you found an object belonging to your friend in your suitcase. You need to return it to your friend. Write a letter to him/her about it and say

? What did you enjoy when you were in his/her city –
? How did that mistake happen –
? How are you planning to return the object –

Writing Task 2 : an essay

Some think the best way to motivate and encourage people to work hard is to pay them based on how much they produce and sell. Do you agree or disagree? Include relevant examples from your own experience

Speaking test

Interview

? What is your name –
? Can I see your passport –
? Do you work or study –
? How do you spend your day every day –
? At what time do you wake up daily –
? How’s your day different from when you were younger –
? What would you like to change in your daily activities in the future –
? Do you stay in an apartment or a house –
? Where do you prefer to live, in an apartment or a house? Why –
? In the future, what kind of house would you like to live in –
? What do you do on your birthdays –
? How did you celebrate birthdays in your childhood –
? How is it different now from when you were a child –
? Do you like celebrating birthdays –
? Which birthdays are important in your country? Why –

Cue Card

Talk about a piece of clothing you got from someone, which is important to you. Please say

? What is it –
? What does it look like –
? Why is it important to you –

Discussion

? What other kinds of clothes do you like to wear –
? When do you wear them –
? What do men wear to traditional functions in your country –
? Do you like to go shopping –
? Do you think people like to go shopping more often nowadays –
? Why do people enjoy shopping so much –
? Why do people like to go shopping with friends –
? Do you think men enjoy shopping as much as women do –
? Do you prefer online shopping or in-store? Why –
Looking at the current production of clothes, do you think in the future people would recycle or reuse the clothes for various uses
? What kind of things people do with recycled clothes –