IELTS test in the USA – March 2018 – Academic Module

Listening test

Section 1. About planning a tour to different places
Questions: filling in blanks
Section 2. A guide was giving an introduction about a museum
Questions: multiple choice, map labelling
Section 3. Don’t remember
Section 4. A speaker talked about road signs and indicators

Reading test

Passage 1. About clothing styles for different occasions
Questions: filling in blanks, True/False/Not Given
Passage 2. An agriculture-related article
Questions: filling in blanks, multiple choice
Passage 3. A scientific research about electricity production using wind and water forces
Questions: filling in blanks, multiple choice

Writing test

Writing task 1 : a report

We were given two tables showing the numbers of international students in Canada and the US, who came from countries such as India, China, and others between the years 2000-2002 and 2003-2004

Writing task 2 : an essay

Some people believe that it is better to live and work in a vertical city with multiple tall buildings, as compared to a horizontal city with fewer tall buildings. Discuss both views and give your own opinion

Speaking test

Interview

? What is your full name –
? Can I see your ID –
? Where are you from –
? Do you work or study –
? What do you do –
. Describe your hometown or city where you live now –
? How long have you been living there –
? Do you like to spend time at home or outside of home –
? What kind of activities do you do when you’re at home –
? Do you enjoy them –
? What kind of activities did you do at home in your childhood –

Cue Card

Talk about a long car journey that you have done. Please say

? where did you go –
? what was the purpose of your journey –
? who was there with you –
? what made this journey memorable –

Discussion

? Would you do it again? Why –
. Don’t remember the other questions –