IELTS test in India – July 2016 – General Training

Listening test

Section 1. Flight booking form
Questions: filling in blanks

Section 2. About an animal park in Australia
Questions: multiple choice, map labeling

Section 3. A discussion between a student and a teacher about the assignment and improvements that are needed

Section 4. About science in the future, environment-related

Reading test

Passage 1. About archaeological findings in caves
Questions: multiple choice, match headings to paragraphs

Passage 2, 3, 4. Don’t remember

Writing test

Writing task 1 : a letter

You have recently ordered two items online, but the items you received are not the same as you ordered and you are not happy with the purchase. Write a letter to the company telling them that they have delivered 2 incorrect items. In your letter

. Describe what you ordered –
? What did you receive instead –
? What would you like the company to do about it –

Writing Task 2 : an essay

In many countries school-age children spend their free time doing homework. Is it a good or a bad thing? Give examples based on your own experience

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 for a job –
? Why did you choose to do it –

Cue Card

Talk about a mistake that you made as a child. Please say
? What was the mistake –
? Where and when did you do it –
? What did you learn from it –

Discussion

? What kind of mistakes do children make in school work –
? Do you think children should be allowed to make mistakes –
? Do you think parents make mistakes too –
? Do you think it is in human nature to conceal one’s shortcomings –