IELTS test in Azerbaijan and Saudi Arabia – December 2016 Academic Module

IELTS test in Azerbaijan and Saudi Arabia – December 2016 (Academic Module)


Reading test

Passage 1. About New Zealand wood production.

Passage 2. About Sherlock Holmes book and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

Passage 3. Don’t remember.


Writing test

Writing task 1 (a report)

We were given a diagram showing the recycling process of old car batteries to create new ones and other products. We had to summarize the process of new batteries’ production.

Writing task 2 (an essay)

Nowadays many people use social media to communicate with others in social and professional life. Discuss advantages and disadvantages of social media. Give your own opinion and relevant examples.

Speaking test

Interview

– What is your full name?
– Can I see your ID?
– Where are you from?
– Do you work or study?
– What school did you go to?
– Do you exercise?
– Why do you do it?
– Where do you usually exercise?

Cue Card

Describe how you save money. Please say

– Where and when do you do it?
– Is it an easy way for you?
– What do you save money for?

Discussion

– How can we teach children to save money?

کلاس اسپیکینگ آیلتس دکتر آرین کریمی - نمونه جواب بخش 2 SPEAKING آیلتس کیو کارت ها

IELTS SPEAKING PART 2 ( CUE CARD ) MODEL ANSWERS

Part 2 : IELTS Speaking Cue Card :

Describe someone in your family who you really admire. You should say: what relation this person is to you what are your first memories of this person how often you see this person and explain why you really admire this person.

You will have to talk about the topic for one to two minutes. You have one minute to think about what you're going to say. You can make some notes to help you if you wish.

Part 3: Follow-up Questions:

What are the values of family in your country?

How family bonding is necessary for happiness in life?

What type of family do you like? Nuclear family or joint family?

How family value and bonding have changed over the last decade?

IELTS Cue card - describe someone in your family

Model Answer 1:

I've got a small family with only five members and all of us are very close to each other and we love each other very much. Among them, I love my mother more than anyone else in the whole world. I adore my mother for her caring, loving, adorable behaviors  and wit. She is the person I can share everything with and that's the reason I worship her so much.

Possibly she was the first human I saw when I opened my eyes in this world. A relationship with a mother is divine and all of my childhood memories are either related to my mom or my school. I can still remember a day I was late to come back home after school and that's because there was a ceremony at the school I did not know about. All of a certain I found that my mother was entering through the school gate to find me. I was so frightened that my mother would rebuke me for being late unnoticed and she must be mad at me. But to my best surprise, when my mother saw me  she had a warm smile on her face that I'll never forget till my last breath on this earth. Then she hugged me and gave me a kiss. I felt then that I love my mother more than me. She attended the program at the school and afterwards we came back home together.

I spent my 19 years or so with my father and mother but I stay at a metropolitan city now for my education. Whenever I get a vacation, I meet my mother at my village home. On an average, I spend 2/3 months with my mother each year but I talk to her over the phone almost twice a day.

The reasons why I admire her are endless. She is caring, tender, she has got a big heart and she possesses a great love for everyone. She had been an ideal mother to raise 3 kids and making sure our education and moral values. She had made a lot of sacrifices all of her life and had never complained about anything to my best knowledge. She is the person who reminds me the power of love and caring.

Sample Answer 2: 

A person I admire is my “Mother” because she is a fighter. You may ask why? To start,  my mom got pregnant with me at the age of 18 and she did not have the support of my grandparents. Her own parents wanted to kick her out the house when they found out. She convinced them to let her stay, but she could not ask them for any help when raising the baby. Knowing all this my mom still decided to have the baby.

Besides not having the support of her parents, she also did not receive any help from my father. Although my father cared about me, he never gave my mom money or clothes to help her maintain me as a baby. She had to provide for me on her own. Going to school and working was killing her, but she wanted me to have a good life so she did anything that she could. My mom got pregnant again two years later, with the same man. The only thing was this time - it was worse. He left her life completely and her dad was sick. Therefore, he could no longer work. Now, not only did she have to provide for her two babies, but also for her parents. She was overwhelmed with everything happening; she didn't know what to do.

Finally, she decided to attend college and become a teacher for she can support the family she was now in charge of. It was not an easy thing to do. After she finished college it took her a while to find a job. It is not easy to find a job in Nicaragua. However, my mom never quit, no matter how hard things got for her she fought through it. To provide for her kids and parents.

Alternative Answer 3:

I have got 6 family members and all of them are very dear and close to me. If I need to pick one family member among them to talk about, that would be my father. My father’s name is (say your father’s name) and he is around 50 years old. He is the kind of person I would want my offspring to be. He did his graduation in a time when formal education was not people’s first choice. They would rather start earning from work rather than going to school. My father fought to ensure his education with the people who thought working or doing some sort of business has more value than education. But my father believed that education is the most important part of a man’s life. He heartily held the idea that education shapes a man’s life and is the kind of power and asset that would always accompany him.

I have lots of memories of my father and I see him every day. There exists a strong bonding between us that only two of us feel. I still remember those days of my childhood when I used to wait in the evening for my father to return from office. He would then play with me and help on completing my lessons. I vividly remember him sometimes taking me to the market and buy me gifts. When I was an infant he moved to the city from the village to ensure me better schooling and environment. That was a decision that has changed my life path. He himself helped me finishing my home works and lessons, always allured me of gifts if I could complete my study. Besides my education, he taught me lots of moral values and important things of life.

He used to work in a Government organisation and for his hard-working and kindness; he is revered by all of our relatives, his friends and neighbors.

He believes in humanity, good  behavior, our creator, and leads a life that can be exemplary. He still does most of his own works and helps my mom on her household works. After retirement, he has picked 2 new habits: gardening and teaching neighbors’ kids. He is a quiet and intelligent man who has benevolent heart and that what make him so admirable to me. He is still the pillar of our family and all of our family members love and respect him very much.

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سوالات آیلتس آکادمیک در ازبکستان - آیلتس دسامبر 2016 - کلاس خصوصی آیلتس

سوالات آیلتس آکادمیک در ازبکستان - آیلتس دسامبر 2016


IELTS test in Uzbekistan – December 2016 (Academic Module)

Writing test


Writing task 1 (a report)
 
We were given a multiple line graph with three lines showing how the UK students spend their time at home on watching news, sport programs and drama during the twelve months of 2008.

Writing task 2 (an essay)

Nowadays more and more researches are being carried out and sponsored by private organizations. Do advantages outweigh the disadvantages in such cases?

 Speaking test


Interview
 
– What is your full name?

– Can I see your ID?

– Where are you from?

– Do you work or study?

– Do you live in an apartment or a house?

– What does it look like?

– What can you see from the windows of your house?

– Do you prefer writing by hand or typing on a computer?

– What is more common today? Why?

– When do you usually write by hand?


Cue Card

Describe a film that you watched recently and liked. Please say

– What film was it?

– When and where did you watch it?

– What was it about?


Discussion

– Explain why you liked the film.

– Do young people watch the same films as older people?

– What sort of movies are the most popular nowadays?

– Why do you think it is so?

– Do you think the film industry is spending too much on film production?

– Why do some people like to watch black-and-white films?

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با بهترین مدرس آیلتس دکتر آرین کریمی

آیلتس انگلستان - نمونه سوالات آیلتس آکادمیک

آیلتس انگلستان - نمونه سوالات آیلتس آکادمیک

Academic IELTS test in the UK in 2016 on December

FREE IELTS LESSON – GENERAL TRAINING LISTENING TEST

FREE IELTS LESSON – GENERAL TRAINING LISTENING TEST

The IELTS General Training listening test is one area where teachers cannot help students as much as they can in other areas. The skill of listening is one that is developed by practice and there is not much a teacher can say to improve a student’s ability at it. What we can do is to give you some hints for doing the test and also show you the type of question that you will come up against when you do the test. After that, as much practice as possible is the way to improve. This practice can be doing actual IELTS practice tests or by doing any form of listening in English.

The IELTS General Training listening test is approximately 40 minutes in length and there are four sections each with a separate listening passage. In each section there are 10 questions making 40 in all. Sections 1 and 2 are based on social survival in an English speaking country and sections 3 and 4 are based on a more educational and training orientation. The actual tape lasts for about 30 minutes and then you have 10 minutes at the end of the listening in order to transfer your answers to the answer paper.

Section 1 Here you will listen to a conversation between 2 people. The conversation is divided into 2 parts. You have to answer 10 questions based on what you hear. At the start of section 1 you will have an example read out to you and then explained. This is then repeated when the listening starts properly.

Section 2 Here you will hear a monologue though it may include a second speaker asking questions in order to stimulate the monologue. The monologue is divided into 2 parts. You have to answer 10 questions based on what you hear.

Section 3 Here you will listen to a conversation between 2, 3 or 4 people. The conversation is divided into 2 parts. You have to answer 10 questions based on what you hear.

Section 4 Here you will hear a monologue though it may include a second speaker asking questions in order to stimulate the monologue. The monologue is divided into 2 parts. You have to answer 10 questions based on what you hear.

The main problem that candidates have with the IELTS General Training listening test is that the listening tape is only played once. Therefore you have to be quite quick and very alert in order to pick up the answers, write them down and be ready for the next answer. Another area where students have problems is that they are used to listening to a live speaker in front of them when they can look at the lips and the body movements. IELTS candidates listen to a tape and this is not a natural skill. As I said above, you have to get as much practice with IELTS practice tests at this skill as possible in order to maximise your chances of getting a good band.

Marking

There are 40 questions in the IELTS General Training Listening Test and 1 mark is awarded for each correct answer. There are no half marks. Your final mark out of 40 is then converted to a band from 1 – 9 using a converting table and this band is then averaged with the other 3 parts of the test to give your final IELTS band. Band scores for the listening test and the final band are given as a whole band or a half band. The converting table used to change your mark out of 40 to the band out of 9 changes with every test. However, below you can see a rough guide that you can use to assess your practice. There is no guarantee that you will perform the same in the real test itself as the test converters vary with each test, but it can be a guide to your progress with the IELTS practice tests that you use.

IELTS General Training Listening Test Marks, Bands and Results – Rough Guide Converter

Score Band

1

2-3

4-9

10-16

17-24

25-31

32-36

37-38

39-40 1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

IELTS General Training Listening Test Question Types

In the IELTS General Training listening test the same types of question come up every time so it will help you to know what these types are. They are as follows:

multiple choice

short answer

sentence completion

notes/summary/diagram/flow chart/table completion

labeling a diagram with numbered parts

classification

matching lists/phrases

These question types can all be found in IELTS practice tests including the ones in IELTS Help Now IELTS practice tests question papers. As usual, practice is the key. Listening to tapes and doing the practice questions is the best possible preparation you can have.

Practice for The IELTS General Training Listening Test

There are different types of practice that you can do to improve your listening skills for the IELTS exam. The best, as I’ve said before, is to practice on specific IELTS practice tests. After that though there are other things. Listening to the radio is excellent as it is the same skill as the IELTS listening test – listening to a voice without the speaker(s) being present. Listening to the TV is good too but you can see the speaker. You could try turning your back to the TV as this will make it more realistic. Listening to the news on TV and radio is probably the best practice you could do with these two media. You can also see English speaking films at the cinema or at home on TV or video. All these things will develop your listening skills. In the end though, using good quality IELTS practice tests is the best strategy.

IELTS General Training Listening Test Strategies

There isn’t much you can do but there some things. First of all, you get time to read the questions at the start of each section and mid-way in each section. Use this time (usually 20 seconds) wisely. You should know in advance all the questions before you hear the tape. At the end of the sections you also get some time to check your answers. Use this time to check through and then turn ahead to read the next questions in advance.

When you read the questions you can usually predict some of the types of answer that will come. For example, in section 1, if you can see that the test is asking for a telephone number, then you know you’ll be listening out for numbers and the word telephone. In the later sections this becomes more complicated but the same technique can be used. Think about this when you are practising so you can develop this skill.

Tips and Ideas about the IELTS General Training Listening Test

As in all IELTS tests, the questions get harder as it goes on. You will see from your practice that the types of listening and questions that you encounter in Section 1 are more difficult in Section 2 and so on. This does not mean that by Section 4 they are impossible but they are more demanding linguistically.

Beware of some questions which require a number (i.e.: a telephone number) or some letters (i.e.: a postcode) as sometimes what you think is the answer will be read out only for the speaker to correct him or her self and then say the correct answer.

An important tip is to answer all the questions as you hear them; don’t wait until later. Sometimes people in these tests hear the correct answer but decide to remember the answer and write it down later so they can wait for the next answer. This I feel is a mistake. Firstly, people will very often forget this answer and secondly, if you follow this method, you will have to remember up to 5 or 6 answers in a row before you can write them down. Then you’ll forget even more.

As I said above, at the end of the test you have 10 minutes extra to transfer your answers from the question paper to the answer paper. Some people put their answers directly onto the answer paper. I feel it’s better to write the answers on the question paper and use the 10 minutes given at the end for the transfer. Writing the answers on the question paper allows you to keep your concentration on the questions and, if you make a mistake, it’s not so difficult to correct.

One area that students don’t like is that, in the listening test, good grammar and spelling are important. The grammar part is not so important as you can’t make many grammar errors in 3 words (the maximum you use in the listening test) but, if you spell something wrong, it will be marked as wrong. People think, quite rightly in my opinion, that the listening should test whether you understand what you heard and not how you spell something but these are the rules. So, be careful about your spelling!

If the question asks for no more than 3 words, use no more than 3 words. Writing 4 words is wrong. You won’t be asked to do it in 3 words or less unless it is possible so don’t worry; it can always be done.

Don’t panic if you miss an answer. If it has really gone, then it is history. Worrying and panicking is only going to make you miss another one. One miss is probably not going to destroy your mark so calm down and listen for the next one. Sometimes you think you have missed it but you are mistaken. If you are calm and keep listening, maybe the answer will come or even be repeated.

Never leave a question unanswered; especially if it is only an A,B,C,D question or something similar. Guess if you really don’t know. There are no marks taken away for wrong answers or even stupid answers. So, have a go! Logic, general knowledge or just luck might give you the right answer!

Anyway, work hard and good luck with the IELTS General Training Listening Test! I hope that this tutorial has helped you. Below are links to the other free IELTS General Training Tutorials. We strongly recommend that you practice for the tests with good IELTS practice tests. Of course, we would like you to use ours as we believe ours are excellent and the cheapest on the market, but any good IELTS practice tests will do.