IELTS Speaking test in Pakistan

Speaking test

Interview

– What is your full name?
– Can I see your ID?
– Where are you from?
– Do you work or study?
– Where do you live now?
– Do you like this place? Why?
– Do you think it is a good place to live in?
– Would you recommend it to your friends?
– Do you like shoes?
– How many pairs of shoes do you have?
– Do you like comfortable or fashionable shoes?
– Do you think people have too many shoes these days?

Cue Card

Talk about something you plan to do in the future apart from your work or studies. Please say

– What do you plan?
– When and why do you want to do it?
– How will you achieve it?

Discussion

– Do you think planning is important?
– Why do you think so?
– What do you think about routine planning?
– Can you give some examples?
– What could governments do to plan better?
– What is the difference between those who plan and those who don’t?
– Why is it so in your opinion?

IELTS Speaking test in Pakistan

Speaking test

Interview

– What is your full name?
– Can I see your ID?
– Where are you from?
– Do you work or study?
– What work do you do?
– Why did you choose this kind of work?
– Where do you see yourself in the next 10 years?
– Would you like to become a celebrity, if you had a chance?
– Why is that?

Cue Card

Talk about time you were very busy in your life. Please say

– What did you do?
– Where and when was it?
– Did you enjoy that part of your life?

Discussion

– Do you like visitors? Why?
– What do you do when visitors come to your place?
– What do you prefer, to visit people or to invite them to your place?
– Do you think children nowadays are overburdened? Why?
– What can be done about it, in your opinion?
– Do you think children learn more in school or during playtime?
– What would be your suggestion about it?
– Do you think workers should be rewarded for working overtime? Why?
– How should it be done?

IELTS Speaking test in Pakistan – February 2016

Speaking test

Interview

- What is your full name?
- Can I see your ID?
- Where are you from?
- Do you work or study?
- Where do you live now?
- Do you live in a house or an apartment?
- Which room do you think is the most important in your home?
- Have you ever worked on a computer in your job or study?
- Have you ever learnt to dance?
- Do you enjoy dancing?
- Do people learn to dance in your country?
- Is it good for people to see how others dance?
- Do children play enough sports these day?

Cue Card

Describe a sport you would like to learn. Please say:

- What sport it is?
- When will you learn it?
- How will you learn it?
- Why do you want to learn this particular sport?

Discussion

- Which sport is the most popular in your country?
- Do you think media plays an important role in the popularity of sports?
- Why do people spend money on watching sports?
- What do you think, should people play sports with others or alone?

IELTS Speaking test in Pakistan – January 2016

Speaking test

Interview

- What is your full name?
- Can I see your ID?
- Where are you from?
- Do you work or study?
- What city were you born in?
- What can you tell me about the city?
- Do you like taking photographs?
- Do you take photos of yourself?
- Do you want to learn professional photography?
- Why do you want to do it?
- Tell me about an English book that you read recently.
- What was good about it?
- Do you prefer to read magazines or books?

Cue Card

Talk about an art or a craft project that you did at school. Please say

- What was the project?
- How did you do it?
- How did you feel about it later?

Discussion

- Do you still have it?
- What did you do with it?
- Does tourism help with heritage preservation?
- What do you think about hand made gifts?
- Do you like them? Why?
- What should the government do to help the hand-made crafts industry?

IELTS Speaking test in Lahore, Pakistan – June 2015

Speaking test

Interview

- What is your full name?
- Can I see your ID?
- Where are you from?
- Do you work or study?
- How often do you need to remember things?
- Why do you need to do it?
- Do you forget things sometimes?
- Why does it happen?
- How do you memorise things?
- Do you find it a good system?

Cue Card

Describe a trip that you would like to take. Please say

- Where would you go?
- With whom would you go there?
- What arrangements would be necessary for the trip?

Discussion

- Do you think that people should visit different places?
- Why is it so?
- Should children visit places or only adults?
- Do you think business trips are useful? Why?
- Could a video conference easily replace a business trip?
- What are the advantages and disadvantages of video conferences?
- Should people think about the environment before going on a business trip?

IELTS Speaking test in Lahore, Pakistan – June 2015

Speaking test

Interview

- What is your full name?
- Can I see your ID?
- Where are you from?
- Do you work or study?
- How often do you need to remember things?
- Why do you need to do it?
- Do you forget things sometimes?
- Why does it happen?
- How do you memorise things?
- Do you find it a good system?

Cue Card

Describe a trip that you would like to take. Please say

- Where would you go?
- With whom would you go there?
- What arrangements would be necessary for the trip?

Discussion

- Do you think that people should visit different places?
- Why is it so?
- Should children visit places or only adults?
- Do you think business trips are useful? Why?
- Could a video conference easily replace a business trip?
- What are the advantages and disadvantages of video conferences?
- Should people think about the environment before going on a business trip?

IELTS Speaking test in Pakistan – April 2015

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?
- Do you like living there?
- What is your favourite place there? Why?
- Do you plan to live there for a long time?

Cue Card

Talk about a situation where you came across a stranger and helped him/her. Please say

- Describe the situation and how you helped.
- When and where did it take place?
- How did you feel after helping that stranger?

Discussion

- Let’s talk about volunteering jobs.
- What do you think about volunteering in general?
- What type of volunteering jobs do people usually adopt?
- Why should people volunteer in your opinion?
- What happens when you volunteer? Why?
- Do you think it is beneficial to the volunteer? Why?

IELTS Speaking test in Pakistan – August 2014

Speaking test

Interview

- What is your full name?
- Can I see your ID?
- Where are you from?
- Do you work or study?
- Where do you live now?
- What kind of area is it?
- Do you plan to move somewhere else in the near future?
- How often do you refer to dictionaries?
- Did you ever think about writing a dictionary?

Cue Card

Describe a gift that you have received as a child. Please say

- What was the gift?
- When did you receive it?
- Do you still have it? Why?

Discussion

- Do you think boys and girls will prefer different gifts?
- What is the reason behind this?
- Is it an innate or an acquired behaviour, in your view?

IELTS Speaking test in Pakistan – August 2014

Speaking test

Interview

- What is your full name?
- Can I see your ID?
- Where are you from?
- Do you work or study?
- Where do you live now?
- What kind of area is it?
- Do you plan to move somewhere else in the near future?
- How often do you refer to dictionaries?
- Did you ever think about writing a dictionary?

Cue Card

Describe a gift that you have received as a child. Please say

- What was the gift?
- When did you receive it?
- Do you still have it? Why?

Discussion

- Do you think boys and girls will prefer different gifts?
- What is the reason behind this?
- Is it an innate or an acquired behaviour, in your view?

IELTS test in Pakistan and Iran – June 2014 (Academic Module)

   

Reading test

Passage 1. The text was about museums and how they are changing to suite customers and new trends.
Questions: filling in blanks, multiple choice, match information to paragraphs.

Passage 2. The text was about an extinct animal, that lived 65 million years ago.
Questions: short-answer questions with words given in a box, multiple choice, True/False/Not Given.

Passage 3. About various methods used by people to find the way when they are lost. A few different navigation methods including guide, path route, map usage and so on.
Questions: True/False/Not Given, match statements to method types.

Writing test

Writing task 1 (a report)

We were given a map of the mountain in one of the national parks showing the location of the facilities, such as sunrise and sunset viewing platforms, culture gallery and climbing and walking tracks, roads, car park, first aid booth and toilets.

Writing task 2 (an essay)

Nowadays movies and computer games containing violence are very popular. Some people believe that they have negative effect on the society and should be banned, others, however, believe that it is harmless entertainment. Discuss both vies 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 subject are you studying?
- Why did you choose this field for your study?
- Do you prefer to study in the morning or afternoon? Why?
- What TV program do you watch regularly? Why?
- How often did you watch TV as a child?
- Will you allow your children to watch TV?
- Do you like shopping?
- Did you buy some product online?

Cue Card

Describe an occasion when you met an old friend whom you didn’t see for a long time. Please say

- What did you feel when you met?
- What were you talking about?
- Did you enjoy meeting him/her? Why?

Discussion

- Do you believe in friends’ reunions? Why?
- Would you like to reunite with your old friends?
- What will you talk about with them?
- Why do some people cut off old friendships?
- Do you think old friends are more long-lasting than new friends? Why?

IELTS test in Pakistan – June 2014 (Academic Module)

Writing test

Writing task 1 (a report)

We were given a bar chart showing the percentage of young people at universities in six different European countries (the UK, Poland, Finland, Italy, Spain, and Norway) in 2000 and 2007.

Writing task 2 (an essay)

Some people give more importance to artists (painter,writers, musicians) in the current age of rapidly developing technology and science. What do you think? Do people prefer arts to technology in your view?

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 study?
- Why did you select this subject?
- What type of weather do you have in your country?
- Do you like rain?
- When does the rainy season come in your country?
- Is there too much or too little rain? Why?

Cue Card

Describe a work that you do at home with an elderly person. Please say

- What is it?
- When did you start doing it?
- How often do you do it?

Discussion

- Are family gatherings important in your view?
- On what occasions do people gather in your country?
- What advantages do family gatherings have?
- How much is gathering outside of home important?
- What impact does it have on the family?
- How do working parents affect their children’s lives?
- What are the solutions for working parents to accommodate children in their absence?
- How does it affect children’s lives when both parents are working?
- Does it have any advantages?