Lee Peterson's Blog: IELTS test in Qatar – November 2016 (Academic Module)

Our friend L took the IELTS test in Qatar and remembered the following details:

Listening test

Section 1. About a bicycle shop.

Section 2. Project improvement plan.

Section 3, 4. Don’t remember.

Reading test

Passage 1. About monkeys, humans and how they are related.

Passage 2. Management improvement process at a particular company.

Passage 3. Don’t remember.

Writing test

Writing task 1 (a report)

We were given two line graphs and a table describing the population under 5 and over 65 years old, from 1950 to 2010 and the projection for 2040.

Writing task 2 (an essay)

Nowadays most of the urgent problems can only be solved through international cooperation. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement?

Speaking test

Interview

– What is your full name?
– Can I see your ID?
– Where are you from?
– Do you work or study?
– Describe your hometown.
– Do you have a lot of free time?
– What do you do in your spare time?
– Let’s talk about gifts.
– Do you like giving or receiving gifts?
– Why is it so?
– What kind of gifts do you prefer?

Cue Card

Describe an application you have recently used and found very useful. Please say

– What is it?
– What did you use it for?
– Why did you find it useful?

Discussion

– Do your friends use this application?
– How often do you use this application?
– Are young and elder people using same applications?
– What is the most popular application in your country?