IELTS Train the Trainer

Pre-course Quiz on the exam

Please go to the official IELTS Website www.ielts.org and

answer the following Questions.
1.

Who owns IELTS?

Ans. 1. IELTS is jointly owned by British Council, IDP: IELTS Australia and
Cambridge English Language Assessment and delivered through more than
900 locations in over 130 countries ...

2.

How long does the listening part of the test take to complete?
Ans.2. Listening part test takes 30minutes to complete.

3.

How many questions and sections are there in the listening part of the test?
Ans.3. There is 40 questions and 4 sections in the listening part of the test.

4.

Do candidates listen to someone speaking face to face or is the listening

recorded?
Ans. 4. The candidates listen to four recorded texts, monologues,
conversations by a range of native speakers, and write your answers to
series of questions.

5.

Are candidates given time during the test to read the questions and then
write down and check their answers?
Ans.5. During the Listening test candidates write their answers on the
question paper as they listen and at the end of the test are given 10 minutes
to transfer their answers to an answer sheet.

6.

Where do candidates write their answers?

Ans.6. The candidates write their answers on question paper.

7.

How many monologues are there and in which sections?

Ans.7. There is 2 monologues and they are in section 2 and section 4.

8.

The IELTS Exam has two modules Academic module and the General
Training module If you want to do post graduate studies in Australia or the
UK which module should you take? Why would you take the other module?
Ans.8. IELTS Academic assesses whether the candidate is ready to study or
train in English at an undergraduate or postgraduate level. Admission to
undergraduate or postgraduate is based on the results of these modules.
General Training is suitable for candidates who plans to complete their
secondary education in an English speaking country, undertake work
experience or training programme.

9.

Which two parts of the exam are different for those doing the Academic
module and those doing the General Training module?
Ans.9. Reading and writing are the two parts of the exam are different for

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those doing the academic module and those doing the General Training
module.
10.

How long is the Reading part of the test?

Ans. 60 minutes long is the reading part of the test.

11.

How many questions and sections are there in the Reading test?
Ans.11.There are 40 questions and 3 sections are there in the Reading test.

12.

Do candidates have any extra time to transfer their answers onto an answer
sheet in the Reading test?
Ans. 12. Candidates have no extra time to transfer their answers onto an
answer sheet in the reading test.

13.

The Writing test has two Tasks Task 1 and Task 2. How long should
candidates spend on each task?
Ans.13. Candidates should spend 20 minutes on Task 1 and 40 minutes on
Task 2 in the Writing test.

14.

Ire the writing tasks the same for everyone? If not what is the difference,
and in which tasks?
Ans.14. The second task is more demanding you are expected to produce a
written argument on a given topic and to organize your answer clearly,
given some examples to support your points. You will have to write atleast
250 words and, as Task 2 is longer than Task 1. You are advised to spend
approximately 40 minutes on this task and 20 minutes on first task.

15.

How long does the speaking test take?

Ans.15. Speaking test takes between 11 and 14 minutes.

16.

How many parts are there to the speaking test?

Ans. 16. There are three parts to the speaking test.

17.

In which part of the test does the candidate have a long turn?
Ans. 17. In part 1 and part 2 the candidates have a long turn.

18.

How long is part 2 of the test?

Ans.18. Part 2 of the test is 3minutes long.

19.

In which part of the test does the examiner just listen?

Ans.19. In Part 3 the examiner just listens.

20.

Can the candidate decide what s/he wants to speak about?

Ans.20. The candidate is not allowed to decide what s/he wants to speak
about.

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