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It has 4 sections- Reading, Listening, Speaking and writing
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IELTS test format has changed recently. Now, it starts with Writing, whereby you have to writ a report or a letter with minimum 150 words and an essay with minimum 250 words and the time given is exactly 60 minutes. Reading is next, with 3 passages and total 40 questions and you have to complete the...
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IELTS test format has changed recently. Now, it starts with Writing, whereby you have to writ a report or a letter with minimum 150 words and an essay with minimum 250 words and the time given is exactly 60 minutes. Reading is next, with 3 passages and total 40 questions and you have to complete the task in 60 minutes. Listening is the next module, total time duration 30 minutes with 4 sections and 10 questions apiece. 10 minutes extra is given to transfer the ansers into an answer sheet. Speaking last for 11-14 minutes with a piece of paper and pencil given to make notes for the cue card section, whereby you are asked to speak ona given topic for 1 to 2 minutes read less
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Reading,writing and listening would be on one day and speaking test would be on sepreate day. Reading is for one hour three passages are there and 40 questions in total , and the questions are in the form of true /false / notgiven, fill ups, matching heading and writing is for one hour , two tasks are...
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Reading,writing and listening would be on one day and speaking test would be on sepreate day. Reading is for one hour three passages are there and 40 questions in total , and the questions are in the form of true /false / notgiven, fill ups, matching heading and writing is for one hour , two tasks are there , writing task 1 is report writing (for academic) / letter writing (for general) and it should be of 250 words and writing task 2 is essay writing (for both acaedmic and general), wherein 250 words should be written and listening is for 30 min ,40 questions are there and in speaking , 3 tasks are there.speaking task 1 questions and answers (4-5min) , task 2 cue card (speak for 2 min one the given topic) , task 3 questions and answers with detailing (4-5 min) read less
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The four modules, writing, reading,speaking and speaking are catgorised into 2 sections, speaking being the odd one, which is conducted seaprately. In India, more often than not, the test starts at 1 pm, with writing ( 60 minutes). Candidates are required to write a repost based on graphsor diagrams...
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The four modules, writing, reading,speaking and speaking are catgorised into 2 sections, speaking being the odd one, which is conducted seaprately. In India, more often than not, the test starts at 1 pm, with writing ( 60 minutes). Candidates are required to write a repost based on graphsor diagrams with minimum 150 words and an essay with at least 250 words. For general IELTS, a letter and an essay has to be written. Reading is next on the menu, with 60 minutes given to tackle3 passages witha totla of 40 questions, almost equally divided into the 3 passages. The answer have to be transferred into an answer sheet within the time given. Listening is the last module, 30 minutes of audio corresponding to 4 sections with 10 questions apiece. An extra 10 minutes are alloted for transferring the answers into an answer sheet. Speaking duration is 11-14 minutes. Although not mentioned by the examiner, there are 3 parts. First part consist of questions related to everday life situations, likes and dislikes etc,. Part 2 has a cue card given to the candidate alonng with a piece of paper and a pencil. Cue card has a topic and the candidate is required to speak on the topic for 1 to 2 minutes. Part 3 questions are more incisive and require detailed and comprehensice answers. The questions are somehow connected to the topic given in part 2. read less
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