13th May IELTS: Q&A&Results here

[UBC 2017]

Wow! Good job guy, you did well to write all the answers. I can't write this much. Listening was really good this time and reading was very easy for as well maybe bcos I do well with reading n comprehension but man! the writing was somehow, I spent too much time on the first task so I'm not sure I wrote up to 250 words in the second task. I still hope for the best though. Good luck to everyone.

I wrote the answers right after the exam and most of it was "one word" , very easy to remember. I had difficulty in reading: they asked questions 26 - 33 from the last paragraph, that was very surprising and unusual!
I spent lot of time reading 3 long paragraphs trying to find answers until I realized that I need to read the last paragraph. Then they asked questions 34-40 from the previous paragraphs!!

 

[Doze]

I wrote the answers right after the exam and most of it was "one word" , very easy to remember. I had difficulty in reading: they asked questions 26 - 33 from the last paragraph, that was very surprising and usual!
I spent lot of time reading 3 long paragraphs trying to find answers until I realized that I need to read the last paragraph. Then they asked questions 34-40 from the previous paragraphs!!

The text about ants was straight forward.

 

[UBC 2017]

The text about ants was straight forward.

I agree , but it was unusual for them to ask the questions not in order , I did fairly well and got all the answers eventually , but lost some time as I read somewhere that the questions must be in order!

 

[srijan]

I agree , but it was unusual for them to ask the questions not in order , I did fairly well and got all the answers eventually , but lost some time as I read somewhere that the questions must be in order!

This happened to me as well this time dont know why. The sentence matching to para in my reading test there was only one para which was having 3 sentence matched. I was looking for 1:1 and took long time to sort it out.

 

[lanthanum]

I had difficulty in reading: they asked questions 26 - 33 from the last paragraph, that was very surprising and usual!
I spent lot of time reading 3 long paragraphs trying to find answers until I realized that I need to read the last paragraph. Then they asked questions 34-40 from the previous paragraphs!!

That's a normal practice when blocks of questions related to different places of a text. For example, it's very often when we don't start from the beginning, and questions related to the first paragraph may appear in the end (35-40).
It's always important to quickly recognize where in the text you should start finding answers for a block of questions.

It would be unusual if the questions from one block were not in order (though I've seen that situation in one of the tests which are accessible from British Council after registration. There was a text about hiking in the woods and it was asked if it allowed to feed birds or animals, and it was not mentioned in the relevant place of the text (NG), however it was mentioned at the end of the text).

 

[kashifshaikh]

Listening : was very easy this time , unlike the reading!

1. A - Scenes
2. B - improve their skills
3. A - Lavander fields France
4. B : Not Sure - was about the receptionist liking greeting cards , because : A. attractive , B. personal , C. expensive
5. Hardie
6. 40 Long Road
7. OX 156 QP
8. IT
9. BL24....
10. cash
11. certificate -about diving certificate
12. 250000 - about number of wrecked ships
13. see - about cannot see underwater
14. name - about if they are lucky to find the bell of the ship they can know the name of the ship
15. library - otherwise they have to search records in the library.
16. sharks - are not considered danger to divers.
17. time - concerns are the time spent and nets
18. nets - concern they get stuck in the nets.
19. Peckham - For more info call Julia Peckham
20. Tel number :0127...... - Peckham's Tel No.
21. B - too little information was given about the purpose of the trip.
22. B - too little information - I do not remember
23. C - irrelevant information about the preparation , they were told something and found something else.
24. B - too little information - I do not remember
25. A - Too many information by lecture
26. B
27. I
28. E
29. G
30. A - next to the beach
31. design- many awards in the plastic industry
32. building - used in building materials
33. sticky - windows after 10 years
34. fire- destroyed by fire
35. photographs - in central Asia , valuable photographs
36. colour - you know dolls degregated by looking at their colour.
37. cheap - Researchers use dolls because they are transportable and cheap.
38. freezing - preserve by freezing.
39. space - when preserve storage , space needs to be considered.
40. history - By preserving .... , we also preserve history.

i believe the answer sequence of qs. no. 21 - 25 was
B
C
B
C
A

i was very careful listening to these questions and im pretty sure i got these correct.
for some reason im able to recall this sequence, probably for comparing my answers later on

 

[Hebittus]

good stuff

 

[andy1011]

Anyone taking ielts in US May 13?

Writing: 1 - Friend's teenage son comes to visit you but you could not accommodate him. Write email saying sorry/explain why/ suggestion a solution
2 - home design with private yard/garden/balcony, advantages outweigh disadvantages?

Speaking: topic 2 - talking about swimming pool: where/who comes there...

Listening ok, reading bit stuck for the last section, it was tough

 

[srijan]

Complete Listening Answers - India please help with missing ones..

section 1
Puttens
lift
Group
23
12.5
library
back
wheelchair
Pizza
Vegetarian

Section 2
danger of animal
station has reopened
borrow a cycle
coming back may take time
trains on weekends
Don’t remember
rock - C
next one - E (straight to road end)
next one - G (Before the bridge is it correct)
I - on the north

Section 3
produce by wings
found in various locations
eat specific plant - is it correct
Coloured - Attractive
Breed more
Expensive
Melbourne - whas the answer
Don’t remember
Don’t remember
continue research on affect human health

Section 4
Workplace
Engineering
Feedback
Salary
abilities
risk
2%
Don’t remember
Don’t remember
Don’t remember

Please help with missing ones and / or incorrect answers.

Any other question anyone? Any right wrong suggestion for the ones above.

 

[farazi14]

Listening : was very easy this time , unlike the reading!

1. A - Scenes
2. B - improve their skills
3. A - Lavander fields France - I have selected C i.e. tour of Rome
4. B : Not Sure - was about the receptionist liking greeting cards , because : A. attractive , B. personal , C. expensive - I have selected B as well i.e. personal
5. Hardie
6. 40 Long Road
7. OX 156 QP
8. IT
9. BL24....
10. cash
11. certificate -about diving certificate
12. 250000 - about number of wrecked ships - I thought it was 25,000
13. see - about cannot see underwater
14. name - about if they are lucky to find the bell of the ship they can know the name of the ship
15. library - otherwise they have to search records in the library.
16. sharks - are not considered danger to divers.
17. time - concerns are the time spent and nets
18. nets - concern they get stuck in the nets.
19. Peckham - For more info call Julia Peckham
20. Tel number :0127...... - Peckham's Tel No.
21. B - too little information was given about the purpose of the trip.
22. B - too little information - I do not remember
23. C - irrelevant information about the preparation , they were told something and found something else.
24. B - too little information - I do not remember
25. A - Too many information by lecture
26. B
27. I
28. E - Mine was H; I think I am wrong
29. G
30. A - next to the beach
31. design- many awards in the plastic industry
32. building - used in building materials
33. sticky - windows after 10 years
34. fire- destroyed by fire
35. photographs - in central Asia , valuable photographs
36. colour - you know dolls degregated by looking at their colour.
37. cheap - Researchers use dolls because they are transportable and cheap.
38. freezing - preserve by freezing.
39. space - when preserve storage , space needs to be considered.
40. history - By preserving .... , we also preserve history.

Great work dude! do u remember answers from reading?

 

[gorkememir]

i believe the answer sequence of qs. no. 21 - 25 was
B
C
B
C
A

i was very careful listening to these questions and im pretty sure i got these correct.
for some reason im able to recall this sequence, probably for comparing my answers later on

it's

B
B
C
B
A

As far as I remember. He was saying something like "they only provided names not the phone numbers". This is not irrelevant, should be 'too little info'.

 

[kashifshaikh]

it's

B
B
C
B
A

As far as I remember. He was saying something like "they only provided names not the phone numbers". This is not irrelevant, should be 'too little info'.

yes i remember i did that question correctly .. i had the same argument in my mind as well it was too little information since he did give names, just not the numbers, but i still remember my answer sequence.
It was B C B C A
maybe u have the questions wrongly numbered in your mind..

 

[feelstream]

yes i remember i did that question correctly .. i had the same argument in my mind as well it was too little information since he did give names, just not the numbers, but i still remember my answer sequence.
It was B C B C A
maybe u have the questions wrongly numbered in your mind..

Definitely, there were two "C" (irrelevant info), but I can't remember the order.

Any answers from Reading?

 

[kashifshaikh]

20 years for queen
starting small chamber for queen
small ants taking out rubbish
medium sized ants expanding chambers
large ants for transporting
small ants 1/100th size of soldiers

ants are never away from their SURFACE
they have evolved their DIGESTIVE SYSTEMS
chemical TANNIN

 

[feelstream]

20 years for queen
starting small chamber for queen
small ants taking out rubbish
medium sized ants expanding chambers
large ants for transporting
small ants 1/100th size of soldiers

ants are never away from their SURFACE
they have evolved their DIGESTIVE SYSTEMS
chemical TANNIN

Types of ants ^^^ the same

South America
Underground
Surface
Cocoa
Omnivores
Tannin
Digestive Systems