IELTS Question Paper PDF

Can you provide me the syllabus of IELTS or International English Language Testing System on which the question paper is based?

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IELTS or International English Language Testing System is a mandatory test that for those people who want to study or work in those countries, where English is used as a language for communication.

With the availability of internet, it has become an Internet based test. Internet based test has certainly dominated the computer based tests and paper based tests.

IELTS Syllabus

It consists of Reading, Listening, Speaking and Writing.

In Reading section, there are 3-4 passages of 700 words each, where students have to answer questions about main ideas, details, vocabulary, rhetorical purpose and overall ideas.

Listening section includes six passages of 3-4 minutes in length.
In it, there are passages that include two student conversations and four academic lectures or discussions.
Each conversation is heard only once.
Each conversation will be associated with five questions, whereas each lecture with six.
Questions in this section will be asked to determine the main ideas, important details, speaker purpose and attitude.

Speaking section consists of six tasks: two independent tasks and four independent tasks.
In independent tasks, one has to answer opinion questions on familiar tasks.
One is judged on the ability to speak spontaneously and clearly.


IELTS Paper Pattern

The total test duration of IELTS exam is 2hrs and 45 minutes.

It comprises of four modules i.e. Listening, Reading, Writing and Speaking.

In Listening section, there will be 40 questions, each of one mark.
After checking, marks will be converted into bands.
Then, the mean of all bands scored in each section will be carried out to check out the final band.

Same pattern goes with Reading sections, where marks will be allotted, followed by conversion of marks into bands.

In Writing Section, there will be two tasks i.e. Task 1 and Task 2.
Total time limit for task 1 is 20 minutes, whereas for task 2 are 40 minutes.
In task 1, students are asked to write 150 words by having a look on a diagram or table, provided on the question sheet.
One is judged on the ability to describe the diagram through words, comparing the data and vocabulary & sentence structure.
For task 2, one is asked to provide solution for a given argument or problem.
One is judged on the ability to solve the problem and justify their opinion.
Both the tasks are scored on a band of 1-9.

Speaking test is assessed on four broad areas:-
•Fluency and Coherence
•Lexical Resource
•Grammatical Area
•Pronunciation
First three sections are scored out of 9 and the fourth is marked as 2, 4, 6 and 8.