CAMBRIDGE IELTS BOOK 1-TEST 4-SPEAKING TASK

CAMBRIDGE IELTS BOOK 1-TEST 4-SPEAKING TASK

I.CANDIDATE CUA CARD: THE EXCURSION

The oversea students’s club is organaising an excursion to a local tourist spot. You are thinking of joining the excursion. Your examiner is one of the organizers.

Ask your examiner about: (1) destination; (2) means of transport; (3) lenth of excursion; (4) cost; (5) meals; (6) clothing /equipments

II.INTERVIEWER’S NOTES: THE EXCURSION

Select an authentic tourist destination about two hours’d drive from your city.provide the following information according to the local facts:

-details about what can be seen/done there

-specials bus provided

-departure and arrival times

-suggests appropriate local cost

-meals not provided-students can buy or bring food

-walking shoes recommended

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S: student; E: examiner

S: I am eager to join in the excursion and I would like to ask you some question relating to this excursion. My first question is where do we go?

E: this time, our oversea student clubs choose Botanical Garden. This is a botanical institution tourist destination and regional park.

S: how can we go to this place?

E: there are many ways to get there such as by car, taxi, coach , bus and Mars Rapid Transit Public. In order to save the cost we agree to choose bus to get there via Holland Road

S: How long is our excursion this time? And how much does it cost?

E: this time we all booked Healing Garden Tour which is a guide tour. The duration of this tour is 1.5 hours and the fee is 15.00 USD per person. Singapore Botanical Garden open from 5 AM to midnight daily and there is no charge for entrance into the Botanical Garden. We intended to visit the garden in the early morning when the weather is not as hot and humid. Therefore we will assemble at student central hall of your campus.

S: should I prepare food myself?

E: I think you should pack some snacks and plenty of water. There is a nearby food court that sells drinks and delicious local food at a reasonable price. The food court is also air conditioned so it might be a good stop before you leave to cool off.

S: could you recommend necessary things that I should bring along for this excursion?

E: in my opinion, I recommend you wear comfortable clothes and walking shoes. You also need to pack some sun block and insect repellent. It is sunny most of the time in Singapore and if you need shade, wear a cap of carry a small umbrella with you would be the best solution. Also you should bring your camera because there are lots of pictures to take. Follow the trail and look at the various tropical plants in the garden. There is also a lake that you can stop at and if you have some bread, you can feed the turtles in the lake. This is a good place to stop for a picnic. Plan on stopping at the orchid exhibits where you can find spectacularly beautiful orchid of all varieties and from around the world. It is worth the nominal entrance fee of US1.00 per person for each student. Take pictures of all the beautiful orchids, you won’t want to miss it having come all the way there.

S: thank you so much.

 

 

 

CAMBRIDGE IELTS BOOK 1-TEST 3-SPEAKING TASK

CAMBRIDGE IELTS BOOK 1-TEST 3-SPEAKING TASK

I.CANDIDATE CUA CARD: THE PUBLICH HOLIDAY

There will soon be a public holiday in the country your examiner comes from.you want to find out about the holiday.

Ask your examiner about: (1) the name of the publich holiday; (2) the significance of the holiday; (3) avaibility of services on the day (banks/shop/cinemas); (4) things for visitors to do; (5) how she/he plans to spend the day.

II.INTERVIEWER’S NOTES: THE PUBLICH HOLIDAY

Choose a lesser known public holiday from your country. Be prepared to provide some accurate information on the history and significance of the day. If in-coutry, tell the candidate how you will spend the day.

If you are non-English speaking county, tell the candidate how people normally spend this day back home. Provide information about the availability of the shops, services and banks on the day

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S: student; E: examiner

S: I would like to know more about public holidays coming this month. woudl you please tell me what are names of those holidays?

E: within this month-April. In Viet Nam we have 2 public holidays names Vietnamese ‘s King Memorial and Vietnam Victory Day

S: could you please let me know more about the significance of these holidays?

E: well, Vietnamese’s King Memorial is also known as Gio To Hung Vuong and as of 2007, The Viet Nam government declared it a public holiday. Hung Vuong or Hung King was the ancient King of Viet Nam and this new holiday is officially called Gio To Hung Vuong or Hung King’s Temple Festival. The Festival for it will go by the Chinese lunar calendar which falls on the 10^th day of the 3^rd lunar month every year in the Hung King’s temple. It is benefiting that the festival will be held in the Hung King’s temple as it was a place of worship for the legendary, ancient King of Viet Nam and it is also a place of importance in Vietnam’s history and country leaders come to the Hung King’s temple, so all thousands of Vietnam people so they can pay their respect to Hung Vuong and either join in or watch the beautiful and colorful parade. Even though this festival is virtually known to tourist. Those who just happen to be in country will join the spectacle.

S: well, that is interesting information and how about another holidays?

E: another holiday this month is Viet Nam Victory day which is also known as Liberation Day or reunification day. It is considered as a national holiday and is observed on April 30^th every year. It is celebrated to memorize the fall of Saigon into the hand of the Viet Cong and the North Vietnamese troops on April 30^th 1975 which ended Vietnamese War. Celebrations for Vietnam Victory Day will include Vietnam people organizing and attending parades and festivals throughout the country such as bicycle race and historic documentary movies’ performances. But for some Vietnamese exiles whose community is outside the country, this day commemorates their displacement from Vietnam and many of them refer to this day as National Resentment even though those teams are considered treasonous in Viet Nam

S: wow, that is really interesting information about your coming holiday this month and now I wonder is there availability of services on these holidays such as banks, shops and cinemas or some things like that?

E:well in Vietnam these days during any public holidays all the banks and companies and government agencies go off but companies or centers which provide entertainment services are still available every day so you can have a good time during those public holidays everywhere in Vietnam.

S: can you tell me what visitors can do in Vietnam during those holidays?

E: as I know until now, during Vietnam public holidays visitors can books tour around Viet Nam. I think it is really interesting and having a good time at some entertaining places can be funny too.

S: and you, what you will do on those public holidays.

E: this year those holidays fall on weeken so I think I will travel some beautiful places in Vietnam with my family such as Da Lat. I believe it will be pleasure times for me.

 

CAMBRIDGE IELTS BOOK 1-TEST 2-SPEAKING TASK

CAMBRIDGE IELTS BOOK 1-TEST 2-SPEAKING TASK

I.CANDIDATE CUA CARD: ASKING FOR A EXTENSION          

You have to give in a piece of work to your lecturer nest Wednesday. You need two more weeks to prepare the assignment because you have had difficulty obtaining the reference books. You examiner is your lecturer. Find out if you can have an extension

Ask your examiner about: (1) regulations regarding the late work; (2) possibility of having more time; (3) different sources for books/information; (4) assistance with writing for overseas students

II.INTERVIEWER’S NOTES: ASKING FOR A EXTENSION

The student is seeking extra time for an assignment

-         The student may need to write a letter

-         The student has had plenty of time to prepare the work and should not really need two more weeks

-         Provide some idea about where he/she may get hold of the books

-         Offer advice about the “Learning Assistance center” on the campus which helps students  with easy writing

-         After some resistance, agree to an extension of one week

S: student; E: examiner

S: I have to give in a piece of work next Wednesday but I think I need more time for preparation this assignment so I would like to ask you about our school regulation regarding to late work?

E: well, Firstly, you may need to write a letter.

S: a letter? So if I do it is it possible for me to have an extension of two more weeks for this assignment?

E: I think I give all of the students enough time to prepare the work so no one should not need two more weeks actually.

S: you know, I am facing a lot of difficulties in obtaining the reference books that is the reason why I am asking for an extension. In addition, could you give is there any  different sources of books or information.

E: I would like to advice you the place where you may get hold of the books you need for your assignment is reference section of our library.

S: well, thanks so much for your advice about reference books and I have other questions about assistance with writing for oversea students. Where can I get this kind of support?

E: well on our campus, we might offer advices which help students with essay writing at learning assistance center so I think you will be supported with your essay there.

S: ok, that is so great and thank you so much f

CAMBRIDE IETLS BOOK 1-TEST 1-SPEAKING TASK

CAMBRIDE IETLS BOOK 1-TEST 1-SPEAKING TASK

I.CANDIATE CUE CARD: UNIVERSITY CLUBS AND ASSOCIATIONS

You have just arrived at a university. It is orientation week and you want to know about the different clubs and associations you can join. Your examiner is a Student Union representative. Ask your examiner about: (1) type of clubs; (2) meeting times, (3)benefits; (4) costs

II.INTERVIEWS NOTE: UNIVERSIRT CLUBS AND ASSOCIATIONS

Prompt for interviewer

oversea students club -meets once a week in student center near library -helps you to meet other students -financial contributions welcome	All welcome
Chess club -meets once a week in library -plays other universities -no subscriptions	- not suitable for beginners -serious players only
Table tennis club -Meets   at lunch-time in student area near canteen -Arranges tournaments -5.00$ subscription	All welcome

S:student, E; Examiner

S:hello, can I come in?

E: oh, yes, How can I help you?

S: Um, I’m a new student and I am wondering if you could give me some information.

E: Well, I might be able to help. What do you want to know?

S: Quite, a few things, actually. Firstly, how many clubs and associations I can join in ?

E: well, there are three university clubs and associations which are oversea student club, chess club and table tennis club.

S: what type of those clubs, can you tell me?

E: Let me see, all students are welcome to oversea student clubs and table tennis club but chess club is not suitable for beginners because it is for serious players only.

S: and what time have been set down for those clubs meeting do you have that information?

E: well, oversea student club meets once a week in student center which located very near library and chess club also meets once a week in library while table tennis club meets every day at lunch-time in student area near canteen.

S: do you know what the benefit of those clubs are?

E: joining oversea student club helps you to meet other students. Aim of table tennis club is to arrange tournaments and purpose of chess club is to play with other universities.

S: that’s great. And do you have any idea how much those clubs cost?

E: it is free to join in chess club and oversea students club welcome any financial contribution but subscription fee of table tennis club is 5.00$ each

S: well, thank you so much for your time. You are very helpful

E: you are welcome.

 

 

CAMBRIDGE- IELT 02-WRITING TASK 01

CAMBRIDGE- IELT 02-WRITING TASK 01
You should spend about 20 minutes on this task
The table below shows the consumer durables (telephone, refrigeration, etc) owned in Britain from 1972 to 1983. Writting a report for a university lecturer describing the information shown below.
You should write at least 150 words

You should write at least 150 words.

Consumer durables	1972	1974	1976	1978	1979	1981	1982	1983
Percentage of households with:
central heating	39	43	48	52	55	59	60	64
television	93	95	96	96	97	97	97	98
video								18
vacuum cleaner	87	89	92	92	93	94	95
refrigerator	73	81	88	91	92	93	93	94
washing machine	66	68	71	75	74	78	79	80
dishwasher				3	3	4	4	5
telephone	42	50	54	60	67	75	76	77

The table shows that the percentage of British households with consumer durable steadily increased between 1972 and 1983. It is obviously to find out that what the most popular in British homes was a television and the biggest changes was in the ownership of telephone and central heating.

In 1972, 93% of British homes had a television and this increased to 98% in 1983. The majority of homes also had a vacuum cleaner and a refrigerator. These consumer durable were owned by over 90% of households by the end of the period. Washing machines were the fourth most common item, with 60% of households owning one in 1972, rising to 80% of households in 1983.
The significant social changes reflected in the statistics are that the proportion of British homes with telephone rose from 42% to 77% and of those with central heating rose from 37% to 64% . In dishwasher use, it slightly increased by 2% from 1978 when date recording dishwasher started in . In addition, the ownership of video reached by 18% in 1879-the year of their introduction.
Words count: 181

CAMBRIDGE-IELT 02-TEST 1-SPEAKING TASK

CAMBRIDGE-IELT 02-TEST 1-SPEAKING TASK
The candidate is to find out as much information as possible about electronic mail.
1. Candidate’s cue card about electronic mail:
You are studying at a language school and have heard that students may obtain an electronic mail (email) address so that they can send and receive messages by computer. The examiner is the student services adviser. Ask the examiner about: (1)what email is; (2)cost(3)how to obtain an email address;(4)location of email at school;(5)equipment needed at home;(6) course on email

2. Information for the examiner:
(1) : Means by which to send messages from one computer to another over the telephone lines
(2) :free for students at this language school
(3) :complete an applicant form and return to student services
(4) :in the independent learning center or computer laboratory
(5) :a modem and a telephone line
(6) :Friday afternoon classes throughout the year
S: Student; E: Examiner

E: Hello, How can I help you?
S: I am a new comer here and I have heard about electronic mail address available for students so could you tell me what email is, please.
E: email is means by which to send messages from one computer to another over the telephone lines
S: I would like to know how much does it cost, please.
E: It is free for students at this language school
S: That is very good. Can you tell me how to obtain an email address?
E: You have to complete an application form and return it to Student Services Dept. Here is your registration form which gives us your information.
S: No problem, So, hm, where is the location of email at this school?
E: It is in the independent learning center or computer laboratory.
S: And, I wonder if is there any equipment needed at my home for this email?

E: that is a good question, what you need is a modem and a telephone lines.
S: that is great. Just one more question, please. What kind of courses on email that is available for us?
E: there are Friday afternoon classes throughout the year.

CAMBRIDGE IELTS 2-TEST 2-WRITING-TASK 1-PAGE 51

CAMBRIDGE IELTS 2-TEST 2-WRITING-TASK 1-PAGE 51
The chart below shows the amount of leisure time enjoyed by men and women of different employment status.
Write a report for a university lecturer describing the information shown below.
You should write at least 150 words.
Allow yourself 20 minutes for this task.

 

 

 

 

Answer:
The chart describes how many hours per week both men and women of different employment status spend on their creation activities between 1998 and 1999.
It is obviously clear to see that the highest amount of leisure time is enjoyed by those who were unemployed and retired. Not only full-time but also part-time employed persons spent the least number of leisure hours. In addition, there were no figures given for males who are employed part-time as well as housewives.
Both unemployed and retired males enjoyed the highest amount of hour of leisure, approximately 80 hours per week, whereas females of these groups had around 75 hours. The second group was female housewives who spent 55 hours of leisure, on average, compared with 40 hours for women who were part-time employed. The least group was those who were employed full-time. Among this group, men had on average 50 hours of leisure, slightly higher than women who only had 37 hours of leisure.

Words: 161

CAMBRIDEGE IELTS 2-WRITTING TASK 2/PAGE-52

CAMBRIDEGE IELTS 2-WRITTING TASK 2/PAGE-52
You should spend about 40 minutes on this task. Present a written argument or case to an educated reader with no specialist knowledge of the following topic. You should write at least 250 words. You should use your own ideas, knowledge and experience and support your argument with examples and relevant evidence.
“Prevention in better than cure”. Out of a country’s health budget, a large proportion should be diverted from treatment to spending on health education and preventative measures. to what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement.

Answer:
The governments of the world spend millions of dollars on health and the major part of this budget is diverted to treatment. Thus, most of people think it would be a better solution to allocate more funds to preventative measures and health education, which I totally agree with for a range of reasons.
Medical science has progressed to such a stage where it is possible to find out the outcomes of many illnesses but it could often take years of bead health before problems appear because people avoid going to check-ups, in most cases until they notice some obvious symptoms or experience pain. As a result, health education and preventative measures may be regarded as long term solutions to a nation’s sufferings so a simple government campaign in which promotes health lifestyle could prevent community from future illness. In addition, there are also several diseases such as cancer of AIDS and etc cannot be treated effective so far and they can cause a large number of people death each year. The only way to protect people from these diseases is to inform them about the precautions which need money to be advertised on TVs, magazines and so on and I strongly believe that the death rates from them will be decreased significantly.
Normally, talking immediate health problems in the form of treatment is important and a substantial amount of a country budget is allocated to this sector. Hospitals in many countries are overcrowded, the medical staffs work more hours and patients do not receive enough the medical care they are deserved. This gloomy image of current issues can be eliminated by allocating the necessary fund to preventative measures as well as health education. Furthermore, the government would save more money because cost of the preventative measures and health education is obviously much less than that of treatment measures.
Take into account of these factors, it can be said that prevention is better than cure , as it saves money and time at the same time and it also decrease the risk people health

Words: 343

CAMBRIDGE IELTS 2-TEST 3-WRITING TASK 1

CAMBRIDGE IELTS 2-TEST 3-WRITING TASK 1:
You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.
The first chart below shows the results of a survey which sampled a cross-section of 100,000 people asking if they travelled abroad and why they travelled for the period 1994-98. The second chart shows their destination over the same period.
Write a report for a university lecturer describing the information shows below.You should write at least 150 words

VISIT ABROAD BY UK RESIDENTS BY PURPOSE OF VISITS (1994-98)
	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998
Holiday	15,246	14,898	17,896	19,703	20,700
business	3,155	3,188	3,249	3,639	3,957
Visits to friends and relatives	2,689	2,628	2,774	3,051	3,181
Other reasons	982	896	1,030	1,054	990
TOTAL	22,072	21,610	24,949	27,447	28,828

 

DESTINATIONS OF VISITS ABROAD BY UK RESIDENTS BY MAIN REGION (1994-98)
	Western Europe	North America	Other areas	Total
1994	19,371	919	1,782	22,072
1995	18,944	914	1,752	21,610
1996	21,877	1,167	1,905	24,949
1997	23,661	1,559	2,227	27,447
1998	24,519	1,823	2,486	28,828

 

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The table represents main reasons why people traveled abroad between 1994 and 1998 among one hundred thousand UK residents. It is easily to find out that holiday is the main reason for visits abroad and the number of visits abroad decreased in 1995 in most purposes such as holidays, visits to friends and relatives and other reason but except business. There were 15,246 visits abroad for holidays in 1994 and this figure went up sharply to 20,700 in 1998. Business is the second poplar reason. There were 3,957 business trips in 1998, increasing 802 visits compared to that of the beginning year of the survey. Visits to friends and family is ranked as the third major reason and the number of visits abroad for this purpose increased slightly from 2,689 to 3,181 for the period 1994-98. Others reason accounted for 982 visits in 1994 and slightly increased to 990 visits at the ending period.
The table shows main destinations where UK resident travelled abroad for the period 1994-1998. It is obviously to see that Western European was chosen to be the most popular destination of visits abroad and North American is the destination where the number of visits abroad increased sharply, and there was a decreasing trend of visits abroad in most of regions in 1995. According to this statistical information, UK resident preferred Western European when choosing travelling oversea destination. The number of visits for this region increased from 19,371 visits in 1994 to 24,519 visits in 1998 .North American was ranked as the third favorable destination but there were more and more people chose to travel to this region, which pushed the number of visits abroad to North American go up extremely high-1,853 visits in 1998, increasing 904 visits compared to that of 1994. And other areas accounted for the second popular destination of visits abroad with a steady increase from 1,782 to 2,486 visits in 1994, 1998 respectively. Remarkably, there was a decrease in the number of visits abroad in all regions in 1995, especially in Western European.
It is clear when looking at these two tables comparatively that the numbers of UK residents preferred traveling abroad was increasing between 1994 and 1998. In 1995, the number of visits abroad decreased in most regions and for most of purposes but the demand of oversea business trip did not decrease, which means UK resident would prioritize their businesses other than other purposes of visits abroad.
(Words: 407)