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Aulão IELTS
Aulão IELTS
International English
Language Testing System
Listening
Approx. 30 min.
40 questions
4 sections
Sections 1 and 2: everyday social context
Sections 3 and 4: academic context
Recordings are heard only once
Face-to-face interview
11-14 min
3 parts
Assessment criteria:
• Fluency and coherence
• Lexical resource
• Grammatical range and accuracy
• Pronunciation.
Reading
Task 2:
• Essay
• Over 250 words
• No more than 40 min
• Worth 66% of total writing marks
Assessment criteria:
• Task achievement/response
• Coherence and cohesion
• Lexical resource
• Grammatical range and accuracy
Paper-based test
Computer-based test
Practice
In each
Match
asking
pair, the
what
and
What
sentences
answering
is the
aremost
the
according
the
appropriate
questions?
questions
to their
answer?
you’ve
topics.
created.
Why?
2. I’ve never moved out. I still live in b. Even though I love all kinds of
the same neighbourhood I grew up food, I prefer savoury dishes to
in. It used to be a bit boring but sweet ones. In restaurants I tend to
now there are loads of shops and choose spicy meals and avoid
restaurants. anything too greasy.
3. I really like food. My favourite food c. I often play with children because
is chicken and rice. I don’t like my sister has 3. They are nice
vegetables very much but I try to children but sometimes they are
eat them because they’re healthy. bad.
Look at the task card below and some extracts from how a
candidate answered the question.
Past
Present
Future
Now think about your most memorable trip and make
some notes about what you could say.