IELTS Listening Sample Question # Hypocrisy

HYPOCRISY

The audio talks about hypocrisy and its true meaning.

Source of Audio is BBC 6 minutes English. You can download the audio from the given link AUDIO

Answer the following questions in NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS

  1. What was the actual meaning of hypocrite?
  2. What is the person who says one thing and does the other called?
  3. The speaker uses a synonym for changeable. What is it?
  4. The speaker uses a word to define stern and unkind. Which word is it?
  5. The speaker uses a word to describe you when you show a bit of sympathy and concern. Which word is it?
  6. The speaker uses a phrase to describe the situation when you realize you have made a mistake. What word is it?
  7. The speaker uses a word to refer to being angry about something according to the principles of right and wrong?
  8. What is the one word for something that is very deadly or destructive?
  9. Which phrase is used to talk about something that spreads very quickly on the internet?

ANSWER

  1. actor
  2. Hypocrite
  3. Inconsistent
  4. harsh
  5. compassionate
  6. catch somebody out
  7. morally indignant
  8. pernicious
  9. goes viral
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IELTS Essay Sample Answer # Intellectual Skills

You should spend 40 minutes on this task.

Some people believe that a person improves their intellectual skills with a group of people more than by doing personal activities.
To what extent do you agree or disagree?

Write at least 250 words.

POINTS:

  1. Team games require members to perform diverse range of mental caluclations.
  2. One can acquire information that cannot be acquired in isolation.
  3. Feedback helps people to refine their understanding of a particular concept.
  4. Study by Cambridge shows that there are several permutations and combinations that a soccer player is able to fetch in a particular game.

SAMPLE ANSWER

In recent decades, many researchers have studied the importance of group-level comprehension. Although, some intellectuals believe that it is always better to study on own, researches have often showed the other picture. There have been convincing evidence that group activities improve the intelligence of individuals. In my opinion, there are surely more advantages of working in groups than as a single entity.

Firstly, team games mostly require the individuals to perform a diverse range of rapid mental calculations. For instance, a player has to predict and anticipate all the possible actions that the competitor can take with very tight time constraints. A recent study of Cambridge University showed that a soccer player in a fraction of time figures out lots of permutations and combinations from a single soccer event. These predictive powers resulting from the activities performed in a group context improve the mental ability of the individual.

Secondly, study groups enable individuals to obtain information that they might not be able to acquire in isolation. The reason behind is that in isolation a person often lacks good feedback. This is very necessary for the refinement of the understanding of concepts. For instance, a British Learning Group found out that study groups have a far more objective and sophisticated understanding of topics when compared to people or the learners not part of study-groups.

In conclusion, I believe the notion that group activities do improve the intellectual abilities of an individual. With time it is hoped that more schools will try to felicitate group studies and games for a better study culture. (261 Words)

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IELTS Listening Sample Questions # Penicillin

THE PENICILLIN

The audio has been taken from BBC 6 minutes learning English. The audio talks about a medicine,”penicillin” used as a life saving drug.

You can download the audio from the link – AUDIO

Answer the following questions in NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS

  1. How many lives penicillin has saved?
  2. What is a substance that kills micro organisms called?
  3. Penicillin was discovered on ____________?
  4. Which Scottish scientist discovered Penicillin?
  5. What is the synonym of halo?
  6. The delay in washing dishes causes a green fuzzy thing to grow on dishes. What is it called?
  7. The speaker uses a term for the chemical treatment which kill cancer cells. What is it?
  8. The speaker uses a synonym for stop? What is it?
  9. What is the defense against infection and disease that our body has called?
  10. The speaker uses a phrase that means “to mean to make something possible”. What is it?
  11. Against what kinds of bacteria does penicillin work?
  12. The speaker defines a word for a thing that something cannot harm it anymore. What is it?
  13. What word is used to refer to dead bodies?
ANSWERS
  1.  200 million
  2. anti biotic
  3. 1928
  4. Alexander Fleming
  5. circle
  6. mould
  7. Chemotherapy
  8. suppresses
  9. immune system
  10. pave the way
  11. bacteria with protein
  12. resistance
  13. corpses
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IELTS Speaking Sample Answer # Shopping

Shopping is when you go out to buy something for yourself or for others. Often, termed as something that women prefer more than men, shopping has also been regarded as a stress buster by many psychologist. Let us today, have a look at some of the questions related to shopping.

Where is your favorite place to shop for clothes?

I love buying clothes from the local market. I think there is so much more fun when you are out with your friends and try to find out the best and yet the cheapest cloth to wear. However, with time becoming more of a scarcity, we mostly go to branded showrooms where we can easily find clothes and be assured of the quality.

What products do you prefer to shop online for?

I prefer buying books online because they are available at a far more cheaper price than when one buys them offline. Also, it is lot more easier to buy books online than offline because there is no hassle of finding that book. If you know the book, all you need to do is type the name of the book and buy it.

What products do you prefer to shop in stores for?

I like buying clothes offline, in stores. Buying offline is better because you can actually feel the quality of the cloth before buying it and also how one looks in them. Also, it is much more easier to match the clothes and buy a set of items together, along with accessories.

How do you feel about sales people following you and helping you when you shop?

Sometimes it is good, because I really don’t understand what to buy and there help makes it lot more easier to buy things, but sometimes it even becomes quite irritating. Because, often when I go to shopping I prefer some quite time to look at the clothes and then pick them up. There is so much that is going on in the head and then that hindrance, becomes annoying.

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What makes a pleasant shopping experience?

For me, to be able to just hang out with my friends and laugh off at the weird clothes that we choose makes shopping a pleasant experience. When we go out together to shop, we often start off with wearing those weird clothes or matching those clothes together to laugh off at each other.

How do you feel about shopping at department stores or malls?

It is fine to shop at department stores because then there are so many options that you can directly look at and choose from. One can just get so many things in a mall, from clothes to cookery to shoes to parlor. All, you need to do is step inside the mall and get whatever you want.

What is your favorite eCommerce site? Why?

My favorite eCommerce site has to be flipkart because for online, I mostly prefer buying books and this site offers great deals on books. Also, there return policy is quite good making it easier to return and enjoy the book if one likes it.

Do you know anyone who is addicted to shopping?

I made a friend during my stint as a blogger in a company. She was so very addicted to shopping, that every weekend she would go out and buy something for herself or for her family or friends. It could be something that is very small or something very big. Most of the times she would buy moderate costing things, but the joy that she had while shopping and then sharing her stories of how she found a particular thing was amazing.

Are you addicted to shopping?

No, not really. I tend to buy things only when they are required.

Have you ever bought any counterfeit products like fake designer bags, clothing, or jewelry?

Yes, I have bought them very many times. Not for bags, but yes for clothing and jewelry, I have got artificial or fake products. I think it is cheap and you can buy lot of jewelry allowing you to match them with your clothes. It can make even the same clothes look different.

Do you enjoy shopping for other people?

I enjoy shopping for people I know. Because I know what they like and giving them gifts with a feel of what they like makes it great. But, for the ones that I don’t know I don’t prefer very much. There is always a doubt that they might not love the gift or may be they don’t find it useful.

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