IELTS

Listening duration-30 minutes plus 10 minutes transfer time.
There are 40 questions. A variety of question types are used. Chosen from the following.
* Multiple choice
* Matching
* Plan/Map/Diagram labelling
* From completion
* Note completion
* Table completion
* Flow-Chart completion
* Summary completion
* Sentence completion
* Short-answer questions

Test parts-4 sections:

Section 1: A Conversation between two people set in an everyday social context (e.g. conservation about accommodation)
Section 2: A monologue set in an everyday social context (e.g. a speech about local facilities or about arrangement for meals during a conference)
Section 3: A conservation between up to four people set in an educational or training context (e.g. a university tutor and a student discussing an assignment, or a group of people planning a project)
Section 4: A talk (e.g. a university lecture)

Writing duration 60 minutes
Task 1 : You are required to write at least 150 words
Task 2 : You are required to write at least 250 words

Academic writing
Task 1: You are presented with a graph, table, chart or diagram and are asked to summarise and report the information in your own words. You may be asked to select and compare data, describe the stages of a process, describe an object or how something works.
Task 2: You are asked to write an essay in response to a point of view, argument or problem. Task 2 contributes twice as much as Task 1 to the Writing score. The issues raised are of general interest to, suitable for and easily understood by test takers entering undergraduate or postgraduate studies or seeking professional registration.

General writing
Task 1: You are presented with a situation and are asked to write a letter requesting information or explaining the situation. The letter may be personal, semi-formal or formal in style.
Task 2: You are asked to write an essay in response to a point of view, argument or problem .The essay can be less formal in style with a more personal response than the Academic Writing Task 2 essay. Task 2 contributes twice as much as Task 1 to the Writing score.

Reading duration 60 minutes
There are 40 questions. A variety of question types are used. Chosen from the following multiple choice. Identifying information(TRUE/FALSE/NOT GIVEN).
* Matching information
* Matching headings
* MATCHING FEATURES
* MATCHING SENTENCE ENDINGS
* SENTENCE COMPLETION
* NOTE COMPLETION
* Table completion
* Flow-Chart completion
* Diagram label completion
* Short answer questions

Test parts-4 sections:

Section 1: The texts are all real and are taken from books, magazines and newspapers. They have been written for a non-specialist audience and are on academic topics of general interest, which means you need specialist knowledge to do well.
Section 2: The texts are appropriate to, and accessible to, candidates entering undergraduate or postgraduate courses or seeking professional registration.
Section 3: Text ranges from the descriptive and factual to the discursive and analytical. Text may contain nonverbal, materials such as diagrams, graphs or illustrations.
Section 4: If texts contain technical terms, then a simple glossary is provided.

General Training Reading Sections

Section 1: contains two or three short factual texts, one of which may be composite (consisting of 6-8 short texts related by topic, e.g. hotel advertisements). Topics are relevant to everyday life in an English-speaking country.
Section 2: Contains two short factual texts focusing on work-related issues (e.g. applying for jobs, company policies, pay and conditions, workplace facilities, staff development and training.
Section 3: Contains one longer, more complex text on atopic of general interest. You will be reading real passages taken from notices, advertisements, company, handbook, official documents, books, magazines, and newspapers.

Speaking duration 11-14 minutes

Test parts-3 sections:
Task 1: Introduction and interview (4-5 minutes). The examiner introduces him/herself and asks you to introduce yourself and confirm your identity. The examiner asks you general questions on familiar topics (e.g. family, work, studies, and interests.
Task 2: Individual long turns (3-4 minutes). The examiner gives you a task card that ASKS YOU TO TALK about a particular topic and which includes points you can cover in your talk, and you are given a pencil and paper to make notes. You have one to two minutes on the topic. The examiner then asks one or two questions on the same topic.
Task 2: Two-way discussions (4-5 mi9nutes). The examiner asks further questions that are connected to the topic of Part 2. This gives you an opportunity to discuss more general issues and ideas.