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August 4, 2013 (8.30 pm)
- Topic 450, A Meal, on the page
PARTS_2_and_3_P90.htm
has been changed substantially. I now believe that it is, indeed, "A
Special Meal".
August 4, 2013
- Three errors have been corrected: Topic 418, A Vehicle, Topic 439,
A Home You Like
and Topic 423, A Gift were retired on May 11.
- The page
TOPIC_USAGE_2013_P2.htm was updated to show the four items above,
as well as the topic usage for the test on July 27.
August 3, 2013
August 2, 2013
July 30, 2013
July 29, 2013
July 28, 2013
- Several changes were made and I will probably not
remember to list exactly every change.
- Several topics were given the label, (Probably no longer used).
-
TOPIC_USAGE_2013_P1.htm,
showing the Part 2/3 topic usage for Jan-Apr 2013 was rewritten, with a few
minor changes.
- A new page,
TOPIC_USAGE_2013_P2.htm, showing the Part 2/3 topic usage for
May-Aug 2013 was started. This shows which topics were retired.
- Most of the Part 2/3 pages between P.71 and P.101 were
changed in minor ways, but no new questions yet.
- A couple of topics (topics with no data) were moved to
new numbers. For example, A Science Lesson was moved.
- A few topics that were listed before have now been
cancelled. These were "Communication", "A Busy Time" and "A Radio Program".
- I am not sure yet but I suspect that what a couple of people
have said was the topic, "A Radio Program" is actually, "A Television or
Radio Program", at Topic 493.
- No new questions have been added yet to the Part 2/3
pages.
July 27, 2013
July 24, 2013
July 22, 2013
- A zip file, containing copies of all this website's Part
1 contents, current up to today, was uploaded.
This is at
http://ielts-yasi.englishlab.net/All_PART_1_CONTENTS July 22 2013.zip.
Of course, these contents will be added to, once I have included Part 1 May
to now.
- Other pages that were updated are:
Part_1.htm,
Part_1(zhongwen).htm,
QUESTION_NOTES_PART_1_PAGE_3.htm,
PREVIOUS_PART_1_QUESTIONS.htm, and
PAST_PART_ONE_TOPIC_INDEX.htm
July 20, 2013
- Two new pages were written:
TOPIC_USAGE_2013.htm and
TOPIC_USAGE_2013_P1.htm. The second page shows the Part 2 topic
usage in the Jan-Apr. period of 2013. The topic usage for the period May to
Now will be
written soon.
July 19, 2013
July 17, 2013
- I have returned from my long holiday but I am still in
Sydney, not Beijing. You will find some
updated information about the changes to the Speaking test since January at
PARTS_2_and_3_INDEX_P5.htm. However, as you will see, I've only just
started this updating – it will take me a several more days to fill in the
details.
- The following Part 2/3 pages have been updated or
created:
71, 72,
73, 81, 82, 83, 85, 87, 88, 90 - 101
Note that the
wording for Topic 499 has been drastically changed from what might have been
written there previously.
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January 20, 2013
- The Current
Speaking Test Questions are no Longer being Updated on This Website
because I am taking a long holiday away from the
website. I might return to updating this website at some time in the future
but this is not certain.
[Note inserted July 20, 2013:
The current speaking test questions will be updated over the next few days]
- Of course, many of the topics and questions that were
being used up to the end of 2012 will continue to be used in the January -
April, 2013 testing period, along with the several new topics and questions.
This is true for both Part 1 and Parts 2/3. Similarly, a smaller number of
the topics & questions from September - December 2012 will still be in use
in the May - August 2013 testing period, and an even smaller number of the
Sep-Dec 2012 topics will still be current in the Sep - Dec 2013 period.
- So you will need to go to some other website to read the
most up-to-date information about the current topics and questions.
I think one of the best websites for reading what
candidates write after each test is renren.com. The page for this, for the
candidates' information after the January 19 test, is
http://page.renren.com/600009371/note/892940421. If you cannot read
Chinese, use a translation service such as google translate or
http://www.bing.com/translator/.
You can return to this same page after each test and you will see the link
for the most recent test information at the first link in the box on the
right-hand side.
I think the Xindongfang pages are also pretty good but the
last time I looked at that website it seemed like they had copied from
renren. (Or maybe renren had copied from Xindongfang.) Xindongfang is at
http://ielts.xdf.cn/.
http://www.51ielts.com/
also has similar information.
And
http://www.ielts-blog.com/category/recent-ielts-exams/ has information
from all over the world.
- If you recognize that any of the new topics in the test
are actually "returning topics" from previous years (both Part 1 & Parts
2/3) but not listed in the September - December 2012 lists, then this
website will be a useful resource. But be careful because:
a) A "returning
Part 2 topic" might look similar to a previously used Part 2 topic but it
might actually have been changed in some key ways or,
b) My original version
of a Part 2 topic might have been wrong in some key ways or,
c) The Part 3
questions that go with a returning Part 2 topic might have been changed in
some key ways even when the Part 2 is exactly the same as it was when it was
used before.
- Previous Parts 2/3 can be found here:
Page 1
to see the Part 2/3 topics that were introduced into the test in late 2005,
in 2006 and in early 2007.
Page 2
to see the topics that were introduced into the test in late 2007 and in
2008.
Page 3
to see the topics that were introduced in 2009.
Page 4
to see the topics that were introduced in late 2009, 2010 and in early 2011.
Page 5 to see the
topics that were introduced after mid-2011 and in 2012.
- The pages,
ALL_PART_1_QUESTIONS.htm and
ALL_PART_1_QUESTIONS-PAGE_2.htm contain lists of Part 1 questions sorted
into topics. These pages are useful but note that they were not
updated after May 6, 2011. So any new topics and questions that
entered the test in May 2011 and after that date have not been added to
these lists.
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December 28, 2012
December 13, 2012
- Note that the wording for the Part 2 topic, A
Place of Natural Beauty has been changed in a major way. This is
on the page
PARTS_2_and_3_P81.htm.
The Part 3 of that topic was also changed with the addition of a few more
questions.
- Other pages that were changed are:
PARTS_2_and_3_P71.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_P77.htm, PARTS_2_and_3_P79.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_P82.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_P84.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_P92.htm
and
vocabulary_lists_3.htm.
December 12, 2012
- The page,
TOPIC_USAGE_2012_P3.htm
has been brought up to date and the file
2012_TOPIC_USAGE.mdb.zip has been uploaded.
- Part 2 Topic
427, A Childhood Toy (3) has
been given the label,
(Probably no longer used).
- A new Part 2 topic has been added,
Topic
456, A
Seaside Leisure Activity on a new page,
PARTS_2_and_3_P92.htm.
- The wording for Topic
353,
A Wild Animal
on page
PARTS_2_and_3_P71.htm
has been slightly changed.
- Since November 8, the following pages have been changed:
PRONUNCIATION.htm,
Contractions.htm,
Part_1_Questions_SEP_to_DEC_2012.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_INDEX_P5.htm,
QUESTION_NOTES_PAGE_7.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_P81.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_P82.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_P83.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_P86.htm
& PARTS_2_and_3_P91.htm.
- More questions will be added later today or tomorrow.
November 8, 2012
October 27, 2012
October 24, 2012
October 22, 2012
- The following pages were changed by these label changes
and a few other minor changes were made but no new questions were added:
PARTS_2_and_3_INDEX_P5.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_P71.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_P72.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_P79.htm, PARTS_2_and_3_P82.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_P86.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_P88.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_P89.htm
& PARTS_2_and_3_P91.htm.
October 20, 2012 (17.20)
- The following Part 2/3 pages have been updated:
PARTS_2_and_3_P85.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_P86.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_P87.htm
&
PARTS_2_and_3_P88.htm.
October 20, 2012
- The following pages were updated with a few new
questions:
PARTS_2_and_3_P88.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_P89.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_P90.htm
and PARTS_2_and_3_P91.htm.
October 19, 2012
- The topic, "A Place You Would Like
to Travel to", which used to exist as Topic 437, has been deleted.
- The wording for Topic 422, "A City
or Town You Visited" has been updated.
- The wording for Topic 445, "A
Wrong Decision", was changed.
- Topic 360, "Your Future Work
Plans" might have been retired but this is not certain so I am giving it the
label,
Possibly
Still in Use. This
will be changed to the red label if it is not clearly reported as used in
the Oct. 20 and 27 tests.
- These changes have caused the
following pages to be changed:
PARTS_2_and_3_INDEX_P5.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_P72.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_P75.htm, PARTS_2_and_3_P77.htm, PARTS_2_and_3_P79.htm, PARTS_2_and_3_P82.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_P83.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_P84.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_P85.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_P86.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_P87.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_P88.htm
& PARTS_2_and_3_P89.htm.
- No new questions have yet been added to the Part 1 page
or the Part 3 pages. There are several new questions that I have ready to
add and these will be added over the next few days.
October 17, 2012
- Topic 422, on
PARTS_2_and_3_P85.htm
was changed substantially. This change was also made to
PARTS_2_and_3_INDEX_P5.htm.
-
TOPIC_USAGE_2012_P3.htm
has also been updated but only up to the September 22 test. And it is
possible a few changes will be made to that page after I have had a closer
look at my information for the September 22 test.
- I will be working all day today and tomorrow on updating
the website, so expect more changes tonight and tomorrow. Now that we have
had the October 11 and 13 tests, we are coming to the time when it is
possible to make some estimations about which topics have been taken out of
the test since September 1. This information will be added to the website
soon.
September 27, 2012
September 22, 2012
September 21, 2012
September 8, 2012
September 6, 2012 23.00
September 6, 2012 17.35
September 6, 2012
- The page,
TOPIC_USAGE_2012_P2.htm
was updated to show all the tests in August.
- A small number of extra questions were added to
Part_1_Questions_MAY_to_AUG_2012.htm
(with more to come later today).
- Topic 387, "A Film You Recently Watched" was labeled as
(Probably no longer used)
on
PARTS_2_and_3_P80.htm
& on
PARTS_2_and_3_INDEX_P5.htm.
- Similarly, Topic 370, "An Interesting Public Place" was
labeled as
(Probably no longer used)
on
PARTS_2_and_3_P74.htm
& on
PARTS_2_and_3_INDEX_P5.htm.
- Following the test of Sep. 1/2, a new page,
TOPIC_USAGE_2012_P3.htm
was started, showing the topic usage in that test.
- The Sept. 1/2 test revealed several new topics entering
the test. These are shown as Topics 438 to 454 on
PARTS_2_and_3_INDEX_P5.htm.
- Three of the new topics were added to
PARTS_2_and_3_P88.htm.
- Three new pages were started to hold the new Part 2/3
topics: PARTS_2_and_3_P89.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_P90.htm
and PARTS_2_and_3_P91.htm.
However, these pages just show the skeleton outline of the new topics (i.e.,
the names of the new topics). I will try to complete these three pages later
today or tonight.
- Later today I will also write a page explaining the
changes to the test that started on Sept. 1.
- The Sept. 1/2 test also revealed several new Part 1
topics and questions. The new page for these has not been written yet but I
will try to do it later today or tonight.
August 25, 2012
- A few extra questions and other small changes were made
to the following pages:
QUESTION_NOTES_PART_1_PAGE_3.htm,
QUESTION_NOTES_PAGE_7.htm,
Part_1_Questions_MAY_to_AUG_2012.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_P71.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_P72.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_P73.htm, PARTS_2_and_3_P77.htm, PARTS_2_and_3_P79.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_P81.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_P82.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_P83.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_P84.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_P85.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_P86.htm
& PARTS_2_and_3_P87.htm.
August 22, 2012
August 19, 2012
August 18, 2012
- The following pages have been changed:
PARTS_2_and_3_P82.htm
(changed on August 10 with several new Part 3 questions),
PARTS_2_and_3_P83.htm
&
QUESTION_NOTES_PAGE_7.htm (a note for Topic 411),
Part_1_Questions_MAY_to_AUG_2012.htm
(especially for the topic, "Holidays". Also, the Part 1 topic, "Noise" was
deleted from the list of current Part 1 topics.) and
QUESTION_NOTES_PART_1_PAGE_3.htm.
August 9, 2012
August 6, 2012
August 4, 2012
July 24, 2012
July 23, 2012 21:15
- Following the July 21/22 test, I have made changes to the
labels of several topics but I have not yet added any new questions. I will
be adding new questions over the next few hours and these changed pages will
be uploaded later tonight or just after midnight.
- The following pages have been changed:
TOPIC_USAGE_2012_P2.htm,
NOTES_ABOUT_CURRENT_PART_2_TOPICS-2012.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_INDEX_P5.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_P72.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_P76.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_P77.htm, PARTS_2_and_3_P78.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_P79.htm
& PARTS_2_and_3_P80.htm.
July 18, 2012
- I added a small number of questions to PARTS_2_and_3_P87.htm.
There are more questions to add for other topics but I haven't had time to
do it yet.
- Part 2 Topic 383 has been substantially changed from "An
Old Building" to "A Building of National Importance". That's on
PARTS_2_and_3_P77.htm.
Some extra questions were also added for that topic.
- I changed Topic 357 ("A Wedding") from the red label to
the yellow label because I think there is still a small possibility that
this topic is being used. If it is not reported in the July 21 test, it will
get the red label again. So
PARTS_2_and_3_P72.htm
was changed.
- The page
GOOD_LINKS.htm
was updated because several links were not working. I also added a few more
good links to other websites.
July 14, 2012
- Some changes were made to the labels of some of the Part
2 topics. This caused the labels on some topics to be changed on the
following pages:
PARTS_2_and_3_INDEX_P5.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_P71.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_P72.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_P73.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_P74.htm, PARTS_2_and_3_P75.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_P76.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_P77.htm, PARTS_2_and_3_P78.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_P79.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_P80.htm
& PARTS_2_and_3_P81.htm.
July 13, 2012
- No new questions have been added but a couple of minor
changes were made to one or two Part 1 questions on July 10.
- Some changes were made to the labels of some of the Part
2 topics. Any Part 2 pages listed below as changed were mainly changed just
in the way some topics are labeled. However, the Part 3 questions from Topic
369 were copied to Topic 434 on Page 87.
- The following pages were changed:
TOPIC_USAGE_2012_P2.htm,
NOTES_ABOUT_CURRENT_PART_2_TOPICS-2012.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_INDEX_P5.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_P71.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_P72.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_P73.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_P74.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_P75.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_P76.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_P77.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_P81.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_P83.htm
& PARTS_2_and_3_P87.htm.
July 3, 2012
- I changed the wording for Topic 428 on
PARTS_2_and_3_P86.htm
and at other places. This was a big change in the meaning of the wording.
June 30, 2012
- Changes were made to the following pages:
PARTS_2_and_3_P84.htm, PARTS_2_and_3_P86.htm,
QUESTION_NOTES_PAGE_6.htm
& QUESTION_NOTES_PAGE_7.htm.
- Note that the wording for Topic 428 might be different to
what is shown on Page 86. See the notes for that.
June 29, 2012
- Changes were made to the following pages:
PARTS_2_and_3_P71.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_P72.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_P74.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_P75.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_P77.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_P79.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_P81.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_P83.htm, PARTS_2_and_3_P87.htm
&
QUESTION_NOTES_PAGE_6.htm.
- In particular, several Part 3 questions were added to
Topics 352 (Advertisment), 358 (Expensive thing), 360 (Future work), 383
(Old building) and 392 (Helped you).
June 26, 2012
- A few extra questions were added to the following pages:
PARTS_2_and_3_P81.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_P82.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_P83.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_P84.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_P86.htm
& PARTS_2_and_3_P87.htm.
June 25, 2012
June 24, 2012
June 21, 2012
- The following pages were changed:
TOPIC_USAGE_2012_P2.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_INDEX_P5.htm,
NOTES_ABOUT_CURRENT_PART_2_TOPICS-2012.htm,
QUESTION_NOTES_PAGE_7.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_P66.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_P68.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_P71.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_P72.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_P74.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_P75.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_P76.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_P77.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_P81.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_P82.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_P83.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_P84.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_P85.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_P86.htm
& PARTS_2_and_3_P87.htm.
- Note that major changes were made to the wording of Topic
408 (from "Science Lesson" to "Science Subject") and Topic 402, "A Group
Activity" (from past tense to the present 'habit' tense.)
June 14, 2012
- The following pages were updated:
TOPIC_USAGE_2012_P2.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_INDEX_P5.htm, NOTES_ABOUT_CURRENT_PART_2_TOPICS-2012.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_P87.htm
and some topics were updated on the page
PARTS_2_and_3_P86.htm.
- No new questions were added to the following pages but
some changes were made to the labels (e.g., adding or deleting a label such
as Not
Confirmed as a current Part 2 Topic or
Possibly
no longer used)
and perhaps a few words of the Part 2 topics were changed
in some of the topics on these pages:
PARTS_2_and_3_P66.htm, PARTS_2_and_3_P68.htm, PARTS_2_and_3_P73.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_P74.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_P77.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_P78.htm,
and PARTS_2_and_3_P82.htm.
- More updates will be made in the next few days.
June 4, 2012
June 3, 2012
- Changes were made to the following pages:
Part_1_Questions_MAY_to_AUG_2012.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_INDEX_P5.htm,
QUESTION_NOTES_PAGE_7.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_P82.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_P83.htm, PARTS_2_and_3_P84.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_P86.htm
and PARTS_2_and_3_P87.htm.
June 1, 2012
May 31, 2012
May 29, 2012
- Many new Part 2/3 topic were reported as used in the May 26 test! In
fact, an unusually large number of new topics have been introduced into the
test since April 28. With so many new Part 2 topics reported, I suspect that
some of these new topics are mistakes,
such as duplicates of other current topics or they are really Part 3 topics,
not Part 2 topics.
- I have started to add these new topics to the website but
I have not finished yet.
- We can expect to see that almost all of the current Part
2/3 topics that were introduced into the test in 2011 will be retired soon, probably starting at the next
test, but 2 or 3 of them might continue
in the test until the end of August. However, it will not be clear exactly which ones are retired
until after about another 3, 4 or even 5 tests.
- Note that Topic 410 was radically changed from "Your Favourite Form of Communication" to "A Piece of Happy Family News".
- The following pages were changed:
PARTS_2_and_3_INDEX_P5.htm, PARTS_2_and_3_P82.htm, PARTS_2_and_3_P84.htm,
QUESTION_NOTES_PAGE_7.htm,
and TOPIC_USAGE_2012_P2.htm.
- The following new pages were started:
PARTS_2_and_3_P85.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_P86.htm
and PARTS_2_and_3_P87.htm.
May 25, 2012
- A few changes were made to the following pages:
PARTS_2_and_3_INDEX_P5.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_P75.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_P76.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_P79.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_P80.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_P81.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_P82.htm
and PARTS_2_and_3_P83.htm.
May 22, 2012
- The following pages were updated:
TOPIC_USAGE_2012_P2.htm
, PARTS_2_and_3_P81.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_P82.htm
and PARTS_2_and_3_P83.htm.
May 20, 2012 (morning)
- A few changes were made to the following pages:
Part_1_Questions_MAY_to_AUG_2012.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_INDEX_P5.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_P78.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_P81.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_P82.htm
and PARTS_2_and_3_P83.htm.
May 19, 2012
- A new page showing the current Part 1 questions was started at
Part_1_Questions_MAY_to_AUG_2012.htm.
This page is still being written
now, at 2.30 pm Saturday May 19. It will be finished later this afternoon.
April 25, 2012
April 19, 2012
- The following Part 2 pages were changed:
PARTS_2_and_3_P66.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_P68.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_P69.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_P70.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_P71.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_P72.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_P73.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_P74.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_P75.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_P76.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_P77.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_P78.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_P79.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_P80.htm
& PARTS_2_and_3_INDEX_P4.htm.
- Several new Part 3 questions were added to those pages
and a few Part 2 topics were changed.
i) Topic 341 was labeled as "A Foreign Film",
(which was the original label for this topic) and given the red label and a
new film topic, 397, "A Film You Recently Watched" was
added.
ii) Topic 347, "A Shop (4)" was given the
red label and the Part 2 wording was changed to emphasize "a shop you like".
Along with that, a new "shop" topic was added at 398, "An
Interesting Shop".
iii) The title and wording of Topic 392 was changed from,
"Something Kind that Someone Did for You" to a simpler, "A
Time When Someone Helped You". However, this did not really change
the basic meaning of the Part 2 question.
April 4, 2012
April 2, 2012
March 31, 2012
- The wording for Part 2 topics 365 (Good student) and 391
(Something you made) was changed slightly.
March 23, 2012
March 17, 2012
March 14, 2012
March 10, 2012
- The following Part 2 topics were labeled as
(Probably no longer used):
332, 333, 335, 337, 338, 344, 345 & 348.
- The following Part 2 topics were labeled as Possibly
no longer used: 331 &
349 and 346 was left with this label, which it already had. I think these
topics have already gone from the test but I will wait one more test before
labeling them as no longer used because there is a small possibility
that they are still being used. For Topic 346, I will give it the red label
if it is not reported as used this weekend.
February 27, 2012
- I have added a few questions (not many) here and there,
including in Part 1. Some of the changes shown below just reflect a change
of label.
- The wording for Topic 380 was changed.
- The following pages were changed:
TOPIC_USAGE_2012_P1.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_INDEX_P4.htm,
Part_1_Questions_JAN_to_APR_2012.htm,
Part_1_Questions_JAN_to_APR_2012_PAGE_2.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_P61.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_P62.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_P66.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_P67.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_P68.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_P69.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_P70.htm, PARTS_2_and_3_P72.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_P73.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_P75.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_P76.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_P78.htm,
QUESTION_NOTES_PAGE_6.htm &
QUESTION_NOTES_PAGE_7.htm
February 25, 2012
-
PARTS_2_and_3_P80.htm
was started with a new topic that is not yet confirmed as a real Part 2
topic, "A Gift of Money You Received".
- Topic 341, on the page
PARTS_2_and_3_P69.htm
was changed from "A Foreign Film You Recently Watched" to "A Film You
Recently Watched".
February 23, 2012
- A few changes (including a few more questions) were made
to the following pages:
2012_TOPIC_USAGE.mdb.zip,
TOPIC_USAGE_2012_P1.htm,
Part_1_Questions_JAN_to_APR_2012.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_INDEX_P4.htm,
QUESTION_NOTES_PAGE_6.htm
(for Topic 363),
PARTS_2_and_3_P72.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_P73.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_P74.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_P75.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_P76.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_P77.htm
& PARTS_2_and_3_P78.htm.
- Note that the wording of Topic 385 (Website) was changed
a bit.
February 21, 2012
- Several changes were made to several pages but most of
these changes did not involve (many) extra questions, except for the new
Topic 395 on Page 79 and the "Weekends" topic in Part 1. Most of the changes
concerned labeling some Part 2 topics as
(Probably no longer used).
See
NOTES_ABOUT_CURRENT_PART_2_TOPICS-2012.htm for details about these
changes.
- The following pages had changes made to them:
GENERAL_IELTS_LINKS.htm,
Part_1_Questions_JAN_to_APR_2012.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_INDEX_P4.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_P61.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_P62.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_P65.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_P66.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_P67.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_P68.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_P69.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_P70.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_P71.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_P72.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_P73.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_P76.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_P77.htm
& PARTS_2_and_3_P79.htm
February 17, 2012
- A few modifications were made to the following pages:
Part_1_Questions_JAN_to_APR_2012.htm,
QUESTION_NOTES_PART_1_PAGE_2.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_INDEX_P4.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_P77.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_P78.htm
and PARTS_2_and_3_P79.htm.
- Of the Part 2 topics, the wording for Topic 382
(Furniture) was changed a little and Topic 388 was labeled as "NOT
CONFIRMED AS A NEW TOPIC".
February 11, 2012
- The page
TOPIC_USAGE_2012_P1.htm
was updated with what was reported for the Feb. 9/10 test, although there
was not a lot of information available.
- Topic 346 was (apparently) used on Feb 9/10 so I have taken the label,
"Possibly
no longer used" off that topic. (That is,
PARTS_2_and_3_P70.htm
was changed.)
For all the other topics with that
label, I will wait until after the next test (or two) before deciding
whether or not to give them the label,
(Probably no longer used).
Probably most of them will not be used again in the next three months but
possibly one or two of them are still in the test.
February 10, 2012
- The list of current Part 1 topics and questions, on the
page
Part_1_Questions_JAN_to_APR_2012.htm, was updated. But it is still
unclear in some places what topics and questions are being used. At the
moment, that list contains more topics and questions than what
will really be used until the end of April.
So far, it looks like my predictions for Part 1 were quite
inaccurate, but some of my predictions for Part 2 were quite accurate.
February 6, 2012
- I have labeled several Part 2/3 topics as "Possibly
no longer used". If any of these topics are not
reported as used on Feb. 9, I will then label those topics as
(Probably no longer used).
Note that this is just for Mainland China since I don't have much
information about other places. But chances are that the same situation
exists worldwide, more or less. Also, understand that
the label "Possibly No Longer Used" means that there is a good chance
those particular topics have been retired but it is still possible that we
could be surprised to see one or more of them being used again in the next
few tests.
January 23, 2012
January 22, 2012
January 19, 2012
January 18, 2012
January 17, 2012
- The following pages were updated with a few extra Part 3
questions:
PARTS_2_and_3_P73.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_P74.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_P75.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_P76.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_P77.htm
& PARTS_2_and_3_P78.htm
January 16, 2012
- The following pages were changed:
PARTS_2_and_3_INDEX_P4.htm, TOPIC_USAGE_2012_P1.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_P62.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_P75.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_P76.htm, PARTS_2_and_3_P77.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_P78.htm,
and
Part_1_Questions_JAN_to_APR_2012.htm.
January 15, 2012
- The following pages were changed:
PARTS_2_and_3_INDEX_P4.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_P66.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_P71.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_P72.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_P75.htm,
PARTS_2_and_3_P76.htm
and PARTS_2_and_3_P77.htm.
January 14, 2012
January 13, 2012
- The
predictions page has been changed a little (the last point for Part 1).
- I have also added several questions to
Sept - Dec 2011 Part 1. This is important because some of those topics
will continue in the test until the end of April and some of them might be
used again in one or two tests during January before they are retired.
- A 'new' topic, A Childhood Trip was
inserted into the space for Topic 362, which previously had no topic. This
has changed the page
PARTS_2_and_3_P73.htm.
- Along with that change, I have labeled Topic 351,
A Trip that Took Longer than Expected as
Possibly
no longer used on the
index page and on
PARTS_2_and_3_P71.htm.
(This does not mean that it is definitely no longer being used – it just
means that maybe it is no longer being used.)
January 11, 2012
- The page of
predictions concerning the changes to the test that started on January 7
(or December 17, 2011) has been updated with some detailed predictions on
what topics might leave the test and what topics might enter the test in
January.
January 10, 2012
- A new page,
TOPIC_USAGE_2012.htm was begun, as the opening page for all the 2012
Part 2 topic usage history. Along with that, another new page,
TOPIC_USAGE_2012_P1.htm was started that shows the Part 2 topic usage
for the test on January 7/8. (This might be changed a little within the next
couple of days.)
- A new Part 1 page was started at
Part_1_Questions_JAN_to_APR_2012.htm. However, so far I have not seen
any clear indication of any new Part 1 topics or questions. That page, for
the moment, includes the same questions for the Sept-Dec 2011 Part 1 topics,
Your Work/Studies, Your Hometown and Your Home. For the
month of January (and maybe even the first test in February), you should
assume that all of the
Sept - Dec 2011 Part 1 topics and questions are still in use, in
addition to any information I put on the new page for 2012.
- I have written a page of
predictions concerning the changes to the test that started on January 7
(or December 17, 2011). These changes will become clearer by early or
mid-February. At that time, I will take the link to that predictions page
off the front page. Note that, for
now, these "predictions" are just general outlines – more specific
predictions of the actual topics that will be retired will be written in a
couple of days.
- Within the next day or two I will add more information,
especially some more Part 3 questions.
Note that there is an extra Part 2
topic that I will add, "A Childhood Trip". This topic has been reported a
few times over the past couple of months but I always thought it was a
mistake because there are already two "travel" topics currently in use,
Topics 339 and 351. It's possible that three "travel" topics are being used
at the same time – I will need to look more closely at my data before I
decide what to do.
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