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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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