IELTS Speaking Practice

IELTS Speaking Practice: Why it’s important Almost 1.7 million people take the IELTS test every year as part of their plan to study or work in an English-speaking country or as part of their educational requirements. For many of them, while it is easy to practice the skills of listening, reading, and writing in English, IELTS speaking practice seems to offer all kinds of problems. You can self-study with an English grammar book which has the answers, likewise with a vocabulary book. There are many different resources for listening and reading practice including radio, TV, the internet, books, magazines, journals, podcasts, and videos. Thanks to the internet it’s never been easier to learn a foreign language than now. However, many of the people who take the IELTS test each year struggle to feel comfortable with the IELTS speaking test, a short interview with an IELTS examiner that lasts between 11 and 14 minutes typically. I did some research and spoke to several IELTS ...

IELTS Speaking ( Part 1 ) Questions about city life/living in a city Do you live in the city or the countryside? Is it good for young people to grow up in the city? Is your city a good place for young people to grow up? Do you often go to restaurants to eat? What’s the best thing about living in the city? What are the disadvantages of city life? Do you think that cities will become more or less liveable in the future? How can we make cities more liveable? What problems do big cities have? Is urbanization a good or bad thing? What increase in urbanization do you think we will see in the next 50 years? How has your city changed in the last 10 years? Do you think cities will become more or less liveable in the future? Which place do you prefer, your hometown or the city where you are studying or working? Here are some points to consider that you help you talk about city life. Questions about City Life Living in /Moving to a big city can ...

IELTS Speaking Questions about Daily Routine Part 1 Questions about Daily Routine & Typical Activities What are you usually doing at this time? Do you do the same thing(s) every day? Tell me something about your daily routine. Please describe your typical daily routine. (Summarize your typical day - morning, afternoon & evening. What do you do in a typical day (at work/school/university)? What do you do mainly do with your time? What do you do in your daily life? In a typical day, what do you do in the classroom? (If you do not work) For you, what's the best time of day for studying? When do you do most of your studying? (If you work) For you, what's the best time of day (or, day of the week) for working? What time do you usually get up? What do you usually do after you get up (or, in the morning)? What part of the day do you like best? (Why?) What part of your daily routine makes you the happiest? What part of the day are you most efficient?) Wha...

IELTS Speaking Topic Traveling IELTS Speaking Test Part 3 questions Do you think people like to travel far away from home? Why? Yes, some people do, but not everyone does. Some people don’t like travelling outside their own country, or even their city. A lot of young people like travelling to places far away because they see these places as being more exotic or exciting because everything is different there. What is different about travelling nowadays compared to in the past? I suppose now it’s easier than ever to arrange travel. You can book flights and hotels online and research about anywhere in the world before you even set off. It means that you know a lot more about a destination before you even arrive there. You have more flexibility and choice now when travelling and there are many more guides and reviews of places which you can read and so learn more about the things you’d like to see and do in whichever destination you choose to go to. It’s the organizing of travel ...

Here are some questions from a recent IELTS speaking test in London, in the UK, with sample answers. IELTS Speaking Test Part 1 What is your full name? My name is Christina Antonescu Can I see your ID? Yes, here you are Where are you from? I’m from Bucharest, in Romania. Do you work or study? I’m studying at the moment, here at university. What subject are you studying? I’m doing a master's degree in International Business. It's a two-year course which follows on from my previous degree in Business Administration. It basically covers all the usual business areas but with an international and global focus on how business is organized and financed, and affected by cross-border and cross-cultural issues in a business context. Do you really enjoy this course? Yes, I really like it because it’s very interesting. I also enjoy it because although there is some theoretical work involved, the majority of the course is very practical oriented; regarding the application ...

This IELTS speaking test includes questions about: hometown food being naughty as a child children & attitudes parents & attitudes IELTS speaking test USA | Part 1 questions Can I see your ID please? Sure, here's my passport. What is your full name? Jose Ignacio Valderama Where are you from? I'm from Argentina. What do you like the most about your hometown? I think that would have to be the culture and the architecture. It's a very beautiful city and there are a lot of cultural influences from history, from different parts of the world. It has a lot of variety. Is your hometown famous for anything? Well, it's known as the "Paris of South America" and is also the most visited city, even though it isn't the biggest. In my country it's the most important place, economically, politically and culturally, but many people also associate food and dancing with it, even though those things are national and not just from the city. What ki...