IELTS Speaking Practice

Describe a natural disaster you heard about You should say: What it was and where it happened When it happened How you heard about it and explain how people reacted when they heard about this disaster. IELTS cue cards How to Answer IELTS Cue Card: Describe a Natural Disaster You Heard About To answer the IELTS cue card "Describe a natural disaster you heard about," structure your response to cover all points on the card while speaking fluently for 1-2 minutes. Use a real event like the 2011 Japan tsunami or a recent flood to make it authentic, and practice natural transitions between ideas. Cue Card Points Address these exactly to stay on topic: What it was and where : Name the disaster (e.g., earthquake and tsunami) and location (e.g., Tohoku region, Japan). When it happened : Give the date (e.g., March 2011) and any context like season. How you heard abo...

IELTS Speaking Part 2 Describe a person who has done a lot of work to help people You should say: who this person is/was where this person lives/lived what he/she has done to help people and explain how you know about this person. IELTS 9 Speaking Test 4: Describe a person who has done a lot of work to help people Answer: Okay, I’d like to tell you about a person I learned about when I watched a documentary on YouTube . It was about Bob Geldof and the Live Aid concert which helped many people starving to death in Ethiopia. I’ll tell you what I can remember about him and the event. He was a pop singer in a band in the 1980s in the UK. And one night he saw a report on the TV about a dreadful famine in Ethiopia and he was very moved by the pictures and the report of hundreds of thousands of people starving and homeless. They were all camped out on a plain in Ethiopia. He decided to organize a song for charity with some of the big pop stars o...

Test your English with this IELTS Quiz and learn how to answer "Describe something you bought but don't use very often" in Part 2 of the IELTS Speaking Test Describe something you bought but don't use very often You should say: what it is when and where you bought it what it is used for and why you bought it And explain why you don't often use it. IELTS cue cards Sample Answer Okay, so about a year ago I had to travel to another country where the weather was a lot colder than where I live. I was going to be there for about a week; I was attending a conference there in connection with my work, and I looked online to see what the temperature was in the city I would be visiting and I got quite a shock. I realized that I didn’t have any really suitable clothes for such cold weather, so I decided that I would buy a warm coat to wear while I was there. I couldn’t find anything locally because th...

Describe a Style/Kind of Music You should say: whether you like this type of music (Why or why not?), what kind of music you like best, what role music plays in people's life, and say how important you think music is for people. IELTS Speaking Topics Describe a Style of Music One particular style of music I like listening to at the moment it’s what I call ‘ epic ’ music. It’s probably easiest to describe it as that kind of rousing music you hear in many movie soundtracks, especially movies like Lord of the Rings and such like. You know, it’s a mixture of haunting melodies and grand orchestral or symphonic crescendos. A lot of people call it motivational music as well, because they listen to it in the gym or while exercising – it kind of lifts you up and gets you going because it conjures up all sorts of powerful images in your mind. One reason why I like it is that every piece is different - there’s more variety than in a lot of pop mus...

Describe a person you have lived with You should say: who this person was what kind of person they were how long you lived togetherr and explain how you felt about living with this person. IELTS Speaking Topics Sample Answer - Describe someone you have lived with That’s easy; I used to live with someone, a girl named Sarah, who became my best friend. We met when we both started university at the same time. We were both looking for an apartment to rent near the campus and we were talking about how difficult it was to find something suitable. Over a coffee we hatched a plan to pool our resources and try sharing a place so that we could afford something better than trying to do it individually. Thinking about it now, it seems almost crazy – we hardly knew each other at all – we were strangers, but for some reason, we both thought it would all work out okay, it was like we clicked instantly and we seemed to have a lot in common and like the same t...

IELTS Speaking Part 2 | Describe a person who often travels by plane A common term to describe a person who often travels by plane is frequent flyer This recent IELTS speaking topic from Part 2 of the IELTS speaking test is about a person you know who travels a lot by plane. Describe a person you know who travels a lot by plane. You should say: How you know this person Why he/she travels by plane If this person likes/dislikes travelling by plane and explain where he/she was travelling to the last time you saw this person. www.ielts.org Sample Answer | Talk about a person you know that travels a lot by plane So I'm gping to describe a person who travels a lot - he's my uncle, who is a sales manager for a large multinational company, so he does a lot of travelling both nationally and internationally. He flies most weeks at least once maybe even twice to different destinations throughout the country to meet with sales executives and support staff a...

IELTS Speaking Part 2 | A person (or something) that made you laugh IELTS Speaking Test Part 2 Describe a person/something that made you laugh a lot You should say: when and where it was describe the situation who was there with you and explain why you thought it was so funny. Answer | A Person/Something that Made You Laugh a lot Alright, so something funny happened just the other day when I was visiting my brother. He and his wife have a little girl, my niece, who’s five years old and she’s really smart and inquisitive. Anyway, it was the weekend and we had been having lunch together and after lunch my niece was sitting watching a movie in her tablet, and after a while we noticed that her dog was sitting in front of her and seemed to be watching her. Her dog is really cute, it’s a grey and white husky and they love playing together. So it appeared that the dog was watching her watch the movie and when she would move her head to one side or peer at the screen...

IELTS Speaking Test Questions Part 1 What is your full name? Juan Carlos Rodriguez Can I see your ID? Yes, of course, here it is. Where are you from? I'm from Mexico Do you work or study? At the moment, I'm here in Australia studying English. In Mexico, I used to work as a marketing analyst. Do you live in a house or an apartment? In a rented house, here in Sydney. Do you like it? [Why? / Why not?] Yes, I like it very much. It's very different from my apartment back home in Mexico. It's also fun to share with some other people for a change. We are all here learning, or trying to improve, our English and hoping that we can eventually come and live here permanently in Australia. Do you plan to move in the future? Yes, I hope to move to Australia in the future. I'm going to be here for another 6 months and then I have to go back to Mexico for a while to organize some things. Then I want to look for a job here in Sydney and move here ...

Describe a useful app you know for phones, computers, or tablets. You should say: - what the app is - how long you have used it - what it is used for and explain why you think it is useful. Recent IELTS cue cards Describe an app that you think is useful IELTS Speaking Test Answers There’s one particular app, which a friend told me about, so I tried it out myself. MyFitnessPal is an app that allows you to track all your macros and exercise to help you hit your fitness and nutrition goals. It’s really neat – you can input all the food you eat every day and it tells you what all the macronutrient content is – the macros – such as protein, carbohydrates (carbs), and fat, and you can also use it to input the exercise you do regularly and then it calculates the calories you’ve consumed and burnt off doing various activities so that you can see if you have a calorific deficit or surplus. It’s amazingly simple once you get used to it ... and it’s really easy o...

IELTS Speaking Test Part 1 Questions & Answers Do you work or study? I’ve just started work, I’m a Mechanical Engineer at a multinational company here in town Where do you live now? At the moment I’m still living with my parents, but I’m, thinking about getting an apartment closer to my work because it would be more convenient. Describe your home Well, my parent’s house is quite old and traditional. There are 5 bedrooms, a kitchen, a living room, a dining area, and then there are the bathrooms and an area for doing laundry and other household chores. It’s got a garden at the back as well which is quite large with a couple of trees and a table and chairs where you can sit and eat or relax or whatever you want...you know. It’s a nice home, it’s in a good part of the town and it’s a nice, quiet area and the neighbors are all nice people. It’s mostly families who live there and I’ve known most of the people who live in our street all my life. Do you prefer to live in a ...

Describe a time when you missed an appointment | Topics for Speaking IELTS Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 The speaking topics in this recent IELTS speaking test include: your studies transportation in your city being late for an appointment types of excuses common excuses Topics for Speaking IELTS Part 1 Where are you from? I'm from Tashkent, the capital city. Do you work or study? I'm studying at the moment, I'm in my final year at the Tashkent State University of Economics. What type of transport do you usually use? I have a motorcycle and I also use the metro or tram depending on where I want to go to. The metro is good for going to a lot of places and is relatively cheap. If I want to go out of the city then I usually take my motorbike because it's more convenient for me. Do you think transportation in your country is good? Why? In the major cities the transport is ok. The metro system is very good for us, it's clean, fa...

Here's an example of a question from Part 2 of the IELTS Speaking Test (with a sample answer). This question asks about a situation in which you had to be nice (polite) to a person you didn't like. The important words in this cue card are: situation , had to (obligation), polite/nice , and dislike . In some variants of this cue card, the wording might be similar but different. Describe a time when you had to be polite to someone Talk about a person who was polite (nice) to you whe you didn't expect it Describe a time you were friendly to someone you did not like Describe a situation where you had to be polite Describe a person you dislike but have to be polite to Talk about a situation where you had to be polite Describe a polite person you know that you dislike The sample answer gives an idea of how you could respond to this type of question about being polite. There are many different ways...

IELTS Speaking Test Part 2: Special Events How to answer these cue card questions Describe a special occasion in your life Describe an unforgettable event in your life Describe a memorable day in your life This IELTS cue card asks about an unforgettable (memorable) occasion (event) in your life . TIP You can answer this question by talking about anything which was important for you. For example: the birth of a sibling moving home changing school first day at university/work studying in a foreign country passing your driving test graduating from college/university competing in a sports event performing in a play at school meeting someone special Describe an unforgettable occasion in your life You should say: what it was when and where it took place why it was unforgettable and explain how you feel about it now. Speaking for IELTS Cue Card An Unforgettable Occasion Sample Answer...

IELTS Speaking Part 2 | Cue Card | Describe your first mobile phone Super adjectives to describe a mobile phone small - light - slim - portable - convenient - simple - elegant - stylish - trendy - fashionable - user friendly - intuitive - modish - high tech - advanced - ultra-modern - state of the art - sleek - nifty - compact - handy - ideal - perfect - superb - excellent a state-of-the art mobile phone = a mobile phone that has the latest technology and design. IELTS Speaking Test - Part 2 Question about Mobile Phones Describe your first mobile phone You should say: How old you where when you got it When you bought it why you bought it and explain how you felt when you first got it. www.ielts.org IELTS Cue Card Sample Answer Describe Your First Mobile Phone I was about 16 when I got my first mobile phone. It was a Motorola Flip-phone. That was quite some time ago now. Mobile phones were much more basic then and very different fr...