IELTS Speaking Practice

Recent IELTS speaking test with sample answers This IELTS speaking test included a cue card question about a person who helped you and other IELTS speaking questions about: Sunglasses IELTS Speaking Part 1 Spending Habits IELTS Speaking Part 1 Your work IELTS Speaking Part 1 A person who helped you IELTS Speaking Part 2 Owning things IELTS Speaking Part 3 Materialism IELTS Speaking Part 3 IELTS SPEAKING EXAM PART 1 Work/studies Where is your job located? It’s here in [name of place]. I’m based in the main company office. What things do you do as part of your job? Well, as I’m responsible for the architectural projects being developed in the city, I have a lot of supervisory tasks. There are a lot of meetings I need to attend to keep up to date and informed about proposed building projects and also those which are already underway. Then I also have a team of people under me which I need to mentor and motivate, so my days are very busy. Why do you like wor...

Consumerism What is the culture of consumerism? What are the positive and negative effects of consumerism and materialism? Why is modern society often called materialistic? What are the advantages and disadvantages of consumerism? What is the culture of consumerism? Consumerism is a term used to describe the tendency for people to want more and more goods, regardless of their value. More than an attraction towards goods in general, consumerism is the misuse of other people's money. Consumerists turn ethics on its head by creating new products that can only exist because they're bought with credit card debt or financed through loans. A true capitalist would use available spare capacity (factories and workers) efficiently while providing something desirable for consumers as a result - not try to stimulate demand for worthless junk that adds no value (but is monetized). What this means is that companies push their sales up by creating artificial needs for prod...