IELTS Speaking Practice

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...

Part 2 Part 3 Cambridge IELTS 10 Speaking Test 2 Part 1 Answers What types of music do you like to listen to? It’s quite varied really, sometimes I like to listen to pop music and other times I like to listen to movie soundtracks or instrumental music. I guess it depends on what I’m doing or how I’m feeling, for example, if I’m feeling energetic I’ll probably listen to some high-energy music or something with a good beat to get me going. On the other hand, if I’m driving or maybe even reading I’ll listen to something more relaxing, maybe some nice instrumental music because I find it helps me concentrate. At what times of day do you like to listen to music? I usually listen to music throughout the day, on and off, but I suppose the longest period would be when I’m traveling to work because the journey is almost an hour there and another hour returning at night – and listening to music helps pass the time. Other times of the day when I normally listen to music woul...