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How to Describe a Place Where You Like to Work or Study

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IELTS Speaking Topics Work Drawing Transport A place you like to study Studying Study techniques Online teaching vs classroom teaching Study groups What are some of the best study techniques for IELTS? Find out here . IELTS Speaking Part 1 Questions about work Do you work or study? I just started working about six months ago after graduating. I’m a research assistant at the university where I studied for my degree. Is it a good place to work? Why? / Why not? Yes, I love it. The people I work with are very friendly and the work I'm involved in is exactly what I want to be doing, so I’m very happy there. What is one thing you want to change about your workplace? Really, the only thing I would like to change is to make it a bit closer to where I live. I spend about an hour commuting each way, so that’s a couple of hours each day stuck in traffic. But in the workplace, itself, there isn’t anything that I have seen so far that I woul...

A time when you missed an appointment | New Speaking Topics

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...

Describe a Short Journey You Disliked

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Describe a short journey you disliked This IELTS cue card question about "Describe a short journey you disliked" was asked in a recent IELTS Speaking Test. Describe a short journey that you disliked You should say: - why you made the journey - what happened during it - what you disliked about it and explain how you felt about the journey. IELTS cue cards Describe a Short Journey You Disliked Model Answer I'm going to describe a journey that didn't go as planned - and it was one I disliked . I recently made a journey I wish I hadn’t bothered with. I decided to do some shopping in the capital city. But I had lent my car to a friend for a couple of days and so I thought it would be quite fun to hop on a bus for a change because it’s something I haven’t done for a long time. So I thought that I would set off early and get it done in a couple of hours and be back in time for lunch. The shopping wasn’t anything urgent, it was...

Questions & Answers about Travelling & Transportation

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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 ...