Recently IELTS Speaking topics (Part 2):
Parent- Describe who, why someone you know that you think is a good parent.
Helping people - when, why where did you help a person in need
A person who taught you an useful skill
A polite person
An old person you respect
An interesting person you met recently ( Part 3: making friends)
A time that you were late for something
A room you like
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Movie - based on a real person
Famous speech
Sound (music) that influenced you
Something you bought that you are dissatisfied
Shopping Street
An outdoor activity you would like to try
A game (not sport) you play when you were a child
A historic event
A favorite book
Recent event that changed your life recently, not related to work or study.
Toys
Describe a polite person
Special meals
TV program.
Second langue that you learn/would like to learn except English
Describe a cafe you went to, where is it, what you ordered
Plan in future - not related to work or study
Vehicle affects our road system
Message - mails – when
Describe a website you visited, when, why, how often.
New changes in your life - related to work or study.
A trip you took by public transport
A country you would like to visit.
Describe a time you at a place where are crowded of people (15/6/2013)
An occasion you helped someone.
A picture you like
Your favourite season
11/May/2013
My Speaking:
- Part 1:
Name, where are you from, where do you live, a house or apartment? would you like to move
house in the future?
do you like tree? Do you like to live in the house with a lot of trees? What happens to the tree
and forest recently impact on environment?
What is your favorite TV program? recent interesting topics?
- Part 2:
Describe a shopping street that you usually go to
where is it?
what do you usually do over there
why do you usually go there and people might go there
- Part 3: shopping
what time do people like shopping?
do people prefer to shop in small local shop or big shopping mall?
do you think shopping mall impact on environment?
Why does internet shopping become so popular?
Disadvantages of internet shopping? How to cope with it?
27/Apr/2013
Part 1:
where your hometown is located? do you like handbags? Do you prefer to have one bag or more?
Have you ever been in museum? What factors are important to choose a bag? Have you ever lost
your bag?
Part 2:
describe a useful thing which you learnt from somebody?
Part 3:
Do you think older adults are useful and what we can learn from them? Is there any difference
between your country and Australia in ways younger generation respect older adults?
27th April 2013 Melbourne Australia Academic
Part 2:
Talk about a person who made a wrong decision
1.who the person was
2. Why did he make that decision
3. Did you suggest him not to make that decision
Why do you think that it was a wrong decision
Follow up questions were all related to decision making
Part 1
- studying or working
- what is your home country - describe
- facing challenges i.t. Philippines while working?
- do peolpe like old builings?
- which old buildings were visited most in my country?
- why do some people like to live in new buildings?
Part 2
describe a plant (fruit, vegetable, flower, tree) which grows in your home country; why is it
important; if you like it or not; where is it cultivated)
Part 3
- developments of agriculture in my home country
- which other product is cultivated
- which problems were faced by farmers
- which other economic sector do you know
- how to protect the environment better
- which fruit or veg do you like to eat here most and why
- does traditional music play an important role in your country and why
- should children learn to play a music instrument
Part 1:
Questions about city (is it something interesting, entertainment places, do you attend them(or it)
or just plan to go there.
Part 2:
The Internet(do you use it or not, for what, often or not )
Part 2:
The team project
IELTS Speaking Part 2: team project
Describe a team project that you worked on. You should say:
• what it was
• what you did
• and how you felt about it.
decided to do some research for last week's Describe a team project question. I typed "it was a
team project" into Google.
Here are 3 links to project descriptions that I found:
1) Project about software failures
2) Student robotics project
3) Barack Obama's speech
You won't be able to use everything you read in these descriptions, but you should find some
good vocabulary ideas that you can copy:
• a team project with 3 members on each team
• It was quite a learning experience
• In the end, I think it was a successful project
• Our task was to
• We had to collaborate
• The challenges were intense but fun
• a real sense of accomplishment
• It was more rewarding than I could have imagined
• They were proud of what we had done
• Success is a team project
• share the burden
Example answer (band 9):
I’d like to talk about a team project that I was involved in during my final term at business
school. There were four of us on the team, and our task was to work with a local company to
research a new market, in a European country, for one of their products or services. Our
objective was to produce a report and give a presentation.
The first thing we did was split into two groups of two. We had been assigned a company that
produced a range of bicycle accessories, so two of us spent some time getting to know the
company while the other two researched the market and the competitors in the target country,
which was Germany. In the end, I think it was a successful project because we managed to
identify a possible gap in the market in Germany for one of the company’s products. Our group
presentation also went really well.
Until that point, the course had been all about business theory, so it was quite a learning
experience to work with a real company. I felt a real sense of accomplishment when we handed
in our report and delivered our presentation, and I think all of us were proud of what we had
done.
Part 3: Team project
Importance of team playing,
Is it necessary for kids and why,
Is it very important to have a strong leader.
Posted by: Luna | Sunday, January 06, 2013 at 00:14
6th Jan. Taiwan
Part 1 :
-hometown
-photo
-keep healthy
Part 2:
-Describe something useful you learned from a member of your family
Part 3:
-relationships between you and family or friends(I don't remeber whole questions sorry~)
Part 1
The usual introduction
Part 2
Speak about a friend of yours who has an important job
Who is he
What is his work
Why do you think his job is important
Part 3
why do you feel employees feel uninteresting towards their work
what steps boss should take
what do you feel is better - good colleague or interesting work?
besides salary why do you feel some people's work have high status in society
Posted by: cb2406 | Monday, January 07, 2013 at 12:41
PART 2:
describe a decision someone you know made and you think it is a wrong decision
what was the decision
who made it
why you think its wrong explain
PART 3:
Questions about decision making :
what type of decisions do family take?
How family taking decisions diver between now and the past
should children take their own decisions ?
PART 1:
- Talk about where you live: apartment/house. Why you like it. Where would you like to live
most.
- Would you rather read newspapers or read the news online?
PART 2:
A meal that was memorable.
With whom. Was it a special occasion. Why was it memorable, etc
PART 3:
- Do people have easier access to food these days?
- Unhealthy dietary habits of people, what can that lead to?
- Does the government have a role to play in people's eating habits?
- Are people more likely to buy local produce or imported?
- Consequences of transporting food: environment, cost, etc
- Is organic food just a fad?
PART 1 :
Are you living at home or at apartment? describe your room? What kind of house do you like to
have in the future?
PART 2:
Describe a famous building in your country
PART 3:
Do you thing reception room should pay more attention on its appearance?
PART1:
Speaking:
About childhood leisure time
favourite music
Impact of music on child and leisure
PART 2:
A person you know doing an important job
PART 3:
job satisfaction and re- training and role of employee
and others related job satisfaction
Speaking:
Part 1:
about work, music, transport
Part 2:
describe the most polite person you know. (Who is he/she? How well do you know her/him?
How the person act politely?)
Part 3:
what is politeness? How do people define politeness in ur country? What's the difference of
politeness in city and countryside?
Adelaide(19/1/2013).
Part 1: Where do u stay-Home/apartment, why?
Part 2: Abt an important message u received, what is it, conveyed by who, why important.
Part 3: Question abt messages -text, email, etc. Which form u prefer, why?, etc.
A
Part 1: I was asked about where I live, what etertaining zones are near my place, if I would like
to move to other place
Part 2: about a film I have seen about real person or real events. What it was about, when I saw
it, why I like it etc
Part 3: I was asked about what good actor should be, it is important to give true facts about real
person or real events and what actor need to become successful and famous worldwide.
B
Part 1: about work, music, transport
Part 2: describe the most polite person you know. (Who is he/she? How well do you know
her/him? How the person act politely?)
Part 3: what is politeness? How do people define politeness in ur country? What's the difference
of politeness in city and countryside?
Part 2: talk about a toy that i played with when i was a child
Part 3: The factors that should be considered when buying a toy to a child
Part 2: To describe a favorite piece of clothing
29/01/2013
Part 1 :
1. Tell me you full name?
2. Tell me about your city?
3. Do you like to live in apartment or individual house?
4. Do you have parks in your area?
5. What kind of parks you want see in near future?
6. Do you read new paper or you get information from internet?
7. what kind of news you preferd to see , whether a local news or international news?
8. Do you want to become a reporter?
still there are two more questions i don't remember
Part 2 :
Speak about an important messege that you recieved.
How the message was delivered?
What was the message?
How do you feel after recieving the message?
Who delivered the messge?
Part 3:
What are the different mediums of communications avaliable?
What type of communication is more efficent according to you?
Is there any diference in the preference of communication methods by children and adults?
How the communication is changed from your grandfather's time?
Is it good use a short cut messages?
some question about formal and informal way of messaging?
What is best way to communicate with higher officials?
MEXICO CITY. 31st of January, 2013
PART 1
Could you show me your identification card please?
Could you tell me your full name please?
What shall I call you?
Do you work or do you study?
What are you studying?
How do you help around your house?
Why do you do it?
When you was a child, what do you do to help around your house?
Is it important that children helps at home?
what do you do after classes?
PART 2-
speak about a journey to which they had been late. A cue card was given with the following
questions.
Where did you intend to go?
With whom did you go?
How you felt about being late?
PART 3.
Is older people or young people more punctual?
Being puctual depends on people nacionality?
PART1
- What is your full name ?
- In which part of Riyadh do you live ?
- Do you think it is interesting to live there ?
- Are going to live there in the future ?
- Lets talk about the internet , do you use the internet?
- Do you remember what was your first use of the internet ?
- Do all of your family members use the internet ?
- What is the bad things that could happen from using the internet ?
-Ok , lets talk about weather , which kind of weather do like ?
PART2
Take about an equipment ( not a computer ) that you find it useful
- Why it is useful .
- It is easy to use. ( or do people find it easy to use ? )
- When and where you use it .
( before i start thinking, I asked him : can i talk about mobile phone ? he said : yes , but not
computer or laptop . although it was very easy topic to talk about , at the end of it i realized that i
used simple answers , and i didn’t use sophisticated sentences , but at least i kept talking until he
stopped me , because before the exam, sometimes i run out of ideas )
PART3
- Lets talk about equipment in house , can you tell me about an equipment important in the house
?
( I talked about AC because its very important in here )
- what do you thing about clean house and vacuuming , now and in the past.
( i made a mistake here i said something : to clean the dirty , when i said it i found it dose not
make scene , i thought about dirt for 0.5 sec but i didn’t say it and prefered to keep the ball
rolling , and i knew it is wrong from his face )
- Nowadays we have many equipment in the house, do you thing there are some disadvantages
for that ?
( talked about cost of the pill , and about it might be dangers if the children use it )
- if you going to design equipment for the house , what are the most important criteria s ?
( answered : friendly easy to use , safe , reasonable price )
SPEAKING:
PART 1
- Why people use mobile phone?
- Some questions about hometown; do you want to live there? why?
- what people do for health?
- which sports do you perform and what do you think you will do in sports in the future?
PART 2:
Talk about a movie that you watched about a real person's life? Where did you watch and
something related with this topic.
PART 3:
Movies about in real person's in your country?
- Why some movies are more successful than others?
- What about historical movies in your country?
Philippines 2/11/13
Part: 1a. What do you do?
1b. What are the difficulties you have encountered on your job?
1c. Would you recommend your job to others?
1d. Do you like hot weather or cold weather?
1e. What time of the year you like the most?
1f. What is the weather in the Philippines?
1g.Do the weather here in the Philippines changes over time?
Part 2:
Describe a television program that you learned something.
what is the program
when do you watch the program
what you like and dislike about the program
and explain what you learn from the program
Part 3:
Television
3a. How often do Filipinos watch television?
3b. Do you think television programs must be educational?
3c. How often do you watch tv news?
3d. What are the pros and cons of tv news?
3e. Do satellite tv helps youth understand the world? Is it a positive or negative impact?
3f. How does television affect the people in your community?
Part 1
1.what kind of accomondation do you live? in a flat or a house?
2.what kind of house do you want to live in the future?
3.how many hours do you think is enough for people to sleep in a day?
4. did you ever use any kind of method to help you sleep?
5.have you ever travel by boat?
6. do people in your country travel by boat oftenly?
Part 2
Describe a game(not sports) that you enjoyed playing when you was a child.
You should say:
What the game was?
Where did you play?
Who did you play with?
Part3
1. Do you think playing game is important for children?
2. Do you think playing game is good for children's mental health?
3. What do you think the difference between games nowadays and in the past?
4. Do you think it is important to have leisure facilities in a city?
5. Who do you think should be responsible for this? (according to my answer in the last question)
6. What sort of things can help people stay healthy?
7. Do you think this would reduce the cost on health care?(according to my answer in the last
question)
Posted by: Grace | Sunday, March 10, 2013 at 12:46
23 March 2013
Part 1:
do u live in a house or an apartment? do u like it ? would u like to change it why?
what mode of transport u usually use?
what do u think about public transport? are u using it? how to improve it?
have u ever been on a boat? would u ever like to travel by boat?
Part 2:
talk about someone u helped.
who is he or she? why he needed help? how did u help?
Part 3:
should everyone do some unpaied or charity work?
should we force teenagers to do so ? why?
where do charity organisations e.g. Red Cross get their money from?
do people accept international charity work or is local chariries more acceptable? Why?
Part 1: daily routine, parks
Part 2: tell about a meal you were invited recently
Part 3: Food and diet. What are the disadvantages when transport food long distance?
Will people in your country buy local or imported food in the future?
How people's diet in your country different from the past?
Part1: Do you work or study? What part of your job is difficult to you, Would you like to offer
your job to others, Why? Lets talk about bags, why people use bags when they go out? is variety
of kinds of bags should be used?
Part 2: People about you enjoy to talk about?
Part 3: Is communication skill is important?
what kind of jobs are more important to use communication skills.
What ways do children learn to communicate.
why listening others is important for communicating.
What kind of communication skill do adults use when communicating child.
Part 2:
Describe a lesson or training u have attended
what was the lesson or training
where u attended
who was the teacher
why u attended
and explain what have u learned from that
Part 3:
Then question was about education in your country
what do u think about learning by doing activities like they do today in schools
23/3/2013
Part 1: hometown, exercise, weather.
Part 2: it was about an unusual job that I would like to do.
Speaking.
Part 1:
Name, country, place where u live?
Describe the area or city where u live?
Weekend actvities?
How much important is weekend for people?
Should employer pay employee for overtime during weekend.
Part 2:
Describe a family member, who have influenced you to whom u admire?. What admires u about
them? how u learned about those useful things about them?
Part 3:
What we can learn from older ppl?
What children can learn from parents while playing sports withmthem?
Speaking Test 24/04/2013
Part 1:
r u working or student?
is ur job overloaded?
what do u do at home?
what do u do in weekends?
what is the type of ur home? is it modern or traditional
what are the buildings that most visitors visit?
etc
Part 2:
describe the situation that u late to do
-what is it?
why is it late
-what did u do to overcome.
Speaking Test:
- Part 1:
Name, where are you from, where do you live, a house or apartment? would you like to move
house in the future?
Do you like tree? Do you like to live in the house with a lot of trees? What happens to the tree
and forest recently impact on environment?
What is your favorite TV program? recent interesting topics?
- Part 2:
Describe a shopping street that you usually go to
where is it?
what do you usually do over there
why do you usually go there and people might go there
- Part 3:
what time do people like shopping?
do people prefer to shop in small local shop or big shopping mall?
do you think shopping mall impact on environment?
Why does internet shopping become so popular?
Disadvantages of internet shopping? How to cope with it?
Part 1
- studying or working
- what is your home country - describe
- facing challenges i.t. Philippines while working?
- do peolpe like old builings?
- which old buildings were visited most in my country?
- why do some people like to live in new buildings?
Part 2
describe a plant (fruit, vegetable, flower, tree) which grows in your home country; why is it
important; if you like it or not; where is it cultivated)
Part 3
- developments of agriculture in my home country
- which other product is cultivated
- which problems were faced by farmers
- which other economic sector do you know
- how to protect the environment better
- which fruit or veg do you like to eat here most and why
- does traditional music play an important role in your country and why
- should children learn to play a music instrument
Part 1
What type of clothing do you like to wear? Why?
Who usually buys clothing for you when you were younger?
Are you a patient person?
Part 2
A trip you took by public transport?
Which public transport did you take?
How did you find your trip?
Part 3
Which public transport if better in your country?
Why is it better than private cars?
What do you think about people who drive to nearby places instead?
What if that person was an overweight person?
22/6/2013 Thailand
Part 1
Name?
Work or study?
Music?
Children should play music? Why?
House work?
How often do you do house work?
What kind of housework you usually do?
Benefit of housework to children
What do you feel when you work long hours?
Part 2
Describe something that you think it is to late
What?
Why?
How?
Part 3
now a day people are busy than the past why?
Negative effect to family if parent is too busy?
6/7/2013 Malaysia
Part-1:
1. Introduction and the details of graduation/ post-graduation.
2. Questions on toys:
a. Did you play with toys when you were a child?
b. What kinds of toys did you like? Why?
c. In your country, do boys and girls play with the same types of toys?
d. Do you still have your toys? why?
Part-2
Describe a party you would like to arrange for your friends or family.
You would say
Who you would invite to the party
When and where you would hold the party
What you (or your guests) would do at the party
And explain why you would hold this party or what preparations you would do for this party.
sub-questions >
What kind of parties people like to give in your country?
Has there any change in this trend at present?
Part-3
What is the relevance of international festivals or celebrations to the world’s community?(eg:
world women's day)
Will there be any change in the future regarding the same?(more or less celebrations at an
international level)
What reasons do you think can bring the changes?
9/7/2013 India
Part 1:
1) Introduction
2) Where do you live?
3) Where do you work?
4) What are your Job responsibilities?
5) Do you think your work is exhausting?
6) Is Music part of your culture?
7) Do you like listening to Music
8) What kind of Music do you like to listen to?
9) Did you listen to music, when you were young?
10) Do you think children should learn to play Musical Instruments
11) Do you use public or private mode of transport?
12) Why you don't use public transport?
13) How would you improve public transport in your city?
Part 2
Describe an occasion, when you helped some one.
- Whom did you helped
- What help did you provide
- How you did you help
Describe how you felt after you provided the help?
Concluding question?
Would you like to extend your help in future?
Part 3
1) What are the ways in which people help each other in your country?
2) Do people help each other in earlier days, of young people readily extends their help?
3) Which kind of help do you think is most effective? (Financial / Medical / Emotional)
4) Do you think, aids provided by large organizations like Red cross Society is effective?
5) Do you think smaller organizations or large organizations are more effective.
6/7/2013
Talk about a radio programme you have listened to recently. Please say:
- what the programme was about
- when you listened to it
- if it was interesting [Why? / Why not]
22/6/2013
Part 1:
speaking
about work or study
did u make friends while studying
when do u have to switch off ur mobile phone?
who selected ur clothing when u were young?
wat kind of clothes u like to wear?
Part 2:
about technology u brought home
is it easy to use?
y and where u bought it?
Part 3:
About technology helping business
are there any disadvantages of technology to businesses?
what is the popular technology in ur country?
has technology shortened the working hours today?
Part 1:
What do u do ?
how many hours of sleep is needed for humans?
how do u relax
what wil u do after coming home from office
Part 2
Describe a book or film about the future
1) when did u read/watch the book/film
2) what it is talking about the future
3) how have u felt after watching/reading it?
Part 3:
1) Do u think the future that was shown/read is really going to happen?
2) what we have to do if it happens so?
3) Do u think technology in future will replace the humans?
4) Is it better to believe/follow the technology advances?
Interview
- What is your full name?
- Can I see your ID?
- Where are you from?
- Do you work or study?
- Do you live in a house or an apartment?
- Do you like your house? Why?
- What house would like to have in the future?
- What do you do to relax?
- Do you think relaxation is important?
- Do you prefer to read a real newspaper or read the news online?
- Do you read world news or national news?
Cue Card
Describe an important plant in your country. Please say
- What is the plant?
- How do you know about this plant?
- How important is it for your country?
- Do you like this plant?
Discussion
- Have you ever grown any plants?
- How important is the nature?
- Some people think that protecting the nature is not the job of individuals. Do you agree with
that?
- What can you do to protect the nature?
- Is it more important to protect the nature now than it was in the past?
- What should the government do to protect the nature?
Part 1:
- Do you think concentrate is important?
- When do you concentrate?
- What do you do to concentrate?
- possible to do two things at the same time?
Part 2:
- 1 -2 mins to talk about who does you think are good parent.
Part 3:
- What do parents in vietnam do to deal with children while working
- Parents should put pressure on their children or not. Explain
- How children want their parents to be.
Part 2:
Describe one time you had late? When, Why and what problems occurred?
Part 3:
How important is being late in different ages? in different culture? in relation with your friends?
Is the time luxury?
Part 1:
where are you from?
who selected clothing when you were young?
do you make clothing selection for your friend ?
do you like to change the way you dress?
Part 2:
a picnic or outside where you had meal ?
what was the occassion, who participated?
what you had on that day?
what you ate and drank?
part 3:
is healthy to have food outside?
do the younger generation follow the traditional food?
what govt's role in protecting the health of citizens?
what do you think about international cuisine and adapting their culture
Part 1:
mobile phone.change.when turn off.
work or study.
chooking.who.learn from tv.
Part 2:
trip by public transport
where
why
Part 3:
which public transport do you like
pros cons of public transport
how to change
pros of private cars
Part 1:
-do u work or study?
-do u think u r busy at work?
-do u think u ll be more busy in the future?
-do u feel stressed?
Part 2:
describe a seaside you would like to visit.
Part 3:
-if someone damage the sea, should they fix the problem?
-do u think is important for children to visit the sea?
what sources can u get from the sea?
Part1
Fashion
Tension ( generally people get angry easily or not.)
Part2
Describe a outdoor activity you would like to do for the first time.
Part3
About physical activity,team activity
what is a disadvantage of team competition
Why people prefer team sports?
How can we encourage people to do play sports.
Part 1:
live in a home or appartment
what do you do when you wait for the bus
are you patient
are people patient in your country
drawing/painting
Part 2:
Describe a place where music is performed
where it is
who go there
what music is played
how do you know this place
Part 3:
how children learn music
how technology influences music