IELTS-Blog

Below are the speaking questions that our friend J remembered from her IELTS exam in Poland.

Speaking test

Interview

- Could you please tell me your name?
- How shall I call you?
- Where are you from?
- Do you study or work?
- What do you study?
- What do you like the most about the subject you study?
- Do you like reading?
- What type of books do you read?
- Do you think children should read?
- Let’s talk about cell phones. Do you have one?
- Do you remember when you first got a cell phone?
- What is it you like the most about your cell phone?
- Do you think using a cell phone has disadvantages?

Cue card

Tell me about a friend whom you helped, please say
- Who he/she was,
- What kind of help you’ve offered,
- Why you’ve decided to help to this person,
- Whether you think it is important to help other people.

Discussion

- Do you think that parents should teach their children to help other people?
- What kind of character should have a person, whose profession is related to helping people (nurses, teachers) and why?
- How do people who work in helping others choose their job?
- What kind of character should have a person caring for older people?
- Do you think jobs like nurses and teachers should receive higher salaries and why?

The following IELTS topics and questions were shared by our friend B from Adelaide, Australia.

Writing test

Writing task 1 (a letter)

You are getting married. Write a letter to an English-speaking friend to invite him/her to the wedding. In your letter
- describe who you are going to marry,
- tell what will happen on the wedding day (the schedule),
- explain why it’s important him/her to be at the wedding.

Writing task 2 (an essay)

People consider living in large cities hard or uncomfortable. Why do you think this is so? What would you suggest to make improve this situation?

Speaking test

Interview

- What’s your name?
- Do you work / study?
- Do you have time to relax?
- When and how do you relax?
- How is relaxing different for men and women?
- What food did you like when you were a child?
- Do you still like it?
- What food do you recommend to your children?
- How do you feel about going with children to restaurants sometimes?

Cue Card

Describe a job that you applied for recently, please say
- What type of job was it?
- How did you find out about it?
- Would you take the job, if you were accepted?
- Explain why you were interested in that job.

Discussion

- How have work conditions changed recently and why?
- Do you think that certain jobs should be well-paid and why?
- What other things should be given to employees in addition to their salaries and why?
- What do you think about working long hours?
- What’s the difference between work and leisure activities?