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IELTS Speaking questions from 3 exams in USA, Canada and Turkey were remembered and shared by 3 very kind students. You will see that some questions repeat – I intentionally left them in to show what questions get asked often. Enjoy:

Speaking test 1

Interview
- What is your name?
- Where do you come from?
- Describe the apartment/house you live in.
- What is your favorite room in the house? Why?
- Why did you choose that city to live in?
- What are the advantages and disadvantages of life in towns or countryside?

Cue card
Talk about a traffic jam you got in, you should say
- How and where it happened?
- How long did you stay in it?
- How did it make you feel?

Discussion
I was asked some general questions regarding problems with traffic jams.

Speaking test 2

Interview
- Tell me your name, please.
- Tell me about the place where you live.
- How is the transport there, is it good?
- Do you drive?
- Is your highschool offering driving lessons?
- Let’s talk about advertisements, what kind of advertisements do you have in your country?
- Have you bought something you learned about from any advertisement you’ve seen or heard?

Cue card
Talk about a party you are going to arrange, you should say:
- What kind of party will it be?
- When and where will it happen?
- What kind of activities will be there?

Discussion
Don’t remember.

Speaking test 3

Interview
- What is your full name?
- What city do you live in?
- Why did you decide to live in this city?

Cue card
Tell me about a person whom you think is intelligent, you should say
- Who that person is,
- Where and when you met him,
- Why you think he is intelligent.

Discussion
- Do you think intelligence is important for people?
- Is it the only thing that is important?
- Do you thing nowadays people need more intelligence than people in the past?
- What is the difference between the intelligence of a computer and that of a human?
- Do you think that computers will outsmart humans in the future?

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