Monday 3 August 2020

Main Topics for IELTS Speaking Part 1


IELTS Speaking Part 1 Topics & Questions

Hometown
  • Where is your hometown?
  • Do you like your hometown?
  • Do you often visit your hometown?
  • What is your hometown like?
  • What is the oldest place in your hometown?
  • What is there for a foreigner to do or see in your hometown?
  • How could your hometown be improved?
  • Has your hometown changed much time since you were a child?
  • Is there good public transportation in your hometown?
  • Do you think your hometown is a good place to bring up children?
Work

  1. What is your job?
  2. Where do you work?
  3. Why did you choose that job?
  4. Is it a popular job in your country?
  5. Do you like your job?
  6. Do you get well with your colleagues?
  7. What was your first day like?
  8. What responsibilities do you have at work?
  9. If you had the chance would you change your job?
  10. Do you plan to continue with your job in the future?

Prepare the answers by getting familiar with the focus and vocabulary by listening to the following video on Work Interview Vocabulary:  



Dictionaries

  1. Do you often use a dictionary?
  2. What do you use dictionaries for?
  3. What kind of dictionaries do you think are most useful?
  4. Do you think dictionaries are useful for learning a language?
  5. What kind of information can you find in a dictionary?

Prepare the vocabulary by listening to the following video on Dictionary Vocabulary:


Useful video lesson: see my blog: www.ieltsliz.com

TOPIC HEALTH

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaI7zkQ8nxA

TOPIC MUSIC

Do you like music? 

What’s your favourite type of music? 

Can you sing? 

Did you learn music at school? 

If you could learn a musical instrument, what would it be? 

Do you think music is important?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOeaBjBfcU8

TOPIC TALKING ABOUT MYSELF

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MU8xhYgHT0U&t=49s

TOPIC ART

Are you good at art?

Did you learn art at school? 

What kind of art do you like? 

Is art popular in your country? 

Have you ever been to an art gallery? 

Do you think children can benefit from going to art galleries?

TOPIC HOME

Where is your home/

Do you live in a house or flat?

Who do you live with/

Are there many rooms in your home?

What is your favourite room?

How are the walls decorated?

What would you change about your home?

Do you plan to live there in the future?

What facilities are there near your home?

What is your neighbourhood like?

Do most people live in houses in your country?

TOPIC STUDY 

What do you study? 

Where do you study that? 

Why did you choose that subject? 

Is it a popular subject in your country? 

Do you like that subject? 

Do you get on with your colleagues? 

What was your first day like? 

What are the main aspects of your subject? 

If you had the chance, would you change subject? 

Do you plan to get a job in the same field as your subject?

TOPIC CLOTHES 

Are clothes important to you? 

What kind of clothes do you usually wear? 

Do you ever wear the traditional clothes of your country? 

Where do you usually buy your clothes? 

Have you ever worn a uniform? 

Do most people in your country follow fashion?  

TOPIC DAILY ROUTINE

When do you usually get up in the morning? 

Do you usually have the same routine every day? 

What is your daily routine? 

Do you ever change your routine? 

Is your routine the same today as it was when you were a child? 

Do you think it is important to have a daily routine? 

TOPIC EVENINGS

 What do you often do in the evenings? 

Do you do the same thing ever evening? 

Do you prefer to spend your evenings with family or friends? 

Do you ever work or study in the evenings? 

What is a popular activity for young people in your country in the evenings? 

Do you do the same thing in the evenings as you did when you were a child? 


TOPIC FAMILY AND FRIENDS

Do you spend much time with your family? 

Who are you closest to in your family? 

Do you prefer spending time with your family or friends? 

Who is your best friend? 

Are you still friends with people from your childhood? 

Is family important in your country? 

TOPIC FOOD 

What’s your favourite food? 

Have you always liked the same food?

Is there any food you dislike? 

What is a common meal in your country? 

Do you have a healthy diet?

 What do you think of fast food? 

TOPIC HOBBIES 

Do you have a hobby? 

What equipment do you need for it? 

Do you think hobbies should be shared with other people? 

Did you have a hobby as a child? 

What hobbies are popular in your country? 

Why do you think people have hobbies? 

TOPIC INTERNET 

How often do you go online? 

What do you use the internet for? 

How do you get online? 

Do you have your own computer? W

hat’s your favourite website? 

Do you think children should be allowed unsupervised access to the internet? 

TOPIC LEISURE TIME 

What is your favourite leisure activity? 

What did you enjoy doing in your free time as a child? 

Do you prefer to spend your free time with other people or alone? 

What is a common leisure activity in your country? 

Do most people in your country get two days off a week? 

Do you think leisure time is important?

TOPIC :Neighbours & Neighbourhood 

Do you like your neighbours? 

Are neighbours usually close to each other in your country? 

What is your neighbourhood like? 

Do you think your neighbourhood is a good place for children? 

How could your neighbourhood be improved? 

Do you think it is important to have a good relationship with your neighbours? 

TOPIC Newspapers 

How do you usually get your news? 

Do you often read the newspapers? 

What kind of news do you usually follow? 

How do most people get the news in your country? 

Do you think international news is important? 

TOPIC Pets 

Do you have a pet? 

Do you like animals? 

What’s your favourite animal? 

What is a popular pet to have in your country? 

Did you have a pet as a child? 

Why do people have pets?

TOPIC Reading 

Do you often read books or magazines? 

What is your favourite kind of book to read? 

Do you often read newspapers? 

Do you have any e-books? 

What books did you read as a child? 

Do you think it is important to encourage children to read? 

TOPIC Shopping 

Do you like shopping? 

What’s your favourite shop? 

Do you prefer shopping alone or with others? 

What kinds of shops are there where you live? 

Have you ever bought anything online? 

Do you think men and women have different opinions about shopping? 

TOPIC Sport 

Do you like sport? 

What’s your favourite sport? 

Do you often watch sport on TV? 

Did you play sport as a child? 

What is the most popular sport in your country? 

How do most people in your country keep fit? 

TOPIC TV 

Do you often watch TV? 

What sorts of things do you watch on TV? 

What is your favourite TV program? 

Do you ever watch foreign programs or films? 

What did you watch on TV when you were a child? 

Do you think children should watch TV? 

TOPIC Transport 

How did you get here today? 

What is your favourite mode of transport? 

Do you ever use public transport? 

Do you like the transport system in your country? 

What is the difference between taking a bus and taking a train? 

TOPIC Weather 

What’s the weather like today? 

What’s your favourite weather? 

Do you like the weather in your country? 

Does the weather ever affect the way you feel? 

Does the weather in your country ever affect transportation?


Use these 5 words to score high in IELTS speaking

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YSF2KTA41g

11 words in sentences for Higher vocabulary

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYDAdxXcWko

How to greet your examiner

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byXYqrajSw4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzTSh7zwRIM

WORDS TO AVOID IN WRITING

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xjhWTLWC8o


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