IELTS Speaking Part 1 Topics & Questions 1

Main Topics for Part 1

Work
What is your job?
Where do you work?
Why did you choose that job?
Is it a popular job in your country?
Do you like your job?
Do you get on well with your colleagues?
What was your first day like?
What responsibilities do you have at work?
If you had the chance, would you change your job?
Do you plan to continue with your job in the future?

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?

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 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?

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Home
Where is your home?
Do you live in a house or a 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?

Common Topics in Part 1

Art
Are you good at art?
Did you learn art at school when you were a child?
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?

Birthdays
Do you enjoy your birthdays?
Do you usually celebrate your birthday?
What did you do on your last birthday?
Can you remember a birthday you enjoyed as a child?
Do most people celebrate their birthdays with a party in your country?
Which birthdays are considered important in your country?

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?

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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?

Dictionaries
Do you often use a dictionary?
What do you use dictionaries for?
What kinds of dictionaries do you think are most useful?
Do you think dictionaries are useful for learning a language?
What kind of information can you find in a dictionary?
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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?

Family & 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?

Food
What’s your favourite food?
Have you always liked the same food?

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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?

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?

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?
What’s your favourite website?
Do you think children should be allowed unsupervised access to the internet?

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?

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?

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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?

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?

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?

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?

Shopping
Do you like shopping?
What’s your favourite shop?
Do you prefer shopping alone or with others?

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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?

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?

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?

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?

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?

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Speaking: Part Two
IELTS Topics
Describe an important text message you received.

You should say:

• who sent the message
• what was in the message
• why the person sent the message
and explain why the message was important to you.
Describe an interest or hobby that you enjoy.

You should say:

• How you became interested in it
• How long you have been doing it
• Why you enjoy it
and explain what benefits you get from this interest
or hobby.
Describe your favorite method of travel.

You should say:

• What the method of travel is
• How often you travel by this method.
• Whether this travel method is cheap or expensive.
and explain why this method of travel is your
favorite.
Describe your best friend.

You should say:

• Who this person is.
• How you met your best friend.
• How often you see this friend.
and explain why this person is your best friend.
Describe a snack food you enjoy.

You should say:

• What the food is.
• What it tastes like.
• How often you eat it.
and explain why you enjoy this food.
Describe a good decision you made.

You should say:

• What the decision was about.
• What you decided to do.
• Why you made the decision.
and explain why you feel you made a good decision.
Describe an important piece of furniture in your
house.

You should say:

• What the piece of furniture is.
• How long you’ve had the furniture.
• Where it is in the house.
and explain why that piece of furniture is important.
Describe your favorite photograph

You Should say:

• Where was the photo taken?
• Who took the photo?
• What can be seen from the photo?
Explain why it is the favorite photograph for you.
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Speaking IELTS

Common Questions (Related to topic in part 2)

Part 3 - Speaking

Topic 1: Text message

1. Why do some people dislike using text messages?

2. Have the ways that people communicated with each other,
changed much in the last few decades?
3. Why do people prefer texting as compared to phone calls?
4. Do you think modern technology has any negative influence on
communication?
5. What do you think are some of the main differences between
written communication and spoken communication?

Topic2: Hobbies

1. Do you think having a hobby is good for people’s social life?

In what way?
2. Are there any negative effects of a person spending too much
time on their hobby? What are they?
3. Why do you think people need to have an interest or hobby?
4. Do you think people will have 'more' or 'less' free time in the
future? Why?
 Topic 3: Travel

1. How easy is it to travel around your country?

2. Which method of travel do you consider the safest? Why?
3. Has travel become safer in recent years than that was in the
past?
4. How do you think people will travel in the future?
5. Should the government in a country focus more on
transportation? Why?

Topic 4: best friends

1. What do you think are the most important traits for friends to
have?
2. Which are more important to people, their family or their friends?
Why?
3. What do you think causes friendships to break up?
4. Have relationships with neighbors where you live changed in
recent years? How?
5. How important do you think it is for a person to spend some time
alone? Why? Or why not?
Topic 5: snack

1. What foods are popular in your country?

2. How can we make people eat healthier food?
3. How are the eating habits of people now in your country different
from their eating habits in the past?
4. How has technology changed the way we prepare our food these
days?

Topic 6: Good decision

1. Why do some people find it hard to make decisions?

2. How important is it to get advice from other people when making
decisions?
3. Do you agree that parents should make important decisions for
their children?
4. Is it better to make a decision based on thinking about what you
want or thinking about what other people want?

Topic 7: furniture

1. Why is furniture an important part of a house?

2. Do you like any specific style of furniture?
3. When do people in your country buy furniture?
4. Do people in your country prefer traditional or modern styles of
furniture?
Topic 8: Photography

1. What do you think about 'Photography' as a career?

2. What makes a good photograph?
3. What are the improvements that new technologies have brought
in photography?
4. How often do you take photographs?
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