IELTS Speaking

Tips and techniques

1. Example of a full test
2. Comparing methods
3. How to improve
4. Mirroring grammar
5. Different perspectives
6. A student’s questions
7. Using anecdotes
8. Adding detail
9. Adding detail in part 3
10. Part 3 verb tenses
11. Don’t use these phrases
12. Formula phrases
13. Part 3 paragraph answers
14. How to feel confident
15. Strange topics
13. Main topics in part 2

Part 1 answers

1. Future plans
2. Taking photos
3. Friends
4. Musical instruments
5. Laughing
6. Emails and handwriting
7. Accommodation
8. Work

Part 2 answers

1. Describe a bad service
2. Describe a book
3. Describe an animal
4. Describe a skill
5. Describe a vehicle
6. TV programme or channel
7. A time you were angry
8. Describe a website
9. Describe a foreign culture

Part 3 answers

1. Difficult jobs
2. Future predictions
3. Good lesson
4. Nice homes
5. Past and future
6. Technology
7. Children’s toys
8. Questionnaires
9. Sport
10. Wildlife
11. Parties
12. Leisure and the economy
13. Emotions
14. Competitions
15. Rivers, lakes and seas
16. Going on holiday
17. Politeness