IELTS Speaking

Tips and techniques

1. Example of a full test
2. Comparing methods
3. How to improve
4. A student’s questions
5. Don’t use these phrases
6. Formula phrases
7. How to feel confident
8. Strange topics
9. Main topics in part 2
10. One topic, all three parts
11. If you don’t know
12. If you don’t know (2)
13. Make it personal

Speaking skills

1. Mirroring grammar
2. Different perspectives
3. Using anecdotes
4. Adding detail
5. Adding detail in part 3
6. Part 3 verb tenses
7. Part 3 paragraph answers
8. Three useful expressions
9. Part 3 longer answers

Exercises

1. Part 1: Find the mistakes

Model Answers

Part 1 answers

1. Future plans
2. Taking photos
3. Friends
4. Musical instruments
5. Laughing
6. Emails and handwriting
7. Accommodation
8. Work
9. Dancing (negative answers)
10. Communication
11. Clothes
12. Home
13. Using your telephone
14. Toys
15. Shopping
16. Sports (negative answers)
17. Home town
18. Learning languages

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
10. Describe an old building
11. A piece of furniture
12. Describe a home
13. Describe a team project
14. A time you were busy
15. Your favourite season
16. Describe a future plan
17. Describe a conversation
18. A positive experience
19. An indoor game