IELTS English Part 1 Frequently Asked Topics 1(2)

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Part 1 Frequently Asked Topics

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 *Important*

 l  One topic among Topics 1 to 4 will definitely be chosen as the first question in Part 1 of the IELTS Speaking Test. You will be asked 4 questions on this topic.

 l  Then, the examiner will pick 2 more topics (4 questions per topic) to ask you.

 l  Therefore, you should expect to be asked anything between 8 to 12 questions in Part 1 IELTS Speaking Test.

 1.                  Your Studies

 

1.       Where do you study (= what school/university do you attend)?  

2.       What is your major /subject are you studying?

3.       Why did you choose to study that?

4.       Do you like your major/course?

5.       What's your favourite course/class/subject at (university/school)?

6.       What study tools or equipment do you use in school? 

7.       What facilities are there at your school to help you in your studies?

8.       Do you prefer studying alone or with others (or, in a group)? (Why?)

9.       What’s the most interesting part of your studies?

 

2.                  Your Work

1.       What job (or, what work) do you do?

2.       How long have you been working? (Or: How long have you been doing this job?)

3.       What does your company do?

4.       What do you do in a typical day at work? 

5.       (Similar to above) What are your responsibilities at work?  

6.       Do you like your job (or, your work)? 

7.       What's the most difficult part of your job?

8.       Would you recommend this job to other people? (Answer using 'would', not 'will'.)

9.       Would you like to change your job?

10.    Do you need to work with (= co-operate with) other people at work? (teamwork question)

11.     (Similar to above) Do you prefer working alone or with others (or, in a group)?

12.    How (well) do you get along with your colleagues? 

13.    Do you do anything with your colleagues after work? 

14.    What tools or equipment do you use in your work? (Include information about how useful it is/they are.)

15.    Is it/are they very helpful to you?

16.    Do you use computers in your work?

17.    What do you use them for?  

18.    What are your work plans for the future? 

19.    Are you planning to change your job?

 

3.                  Your Home (Your Accommodation) 

 

1.       Do you live in a house or a flat? 

2.       How long have you lived there? 

3.       Please describe it a little.

4.       Who do you live with? (Or: Do other people live with you?)

5.       How are the rooms in your house decorated? (Or, How is your house decorated? Or, What decorations do you have in your house?)

6.       What's your favourite room in your home? (Or: What part of your home do you like best?) (Why?)

7.       What decorations does this room have? (Or: How have you decorated this room?)

8.       How do you think this room could be improved?

9.       (The question above is possibly this:) How do you think your home could be improved? Or: Is there anything about your room (or, your home) you would like to improve?

10.    Is there anything on the walls of your home (or, your room/this room)?

11.    What can you see when you look out the window of your room (or, the windows of your home)?

 

4.                  Your Hometown

 

1.       Where do you come from? Where do you live at the moment?

2.       What kind of place is your hometown? 

3.       Tell me something about your hometown. 

4.       Has your hometown changed much in the past few years? (e.g.10 years)

5.       What’s the traffic situation like in your hometown?

6.       What's your favourite part of your hometown? 

7.       What facilities does your hometown have?

8.       What’s the most interesting thing about your hometown?

9.       What’s the weather like in your hometown?

10.    What kind of buildings are there in your hometown?

 

5.                  News 

 

1.       How do you usually get your news? 

2.       What types of news do you like?

3.       Do you (often/ever) read newspapers? 

4.       Do you think newspapers are important? 

5.       Besides newspapers, what are some other ways people get news? 

6.       Who is more interested in reading newspapers, older people or younger people? (Why?)  

 

6.                  Parties

 

1.       Do you like (to go to) parties? (Why?/Why not?)

2.       Is there anything you dislike about parties?

3.       When you go to a party, what do you usually do? 

4.       Who do you think enjoys parties more, old(er) people or young people?

5.       In China, do old(er) people and young people do the same sorts of things when they get together on social occasions? 

6.       What do you think are the benefits of parties?

 

7.                  Visitors to Your Home

1.       Do you often invite friends to visit your home?

2.       Do you like visitors coming to your home? 

3.       When do visitors come to your home?

4.       When someone visits you, how do you usually show hospitality (or, entertain them)?

5.       When people are coming to visit you, what preparations do you make?

6.       Do you like to visit other people?

 

8.                  Swimming

1.       Can you swim? Do you like swimming?

2.       Did you learn to swim when you were a child? Who taught you to swim?

3.       Where do people go swimming in your hometown (or, near your home)?

4.       Is swimming very popular in China?

5.       Why do many people like swimming?

6.       What do you think are the benefits of swimming (or, the benefits of knowing how to swim)?

 

9.                  Holidays

 

1.       What do you usually do in your holidays?

2.       How do people in China spend their holidays? 

3.       What did you do in your last holidays?

4.       Is there anything you dislike doing during holidays?

5.       Do you think it's important for people to have holidays? 

6.       Do you think people in China need more holidays (vacation time)?

 

10.              Bicycles

 

1.       Do you like riding a bicycle?

2.       Did you learn to ride a bicycle when you were a child?

3.       Why do children enjoy riding bicycles?

4.       Are bicycles common in China? 

5.       What are the reasons why people ride bicycles?

6.       What are the advantages (or, benefits) of riding a bicycle?

7.       Would you say it's safe to ride a bicycle in the city (or, in China)?

8.       Has the number of bicycle riders in China changed much in the past few years? 

9.       Do you think the number of people using bicycles (in your hometown/country) will change in the future?

 

11.              Writing & Handwriting 

 

1.       At school/work, do you often write things?

2.       What do you usually write?

3.       Do you prefer to write by hand or write using the computer?

4.       Do you think computers might one day replace handwriting?

5.       When do children begin to write in your country?  

6.       How can children today improve (or, practice) their handwriting?

7.       Do you writing is important?

 

12.              Cooking

 

1.       Who usually does the cooking in your family (or, in your home)?

2.       What's your favourite food? 

3.       Do you know how to cook? Did you learn how to cook when you were a child?

4.       What do you (like to) cook?

5.       Have you ever thought about learning how to cook? 

6.       Do you think it would be useful to teach cooking in school?

7.       Do you usually eat at home or eat out?

 

13.              Daily Routine

 

1.       What do you do in a typical day (at work or at school/university)?

2.       What time do you usually get up?

3.       What do you usually do after you get up (or, in the morning)?

4.       What's your favourite time of (or, part of) the day?

5.       What do you usually do at that time? (Or: What are you usually doing at that time?)

6.       (Similar to above) Has your life recently changed in any way?

7.       If you could change one thing about your daily routine, what would it be?