IELTS Speaking Course
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Introduction to the speaking test
Welcome to the speaking course -
Introduction to the speaking test
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Part 1 - Model AnswersTell me about the house or apartment you live in.
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Have you lived in this home for a long time?
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Is there anything you would like to change about your home?
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Which is your favourite room in your home?
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Are you a person who likes to stay at home?
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What do you like about the city that you currently live in?
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What public transport facilities are there in your city?
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Have you always lived in the same town or city?
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Would you always like to live in this city?
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Have you ever lived in a foreign country?
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Do you work or study?
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Do you miss being a student?
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Have you been doing your job for a long time?
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Why did you choose this work?
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What would make your work easier?
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Can you describe a typical working day?
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Is there any kind of technology you use at work?
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What do you usually do on weekends?
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What do you like to do in your spare time?
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Do you like to wake up early in the morning?
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Do you like to stay up late?
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Did you stay up late when you were a child?
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Do you like taking photos?
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Which do you prefer, taking photos or being in photos?
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Do you like singing?
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Have you ever had singing lessons?
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What kinds of music do you like to listen to?
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Do you have a talent or something you are good at?
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Do you like eating chocolate?
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Do you prefer hot or cold weather?
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Who does the cooking in your family?
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What languages can you speak?
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Do you prefer shopping in shopping malls or street markets?
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Do you like to wear perfume?
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Do you like making new friends?
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Part 2Part 2- Tips
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Part 2- Model AnswersDescribe a place that you would like to visit.
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Describe a pet animal that you know.
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Describe a public place you go to that you find relaxing.
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Describe an object that you own that is special to you.
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Describe a habit that you have.
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Describe a special holiday you have had.
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Describe a film that you watched recently.
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Describe an outdoor sport that you would like to try for the first time.
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Describe an unusual classroom lesson you have had.
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Describe a time you spent a long time travelling from one place to another.
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Part 3Part 3- Tips
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Part 3- Model AnswersDo you think it is better for children to grow up in the city or in the countryside?
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Do you think singing can bring happiness to people?
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Do you think that it’s good to give chocolate as a gift?
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Why do some people like to play computer games in their spare time?
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Why is free time so important?
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How should schools teach children to look after their health?
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How important is motivation when learning something new?
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Do you think all of today’s jobs could be done by robots?
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What kind of people like to live in a foreign country?
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What can make living in a foreign country exciting?
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What can make it difficult to form close relationships in a foreign country?
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How do you think mobile phones have changed the way that people take photos?
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Role Models
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Habits
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End of the courseEnd of the course, what's next...
Have you lived in this home for a long time?
Useful Vocabulary
Used to show actions that started in the past and have been continuous until the present.
“I’ve been living in my apartment for the better part of two years.”
Show an action/state that was true in the past but not in the present.
“I used to live in the city centre, but to be honest, I found it a bit loud and expensive.”
Used to show a personal opinion/judgment about something, based on one’s experience or perception.
“I used to live in the city centre, but to be honest, I found it a bit loud and expensive.”
Used to show that someone is experiencing a greater degree of happiness due to a specific ongoing action/situation.
“I’m much happier living on the outskirts of the city where it’s quieter.”
Have you lived in this home for a long time?
I’ve been living in my apartment for the better part of two years. I used to live in the city centre, but to be honest, I found it a bit loud and expensive. I’m much happier living on the outskirts of the city where it’s quieter.
Have you lived in this home for a long time?
Comments
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I’ve been living on my apartment since 2017.Previously i used to live on the countryside but to be honest i found it boring.I’.m much more happier living in the city centre where its lively.
Thanks for your answer. Here’re a few corrections to make it sound better:
“I’ve been living in my apartment since 2017. Previously, I used to live in the countryside, but to be honest, I found it boring. I’m much happier living in the city centre where it’s lively.”
1. Use “in” instead of “on” when talking about living in an apartment or house.
2. Don’t forget to put a space after punctuation marks like commas and full stops.
3. When saying “it’s”, make sure there’s an apostrophe between “it” and “s” to denote “it is”.
Keep practicing! You’re doing well.
I have been living here since i was born.
Hi there! Your answer is almost perfect, just one little correction. English grammar rules require us to capitalize the first letter of ‘I’ when it’s used as a subject, even in contractions. Here’s the corrected version:
“I have been living here since I was born.”
Keep practicing! You’re doing really well.
I have been living in my apartment for the better part of 6 months of my life. I used to rent an apartment in the city centre,but to be honest, I found it noisy and expensive. I’m much happier living on the east side of the city where it’s comfortable and cosy. The main thing it’s our own an apartment.
Thank you for your response. There’s only one major issue that needs correcting here. Here’s the corrected version:
“I have been living in my apartment for the better part of 6 months. I used to rent an apartment in the city centre, but to be honest, I found it noisy and expensive. I’m much happier living on the east side of the city where it’s comfortable and cosy. The main thing is that it’s our own apartment.”
Your mistake was the use of ‘it’s our own an apartment’. The corrected phrase is ‘it’s our own apartment’. Keep practicing and we will work on these small errors.
I have been living our home for best past two years of my live. I used to live the center of the city, but honest, I found it a bit exhaustive. I am much happier living I the outskirts of the city rather than the center of the city because it’s much quieter than the center of the city
Thanks for sharing your response! It’s a generally good answer except for a few minor errors. Here’s a version with corrections:
“I have been living in our home for the best two years of my life. I used to live in the center of the city, but honestly, I found it a bit exhausting. I am much happier living on the outskirts of the city rather than the center because it’s much quieter.”
So the things to notice are:
1. The use of prepositions. You should use “in” when referring to places – “living in our home”, “used to live in the center of the city”.
2. “Best past two years of my live” should have been “best two years of my life”.
3. “Exhaustive” means thorough or comprehensive, but based on your context, the right word to use would be “exhausting”.
Keep practicing!
I’ve been living in my apartment since I was born. I used to live in the countryside, but to be honest, I fount it boring. I’m much happier living in the city center where it’s lively.
Thank you for your answer. You did a good job, but there’s a small error that needs correcting. However, you do express yourself clearly. Here’s your corrected response:
“I’ve been living in my apartment since I was born. I used to live in the countryside, but to be honest, I found it boring. I’m much happier living in the city center where it’s lively.”
Remember, “found” is the past tense of “find”. Be careful with your spelling. Keep practicing!
I’ve been living in this house for the better part of three years since my daughter was born. I find it very peaceful and relaxing to live on the outskirts, particularly being close to nature and surrounded by greenery. I used to live in the city center, where it was very noisy due to crowded areas and transportation. Therefore, living in the countryside is much more preferable for me.
Your response is wonderful and contains no grammatical errors. You extended your answer with reasons for your preference for living in the countryside over the city center, which should give you good marks for the criterion of fluency and coherence in the IELTS speaking test. Keep practicing answers like these. Great work!
I have living in the capital city for almost 6 years. Before that my family and I used to live in the outskirts, where the life is calm and quite.
Thank you for sharing your answer. There are just a couple of minor errors in your response. Here’s a corrected version:
“I have been living in the capital city for almost 6 years. Before that, my family and I used to live in the outskirts, where life is calm and quiet.”
Mistakes:
1. “I have living” should be “I have been living”. When you are talking about a continuing action, you need to use the present perfect continuous tense – “I have been + verb-ing”.
2. “where the life is” should be “where life is”. When speaking or writing English, we don’t need to use the definite article ‘the’ when talking about life in general.
3. “quite” should be “quiet”. ‘Quite’ means ‘to a certain or fairly significant extent or degree’, while ‘quiet’ means ‘making little or no noise’.
Stick to these corrections and you’ll be fine. Good luck!
I’ve been living in my home for a better part of 20 years. Then when I got my Baccalaureate, I moved to the university’s dormatory where I spent six years with roommates from different Tunisian and Algerian regions in Manouba. It was a quite long period of time but I learned much things. I’m much happier living on my home as it is special, but also, I believe that’s mandatory to earn new experience in life.
Thanks for sharing your answer with me. You did well overall but there were a few minor errors. Here’s a corrected version of your answer:
“I’ve been living in my home for the better part of 20 years. Then, when I got my Baccalaureate, I moved to the university’s dormitory where I spent six years with roommates from different regions of Tunisia and Algeria in Manouba. It was quite a long period of time but I learned many things. I’m much happier living in my home because it’s special but also, I believe it’s important to gain new experiences in life.”
Here’s what may need a little more attention:
1. It’s “the better part of 20 years”, not “a better part of 20 years”. The first phrase is an idiomatic expression used to indicate most of something.
2. Use the correct spelling for ‘dormitory’.
3. Instead of saying “I learned much things”, you should say, “I learned many things” because ‘things’ is a countable noun.
Keep practicing and you’ll continue to improve! I recommend using englishprotips.com for more about IELTS preparation.
The answer is no.
I have been living in this appartment for a year only. Before here we stayed in a small, tiny appartment with only one bedroom, a small kigchen, two small washroom. I always feel exhausted there. Now i am extremely happy here
Thanks for sharing your answer. Here are some corrections to help improve your response:
“The answer is no. I have only been living in this apartment for a year. Before here, we stayed in a tiny apartment with just one bedroom, a small kitchen, and two small washrooms. I always felt exhausted there. Now, I am extremely happy here.”
Mistakes:
1. There was a misspelling, “appartment” should be “apartment”.
2. “a small kigchen” should be “a small kitchen”.
3. Tense consistency: “I always feel exhausted there” should be “I always felt exhausted there”.
Great job overall, just pay special attention to spelling and verb tenses.
I’ve been living in my apartment since my birth. Previously I used to live in the City centre but to be honest I found it boring and loud. I am much more happier to living in outside of the city where is quieter and charmingful.
Thanks for your response. Here are a few corrections to improve your answer:
“I’ve been living in my apartment since birth. Previously, I used to live in the city centre, but to be honest, I found it boring and loud. I am much happier living outside the city, where it’s quieter and more charming.”
Mistakes you should be aware of:
1. You don’t need to say “my birth.” You can just say, “since birth.”
2. The correct way to express your feelings would be, “I am much happier living…”
3. Be careful with your adjectives. We don’t say “charmingful,” but rather “more charming”.
Keep practicing, and you’ll continue to improve. If you want more study resources, I recommend checking out englishprotips.com.