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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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Lesson 3 of 64
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Tell me about the house or apartment you live in.
Useful Vocabulary
- a beautiful old apartment
- a spacious house
- a small flat
- a tiny apartment
- a relatively large apartment
- a modern and stylish apartment
- a small and cosy flat
- a bright and cheerful home
- on the outskirts of my city
- in the centre
- in a residential neighbourhood
- on the east side
- I share with my partner/ my wife and children/ two flatmates/ another university student.
- I live alone.
- I share a flat with three other students.
- I stay at home with my parents.
- I live in my school dormitory.
- I stay in student halls of residence.
- There are two bedrooms, a living room and an open-plan kitchen.
- I have a spacious dining room.
- I have a comfortable living room.
- There’s a small balcony overlooking the main street.
Tell me about the house or apartment you live in.
Well, I live in a beautiful old apartment on the outskirts of Edinburgh. It’s a relatively large apartment, which I share with my partner. There are two bedrooms, a living room and an open-plan kitchen- which is where I spend most of my time.
Tell me about the house or apartment you live in.
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Well, I live in a residential neighbourhood in Richmond. It is a tiny apartment, I live with my husband . There are two bedrooms , a living room , two bathrooms and a open plan kitchen, which is where I spend most of my time.
Thanks for sharing your answer. The content is good, but there are some slight grammar points you may want to revise. Here is a corrected version of your answer:
“Well, I live in a residential neighbourhood in Richmond. It’s a tiny apartment that I share with my husband. We have two bedrooms, a living room, two bathrooms, and an open plan kitchen, which is where I spend most of my time.”
Please make sure you use the right prepositions. You should use ‘an’ before words that start with a vowel sound and ‘that’ to correctly link your clauses. Keep practicing – you’re doing really well.
Well, l live in a beautiful apartment in the heart of the sumgait. it is relatively modern and stylish apartment, which l stay with my family. there are 3 bedrooms, a living room and kitchen. l mostly spend my time in my bedroom.
Your answer is quite good, but there are a few minor corrections to be made:
“Well, I live in a beautiful apartment in the heart of Sumgait. It’s a relatively modern and stylish apartment where I stay with my family. There are 3 bedrooms, a living room, and a kitchen. I mostly spend my time in my bedroom.”
Mistakes:
1. I’ve corrected your use of ‘l’ to ‘I’ which is a common grammatical requirement.
2. ‘Sumgait’ should have its initial letter capitalized as it’s a proper noun.
3. Use ‘where’ instead of ‘which’ when you are talking about the place where you live with your family.
Keep practicing!
Well, I live in a spacious house in a residential neighborhood it is relatively large house which I share with my family members. there are 3 bedrooms a living room a dining room an open plan-kitchen it has small balcony overlooks main street which I there spent most of my time.
Thanks for your answer. A few points of improvement:
Your answer: “Well, I live in a spacious house in a residential neighborhood it is relatively large house which I share with my family members. There are 3 bedrooms, a living room, a dining room, an open plan-kitchen, it has small balcony overlooks main street which I there spent most of my time.”
Corrected version: “Well, I live in a spacious house in a residential neighborhood. It’s a relatively large house that I share with my family members. We have 3 bedrooms, a living room, a dining room, and an open-plan kitchen. It also has a small balcony overlooking the main street, where I spend most of my time.”
1. Remember to use punctuation like periods and commas to break up your sentences. Long run-on sentences can be confusing for the listener.
2. Be mindful about the placement of words in your sentence. Instead of saying “which I there spent most of my time”, you could say “where I spend most of my time”.
3. The phrase “an open plan-kitchen” should be hyphenated as “an open-plan kitchen”.
Keep practicing!
Well,I live in white and cheerful house, on outskirts of the city
It’s realitivly large apartment
There are three bedrooms , living room, bathroom and an open -plan kitchen where is spend most of time prepare a delicious food for my family
Thanks for your answer. You did a good job, but there are a few errors that can be corrected to make your answer even better. Here is a corrected version:
“Well, I live in a white and cheerful house on the outskirts of the city. It’s a relatively large apartment. There are three bedrooms, a living room, a bathroom, and an open-plan kitchen where I spend most of my time preparing delicious food for my family”.
The most notable mistakes in your answer were:
1. Missing articles: You need to say “a white and cheerful house” and “a relatively large apartment”.
2. Spelling: “Relatively” was spelled as “realitivly”.
3. Sentence structure: In the last part of your answer, you should say “where I spend most of my time preparing delicious food”, not “where is spend most of time prepare”.
Good luck with your IELTS preparation! Keep practicing.
Well, i live in a old detached house in a quiet residential neighbourhood in the center of the capital city Yaoundé. There are
Your answer: “Well, I live in an old detached house in a quiet residential neighborhood in the center of the capital city, Yaoundé. There are…”
Mistake 1: You wrote “a old” instead of “an old”. When the following word starts with a vowel sound, we say “an” instead of “a”.
Let’s make sure you complete your sentences next time, it got cut off after “There are”. But otherwise your sentence structure and vocabulary usage are good. Keep practicing!
Well, i live in a old detached house in quiet residential neighbourhood which i share with my 3 childre. There are 3 spacious bedrooms and 2 bathrooms. So, it is easy to get ready in the morning. You can also find a comfortable living room and a well equiped kitchen with all the modern appliances. In the front of the house, there is a lot of greenery and colorful bedflowers.
Thanks for your response. Here’s a corrected version of your answer:
“Well, I live in an old detached house in a quiet residential neighborhood which I share with my 3 children. There are 3 spacious bedrooms and 2 bathrooms, so it’s easy to get ready in the morning. You can also find a comfortable living room and a well-equipped kitchen with all the modern appliances. In front of the house, there’s a lot of greenery and colorful flower beds.”
Here are the errors I spotted:
1. After “Well”, you should use a comma “,” instead of a full stop “.”.
2. Use “an” instead of “a” before words that start with a vowel sound.
3. Make sure to correct the spelling from “childre” to “children”.
4. It is “flower beds” instead of “bedflowers”.
Just a few minor changes, but the content was good and your answer was clear. Keep practicing!
Well, I live in a beautiful old apartment in the center of Tokyo.
It’s a relatively small and cozy flat, which I share with my wife and child.
There is a bedroom, a living room, and an open-plan kitchen, which is where I spend most of my time.
Your answer is well-structured and there are no mistakes. You gave a clear depiction of your apartment and included details about who you live with and where you spend most of your time, all of which makes your answer engaging and personal. Great job!
I live in a single-family house in a residential neighborhood. I stay at home with my parents and my son. There are five bedrooms and two bathrooms, living room and a small kitchen. Our home sits in a cul-de-sac with a long private driveway.
Your answer is pretty good already but there’s one minor correction needed for better clarity and grammatical correctness. Here’s the corrected version: “I live in a single-family house in a residential neighborhood. I stay there with my parents and my son. It has five bedrooms, two bathrooms, a living room, and a small kitchen. Our home sits on a cul-de-sac with a long private driveway.”
Just remember to use ‘it’ when you are referring to your house and make sure to add ‘a’ before ‘living room’. These small tweaks make your speech clearer and more grammatically correct. Keep up the good work!
Well, I live in a bright and stylish apartment in the city centre. I live alone. I have a quite comfortable living room. In front of my room, there is a small pool.There’s a small balcony overlooking the main street
Your response is already quite good, but I’ve made some small corrections for clarity and conciseness. Here is the improved version:
“Well, I live in a bright and stylish apartment in the city centre, on my own. I have a quite comfortable living room. A small pool is right outside my room. Also, there’s a small balcony from where I can overlook the main street.”
One main point where you can improve upon is your phrase “in front of my room”. It might suggest that the pool is blocking the entrance to your room, which probably isn’t what you mean. I trust you were suggesting that there is a pool outside or nearby your room, hence the change. Keep practicing!
Well, I live in a bright and modern apartment in the city centre. It’s a relatively large apartment; I live alone. There is no room, but I have a comfortable living room. There is a small pool in front of my room. There’s a small balcony overlooking the main street.
Your response is mostly good, but there’s one main area that needs improvement. When you say “There is no room”, this is unclear – did you mean there are no additional bedrooms? Here’s how you could rephrase it:
“Well, I live in a bright and modern apartment in the city centre. It’s a relatively large apartment and I live alone. There are no other bedrooms, but I have a comfortable living room. There’s a small pool in front of my apartment and a small balcony overlooking the main street.”
Remember to always be clear and precise when you describe your dwelling. This will help the examiner understand your living situation more easily.
Well, I live in a landed house in a housing estate in the center of Bandung. Bandung is the capital city of my province, Jawa Barat, Indonesia. I live with my wife and my children. There are four bedrooms, three on the first floor and one on the second floor. There are three bathrooms, an open-plan kitchen, a carport for one car, and a small garden in the front.
Your answer is excellent! You provided clear details about your house and introduced your family. I can’t see any mistakes in your answer. You covered everything perfectly! Keep practicing as you’re on the right track.
Well , I live residental area in KSA. My apartment is very spacious with three bedrooms, two bathrooms
Thanks for your answer. The phrase “I live residential area” needs to be corrected. Here is how you could rephrase:
“Well, I live in a residential area in KSA. My apartment is very spacious with three bedrooms and two bathrooms.”
The main issue was leaving out the word “in” after “I live”. It is essential to specify that you live IN a certain area, not simply you live area. This small grammar mistake can make a big difference in comprehension. Keep practicing!
I live in a house on the southwest of London. It’s a large house which I share with my friends. There are 4 bedrooms, an open-plan kitchen where we spend our evenings cooking together and a nice yard where we like to plant flowers.
You have provided a great answer with no errors. You have been concise in your response while also providing enough detail. Perfect! Keep practicing just like this.
I live in a tiny apartment in the center of mashhad I stay at home with my parents. There are two bedrooms a living room and an open plan kitchen
Your response is pretty good, but there are a couple of minor errors. Here’s the corrected version:
“I live in a tiny apartment in the center of Mashhad. I stay at home with my parents. There are two bedrooms, a living room, and an open-plan kitchen.”
Mistakes:
1. You need to add a period (.) after ‘Mashhad’ to separate your thoughts clearly.
2. Use commas (,) after ‘bedrooms’ and ‘living room’ to list the rooms in your apartment in a grammatically correct way.
3. ‘Open plan’ should be hyphenated as ‘open-plan’ when used as an adjective before a noun.
Keep practicing!
Well, I live in a spacious house on the outskirts of Mymensingh. It’s bright and cheerful. I stay at home with my parents. We have 4 bedrooms with attach washroom and balcony, a comfortable living room, which is where i spend most of my time.
Your answer is almost perfect, but there are a couple of minor corrections. Here’s the revised version: “Well, I live in a spacious house on the outskirts of Mymensingh. It’s bright and cheerful. I stay at home with my parents. We have 4 bedrooms, each with its own attached washroom and balcony. There’s also a comfortable living room, where I spend most of my time.”
Mistakes:
1. You should use “its own” to refer to each bedroom rather than just “attach”.
2. Add “also” before “a comfortable living room” makes the sentence smoother.
Great job though, keep practicing!
Well I lived in the beautiful old house in the outskirts of Banjul it’s a spacious apartment where I lived with my partner and it has 3bedroom with an open plan kitchen where I spend most of my time
Thanks for sharing your answer! It’s well expressed but there are some areas you can refine.
Here’s your corrected answer:
“Well, I live in a beautiful, old house on the outskirts of Banjul. It’s a spacious apartment where I live with my partner. It has three bedrooms and an open plan kitchen where I spend most of my time.”
Here’s some feedback on your mistakes:
1. Tense: Use present tense (“I live”) when you’re talking about your current situation.
2. Comma usage: Be careful with the use of commas to avoid run-on sentences. For example, after ‘Banjul’.
3. Numbering: It’s a good habit to write single-digit numbers as words. For example, ‘3’ should be written as ‘three’.
Keep working hard!
Well, I live in a beautiful small apartment in the center of maysan . It is a modern and staylish apartment , which i share with my husband . There is one badroom , acomfortable living room and an open plan kitchen which is where i spend most of my life
Your response is pretty good, but there are a few minor errors I would like to address. Here’s your corrected version:
“Well, I live in a beautiful small apartment in the center of Maysan. It’s a modern and stylish apartment, which I share with my husband. There’s one bedroom, a comfortable living room, and an open plan kitchen which is where I spend most of my time.”
1. Make sure to capitalize proper names like “Maysan”.
2. Make sure your words are spelled correctly. For example, “stylish”, not “staylish”, “bedroom”, not “badroom”.
3. Be careful with the word “life”. In this context, “time” is more suitable.
Keep it up! Practice makes perfect.
Well,I live in a two storey house located in a quiet residential neighbourhood Its a modern and stylish house with a clean design and lots of natural light There aren’t two bedrooms,a comfortable living room and an open plan kitchen. The house is quite cozy and has a warm,welcoming atmosphere which I really appreciate after a long day
Thank you for your response. Your answer is pretty good with useful details. However, I would like to point out a few mistakes:
1. You missed some punctuation after “neighbourhood”. It should be “neighbourhood. It’s a modern…”
2. The phrase “There aren’t two bedrooms” sounds a bit confusing –– perhaps you wanted to say “There are two bedrooms,” if that’s what you meant.
3. Do not forget to put space after each comma.
Here is a corrected version of your answer:
“Well, I live in a two-storey house located in a quiet residential neighbourhood. It’s a modern and stylish house with a clean design and lots of natural light. There are two bedrooms, a comfortable living room, and an open-plan kitchen. The house is quite cozy and has a warm, welcoming atmosphere which I really appreciate after a long day.”
Keep practicing to improve further!
Well, I live in a tiny apartment.Sharing it with my wife and two beautiful kids. It composed of two bedrooms and an open plan kitchen which is I spend most of my free time in it.
Thanks for your response. Here is a corrected version of your answer:
“Well, I live in a tiny apartment. I share it with my wife and two beautiful kids. It’s composed of two bedrooms and an open plan kitchen, which is where I spend most of my free time.”
Here are the mistakes I noted:
1. You wrote “Sharing it with…” while it should be “I share it with…”. It’s important to ensure the subject is clear.
2. You wrote “It composed of…” instead of “It’s composed of…”.
3. Lastly, the phrase “which is I spend most of my free time in it.” is grammatically incorrect. It should be “which is where I spend most of my free time.”
Keep practicing!
Well, I live in a beautiful old apartment on the outskirts of Dhaka. It’s a relatively large apartment,
which I share with my parents. There are two bedrooms, a living room and an open-plan kitchen which is where I spend most of my time
Your answer is almost perfect. There is only a small fix to make it grammatically correct. Here is the corrected version:
“Well, I live in a beautiful, old apartment on the outskirts of Dhaka. It’s a relatively large apartment, which I share with my parents. There are two bedrooms, a living room, and an open-plan kitchen, which is where I spend most of my time.”
Mistake:
1. Remember to use a comma to separate adjectives (“a beautiful, old apartment”) and to separate clauses in your sentence (“and an open-plan kitchen, which is where…”).