Blog category: IELTS speaking topics

These blog posts contain IELTS speaking topics and questions.

IELTS Speaking Part 3 question on the topic of leadership

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What are the qualities of a good leader?

I heard from a candidate recently that one of the IELTS Speaking Part 3 questions in their test was about the qualities of a good leader.

As it’s possible that you could get the same (or a similar) IELTS Speaking Part 3 question in your test, it would be a good idea to think about your ideas on this topic now.

To help you do this, here’s a link to an audio recording of some native speakers answering this question. The recording is from the elllo website and includes speakers from England, the USA and Canada.

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Are IELTS Speaking Part 1 questions used in more than one test?

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Is it possible to get the same IELTS Speaking Part 1 questions in two different IELTS Speaking tests?

Although it’s unlikely that you’ll get the same questions in two tests, we do know IELTS candidates who were asked the same questions as they had been asked in a previous test. Check out the video below to see Jane, an IELTS candidate from Hong Kong, talk about how she got similar IELTS Speaking Part 1 questions in each of the IELTS tests she took.

As you’ll see on the video, I’ve included some common IELTS Speaking Part 1 questions that you should practice answering as part of your IELTS preparation.

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IELTS Speaking Part 1 topics

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Two topics that are very common in Part 1 of the IELTS Speaking test

Based on the recorded versions of IELTS Speaking tests in the official IELTS Practice Materials and on what IELTS candidates have told us about their speaking tests, two of the most common IELTS Speaking Part 1 topics are your home town and your work or study.

At the beginning of Part 1 of your IELTS Speaking test, your examiner may ask you some questions like the ones below on the topic of your home town:

  • Describe the town or city where you grew up.
  • Do you still live there now?
  • Does your family still live there?
  • Do you think the place has changed much since you were young?

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A question you won’t be asked in your IELTS Speaking test

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Hi

We recently ran a poll on our Facebook page asking IELTS candidates which of the following questions would be an unfair question in the IELTS Speaking test.

  1. Do you work or are you a student?
  2. Do you think it is a good thing to give prizes to children who do well at school?
  3. What will you do if you fail the IELTS test?

At the last count, around 70% of candidates said that Question 3 would be an unfair question, and they were right.

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