IELTS Speaking Practice

IELTS Speaking Practice
ABOUT THE IELTS SPEAKING TEST
TOTAL TIME: 11-14 MINUTES
[PART 1] INTRODUCTION & INTERVIEW: 4-5 MINUTES
[PART 2] INDIVIDUAL LONG-TURN: 3-4 MINUTES (INCLUDING PREPARATION TIME)
[PART 3] TWO-WAY DISCUSSION: 4-5 MINUTES

COMMUNITIES

PART 1. INTRODUCTION AND INTERVIEW
Question 1: Is your job/major easy?
CONTENT:
“Yes, it is because … /No, it isn’t because …”
Hint 1: Why is it/is it not easy?
Hint 2: What is your job/major?
Hint 3: What makes your job/major difficult?
Hint 4: What do you plan to do about it?
CONCLUSION:
Emphasize your point in answering this question.
Question 2: Where do people in your country keep their money?
Hint 1: How do you save your money?
Hint 2: Are banks popular in your country?

PART 2. INDIVIDUAL LONG TURN
You have 1 minute to prepare. Use this time to organize your points. Arrange your ideas
according to their importance (from the most important to the least important or vice versa.)
Describe the ideal community that you would want to live in.
You should discuss:
 where this community would be;
 what you would see in this community;
 how people would live in this place;
and explain why this is your ideal community.
Hint: How can life be convenient in this community?
 It will be convenient because most of the things you need to live are free.
PART 3. TWO-WAY DISCUSSION
Let’s discuss communities in general.
Question 1: To what extent do you agree that an individual must learn to adapt to the
community he/she belongs?
Question 2: What are the advantages and disadvantages of being a part of a community?
Question 3: How do you think communities will improve in the next fifty years?