IELTS Frequently Asked Questions Speaking Task 1

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These first four topics are most common among all the other topics as they built up your
introduction to the interviewee.

Hometown:

Work: Where is your hometown?

Do you like your hometown?

What is your job?
Do you often visit your hometown?
Where do you work?
What is your hometown like?
Why did you choose that job?
What is the oldest place in your hometown?
Is that job popular in your country?
What is the most interesting place in your home
Do you like your job?
town?
Do you get along well with other colleagues?
Is there any special place for a foreigner to visit in
What was your first day like on your job? your hometown?

What are your job responsibilities at your work? Have your hometown improved in the recent few
years?
If you had a chance, would you change your job?
Is there public transportation in your hometown?
Do you plan to continue your job in the future?
Do you think your hometown is a good place to bring
Study: up your children?

What do you study? Home:

Where do you study that? Where is your home?

Why did you choose that subject? Do you live in a house or a flat?

Is it a popular subject in your country? Who do you live with?

Do you like that subject? Are there many rooms in your home?

What was your first day like? What is your favorite room?

What are the main aspects of your subject? How are the walls decorated?

If you had a chance would you change your subject? What would you change about your home?

Do you plan to get a job in the same field as of your Do you plan to live there in future?
subject?
What facilities are near your home?

What is your neighborhood like?

Do most of the people live in houses in your

country?
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Further Common IELTS speaking task 1 Frequently Asked Questions

Free Time 3. What kind of relationship do you

have?
I’d like to move on and ask you some 4. How can neighbours be helpful?
questions about your free time 5. What kind of problems can people
have with their neighbours in a big
1. What type of activities do you like city?
to do in your free time?
2. How long have you been interested
in these activities?
3. Do you like to do these activities Food
alone or with other people? (Why)?
4. Do you think people have enough Moving to a new topic, I’d like to discuss
free time? cooking and meals with you.

Family 1. Do you enjoy cooking?

2. What type of things can you cook?
I’d like to move on and ask you some 3. What kinds of food are popular in
questions about your family. your country?
4. Is it an important part of your
1. How many people are there in your culture to have dinner parties?
family? 5. Do you prefer to eat with other
2. Do you all live in the same house? people or on your own?
3. What things do you like doing
together? Dreams
4. Who is your favorite family
member? I’d now like to discuss your night time
dreams with you.
Timing
1. Do you dream much at night?
Let’s move on and talk about being on 2. Do you often remember your
time for appointments. dreams?
3. Do you think we can learn anything
1. Is being late acceptable in your from dreams?
culture? 4. Do people in your country talk
2. Are you ever late for about their dreams?
appointments? 5. Do you think that dreams can come
3. What type of excuses do you think true?
are alright for lateness?
4. How do you feel when someone is Magazines and Newspapers
late for an appointment with you?
Okay, let’s move to a different topic and
Neighbours discuss magazines and newspapers.

Let’s change the topic and talk about your 1. Which do you prefer reading,
neighbours newspapers or magazines?
2. What type of stories do you like to
1. Do you know the people who live read about?
next door to you?
2. How often do you see each other?
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3. Do you think reading a magazine or 2. What type of television programs

a newspaper can help you learn a do you like to watch?
language? 3. Do you think children in your
4. Why do you think some people country watch too much television?
prefer magazines to newspapers? 4. Do you think television is useful for
education in schools?
Humour
The Sea
Let’s change the topic and talk about
comedy and humour. Now we'll talk about the sea.

1. What type of programs do you find 1. Do you like to go on holiday by the

funny on TV? sea?
2. Which types of programs are most 2. Are there many hotels by the sea in
popular in your country? your country?
3. What kind of things make you 3. What kind of activities can people
laugh? do by the sea?
4. Do you like to make people laugh? 4. How long do people normal visit
5. Do you think it is important to have the sea for when they go on
a sense of humour? (Why)? holiday?

Museums

Let’s move on and talk about museums.

1. Are museums popular in your Flowers

country?
2. Did you visit museums when you Now we'll talk about flowers.
were a child?
3. Do you like to visit museums 1. Have you ever given anybody
nowadays? flowers?
4. Do you think you should pay to 2. Is it popular to give flowers to
visit museums? people in your country?
3. On what special occasions do
Mobile Phones people give flowers in your
country?
Now let’s talk about mobile phones. 4. What kinds of flowers would you
like to receive as a present?
1. Do you have a mobile phone?
2. At what age did you first get a The Weather
mobile?
3. What do you most use it for? Now we'll move on to talk about the
4. Is it a nuisance if people use weather.
mobiles in public places such as
trains and buses? 1. What kind of weather do you like
the most?
Television 2. Does the weather affect the way
that you feel?
We'll now talk about television. 3. Do people like the weather in your
country?
4. Do the kinds of outside activities
1. How many hours a day do you
people do in your country change
spend watching television?
when the weather changes?
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Public Transport 4. Do you think animals should be

kept in zoos?
Now we'll move on to talk about public
transport Dictionaries

1. What kinds of public transport do Now let's move on to talk about

they have in your country? dictionaries.
2. What kinds of public transport do
most people use? 1. Do you ever use a dictionary?
3. What is your favourite type of 2. Do you prefer paper or electronic
public transport? dictionaries?
4. What do you do when you are 3. Are dictionaries used a lot in
travelling on public transport? schools in your country?
5. How could public transport in your 4. Do you think dictionaries are useful
country be improved? for learning a language?

Sport Fashion and clothing

Now we'll move on to talk about sport. Now let's move on to talk about fashion
and clothing.
1. What is the most popular type of
sport in your country? 1. Were you interested in fashion
2. Is there a lot of sport on television when you were a child?
in your country? 2. Is fashion important to you now?
3. What sports do children normally 3. What types of clothes are
do at school? fashionable for young people in
4. Do you think people do enough your country these days?
sport these days? 4. Does fashion change for people as
they get older?

Writing

Now we'll talk about writing

Birthdays
1. Do you enjoy writing?
2. What age do children normally Now let's move on to talk about birthdays.
learn to write in your country?
3. Did you used to write a lot when 1. What did you usually do on your
you were a child? birthday when you were a child?
4. Do you ever write letters? 2. How do you normally celebrate
5. Do you prefer writing letters or your birthday now?
sending emails? 3. Is your birthday now still as
important to you as when you were
Animals a child?
4. Do you think it's important to give
Now we'll talk about animals. someone a card when it's their
birthday?
1. What is your favourite animal? 5. Do you think the price of a
2. What types of animals do you have gifts/presents is important?
in your country?
3. What types of animals are kept as Books
pets in your country?
Now let's move on to talk about books.
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1. Do you like reading books? Musical Instruments

2. What kinds of books do you like to
read? We'll now talk about musical instruments.
3. What is the best book you've ever
read? 1. Do you think it's important for
4. Is reading books a popular activity children to learn to play a musical
in your country? instrument?
5. Do you think that electronic books / 2. Do children have to learn to play a
eReaders are better than real musical instrument at school in
books? your country?
3. Have you ever learned to play a
Exercise musical instrument?
4. What do you think is the best age
We'll now talk about exercise. to start to learn to play a musical
instrument?
1. Do you do much exercise? 5. What do you think would be the
2. Do you do more exercise now than most difficult musical instrument to
when you were a child? learn to play?
3. Do people in your country do a lot
of exercise? Pets
4. What do you think is the best
exercise to keep fit? We'll now talk about pets.
5. Have the types of exercise people
like to do changed since you were 1. Do you have a pet?
a child? 2. What types of animals do you think
make the best pets?
The internet 3. Why do people have pets?
4. Should dogs be left in the house
We'll now talk about The Internet. alone while their owners are at
work?
1. Do you use The Internet? 5. Is there any types of animals that
2. Are children allowed to use The you think should not be kept as a
Internet at school in your country? pet?
3. Do you think that The Internet is
useful for study? Seasons
4. Have you ever used The Internet to
buy something? We'll now talk about seasons.
5. Are there any dangers of buying
things online? 1. What is your favourite season?
2. Tell me about the different seasons
Daily Routine in your country.
3. How do the clothes people wear in
We'll now talk about daily routines. your country change with the
seasons?
1. Tell me about your daily routine? 4. Do any types of jobs people do in
2. Has your daily routine changed your country change with the
since you were a child? seasons?
3. Is your daily routine different at the 5. Is tourism popular in a particular
weekend to during the week? season in your country?
4. What would you like to change
about your daily routine? Photographs
5. Do you think it's important to have
a daily routine? We'll now talk about photographs.
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1. Do you enjoy taking photographs? 3. Do you think there are enough

2. Do you prefer to take photos with a trees in most cities?
phone or with a camera? 4. What are the benefits of planting
3. Do you take many photographs more trees?
when you travel?
4. Do you like looking at photographs Email
of yourself?
5. Have you put any photographs you Now let's talk about email.
have taken on the walls in your
house? 1. Do you email people often?
2. Do you chat with friends or family
Trees more with email?
3. Do you think people prefer to
Now let's talk about trees. receive an email or a letter?
4. Do you think it's easier to write an
1. Do you like trees? email or a letter?
2. Are there many trees in your 5. Do you think email will eventually
hometown? replace letter writing?