IELTS Speaking Topics Jan-Apr 2023
IELTS Speaking Topics Jan-Apr 2023
Advice Broke down Business Busy Buy goods Cake Change Climate Competition Confident Crowded
place Cultural place Decision Energetic person Favorite food Foreign country Foreign
food Friend Gift Goal Good place Good service Grandparents Healthy Help Interesting city Job Lost
touch Lost valuable item Lost Make things Medical field Memory Movie Natural place New law Old
person Online video Perfect place Phone call Photo Plant Prize Project Read Returned product River or
lake Rule Science Show to others Small store Special meal Spend time with Story Strong
opinions Subject Take photos Tourist attraction Traffic jams Wildlife
1. Advice
Describe a piece of advice you recently received Part 3:
You should say: a. Where do you go to get good advice?
What was the situation? b. Whose advice do you follow more parents or your
Who gave you the advice? friend’s advice?
Why do you think this person is very open? c. Have your parents given you much advice?
What the advice was and explain how useful you think d. What kind of advice do parents give their children?
the advice was? e. What kind of advice do friends give each other
3. Business
Describe a successful business person you admire. Topic: BUSINESS - Two-way Questions
You should say: a. What factors lead to success?
who this person is b. What do people need to sacrifice for success?
how you knew him/her c. Is it easy for a business to be successful without
what business he/she does affecting the environment?
and explain why he/she is successful. d. What do you think of family businesses?
6. Cake
Describe a special cake you received from others. b. What are the differences between exceptional food in
You should say: your country and other countries?
when it happened c. Why are some people willing to spend a lot of money
who you got the cake from on meals on special days?
and explain why it's a special cake. d. Do you think it's good to communicate when eating
Part 3 with your family?
a. Is any food in your country eaten at particular times
or on special occasions?
8. Climate
Describe your favorite season or time of the year
You should say:
when this time is.
what the weather is like at this time.
what you usually do at this time and explain why it is
your favorite time of the year.
Part 3 c. How does the climate of a place affect the
a. How do the different seasons affect the kind of buildings that are built there?
lifestyle of people in your country? d. Do you think fighting global climate change
b. How do different seasons affect the way is a governmental responsibility or the
people feel? responsibility of individuals?
9. Competition and explain why you would like to participate in it.
Describe a competition you would like to participate Part 3
in. a. What are the competitions commonly seen on TV?
You should say: b. Why are competition shows popular?
what competition is about c. Do you think it is necessary to encourage people to
where the competition will take place compete with others in companies?
when it will be held
12. Cultural place a. Does the culture of the past have an impact
Describe a cultural place that you would like to learn the on today’s culture?
culture there (e.g. a library, museum, theatre) b. Which is more important in terms of culture,
You should say: literature or music?
Where it is c. How do young people learn about different
How you knew this place cultures?
What it is like d. What kind of culture is popular among young
And explain how the place is related to people?
culture e. How is a culture formed?
Part 3 f. How does the internet affect culture
15. Favorite food Q1. Tell me about the types of food that people eat in
Describe Your Favourite Food your country?
You should say Q2. How healthy is your country’s food?
What dish or food item it is? Q3. Why do you think different cultures have
How it is prepared or cooked? different table manners?
How common this food item or dish is?
Why it is your favourite? Q4. How may eating habits change in the coming
Part 3 decades?
Speaking Part 3
1. How easy is it to travel around your country?
2. Which method of travel do you consider safest?
3. Has travel become safer in recent years?
4. What are the pros and cons of low-cost air travel?
5. How do you think people will travel in the future?
6. Should the government in a country focus more on rail transports or road transports? Why?
7. Why do you think people go on holiday?
8. How important is it for families to go on holiday together?
9. Why do some people go on holiday alone?
10. What kind of holidays will be popular in the future?
11. Is it better to take a holiday in your own country or in a foreign country? Why?
12. What problems can people have on holiday in a foreign country?
20. Goal 2. Do you believe that young people face more pressure
Describe a goal you would like to achieve nowadays to achieve certain goals? Why or why not?
You can say: 3. What role do you think technology plays in helping
– what the goal is people achieve their goals?
– how you learned about this goal 4. How important is it to set realistic goals, and what
– when you would like to achieve it can happen if goals are unrealistic?
– and how you will achieve it 5. In your opinion, should parents set goals for their
Part 3 children, or should children be allowed to set their
1. Why do you think it’s important for people to have own goals?
goals?
6. How can failure to achieve a goal affect an with failure?
individual, and what might be a healthy way to cope
28. Lost touch Q1. Why did you lose contact with this friend?
Describe an old friend you had lost touch with and got
in contact with again Q2. How did you feel when you reconnected with your
Who he/she is old friend?
How you knew each other
Q3. Do you think it’s important to stay in touch with old
Why you lost contact
How you got in contact again friends? Why or why not?
And explain how you felt after getting in contact Q4. How has social media affected your ability to
again
Part 3 reconnect with old friends?
30. Lost
Describe a time when you picked up an item that 1. What kind of people tend to lose things more often
someone else lost. than others?
You should say: 2. What kind of things do people often lose?
What the item was 3. Should parents teach their children to return things
When and where you found it lost by others?
What you did after finding it 4. What do you think are the reasons why some
And explain how you felt about the experience. people pick lost things and do not give back?
Part 3
31. Make things a. Do you think handmade items are more valuable
Describe A Person Who Likes To Make Things By
Hand than machine-made ones?
You should say b. Why do some people prefer making things by
Who is this person?
hand?
What do they make?
Why do they like to make things by hand? c. What are the benefits of learning to make things
And explain how you feel about the person by hand?
Part 3
d. How can handmade items impact the
environment compared to machine-made
products?
32. Medical field 1. Do you think doctors and nurses are very
Describe a person you know who has chosen a career important?
in the medical field (e.g., a doctor or a nurse) 2. Who plays a more important role, doctors or
You should say: nurses?
Who he/she is 3. Do you think that doctors and nurses are not paid
What he/she does enough?
Why he/she chose this career 4. Do you think it is necessary to learn first aid
Explain how you feel about him/her. skills?
Part 3
33. Memory c. Who was your childhood hero? Did you want to
Describe your childhood memory be like him/her?
You should say: d. How is childhood today different from childhood
What is it? in the past?
When did it happen? e. What do you think is the first moment of
How has it affected you in your life? happiness that people remember?
Explain why you still remember it. f. Why do you think some people remember more
Part 3 than others?
a. Why is childhood important? g. What do you think we shouldn’t forget?
b. How did you spend your childhood?
h. What is your earliest memory that you can still remember now?
34. Movie 1. What kinds of movies do you think are successful
Describe a movie you watched and enjoyed recently. in your country?
You should say: 2. What are the factors that make a successful
When and where you watched it movie?
Who you watched it with 3. Do Indian people prefer to watch domestic
What it was about movies or foreign movies?
And explain why you watched this movie. 4. Do you think only well-known directors can
Topic: MOVIE - Two-way Questions create the best movies?
35. Natural place a. What kind of people like to visit natural places?
Describe a natural place (e.g. parks, gardens, b. What are the differences between a natural place
mountains) and a city?
You should say: c. Do you think that going to the park is the only
Where this place is way to get close to nature?
How you knew this place d. What can people gain from going to natural
What it is like places?
And explain why you like to visit it e. Are there any wild animals in the city?
Speaking Part 3 f. Do you think it is a good idea to let animals stay
in local parks for people to see?
37. Old person Q1. What qualities does a person need to have to take
Describe An Old Person You Know And Respect care of old people?
You should say Q2. Do you think old people should be taken care of at
Who he or she is? home?
How do you know this person? Q3. How can people in the neighbourhood help the
What is he or she like? elderly during an epidemic?
And explain why you respect him or her Q4. Do you see this kind of help occurring in your
Speaking Part 3 neighbourhood?
Q5. Do you think teenagers must indulge in building a
community for the elderly?
40. Phone call 1. Do most people mind others talking on the phone
Describe a time when you answered a phone call from in public places?
someone you didn't know in a public place. 2. What are the differences between sitting next to
You should say: someone who talks on the phone and sitting next
Where it happened to people who talk to each other while traveling
What he/she said by train?
How you corresponded 3. Why do some people not care about their actions
Explain how you felt about the experience. in public?
Topic: PHONE CALL - Two-way Questions 4. Should parents teach their children to behave well
in public?
46. Returned product And explain how you felt about it.
Describe a product you bought but returned at the Topic: RETURNED PRODUCT - Two-way Questions
end. 1. Why do many people like shopping online?
You should say: 2. What would you do if you bought something
What it is disappointing from the internet?
When you bought it 3. Do you think that advertisements should be
Why you returned it strictly regulated?
51. Small store 2. How often do you go shopping for clothes? Why?
Describe a shop or a store you often go to. 3. What is your opinion about online shopping? Do you think it
You should say: is better than going to the store? Why or why not?
where it is 4. Do you think shopping can be addictive? Why or why
what type of people go there not?
what types of goods are sold there 5. How do you think shopping habits have changed in recent
and explain why you go there and like/dislike years?
most about it. 6. Do you think shopping can be a waste of time and
Part 3 money? Why or why not?
1. Do you think shopping centers and malls are still popular
these days? Why or why not?
52. Special meal Part 3 Follow Up - Questions & Answers
A Special Meal That Someone Made For You 1. Why do you think homemade meals are special?
You should say 2. How do you think traditional cooking methods
Who did it? compare to modern ones?
When and how did he/she cook? 3. Do you think food can influence relationships?
What and why did he/she cook? How?
Explain how you felt about the meal. 4. What is your favourite dish, and why do you like
it?
Speaking Part 3
58. Tourist attraction 1. What are the most popular tourist attractions
Describe A Tourist Attraction You Enjoyed Visiting in your country?
You should say 2. Do you agree that some tourist attractions
What this tourist attraction is? (e.g. national museums/galleries) should be
What you did there? free to visit?
Why you enjoyed visiting this tourist 3. Why is tourism important to a country?
attraction? 4. How do the types of tourist attractions that
How did you feel about it? younger people like to visit compare with
Speaking part 3: those that older people like to visit?