IELTS Speaking Questions & Topics

for Part One

Hometown
I’d just like to ask you some questions about your hometown.
1 Where is your hometown?
2 What was it like growing up there?
3 Has it changed much since you were a child?
4 What do you like most about living there?
5 What kinds of things can visitors to your hometown go and see?
6 Do you think you will live there when you are older?
Home
I’d like to ask you some questions about your home.
1 Do you live in an apartment or a house?
2 Is it a large apartment/house?
3 Who do you live there with?
4 What is your favorite room in your apartment/house?
5 Is it a quiet or noisy place to live?
6 What can you see from the windows in your apartment/house?

7 If you could change anything about your apartment/house, what

would you change?
Studies
I’d just like to ask you some questions about your studies.
1 What are you studying?
2 Why did you choose that particular course?
3 What is your favorite subject?
4 Are you friends with many other students on your course?
5 What job would you like when you have completed all your studies?
6 Will you have to do further studies in the future?
Free Time
I’d like to move on and ask you some questions about your free time
1 What type of activities do you like to do in your free time?
2 How long have you been interested in these activities?
3 Do you like to do these activities alone or with other people?
4 Do you think people have enough free time?
Family
I’d like to move on and ask you some questions about your family.
1 How many people are there in your family?
2 Do you all live in the same house?
3 What things do you like doing together?
4 Who is your favorite family member?
Timing
Let’s move on and talk about being on time for appointments.
1 Is being late acceptable in your culture?

2 Are you ever late for appointments?

3 What type of excuses do you think are alright for lateness?

4 How do you feel when someone is late for an appointment with
you?
Neighbours
Let’s change the topic and talk about your neighbours
1 Do you know the people who live next door to you?
2 How often do you see each other?
3 What kind of relationship do you have?
4 How can neighbours be helpful?
5 What kind of problems can people have with their neighbors in a
big city?
Food
1 Do you enjoy cooking?
2 What type of things can you cook?
3 What kinds of food are popular in your country?
4 Is it an important part of your culture to have dinner parties?
5 Do you prefer to eat with other people or on your own?
Dreams
1 Do you dream much at night?
2 Do you often remember your dreams?
3 Do you think we can learn anything from dreams?
4 Do people in your country talk about their dreams?
5 Do you think that dreams can come true?
Magazines and Newspapers
1 Which do you prefer reading, newspapers or magazines?
2 What type of stories do you like to read about?
3 Do you think reading a magazine or a newspaper can help you learn
a language?
4 Why do you think some people prefer magazines to newspapers?
Humor
Let’s change the topic and talk about comedy and humor.
1 What type of programs do you find funny on TV?
2 Which types of programs are most popular in your country?
3 What kind of things make you laugh?
4 Do you like to make people laugh?
5 Do you think it is important to have a sense of humor?
Museums
1 Are museums popular in your country?
2 Did you visit museums when you were a child?
3 Do you like to visit museums nowadays?
4 Do you think you should pay to visit museums?
Mobile Phones
Now lets talk about mobile phones.
1 Do you have a mobile phone?
2 At what age did you first get a mobile?
3 What do you most use it for?
4 Is it a nuisance if people use mobiles in public places such as trains
and buses?
Television
We'll now talk about television.
1 How many hours a day do you spend watching television?
2 What type of television programs do you like to watch?

3 Do you think children in your country watch too much television?

4 Do you think television is useful for education in schools?
The Sea
Now we'll talk about the sea.

1 Do you like to go on holiday by the sea?

2 Are there many hotels by the sea in your country?
3 What kind of activities can people do by the sea?
4 How long do people normal visit the sea for when they go on
holiday?
Flowers
Now we'll talk about flowers.
1 How you ever given anybody flowers?
2 Is it popular to give flowers to people in your country?
3 On what special occasions do people give flowers in your country?
4 What kinds of flowers would you like to receive as a present?
The Weather
1 What kind of weather do you like the most?
2 Does the weather affect the way that you feel?
3 Do people like the weather in your country?
4 Do the kinds of outside activities people do in your country change
when the weather changes?
Public Transport
1 What kinds of public transport do they have in your country?
2 What kinds of public transport do most people use?
3 What is your favorite type of public transport?
4 What do you do when you are travelling on public transport?
5 How could public transport in your country be improved?
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Sport
1 What is the most popular type of sport in your country?
2 Is there a lot of sport on television in your country?
3 What sports do children normally do at school?
4 Do you think people do enough sport these days?
Writing
Now we'll talk about writing

1 Do you enjoy writing?

2 What age do children normally learn to write in your country?

3 Did you used to write a lot when you were a child?

4 Do you ever write letters?
5 Do you prefer writing letters or sending emails?
Animals
1 What is your favorite animal?
2 What types of animals do you have in your country?
3 What types of animals are kept as pets in your country?
4 Do you think animals should be kept in zoos?
Dictionaries
1 Do you ever use a dictionary?
2 Do you prefer paper or electronic dictionaries?
3 Are dictionaries used a lot in schools in your country?
4 Do you think dictionaries are useful for learning a language?
Fashion and clothing
1 Were you interested in fashion when you were a child?
2 Is fashion important to you now?
3 What types of clothes are fashionable for young people in your
country these days?
4 Does fashion change for people as they get older?
Birthdays
1 What did you usually do on your birthday when you were a child?
2 How do you normally celebrate your birthday now?
3 Is your birthday now still as important to you as when you were a
child?
4 Do you think it's important to give someone a card when it's their
birthday?
5 Do you think the price of a gifts/presents is important?
Books
1 Do you like reading books?
2 What kinds of books do you like to read?
3 What is the best book you've ever read?
4 Is reading books a popular activity in your country?
5 Do you think that electronic books / eReaders are better than real
books?
Exercise
1 Do you do much exercise?
2 Do you do more exercise now than when you were a child?
3 Do people in your country do a lot of exercise?
4 What do you think is the best exercise to keep fit?
5 Have the types of exercise people like to do changed since you
were a child?
The internet
1 Do you use The Internet?
2 Are children allowed to use The Internet at school in your country?
3 Do you think that The Internet is useful for study?
4 Have you ever used The Internet to buy something?
5 Are there any dangers of buying things online?
Daily Routine
1 Tell me about your daily routine?
2 Has your daily routine changed since you were a child?
3 Is your daily routine different at the weekend to during the week?
4 What would you like to change about your daily routine?
5 Do you think it's important to have a daily routine?
Musical Instruments
We'll now talk about musical instruments.
1 Do you think it's important for children to learn to play a musical
instrument?
2 Do children have to learn to play a musical instrument at school in
your country?
3 Have you ever learned to play a musical instrument?
4 What do you think is the best age to start to learn to play a musical
instrument?
5 What do you think would be the most difficult musical instrument to
learn to play?
Pets
1 Do you have a pet?
2 What types of animals do you think make the best pets?
3 Why do people have pets?
4 Should dogs be left in the house alone while their owners are at
work?
5 Is there any types of animals that you think should not be kept as a
pet?
Seasons
1 What is your favorite season?
2 Tell me about the different seasons in your country.
3 How do the clothes people wear in your country change with the
seasons?
4 Do any types of jobs people do in your country change with the
seasons?
5 Is tourism popular in a particular season in your country?
Photographs
1 Do you enjoy taking photographs?
2 Do you prefer to take photos with a phone or with a camera?
3 Do you take many photographs when you travel?
4 Do you like looking at photographs of yourself?
5 Have you put any photographs you have taken on the walls in your
house?
Trees
1 Do you like trees?
2 Are there many trees in your hometown?
3 Do you think there are enough trees in most cities?
4 What are the benefits of planting more trees?
Email
1 Do you email people often?
2 Do you chat with friends or family more with email?
3 Do you think people prefer to receive an email or a letter?
4 Do you think it's easier to write an email or a letter?
5 Do you think email will eventually replace letter writing?