IELTS SPEAKING 17-1 FULL PRACTICE WITH TIMER

The examiner asks you about yourself, your home, work or studies and other familiar topics.

History
• What did you study in history lessons when you were at school?
• Did you enjoy studying history at school? [Why/Why not?]
• How often do you watch TV programmes about history now? [Why/Why not?]
• What period in history would you like to learn more about? [Why?]

PART 2

You will have to talk about the topic for one to two minutes. You have one minute to think about what you are going to say. You can make some notes to help you if you wish

Describe the neighbourhood you lived in when you were a child.
You should say:
-where in your town/city the neighbourhood was
-what kind of people lived there
-what it was like to live in this neighbourhood
-and explain whether you would like to live in this neighbourhood in the future.

PART 3
Discussion topics:
Neighbours
-What sort of things can neighbours do to help each other?
-How well do people generally know their neighbours in your country?
-How important do you think it is to have good neighbours?
Facilities in cities
-Which facilities are most important to people living in cities?
-How does shopping in small local shops differ from shopping in large city centre shops?
-Do you think that children should always go to the school nearest to where they live?