Topics for speaking in section 1 1. What is the meaning of your name? 2. Does your name affect your personality?

3. Tell me something about your hometown. 4. What are the differences in accent between your hometown and Hanoi? 5. What is the character of the people like in your hometown? 6. What is people's favourite food in the region where you live? 7. Do you think that people have enough time for leisure now? 8. Are there any historic monuments in your region? 9. Describe your Job? How do you spend your typical day? 10. Tell me something about the Hue Festival. 11. How have weddings changed in recent years? 12. Tell me something about the <Holi> Festival. <change with the festival name of your country> 13. Describe a traditional wedding ceremony. 14. Name a person whom you admire? Why? What influence does he / she has on your life? Would you like to become like him / her in future? 15. Are there any traditions concerning the birth of a baby? 16. How do you like <The test city> Compare it to your hometown. How did you get to this place? 17. What place do you like best in Hanoi? 18. What places in Delhi should a foreigner visit? 19. What places would you recommend a visitor to go to in your region/hometown? 20. If you had the choice, where would you choose to live in India? 21. Which parts of India would you recommend a foreigner to visit? 22. Tell me something about your family. 23. Which is your favourite colour?

24. Do you think colours influence our life? How? 25. Which is the best place you've been to in India? 26. Who does most of the household chores in your family? 27. Are the traditional sexual roles within the family changing? 28. Why is the divorce rate increasing so rapidly? Is it a problem? 29. What is your opinion of the planning family policy? 30. How do you discipline your child? 31. Is it acceptable for couples to live together without marrying? 32. If you had the choice, would you have a son or a daughter? 33. Are you going to bring your child up any differently to the way your parents did? 34. What hopes do you have for your child? (if you are married) 35. Do women still have too heavy a burden in their day to day life? 36. Is the increasing influence of the West largely a positive or negative thing?

37. Are you looking forward to anything in particular in Australia / UK / USA ? 38. What do you do in your leisure time? 39. What will you do if you fail the IELTS?

40. Who should bear the responsibility for payment of tuition fees? 41. What can be done to improve education in rural areas? 42. Have recent changes affected your job in any way? 43. Do you agree with private education? Why? 44. What can be done to close the gap between urban and rural areas? 45. If you had the power, what changes would you carry out within education?

46. Describe a typical working day for you 47. How do you see yourself in ten years time? 48. If you had the opportunity to change your job, what would you do instead? 49. If you had one million dollars, what would you do with it? 50. If you could start your life again, would you do anything differently? 51. What ambitions do you have? 52. Which country/place would you most like to visit? 53. What changes do you think India will see in the next few years? 54. Will any possible future changes affect your job in any way? 55. How do you think you will cope abroad? 56. How does it feel to go abroad for the first time? 57. Are you looking forward to anything in particular in Australia / UK / USA ? 58. What do you do in your leisure time? 59. What will you do if you fail the IELTS? 60. Why are you giveing IELTS? What course / job do you intend to pursue after IELTS.? IELTS Speaking Module - Part 2 - Sample Topics

In Part 2 of the IELTS Speaking Module, you need to give a short talk, of about 1-2 minutes, on a simple topic. The questions do not require any specific knowledge, but are based on personal experience. You are handed a card with the topic and you have one minute to prepare your talk. You can make notes and use these notes during your monologue. The examiner will not ask you any questions during this part of the test, so you must know how to answer all parts of the question you are given and speak fluently for a few minutes by yourself. Sample IELTS Speaking Module topics (for Part 2) are given below. It is quite likely that you will be given one of these topics or something very similar, so make sure you can speak confidently and clearly on each one.

Describe an artist or entertainer you admire.

You should say:

Who they are and what they do How they became successful How you found out about them And explain why you admire them

Describe a subject you enjoyed studying at school.

You should say:

When and where you started studying it What lessons were like What made the subject different from other subjects And explain why you enjoyed the subject

Describe an important choice you had to make in your life.

You should say:

When you had this choice What you had to choose between Whether you made a good choice And explain how you felt when you were making this choice

Describe a job you have done.

You should say:

How you got doing the job What the job involved How long the job lasted Describe how well you did the job

Describe an area of countryside you know and like.

You should say:

Where it is What its special features are What you and other people do in this area And explain why you like it

Describe an object you particularly like.

You should say:

What it is and what it looks like What it is made of What it is for And explain why it is special for you

Describe a newspaper or magazine you enjoy reading.

You should say:

What kind of newspaper / magazine it is Which parts of it you read regularly When and where you read it Explain why you enjoy reading it

Describe something healthy you enjoy doing.

You should say:

What you do Where you do it Who you do it with And explain why you think doing this is healthy

Describe a game or sport you enjoy playing.

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What kind of sport it is Who you play it with Where you play it And explain why you enjoy playing it

Describe someone in your family who you like.

You should say:

How this person is related to you What this person looks like What kind of person he/she is And explain why you like this person

Describe a museum or art gallery that you have visited.

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Where it is Why you went there What you particularly remember about the place.

Describe an enjoyable event that you experienced when you were at school.

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When it happened What was good about it Why you particularly remember this event.

Describe a song or piece of music you like.

You should say:

What the song or music is What kind of song or music it is Where you first heard it And explain why you like it

Describe a festival that is important in your country.

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When the festival occurs What you did during it What you like or dislike about it And explain why this festival is important Examples include:

Describe someone who has influenced you in your life. Say how long you have known the person, why he / she is special and how he / she influenced

you. Describe a book, story or movie which had a major impact on you. Tell the story, and why you think it impacted you so greatly. Describe a person you would like to meet, explain why you chose this person and what effect such a meeting would have on you. Describe a difficult time in your life, the problem, your solution, and what you learned. Describe a place that had a major impact in you, how it affected you and why