Speaking

Practice topics
Speaking tasks
Speaking  questions

Part 2
Speaking topics - vocabulary
Part 2 topics with Part 3 follow up questions

Comment on the question

• That’s interesting. I was watching a program about that last week
• That’s a big problem today. I heard Sheikh Mohammed talk about that in a speech in Dubai.
• Oh, that’s very difficult to predict! I don’t think anybody really knows what is going to happen.
• Wow, that’s a tough question. It depends on your point of view.
• Yes, I’ve often thought about that.

Relate the question to their own experience

• That’s very important because I am getting married next month
• That’s an interesting question because I work in computers, so I often wonder what the future of technology will be.
• That’s a tough question because I am not an economist.
• That’s funny -  the other day I was in Al-Ain and someone asked me the same question.
• My kids often ask me the same question

Divide up your answer

• Basically, there are three ways to look at this problem. One way is to imagine….
• I think there are several ways to solve this problem. I think one way would be to…
• It depends on how you look at it. For example, if you were a parent, you would have one opinion, and if you were a student, you might have another perspective.
• I think two very different things will happen. First of all, there might be…
• There have been several effects. One effect is that
• I suppose you could break it up into two or three areas. First…

Use Modals

In the IELTS speaking test, Part 1 focuses on Present Tense, Part 2 on the Past, and Part 3 on the future and modals (can, could, might, may, etc.) You are expected to predict, guess, analyse, relate, suggest and evaluate (give your opinion) in this part.