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.

Writing - practice topics

Safety standards are important when building people's homes. Who should be responsible for enforcing strict building codes - the government or the people who build the homes? 




 Does modern technology make life more convenient, or was life better when technology was simpler? 


Nowadays doctors can become very rich. Maybe they should not focus on profitable activities such as plastic surgery or looking after rich patients and concentrate more on patients health, no matter how rich they are? 


Should criminals be punished with lengthy jail terms or re-educated and rehabituated, using community service programs for instance, before being reintroduced to society. 

Reading

Supplement reading material

#1Wind Power in the US
#2 Full Academic Reading Test
#3Antarctic Penguins
#4Colorblindness

Reading Answers

Passage 3
27.ii
28.v
29.x
30.i

31.No
32.Yes
33.No
34.Yes
35.NG

36.D
37.I
38.G
39.E

40. B