Introduction to IELTS Speaking

8-10 minutes

11-14 minutes

15-18 minutes

2 parts

3 parts

4 parts

everyday topics

specialist topics

academic topics

argue something

explain something

describe something

no time to prepare

30 seconds to prepare

60 seconds to prepare

1 minute

2 minutes

3 minutes

the same topic as part one

a different topic to part two

the same topic as part two

so you can have a copy

because it is always marked twice

in case it needs to be re-marked

Large. There are my parents, me, and my 2 brothers and 2 sisters.

Large

Large. There’s my mother, Anna. She’s a teacher. My father, Paul, is an engineer. I have 2 older brothers, Phil and Dave. They’re at university. And then my 2 younger sisters, Chris and Helen. They’re still at school.

It’s boring. There isn’t anything to do. There are no shops, or parks, or cinemas, or restaurants, or discos or sports centres.

It’s boring.

It’s quite boring. There isn’t much to do – no shops or cinemas or anything.

The grammar, especially the tenses. Sometimes I don’t know the right one to use.

The grammar. The tenses are very difficult and I don’t know when to use the present perfect or the past tense or when to use the continuous or simple, or when to use ‘will’. Very difficult.

The grammar.