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IELTS SPEAKING PART ONE TOPICS MAY -AUG 2020

 

Below are reported IELTS Speaking Topics for May, June, July & August 2020. Please read all this page carefully so that you prepare properly for your IELTS Speaking Test. These topics are NOT predictions, they are reported topics. As more people report topics, I will update the list.

Work and Study
  • Do you work or are you a student?
  • What work do you do? What subjects are you studying?
  • Why did you choose that job?
  • Why did you choose to study that subject?
  • Do you like your job?
  • Is there anything you dislike about your job?
  • What was your dream job when you were young?
  • Have you changed your mind on your dream job?
  • What do you like about your studies?
  • What do you dislike about your studies?
Hometown
  • Please describe your hometown a little.
  • What is your town well-known for?
  • Do you like your home town?
  • Is that a big city or a small place?
  • How long have you been living there?
  • Do you think you will continue livingthere for a long time?
  • How has your town changed over thelast 20 years?
Fish and Fishing
  • Why do people go Fishing?
  • Do you like eating Fish?
  • Where can you see Fish?
Public Transport
  • Do you travel by public transport?
  • When was the last time you travelled by public transport?
  • What you don’t like about public transport?
  • Would you prefer to use public transport in the future?
  • What’s the most popular means of transportation in your hometown?
  • Is driving to work popular in your country?
  • Do you prefer public transportation or private transportation?
  • Are there any traffic problems in your area?
  • How would you improve transport in your town or area?
  • How would you reduce traffic problems in your area?
  • How do you think public transport could be improved?
Staying up late
  • Do you sometimes go to bed late?
  • What do you do when you stay up late?
  • How do you feel when you have stayed up late the night before?
Celebrities and stars
  • Have you ever met a celebrity in real life?
  • Who is your favourite movie star?
  • Are international superstars popular in your country?
Drinking-Water
  • Do you ever drink bottled water or water from water machines? Why?
  • What kind of water do you like to drink?
  • How often do you drink water
  • Have you ever encountered a situation when there was no water to drink?
  • Do you think water is an important resource?
Handwriting
  • Do you often write with a pen?
  • Is your handwriting easy for other people to read?
  • What impression does a person’s handwriting have on other people?
  • Do you usually write by hand or write using a computer?
  • Nowadays, how do most people write things?
  • What’s the difference between writing with a pen and typing on a computer?
  • Can we tell someone’s personality from his or her handwriting?
  • Do you think handwriting is important nowadays?
  • Do you think computers might one day replace handwriting?
  • When do children begin to write in your country How did you learn to write?
  • How can children today improve their handwriting?
  • Did you like writing things when you were a child?
Plants
  • Do you like plants?
  • Do you know a lot about plants?
  • Have you ever had a plant?
  • Do you want to have a plant as a gift?
  • What plants did you grow when you were younger?
  • Do you know anything about growing a plant?
  • Do people in your country send plants as gifts?
Photos
  • Do you like to take photos?
  • How often do you take photos?
  • How do you store your photos?
  • Do you prefer to take photos of yourself or have other people take photos?
Tidiness
  • Are you a tidy person?
  • Do you think people should be tidy all the time?
  • Are you tidier at work or at home?
Plans
  • What is the hardest part about making plans?
  • What is the most recent plan you made?
  • Do you make plans every day?
  • Are you good at managing your time?
Street Markets
  • Are there many street markets inyour country?
  • What is the difference between street markets and supermarkets?
  • What do street markets sell?
  • What do people usually buy atstreet markets?
  • Do many people go to street markets inyour country?
  • Do you like going to street markets?
  • Do you often go to a supermarket?
Public holidays
  • How many public holidays do you have in your country?
  • Which public holiday is your favourite?
  • What do you usually do on a public holiday?
  • Do you think people need more public holidays?
Age
  • Do you like your current age?
  • What do you like about it?
  • At what age do you think people are the happiest?
  • What was the most important decision you have made?
  • What is the best age to learn driving?
  • How do you feel about getting older?
  • Should we treat people of differnt ages in the same way?
Cooking and baking
  • Do you like to cook?
  • Have you ever baked a cake?
  • Would you like to learn how to bake?
  • What kinds of things are baked in your country?
Colours
  • What’s your favourite colour?
  • Do you usually wear clothes in your favourite colours?
  • Are there any colours you dislike?
  • Do you like dark colours or light colours?
Movies
  • What’s your favourite movie?
  • Do your friends like this movie?
  • What kind of movies do young people like?
  • Would you like to be a movie star?
Running
  • Do you like running?
  • Where do you run?
  • How often do you run?
  • Did you do running in sports lessons at school?
  • Have you ever tried to run a long distance?
  • What is the longest distance that that you’ve ever run?
  • What you like to watch a running race on TV?
Walking
  • Do you often walk?
  • Where do you walk?
  • Do you think you walk enough?
  • Do you think people will walk more in the future?
Languages
  • Which languages do you speak?
  • What are the common languages in your country?
  • Would you like to learn a new language?
  • Is it important to speak a foreign language?
Pens and Pencils
  • When was the last time you bought a pen or a pencil?
  • Do you usually use a pen or a pencil?
  • Do you prefer to write with a pen or with a pencil now?
  • How often do you buy pens and pencils?
  • What types of pens and pencils do you buy?
  • When you went to school, did you learn to write with a pen or pencil?
Spending Time by Yourself
  • Do you like spending time by yourself?
  • How do you usually spend your time by yourself?
  • What did you do last time when you were by yourself?
Wild Animals
  • Have you ever seen wild animals before?
  • Which wild animals do you like the most?
  • Do you like to go to the zoo?
Wearing Jeans
  • Do you like wearing jeans? Why?
  • Why are they so popular?
  • Do you prefer to wear certain brand of jeans?
  • Do most people like to wear jeans?
Numbers
  • Do you have a favourite number?
  • Are you good at memorising numbers?
  • Do you often use numbers to do something?
  • Would you like to have a job that deals with numbers?
Concentration
  • What helps you concentrate?
  • What stops you from concentrating?
  • What do you do when you can’t concentrate?
Beautiful Scenery
  • In your country, are there many places to see beautiful scenery?
  • Do you like to visit places with beautiful views when you are travelling?
  • Do you like to take pictures of beautiful scenery?
Perfume
  • Do you wear perfume?
  • What’s your favourite perfume?
  • Have you ever given someone perfume as a gift?
  • Would you spend a lot of money on a perfume?
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Patience
  • Are you a patient person?
  • Were you patient when you were young?
  • How do you feel when people are not patient?
  • Are people in your country generally patient?
Laughter
  • When was the last time you laughed?
  • Do you like watching funny programmes on TV?
  • Do you like to make people laugh?
  • Do you think it is important for friends to laugh together?
Art
  • Do you like going to museums?
  • Have you ever visited  an art gallery??
  • Do you like art?
  • Did you like art classes at school?
  • is there any artwork on the wall in your room?
  • Have you ever had art classes?
  • Do you think it would be interesting for you to be an artist?
Travel
  • Do you like travelling?
  • What kind of cities do you like to travel to?
  • Which cities have you travelled to?
  • Which place that you have visited has left the deepest impression on you?
Water Sports
  • Have you ever done any water sports? 
  • What kind of water sports do you like doing?
  • What kind of water sports would you like to try?
  • Are water sports popular in you country?
Coffee or tea
  • Do you like coffee or tea?
  • Do you remember when you drank coffee/tea for the first time?
  • Do offer coffee and tea to visitors when they come to your home?
  • What is the benefit of drinking coffee or tea?
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Sleep
  • How many hours do you sleep every day (or every night)?
  • Do you think it’s good to have a nap during the day?
  • Do you think old people need more sleep than young people?
  • Have your sleeping habits changed since you were younger?
Friends
  • Do you have a lot of friends?
  • What do you do with your friends?
  • Is it important to have a lot of friends?
Science
  • Do you like science?
  • Did you like science classes when you were young?
  • Do you think schoolchildren should have both science classes and art classes?
  • Do you think science is important to our society?
  • Was science a popular subject when you were at high school?
Cakes and Deserts
  • Do you like eating cakes?
  • Did you like cakes when you were a child?
  • Have you ever made a cake yourself? 
  • Do you like  cake or other sweets after a meal ?
  • What desserts are popular in your country?
  • On what occasions do people in your culture eat special cakes or sweet things?
History
  • Do you like to learn about history?
  • Do you like to watch programs on TV about history?
  • Do you think you can really learn history from films or TV programs?
  • Do you like to watch historical films?
  • Do you think the internet is a good place to learn about history?
  • Do you go to museums to learn history?
  • Did you like history lessons when you studied at school?
  • When was the last time when you read a book or article about history?
  • Do you like films based on historical events?
News and newspapers
  • Do you read news in newspapers or on the Internet?
  • Do you think the Internet is a good way to get news?
  • Which do you prefer reading, magazines or newspapers?
  • Do you often read newspapers?
  • How old were you when you started reading newspapers?
  • Do you think it’s important to read newspapers?
  • Is the news important to you?
  • Do you prefer to read about local news or international news?
  • What are some methods that newspapers use to attract reader?
Social Media
  • Is it easy to find real friends on a social networking website?
  • Are you a social person?
  • What kind of social networking websites do you like to use?
  • What kind of people do you like to be friends with on those websites?
  • What kind of chatting apps or software do people in your country like to use?
  • What are the drawbacks of using social media?
  • Do you use more social media compared to the past?
Insects
  • How do you like insects?
  • Are there many different insects where you live?
  • Do you think insects are useful?
Jokes
  • Are you good at telling jokes?
  • Do your freiends like to tell jokes?
  • Do you like to watch comedies?

IELTS SPEAKING PART TWO TOPICS MAY -AUG 2020

Describe a country (or culture) that you want to know more about

You should say:

    • what it is
    • where it is
    • how you know about it
    • why it’s interesting

Describe a person who you have lived with before

You should say:

  • who this person is
  • when you lived with this person
  • why you lived with this person
  • how you felt about living with this person

Describes a person in the news you want to meet

You should say

    • who this person is
    • how you know this person
    • what he or she is like
    • why you want to meet him or her

Describe something you bought that was hard to use at first

You should say:

    • what it was and where you bought it
    • why it was hard to use at first ?
    • how you started using it successfully
    • how you felt about it

Describe a challenge that you met

You should say

    • what it was
    • when it was
    • how you overcame it

Describe a change that can improve your local area

You should say:

    • what place needs to be improved
    • how often you go there
    • what you dislike about this public place
    • what should be done

Describe your dream home

You should say

    • what kind of accommodation it will be
    • where it will be
    • if it will be big or small
    • what it will look like

Describe a situation when you helped someone

You should say:

    • what the situation was
    • who the person was
    • how you helped them

Describe a job you don't want to do

You should say

    • what it is
    • whether you think it’s easy or difficult
    • explain why you don’t want to do it

Describe an important journey that was delayed

You should say:

    • where you were going
    • why it was delayed
    • how it affected your plans
    • how you felt

Describe an important skill you learned

You should say

    • what this skill was
    • when you learned it
    • how you learned it
    • why it was important

Describe one time when the weather broke your plans

You should say:

    • what you planned
    • when and where you were
    • what kind of weather it was
    • explain why you couldn’t finish what you did

Describe an experience when you couldn't use a mobile phone

You should say

    • what you did
    • when it was
    • where it was
    • why you were not allowed to use a mobile phone

Article on health that you read online or in a magazine

You should say:

    • what the article was about
    • where you read it
    • why you read it
    • how you felt about it

Describe a goal you achieved

You should say

    • what the achievement is
    • how you did it
    • how difficult it was
    • how you feel about it

Describe a trip that you went on by public transport

You should say:

    • where you went
    • what means of transport you took
    • who you were with
    • how you felt about the trip

Describe a uniform you wear

You should say

    • what it is like
    • when you wear it
    • who bought it for you
    • how you feel about it

Describe an exciting event

You should say:

    • what it was
    • when and where it was
    • who you were with
    • why you were excited
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