C1 Advanced Speaking Part 1 - What is your favourite way to relax?

C1 Speaking Part 1 – What is Your Favourite Way to Relax? 3 Sample Answers

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These are high-scoring sample answers for the C1 Advanced Speaking Part 1 question: What is Your Favourite Way to Relax? There are three versions of the answer, each using a method from ‘C1 Speaking Part 1: How to vary Your Answers‘. Read them to understand what you need to talk about and the kind of answers you need to start your C1 advanced speaking test well. For practice questions and other tips, go here and here.

C1 Advanced Speaking Part 1

3 Sample Answers for the Question

What is Your Favourite Way to Relax?

1/ Adding information

I would say it has to be watching tv. I’m a great fan of watching tv and I like to sit on our incredibly comfy sofa with the lights dimmed with some of my favourite snacks. I love biscuits, for example, a cup of tea or something and just snuggle down and watch my favourite programmes. Whatever they decide they want to show me.

2/ Reason

I would say it’s watching tv. You know, when you watch tv, you can choose from what they choose to show you. But, you know, for me, that’s so much more relaxing than having to choose a YouTube video or something like that, because that’s just constantly making decisions, which I don’t find relaxing at all.

3/ Time detail

To be quite honest, I would say it would be watching tv. First of all, I would check the listings and then plan out my evening’s entertainment. Half an hour for a comedy, maybe, or a couple of hours for a movie and so on and give myself enough time to make cups of tea and so on and so I can completely, be completely relaxed by the end of the evening.

Speaking Analysis

This is my opinion of the above answers. The answer was given as in a test, with minimal preparation time.

Answer 1 – Good. I answer the question then add more information about how I like to relax.

Answer 2 – Good. I answer the question, then give a reason.

Answer 3 – Good. I answer the question and give more information using time markers.

Less Common and Idiomatic Vocabulary

  • comfy – short for comfortable
  • the lights dimmed – the lights are not off, but not as bright as usual
  • snuggle – settle or move into a warm, comfortable position
  • the listings – the TV schedule for different TV channels

Let me know if you think the sample answer is useful or not in the comments below. Good luck with your IELTS Speaking test!

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