Resources, sample answers and articles on how to improve the speaking part of the IELTS test that worries so many students. Practice, improve, pass!
This is a great way to extend your answer for IELTS Speaking Part 2. You use a strategy to suit the question, you do well, but there is still too much time left. What do you do? Home > IELTS > Speaking > Part 2 IELTS Speaking Part 2 Quiz: It Doesn’t Need to be Hell! There are many options, but … Read more
Imagine you are just starting to watch your favourite TV series. The theme music is playing, you see a view of a city, then a neighbourhood, then a street, then a house, the camera goes in the front door of the house, into a room, then just as the music stops, someone speaks. Home > IELTS > … Read more
In IELTS Speaking Part 2, the examiner will give you a cue card. You have one minute to make some notes to help you speak on that topic/question for between one and two minutes. Preferably two. Home > IELTS > Speaking > Part 2 IELTS Speaking Part 2 Quiz: It Doesn’t Need to be Hell! Notes and Actually Reading Them The … Read more
There are several pages on this site that are dedicated to the ‘latest’ IELTS speaking questions. These questions are released for three periods of four months each year. January to April (so they include January, February, March and April), May to August and September to December. Home > IELTS > Speaking > General IELTS Speaking … Read more
Many students think that the IELTS Speaking Part 1 Questions are the easiest and simplest of the three parts, but it is a great time to show off what you can do. In real life, people take three seconds to find out if they like someone or not when they get that first impression. This … Read more
Latest questions, sample answers as well as many resources that will boost your journey to IELTS speaking success, Strategies for each part of the test! IELTS Speaking General IELTS Speaking Part 1 IELTS Speaking Part 2 IELTS Speaking Part 3 Part 1 Sample Answers Part 2 Sample Answers Part 3 Sample Answers
Understanding the IELTS Speaking rubric is essential for a high score. Use Fluency and Coherence, Lexical Resource, Grammar and Accuracy as well as Pronunciation to improve your score. Using this rubric with some strategies usually takes students’ scores to a higher level. Home > IELTS > Speaking > General
IELTS is an advanced English test, so examinees should use advanced English. However, IELTS, like many other advanced English tests, is a complicated test with many parts, so students need to take the time to know the test and practice each part, so they as prepared as possible. Here are questions for IELTS Speaking Parts … Read more
Many students think that the IELTS Speaking Part 1 questions are the easiest and simplest of the three parts, but it is a great time to show off what you can do. In real life, people take three seconds to find out if they like someone or not when they get that first impression. This … Read more
Here are some sentences and phrases to help you with IELTS Speaking Part 2. These are particularly useful for students who are using one of my strategies. This is a work in progress, so there should be more added when time allows. If you use any of them, remember to change the tense to suit … Read more