IELTS Speaking Part 1 From May to August 2024

IELTS Speaking Part 1 From May to August 2024

Challenges

1. What subject do you think is the most challenging at school?
2. Do you like to challenge yourself?
3. Do you like to live a life that has a lot of challenges?
4. How do you usually deal with challenges in daily life?

Asking for help

1. Do you ask for help when you have a problem?
2. Why are teachers always willing to help students?
3. What kinds of help do you often ask for?
4. When was the last time you asked for help?

Childhood memory

1. What did you enjoy doing as a child?
2. Did you enjoy your childhood?
3. What are your best childhood memories?
4. Do you think it is better for children to grow up in the city or in the countryside?

Staying at home

1. Are you a person who likes to stay at home?
2. What do you do when you stay at home?
3. What is your favourite place at home?
4. What did you often do at home as a child?
5. Would you like to stay at home a lot in the future?

Schools and workplaces

1. Where is your school?
2. Do you like your school?
3. Do you think your school is a good place to study?
4. What is the environment like at your school?
5. What do you think could be improved in your school?
6. How important is interest in study?
7. Which subject do you find challenging?
8. Do you like your job?
9. Do you currently have a good work environment?
10. What do you think could be improved at your workplace?
11. What do you think would be challenging when you start working in the future?
12. Is there a place in your company that makes you feel relaxed?
13. What are the advantages of a company having a relaxation room?
14. Have you ever thought about changing jobs?
15. How do you go to work?
16. How do you go to school?

Exciting activities

1. Have you ever tried any exciting activities?
2. What do you think were exciting activities when you were a child?
3. Has anything exciting happened to you recently?
4. Would you like to try scuba diving and bungee jumping?

E-books and paper books

1. Which do you prefer, e-books or paper books?
2. When do you usually read online?
3. Will you read more online in the future?
4. Do you think paper books will disappear in the future?

News

1. Are you interested in news?
2. How do you usually find news?
3. How do your friends get news?
4. Have you read the news this morning?
5. Do you often talk with your friends about the news?

Internet

1. When did you start using the internet?
2. How often do you go online?
3. How does the internet influence people?
4. Do you think you spend too much time online?
5. What would you do without the internet?

Breakfast

1. What do you usually eat for breakfast?
2. Do you think breakfast is important?
3. Are there any differences between the mornings of your childhood and now?
4. Would you like to change your morning routine?

Language

• What languages can you speak?
• What languages would you like to learn in the future?
• How do you learn a foreign language?
• How are languages taught and learned in your school?

Library

• Do you often go to library?
• What do you usually do in the library?
• Did you go to library when you were a kid?
• Do Vietnamese kids often go to library?

Keys

• Do you always bring a lot of keys with you?
• Have you ever lost your keys?
• Do you often forget the keys and lock yourself out?
• Do you think it’s a good idea to leave your keys with a neighbour?

Small business

• Do you know many small businesses where you live?
• Do you prefer buying things in big companies or small businesses?
• Have you ever worked in small businesses?
• Have you ever thought about starting your own business?

Happy things

• Is there anything that makes you feel happy lately?
• What made you happy when you were little?
• What do you think will make you feel happy in the future?
• When do you feel happy at work? Why?
• Do you feel happy when buying new things?
• Do you think people are happy when buying new things?

T-shirt

• Would you buy T-shirts as souvenirs on vacation?
• Do you like wearing T-shirts?
• How often do you wear T-shirts?
• Do you like T-shirts with pictures or prints?
• Do you think older people who wear T-shirts are fashionable?

Outer space and stars

• Have you ever learnt about outer space and stars?
• Do you like science fiction movies? Why?
• Do you want to know more about outer space?
• Do you want to go into outer space in the future?

Art

• Do you like art?
• Do you like visiting art galleries?
• Do you want to be an artist?
• Do you like modern art or traditional art?

Weekends

• Do you like weekends?
• What do you usually do on weekends? Do you study or work?
• What did you do last weekends?
• Do you make plans for your weekends?

Jewelry

1. Do you often wear jewelry?
2. What type of jewelry do you like?
3. Do you usually buy jewelry?
4. Why do you think some people wear a piece of jewelry for a long time?

Staying up

1. Do you often stay up late?
2. Did you stay up late when you were a kid?
3. What do you do when you stay up late?
4. What does it feel like the next morning if you stay up late?

Chocolate

1. Do you like eating chocolate? Why or why not?
2. How often do you eat chocolate?
3. Do you often eat chocolate when you were a kid?
4. Why do you think chocolate is popular around the world?
5. What’s your favourite of chocolate?
6. Do you think it is good to use chocolate as gifts to others?

Doing sports

1. Do you know any people who are good at sports?
2. Do you think it is important for people to exercise?
3. What sports do you like?
4. Where did you learn how to do it?
5. Did you do some sports when you were young?
6. Do you think students need more exercise?
7. Should schools encourage young students to take more physical exercise?

Daily route

1. What is your daily study routine?
2. Have you ever changed your routine?
3. do you think it is important to have a daily routine for your study?
4. What part of your day do you like best?

Science

1. Do you like science?
2. When did you start to learn about science?
3. Which science subject is interesting to you?
4. What kinds of interesting things have you done with science?
5. Do you like watching science TV programs?
6. Do Chinese people often visit science museums?

Holidays

1. Where did you go for your last holiday?
2. Do you like holidays? Why?
3. Which public holiday do you like the best?
4. What do you do on holidays?
5. Do you like to spend your day at home?
6. Do you prefer a leisure or a busy holiday?

Relax

1. What would you do to relax?
2. Do you think doing sports is a good way to relax?
3. Do you think vacation is a good time to relax?
4. Do you think students need more relaxing time?

Shopping

1. Do you think expensive products are always better than cheaper ones?
2. Do you like shopping?
3. Do you compare prices when you shop? Why?
4. Is it difficult for you to make choices when you shop?

Number

1. Are you good at math?
2. Do you usually use numbers?
3. Are you good at remembering phone number?
4. What’s your favourite number?

Pen & Pencil

1. Do you usually use a pen or a pencil?
2. What do you think if someone gives you a pen or pencil as a present?
3. What was the last time you bought a pen or pencil?
4. Which do you use more often? Pen or pencil?

Sharing

1. Do you have anything to share with others recently?
2. What kind of things are not suitable for sharing?
3. What kind of things do you like to share with others?
4. Did your parents teach you to share when you were a child?

Morning routines

1. Do you like to get up early in the morning?
2. What is your morning routine?
3. Is breakfast important?
4. What do you do right after getting up in the morning?

Plants

1. Do you keep plants at homes?
2. What plant did you grow when you were young?
3. Do you know anything about growing a plant?
4. Do Chinese people send plants a gifts?

Clothing

1. What kind of clothes do you like to wear?
2. Do you prefer to wear comfortable and casual clothes or smart clothes?
3. Do you like wearing T-Shirts?
4. Do you spend a lot of time choosing clothes?

Music/Musical instruments

1. Have you ever learned to play a musical instrument?
2. What musical instruments do you enjoy listening to the most?
3. Do you think children should learn to play an musical instrument at school?
4. Do you think music education is important for children?

Chatting

1. Do you like chatting with friends?
2. What do you usually chat about with friends?
3. Do you prefer to chat with a group of people or with only one friend?
4. Do you prefer to communicate face-to-face or via social media?
5. Do you argue with friends?

Films

1. What films do you like?
2. Did you often watch films when you were a child?
3. Did you ever go to the cinema alone as a child?
4. Do you often go to the cinema with your friends?
5. Do you going to the cinema is a good way to spend time with friends?

The city you live in

1. Are there people of different ages living in this city?
2. Are there people friendly in the city?
3. Is the city friendly to children and old people?
4. Do you often see your neighbors?
5. What city do you live in?
6. Do you like this city? Why?
7. How long have you lived in this city?
8. Are there big changes in this city?
9. Is this city your permanent residence?

Work or studies

1. What subjects are you studying?
2. Do you like your subject?
3. Why did you choose to study that subject?
4. Do you think that your subject is popular in your country?
5. Do you have any plans for your studies in the next five years?
6. What are the benefits of being your age?
7. Do you want to change your major?
8. Do you prefer to study in the morning or in the afternoon?
9. How much time do you spend on your studies each week?
10. Are you looking forward to working? 
11. What technology do you use when you study?
12. What changes would you like to see in your school?
13. What work do you do?
14. Why did you choose to do that type of work/job?
15. Do you like your job?
16. What requirements did you need to meet to get your current job?
17. Do you have any plans for your work in the next five years?
18. What do you think is the most important at the moment?
19. Do you want to change to another job?
20. Do you miss being a student?
21. What technologies do you often use at work?
22. Who helps you the most? And how?

Social media

1. When did you start using social media?
2. Do you think you spend too much time on social media?
3. Do your friends use social media?
4. What do people often do on social media?

HOME & ACCOMMODATION

1. Do you live in a house or an apartment?
2. Can you describe the place where you live?
3. How long have you lived there?
4. Please describe the room you live in?
5. What part of your home do you like the most?
6. Who do you live with?
7. What room does your family spend most of the time in?
8. What do you usually do in your flat?
9. What kinds of accommodation do you live in?
10. Do you plan to live there for a long time?
11. Do you prefer living in a house or a flat?
12. Are the transport facilities to your home very good?
13. What kind of house or flat do you want to live in the future?
14. What’s your favourite room in your apartment/house?
15. What makes you feel pleasant in your home?
16. What’s the difference between where you are living now and where you have lived in the past?
17. Do you think it is important to live in a comfortable enviroment?

HOMETOWN

1. Where is your hometown?  
2. Is that a big city or a small place?
3. Do you like your hometown?
4. What do you like (most) about your hometown?
5. Is there anything you dislike about it?
6. How long have you been living there?
7. Do you like living there?
8. Do you think you will continue living there for a long time?
9. Please describe your hometown a little.
10. What’s your hometown famous for?
11. Did you learn about the history of your hometown at school?
12. Are there many young people in your hometown?
13. Is your hometown a good play for young people to purse their careers?

THE AREA YOU LIVE IN

1. Do you live in a noisy or a quite area?
2. Are the people in your neighborhood nice and friendly?
3. Do you like the area that you live in?
4. Where do you like to go in that area?
5. Do you know any famous people in your area?
6. What are some changes in the area recently?
7. Do you know any of your neighbours?

More IELTS Speaking Sample:

• IELTS Speaking Part 1 Sample
• IELTS Speaking Part 2 Sample
• IELTS Speaking Part 3 Sample