IELTS Speaking Part 1 Topics May-Aug 2020
Recent topics used in IELTS Speaking Part 1:
1. Home
2. Hometown
3. Work/Study
4. Neighbours
5. Wild animals
6. Friends and Friendship
7. Historical books
8. Cooking & Baking
9. Maths
10. Hotels
11. Sports Events
12. Science
13. Health
14. Parks
15. Numbers
16. Boredom
17. Taking breaks
18. Fish & fishing
19. Buying things (expensive/cheap things)
20. Art & painting
21. Sweet food (cakes)
22. Watersports
23. History
24. Laughing (jokes)
25. Public transport
26. Sleeping late and long nights
27. Meeting new people / socialising
28. Presents & gifts
29. Running
30. A place with a good view (and landscapes)
31. Homework
May-Aug IELTS Speaking Part 2 & Part 3 Topics
1. An interesting animal.
* Part 3 questions about:
* Pets
* Zoos
* Vegetarianism
2. A time you felt bored.
* Part 3 questions about:
* interesting technology
* boring or interesting jobs
* keeping busy - activities
3. A time you were not able to use your phone.
1. Part 3 questions about:
2. regulations about the use of smart phones
3. social situations and use of smart phones
4. how smart phones have changed the way we live
4. A goal you have.
* Part 3 questions about:
* planning and set backs & obstacles
* types of goals
* future - predictability, changes, adaptability
5. Something someone taught you.
* Part 3 questions about:
* Teaching methods, making learning interesting, schools, age &
learning, children & subjects
6. A person in the news you would like to meet
* Part 3 questions about:
* good or bad news & the function of news.
* how the news has changed
* reliable news & the internet
7. A time when the weather prevented you doing something.
* Part 3 questions about:
* the impact of weather on farming, fishing, travel etc
* global warming - reasons, solutions, responsibility (government
or individual)
* life in different climates
8. Important news or message that you received.
* Part 3 questions about:
* Using technology for communication
* The future of communication
* Social media
9. A time you offered someone help.
* Part 3 questions about:
* charities - their role, regional, national and international
* aid packages, volunteer work
* jobs that provide essential help to people
10. A performance you enjoyed watching (dancer/actor)
* Part 3 questions about:
* the importance of the arts & supporting the arts
* arts and culture
11. A time you got lost in a place you didn't know.
* Part 3 questions about:
* maps & map reading
* travelling to other countries and travel preparations
12. A time you wore your best clothes
* Part 3 questions about:
* casual & formal clothes
* word clothes & uniforms
13. A road trip you've done / an important journey / a car journey
* Part 3 questions about:
* Different forms of transport
* Cars and the future of transport
* Transport and pollution
14. Something you enjoyed doing in a group
* Part 3 questions about:
* Group activities
* Age and groups
* Leadership & group interaction
15. A skill you learned.
* Part 3 questions about:
* Types of skills
* Skills compared to experience or qualifications
* Success, employment & skills
16. An art exhibition you recently saw
* Part 3 questions about:
* Funding and importance of the arts
* children & art
* freedom of expression
17. A product you bought that was difficult to use in the beginning
1. Buying habits & influencing consumer behaviour
2. Expiry dates, advertising and consumerism
3. company responsibility to the environment & the local community
18. A time you wore a uniform
1. Part 3 questions about:
2. Colours, personality & clothes
3. Status, peer pressure & fashion
4. business & uniforms
19. Your ideal house
* Part 3 questions about:
* Rural vs urban living
* Renting or Owning
* Neighbours & Neighbourhoods
20. A person you've seen on TV.
1. Part 3 questions about:
2. news - types of news, the role of news, changes in the news
3. social media & TV
21. Your favourite film you would like to watch with friends
1. Part 3 questions about:
2. actors, making movies, the key to a success film
3. historical films - role & accuracy
4. foreign language films
5. the film industry
22. A journey that didn't go as planned
1. Part 3 questions about:
2. changes in transport - past and future
3. environmental impact, traffic problems, how transport has changed
our lives
4. comparisons of transport
23. An exciting event
1. Part 3 questions about:
2. celebrations - types, cost, importance,
3. companies sponsoring, government funding
24. Something challenging you recently did / a challenge you faced
1. Part 3 questions about:
2. challenges in life
3. challenges that children face and parent's role
4. challenging sports / extreme sports / individual sports
25. An article you recently read about health.
1. Part 3 questions about:
2. public health care & awareness of health
3. government support of public health
4. responsibility for public health
26. An unpleasant job you did.
1. Part 3 questions about:
2. work and technology and the future
3. work and success
4. innovations that influence on a global scale
27. Changes you would like to make to the place you live
1. Part 3 questions about:
2. different places depending on age
3. communication and technology
28. Something you did that might have had a negative result but ended up
positive.
1. Part 3 questions about:
2. risks and life
3. children and stories that relate to danger
29. A city you have visited that had pollution problems.
1. Part 3 questions about:
2. pollution; causes and solutions
3. problems in a city such as transport
30. Someone who taught you something important.
1. Part 3 questions about:
2. teaching and methodology
3. learning skills
31. A dinner you recently had with friends.
1. Part 3 questions about:
2. socialising and meeting people
3. hospitality and visitors
4. food
32. A time you made a mistake.
1. Part 3 questions about:
2. making mistakes and correcting them
3. children: their mistakes and teaching them
4. technology and how it helps us
33. A time someone apologised to you.
1. Part 3 questions about:
2. why and how people apologise
3. selfishness & modern society
34. A city you have visited that you would like to go back to.
1. Part 3 questions about:
2. main changes in modern cities
3. cities vs countryside
35. A piece of advice about your work or studies you received.
1. Part 3 questions about:
2. choosing a profession and factors influencing choice
3. types of professions: popular, useful
36. A practical skill you learned.
1. Part 3 questions about:
2. skills: business / work / success / technology
3. skills in the past vs the present
4. teamwork, communication, cooperation
37. A small company you know.
1. Part 3 questions about:
2. businesses: success, set up, family run, skills needed
3. self-employed or employed by others
38. Someone in your family you like to spend time with.
1. Part 3 questions about:
2. strong family relationships
3. different generations in a family
4. looking after elderly family members.
39. A change you would like to make to the place where you live.
1. Part 3 questions about:
2. different places people use in society
3. a good place to communicate with people
4. technology and communication
40. A crowded place.
1. Part 3 questions about:
2. busy places and problems
3. how technology has changed our lives and time
41. An old person you know and respect.
1. Part 3 questions about:
2. responsibility for the elderly
3. how technology helps the elderly
4. families and elderly members
Please continue to add based on your recent exam.
Recent topics used in IELTS Speaking Part 1:
1. Home
2. Hometown
3. Work/Study
4. Neighbours
5. Wild animals
6. Friends and Friendship
7. Historical books
8. Cooking & Baking
9. Maths
10. Hotels
11. Sports Events
12. Science
13. Health
14. Parks
15. Numbers
16. Boredom
17. Taking breaks
18. Fish & fishing
19. Buying things (expensive/cheap things)
20. Art & painting
21. Sweet food (cakes)
22. Watersports
23. History
24. Laughing (jokes)
25. Public transport
26. Sleeping late and long nights
27. Meeting new people / socialising
28. Presents & gifts
29. Running
30. A place with a good view (and landscapes)
31. Homework
May-Aug IELTS Speaking Part 2 & Part 3 Topics
1. An interesting animal.
* Part 3 questions about:
* Pets
* Zoos
* Vegetarianism
2. A time you felt bored.
* Part 3 questions about:
* interesting technology
* boring or interesting jobs
* keeping busy - activities
3. A time you were not able to use your phone.
1. Part 3 questions about:
2. regulations about the use of smart phones
3. social situations and use of smart phones
4. how smart phones have changed the way we live
4. A goal you have.
* Part 3 questions about:
* planning and set backs & obstacles
* types of goals
* future - predictability, changes, adaptability
5. Something someone taught you.
* Part 3 questions about:
* Teaching methods, making learning interesting, schools, age &
learning, children & subjects
6. A person in the news you would like to meet
* Part 3 questions about:
* good or bad news & the function of news.
* how the news has changed
* reliable news & the internet
7. A time when the weather prevented you doing something.
* Part 3 questions about:
* the impact of weather on farming, fishing, travel etc
* global warming - reasons, solutions, responsibility (government
or individual)
* life in different climates
8. Important news or message that you received.
* Part 3 questions about:
* Using technology for communication
* The future of communication
* Social media
9. A time you offered someone help.
* Part 3 questions about:
* charities - their role, regional, national and international
* aid packages, volunteer work
* jobs that provide essential help to people
10. A performance you enjoyed watching (dancer/actor)
* Part 3 questions about:
* the importance of the arts & supporting the arts
* arts and culture
11. A time you got lost in a place you didn't know.
* Part 3 questions about:
* maps & map reading
* travelling to other countries and travel preparations
12. A time you wore your best clothes
* Part 3 questions about:
* casual & formal clothes
* word clothes & uniforms
13. A road trip you've done / an important journey / a car journey
* Part 3 questions about:
* Different forms of transport
* Cars and the future of transport
* Transport and pollution
14. Something you enjoyed doing in a group
* Part 3 questions about:
* Group activities
* Age and groups
* Leadership & group interaction
15. A skill you learned.
* Part 3 questions about:
* Types of skills
* Skills compared to experience or qualifications
* Success, employment & skills
16. An art exhibition you recently saw
* Part 3 questions about:
* Funding and importance of the arts
* children & art
* freedom of expression
17. A product you bought that was difficult to use in the beginning
1. Buying habits & influencing consumer behaviour
2. Expiry dates, advertising and consumerism
3. company responsibility to the environment & the local community
18. A time you wore a uniform
1. Part 3 questions about:
2. Colours, personality & clothes
3. Status, peer pressure & fashion
4. business & uniforms
19. Your ideal house
* Part 3 questions about:
* Rural vs urban living
* Renting or Owning
* Neighbours & Neighbourhoods
20. A person you've seen on TV.
1. Part 3 questions about:
2. news - types of news, the role of news, changes in the news
3. social media & TV
21. Your favourite film you would like to watch with friends
1. Part 3 questions about:
2. actors, making movies, the key to a success film
3. historical films - role & accuracy
4. foreign language films
5. the film industry
22. A journey that didn't go as planned
1. Part 3 questions about:
2. changes in transport - past and future
3. environmental impact, traffic problems, how transport has changed
our lives
4. comparisons of transport
23. An exciting event
1. Part 3 questions about:
2. celebrations - types, cost, importance,
3. companies sponsoring, government funding
24. Something challenging you recently did / a challenge you faced
1. Part 3 questions about:
2. challenges in life
3. challenges that children face and parent's role
4. challenging sports / extreme sports / individual sports
25. An article you recently read about health.
1. Part 3 questions about:
2. public health care & awareness of health
3. government support of public health
4. responsibility for public health
26. An unpleasant job you did.
1. Part 3 questions about:
2. work and technology and the future
3. work and success
4. innovations that influence on a global scale
27. Changes you would like to make to the place you live
1. Part 3 questions about:
2. different places depending on age
3. communication and technology
28. Something you did that might have had a negative result but ended up
positive.
1. Part 3 questions about:
2. risks and life
3. children and stories that relate to danger
29. A city you have visited that had pollution problems.
1. Part 3 questions about:
2. pollution; causes and solutions
3. problems in a city such as transport
30. Someone who taught you something important.
1. Part 3 questions about:
2. teaching and methodology
3. learning skills
31. A dinner you recently had with friends.
1. Part 3 questions about:
2. socialising and meeting people
3. hospitality and visitors
4. food
32. A time you made a mistake.
1. Part 3 questions about:
2. making mistakes and correcting them
3. children: their mistakes and teaching them
4. technology and how it helps us
33. A time someone apologised to you.
1. Part 3 questions about:
2. why and how people apologise
3. selfishness & modern society
34. A city you have visited that you would like to go back to.
1. Part 3 questions about:
2. main changes in modern cities
3. cities vs countryside
35. A piece of advice about your work or studies you received.
1. Part 3 questions about:
2. choosing a profession and factors influencing choice
3. types of professions: popular, useful
36. A practical skill you learned.
1. Part 3 questions about:
2. skills: business / work / success / technology
3. skills in the past vs the present
4. teamwork, communication, cooperation
37. A small company you know.
1. Part 3 questions about:
2. businesses: success, set up, family run, skills needed
3. self-employed or employed by others
38. Someone in your family you like to spend time with.
1. Part 3 questions about:
2. strong family relationships
3. different generations in a family
4. looking after elderly family members.
39. A change you would like to make to the place where you live.
1. Part 3 questions about:
2. different places people use in society
3. a good place to communicate with people
4. technology and communication
40. A crowded place.
1. Part 3 questions about:
2. busy places and problems
3. how technology has changed our lives and time
41. An old person you know and respect.
1. Part 3 questions about:
2. responsibility for the elderly
3. how technology helps the elderly
4. families and elderly members
Please continue to add based on your recent exam.