IELTS Speaking Test 1

🎙️ IELTS Academic Speaking Test 1

Total Duration: 11–14 minutes | Recording Required

⏱️ TIME REQUIREMENTS (Penalties Apply):
• Part 1: 4–5 minutes minimum (< 3:30 = -1.0 point penalty)
• Part 2: 1–2 minutes speaking (< 1:15 = -1.0 point penalty)
• Part 3: 4–5 minutes minimum (< 3:30 = -1.0 point penalty)

PART 1: Introduction & Interview (4–5 minutes)

⏱️ Timing: 4–5 minutes (Minimum 3:30 required)
📋 Task: Answer questions about familiar topics. The examiner will ask you questions about your personal life, interests, and experiences.
🎯 Assessment: Fluency & Coherence, Lexical Resource, Grammatical Range & Accuracy, Pronunciation

Introduction Questions

• Tell me about your family.

• Where do they live?

• What do you like doing when you are with your family?

🎤 Record your answers to the introduction questions

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Topic 1: Health and Exercise

• What sorts of things do you do to keep healthy?

• What other sorts of things are popular in your country to keep healthy?

• What sorts of exercise do you not like?

• How can we get young people to do more exercise?

🎤 Record your answers about health and exercise

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Topic 2: Music

• What is your favourite type of music and why?

• Do you think that a country’s traditional music is important for its culture? (Why?)

• Why do people’s tastes in music often change as they get older?

• What are some of the different uses of music in your country?

🎤 Record your answers about music

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PART 2: Individual Long Turn (3–4 minutes)

⏱️ Timing: 1 minute preparation + 1–2 minutes speaking (Minimum 1:15 required)
📋 Cue Card Topic: Describe your favourite film or television programme
You should say:

when you watch it
who is in it
what happens in it
explain why you particularly like it

🎯 Assessment: Ability to speak at length, organize ideas, use varied vocabulary and grammar, and maintain clear pronunciation

🎤 Record your response (Aim for 1–2 minutes)

You have 1 minute to prepare. Use this time to think about what you’ll say.

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PART 3: Two-Way Discussion (4–5 minutes)

⏱️ Timing: 4–5 minutes (Minimum 3:30 required)
📋 Task: Discuss broader, more abstract questions related to Part 2, expressing and justifying your opinions.
🎯 Assessment: Ability to develop ideas, explain opinions, analyze issues, and use complex language

Topic 1: Television and Radio

• Why do you think television has become so popular over the last 50 years?

• Do you think that there is still a future for radio with television being so popular?

• Which is better for presenting the news: television or radio? (Why?)

• How can we stop young people today watching too much television?

🎤 Record your answers about TV and radio

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Topic 2: Films and Cinema

• Can you compare television and cinema as forms of entertainment?

• Do people in your country prefer American films or films from their part of the world?

• How do you think the film industry will change in the future?

• Do you feel that “film stars” are overpaid for what they do?

🎤 Record your answers about films and cinema

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Evaluating your speaking…

IELTS Speaking Test 1

🎙️ IELTS Academic Speaking Test 1

PART 1: Introduction & Interview (4–5 minutes)

PART 2: Individual Long Turn (3–4 minutes)

PART 3: Two-Way Discussion (4–5 minutes)

✅ Speaking Test Submitted!