IELTS Speaking Part 1 Sample Questions

Q1. Do you live in a house or a flat?

• Why do you live in an apartment/house?
• How long have you lived there?
• What do you like the most about it?
• What is your favorite room? Why?
• Can you describe the view from your windows?
• Do you plan to live there in the future?
• What kind of accommodation do you wish to have in the future?
• Can you tell me about your house when you were a child?

Exam Date: 26 August 2022

Source: Exam Word

Q2. Are you interested in watching TV advertisements or internet advertisements?

• What kinds of advertisements do you dislike?
• Do you share advertisements with others?
• Do you want to work in advertising in the future?
• What kinds of advertisements do you watch?
• Where can you see advertisements?
• Have you ever bought something because of its advertisement?
• Do you watch advertisements from the beginning to the end?

Exam Date: 26 August 2022

Source: Exam Word

Q3. What’s your favourite animal? 

• Why?
• What is the most popular animal in your country?
• Have you ever had a pet before?
• Where do you prefer to keep your pet, indoors or outdoors?

Exam Date: May-August, 2022

Source: CIC Talks

Q4. Do you like taking photos?

• Do you like taking selfies?
• What is your favorite family photo?
• Do you want to improve your photography skills?Do you like taking photos?

Exam Date: January-April 2022

Source: Reading IELTS 

Q5. Where are you living now?

• What do you like most about where you live?
• What is the neighborhood like where you live?
• Do you have any friends there?
• What can be improved in the area where you live?
• Do you know any famous people in the area where you live?
• Do you intend to stay in this area in the future?

Exam Date: 23 August 2022

Source: Exam Word

Q6. Do you like drawing?

• Do you like to go to art galleries? 
• Do you want to learn more about art? 
• Did you learn drawing when you were a kid?

Exam Date: January-April 2022

Source: Reading IELTS 

Q7. Do you enjoy visiting street markets?

• Do you prefer shopping in the shopping mall or on the street market?
• When was the last time you went to a street market?
• What do people usually buy on the street market?
• Are there many street markets in your country?
• Would you like to go to the street market in a foreign country? Why?

Exam Date: 23 August 2022

Source: Exam Word

Q8. How do you plan your time in a day?

• Is it easy to manage time for you?
• When do you find it hard to allocate time?
• Do you like being busy?

Exam Date: January-April 2022

Source: Reading IELTS 

Q9. Do you like talking with people? 

• Why?
• How do you like spending time with your friends?
• Would you prefer to study alone or with others?
• Do you remember a time when you needed to cooperate with others?

Exam Date: May-August, 2022

Source: CIC Talks

Q10. Do you often read books? 

• When?
• Are your reading habits now different from before?
• Have you ever read a novel that has been adapted into a film?
• Which one do you prefer, reading books or watching movies?

Exam Date: 19 August 2022

Source: Exam Word

• Tell me about the kind of accommodation you live in?
• Who do you live with?
• How long have you lived there?
• What’s your favourite room in your home?
• What sort of accommodation would you most like to live in?
• Why do you think some people invest a huge amount of money in buying houses?

• Do you like to have flowers in your home? [Why/Why not?]
• Where would you go to buy flowers? [Why?]
• On what occasions would you give someone flowers?
• Are flowers important in your culture? [Why/Why not?]
• Have you planted any flowers?
• Have you ever sent flowers to anyone? 

• What types of sports do you like?
• Do you like to watch sports on TV?
• What is the most popular sport in your country?
• Do you prefer team or individual sports?[Why?]
• Did you play any sport in your childhood that you no longer play? [Why?]
• Who is your favourite sports star? [Why]

• Do you always follow trendy fashion? [Why?/Why not?]
• How has fashion changed in your country in recent years?
• Is maintaining fashion expensive in your country? [Why?/Why not?]
• Do you think fashion is an important part of our life? [Why?/Why not?]
• How often do you buy clothes online?
• What kind of clothes do you dislike? [Why?]

• What sorts of food do you like eating most? [Why?]
• Who normally does the cooking in your home?
• Do you watch cookery programmes on TV? [Why/Why not?]
• In general, do you prefer eating out or eating at home? [Why?]
• What do you think of fast food?
• Do you have a healthy diet?

• What type of photos do you like taking? [Why/Why not?]
• Which do you use when taking photos, a camera or a phone?
• What do you do with the photos you take?
• When you visit other places, do you take photos or buy postcards? [Why/Why not?]
• Do you like people taking photos of you? [Why/Why not?]
• Do you want to take professional lessons on photography?

• How often do you make telephone calls? [Why/Why not?]
• What was your first mobile phone?
• Who do you spend the most time talking to on the phone? [Why?]
• When do you think you’ll next make a telephone call? [Why?]
• Do you sometimes prefer to send a text message instead of telephoning? [Why/Why not?]
• Can you describe the mobile phone that you are currently using?

• Which instrument do you like listening to the most? [Why?]
• Have you ever learnt to play a musical instrument? [Which one?]
• Do you think children should learn to play a musical instrument at school? [Why/Why not?]
• How easy would it be to learn to play an instrument without a teacher? [Why?]
• What kinds of music do you like to listen to?
• Have you ever been to a concert before?

• What’s your favourite colour? [Why?]
• Are there any colours you dislike (Why?)
• Do you like the same colours now as you did when you were younger? [Why/Why not?]
• What can you learn about a person from the colours they like?
• Do any colours have a special meaning in your culture?
• What colour would you choose to paint the walls of your room?

• Do you have a lot of close friends? 
• How often do you go out with friends? [Why/Why not?]
• Tell me about your best friend at school.
• How friendly are you with your neighbours? [Why/Why not?]
• Which is more important to you, friends or family? [Why?]
• How do people in your country meet others and make friends?

• Did your parents choose your name(s)?
• How did your parents choose your name(s)?
• Is your name common or unusual in your country?
• If you could change your name, would you? [Why/Why not?]
• Did your family have a certain (nick) name that they called you when you were a child?
• What do your friends call you?

• When do people give gifts or presents in your country?
• Do you like giving or receiving gifts?
• Do you ever take a gift when you visit someone in their home? [Why/Why not?]
• When did you last receive a gift? [What was it?]
• Do you enjoy looking for gifts for people? [Why/Why not?]
• What kinds of gifts are popular in your country?

• How well do you know the people who live next door to you?
• How often do you see them? [Why/Why not?]
• What kinds of problems do people sometimes have with their neighbours?
• How do you think neighbours can help each other?
• Do you think your neighbourhood is a good place for children?
• Do you think you are a good neighbour?

• Why do you think law and order are important?
• Should laws be more universal?
• Is there any law you think is too strict? [Why?/Why not?]
• What do people in your country generally think about obeying laws?
• Do people like being a police officer in your country?
• Why do some people prefer to be a lawyer?

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• Which magazines and newspapers do you read? [Why?]
• What kinds of articles are you most interested in? [Why?]
• Have you ever read a newspaper or magazine in a foreign language? [When/Why?]
• Do you think reading a newspaper or magazine in a foreign language is a good way to learn the language? [Why/Why not?]
• What influence do you think newspapers have on Society?
• Do you think the Internet is a good way to get news?

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• Do you often read newspapers?
• What is more popular in your country, newspapers or magazines?
• Do many people today read newspapers?
• Do you think more people will read magazines in the future than today, or less?
• Do you think newspapers will be more important to you in the future?
   

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• What would you like to change in your daily routine?
• Are all your days the same?
• Tell me about your typical weekday and your typical weekend.
• What is the balance of work/study and free time in your normal day?
• Have you ever changed your routine?
• What part of your day do you like best?

2.

• What is your daily routine?
• Do you ever change your routine?
• Is your routine today the same as when you were a child?
• Do you think it is important to have a daily routine?
• What would you like to change in your daily routine?
   

• Do you like travelling? 
• Have you travelled much throughout your life lately?
• Do you think it’s better to travel alone or with other people? [Why?]
• Where would you like to travel in the future? [Why?]
• When is the best time to travel for you? Why?
• What are the most common types of transportation run on the streets in your country?

• Is it easy for you to manage your time?
• How do you usually organize your time?
• What is the hardest part of planning for you?
• Do you use any technology to help you manage your time?

• Do you like reading books?
• What type of books do you read?
• Are you reading a book presently?
• Do you want to write a book in the future?
   

• Do you have a good memory?
• Do you do anything to help you remember things?
• Are you good at remembering people’s names?
• Have you ever forgotten something important?

• What do you usually do at work?
• Is there anyone who can help you while you are working?
• What kind of work do you think you will be doing in five years?
• Do you want to do something different in the future?
   

• Do you like ancient architecture?
• Have you ever seen the old buildings in the city?
• Do you think we should preserve old buildings in cities?
• Do you prefer to live in a modern house or an old building?  
• Are there old buildings that you would like to see in the future? Why?
   

• Do you send emails often?
• Is sending emails widespread in your country?
• Do you like texting or emails?
• Do you like to have emails or postcards for your birthday? Why?
• Do you believe that emails will replace letters in the future?
   

• Do you make plans every day?
• Is it easy to manage time?
• Do you think it is useful to plan your time?
• Do you like being busy?
• Are you ever late for anything?
• Do you think children should learn to manage their time?
   

• Do you wear a watch?
• Did you ever receive a watch as a gift?
• Why do some people wear expensive watches?
• Do you think the watch is important for you? Why?
   

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• Do you like taking photos?
• Do you like taking selfies?
• What is your favourite family photo?
• Do you want to enhance your photography skills?
• Do you think that pictures are necessary in our life?
• Do you prefer to take pictures with your mobile phone or camera?

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• Do you like to try street food?
• What kind of street food do you like?
• Do you think that street food is popular in your country?
• Do you like to buy street food while travelling to a new place?

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• How has technology made our lives easier?
• Which invention do you find most useful in everyday life?
• Is it difficult for older people to understand new technologies?
• What can be done to help the elderly learn to use new technologies?
• Would our lives be better if we lived without technology?

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• What is your daily routine?
• Who helps you the most at work?
• What time do you go to bed?
• How do you usually start your day?

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• Do you like to spend time with youngsters?
• Do you know anything about the kind of fashion that teenagers like?
• What is the best thing about being a teenager?
• How do teenagers entertain themselves?

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• Who is your idol?
• Why and how did this person become your idol?
• How has this person impacted your life?
• Do you believe that having an idol makes you a better person? Why?

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• Who teaches you to be polite?
• How do Indian people show politeness?How do Indian people show politeness?
• Have people's attitudes towards politeness changed in India?
• Do you get angry with people who are often late?

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• Do you read magazines?
• Who prefers to read magazines, young or old people?
• Have you ever read online magazines?
• Did you read magazines as a child?
• What types of magazines are popular in your country?

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• Are there many museums in your hometown?
• Do you often visit a museum?
• When was the last time you visited a museum?
• Do you think museums are important?

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• Where is your hometown?
• Do you like your hometown? Why?Do you like your hometown? Why?
• How long have you been living in your hometown?
• Do you believe it is a proper place to grow up? Why?
• How could your hometown be improved?
• Has your hometown changed much since you were a child?

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• Do you like rainy days?
• Does it rain much in your city?
• Would you like to live in a dry or wet place?

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• Do you often chat with friends?
• Do you prefer to chat online or face-to-face?
• Do you prefer group chats or individual chats?
• What will you do if you disagree with others?

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• Do you think you are an ambitious person?
• What was your dream when you were a child?
• What is your main ambition in life now?
• Are you the kind of person who never gives up on your dreams?

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• What is your favourite day of the week?
• What is your least favourite day of the week?
• What is the busiest day of the week for you?
• Is there anything that you do every day?
• Are weekdays and weekends the same for you?

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• Are there wild animals in your country?
• Have you ever been to a zoo or a safari park?
• What animals do you like to see in the wild?
• Are there TV programs about wild animals in your country?

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• Why are some language classes boring?
• What's the best way to learn a foreign language?
• Why can some people learn languages fast while others learn slowly?
• Does one's age affect one’s language learning?

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• Who do you usually take photos of?
• How do you keep your photos?
• Do you store images on your computer?
• Have you framed any of your photos?
• Do you prefer to send postcards to people or photos that you have taken yourself?

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• Who was your favourite teacher in high school?
• What was your favourite subject in high school?
• Do you still remember your first day of high school?
• Are you still in touch with your school friends?
• Do you remember your life in high school?

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• Have you ever lost things?
• What would you do if you found something lost by others?
• Will you post on social media if you lose anything?
• Do you report to the police when you find something lost? Why?

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• Do you like to wear a special costume or clothes?
• Did you wear any traditional clothes when you were young?
• When was the last time you wore traditional costumes?
• Do you ever buy special costumes?

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• What are the benefits of living in tall buildings?
• Do you think there will be more high-rise buildings in the future?
• Why are there few tall buildings in the countryside?
• Why do some people today like to live in high-rise buildings?

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• What are the advantages of handwriting?
• What do you prefer, writing by hand or typing on the computer?
• Which skill plays an important role, handwriting or typing?
• What do you find more time-consuming, typing or handwriting?

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• Has your voice ever changed?
• Is your voice similar to that of your parents?
• Is your voice different from when you were young?
• Do you like to record your voice?
• Does anyone in your family have a similar voice?

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• Do you enjoy participating in outdoor activities?
• What type of outdoor activities do you really enjoy?
• How much time do you spend on outdoor activities each week?
• In your country, what types of outdoor activities are popular?

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• How's the weather in your country?
• Is it reasonable to live where it is always sunny?
• Do you think that the climate is changing?
• Would you like to move to another country where the weather is different from yours?
• Does the weather affect your mood?

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• Do you use perfume?
• What kind of perfume do you like?
• What does perfume mean to you?
• Do you give perfume as a gift?

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• How often do you take a rest?
• What do you usually do during breaks?
• Do you take a nap while resting?
• How do you feel after a nap?

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• Who is your favourite celebrity?
• Do you like any foreign celebrities?
• Would you like to be a celebrity in the future?
• Do you think we should protect the privacy of famous people?

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 How often do you use your mobile phone?

Can you describe your mobile phone?

What was your first mobile phone?

Would you buy a new one in the future?

How has your mobile phone changed your life?

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•  Do you like talking to people?
• How do you like spending time with friends?
• Would you prefer to study alone or with others?
• Do you remember the time when you had to help others?

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•  Do you often write or send emails?
• Do you think emails are useful?
• What kinds of emails do you send and receive?
• Do you think it is a good thing that some companies send out letters/emails for the purpose of advertising?

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• How is the noise level in your city?
• Where does noise in urban areas come from?
• Do you think it is important to be alone sometimes?
• What is the importance of belonging to a certain group?