IELTS Speaking Practice Tests From Cambridge IELTS Books 1-18

IELTS Speaking Practice Test 4

PART 1 – IELTS Speaking Test

The examiner asks the candidate about him/herself, his/her home, work or studies and ser familiar topics.

EXAMPLE

School

  • Did you go to secondary/high school near to where you lived? [Why/Why not?]
  • What did you like about your secondary/high school? [Why?]
  • Tell me about anything you didn’t like at your school.
  • How do you think your school could be improved? [Why/Why not?]

PART 2 – IELTS Speaking Test

Describe something you don’t have now but would really like to own in the future.

You should say:

  • what this thing is
  • how long you have wanted to own it 
  • where you first saw it

and explain why you would like to own it.

You will have to talk about the topic for one to two minutes. You have one minute to think about what you are going to say. You can make some notes to help you if you wish.

PART 3 – IELTS Speaking Test

Discussion topics:

Owning things

Example questions:

  • what types of things do young people in your country most want to own today? why is this?
  • Why do some people feel they need to own things?
  • Do you think that owning lots of things makes people happy? Why?

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Example questions:

  • Do you think television and films can make people want to get new possessions?
  • why do they have this effect?
  • are there any benefits to society of people wanting to get new possessions? Why do you think this is?
  • Do you think people will consider that having lots of possessions is a sign of success in the future? Why?