IELTS Speaking Practice Tests From Cambridge IELTS Books 1-18

IELTS Speaking Practice Test 1

PART 1 – IELTS Speaking Test

The examiner asks you about yourself, your home, work or studies and other familiar topics.

EXAMPLE

Paying bills

  • What kinds of bills do you have to pay?
  • How do you usually pay your bills – in cash or by another method? [Why?]
  • Have you ever forgotten to pay a bill? [Why/Why not?]
  • Is there anything you could do to make your bills cheaper? [Why/Why not?]

PART 2 – IELTS Speaking Test

Describe some food or drink that you learned to prepare.
You should say:
what food or drink you learned to prepare 
when and where you learned to prepare this 
how you learned to prepare this
and explain how you felt about learning to prepare this food or drink.

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:

Young people and cooking

Example questions:

  • What kinds of things can children learn to cook?
  • Do you think it is important for children to learn to cook?
  • Do you think young people should learn to cook at home or at school?

Working as a chef

Example questions:

  • How enjoyable do you think it would be to work as a professional chef?
  • What skills does a person need to be a great chef?
  • How much influence do celebrity/TV chefs have on what ordinary people cook?