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IELTS Speaking Test - Sample 96
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IELTS Speaking Test # 96
Part 1 Topic: "Telephoning".
Part 2 Topic: "Describe a journey [e.g. by car, plane, boat] that you remember well.".
Part 3 Topic: "Reasons for daily travel" & "Benefits of international travel".
Part One - Introduction
[The examiner asks the candidate about him/herself, his/her home, work or studies and other familiar topics.]
Telephoning:
Q. How often do you make telephone calls? [Why/Why not?]
Answer: I make at least 5-6 phone calls every day, but the number of calls can certainly go up, depending on my activities and location. I have to make these calls as I live far away from my friends and family. Besides, I also have to make phone calls to my co-workers since my job involves a lot of travelling both inside and outside of the city where I live in.
Q. Who do you spend the most time talking to on the telephone? [Why?]
Answer: I spend most of the time talking with my family members while talking on the phone mainly because I live far away from my family in a different city, and also because I have made it a priority of my life to remain in touch with my parents and siblings under any circumstances in order to let them know that I am safe and fine.
Q. When do you think you’ll next make a telephone call? [Why?]
Answer: I will make the next phone call to my parents’ house right after finishing this IELTS test in order to let them know how I did in the test.
Q. Do you sometimes prefer to send a text message instead of telephoning? [Why/Why not?]
Answer: Yes, I do prefer to send text messages sometimes instead of telephoning because I am either caught among a crowd with a lot of noise around me to talk clearly or I am just too tired or busy to talk.
Part 2 - Cue Card / Candidate Task Card
[The topic for your talk will be written on a card which the examiner will hand you. Read it carefully and then make some brief notes.]
Describe a journey [e.g. by car, plane, boat] that you remember well.
You should say:
- where you went
- how you travelled
- why you made the journey
and explain why you remember this journey well.
[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.]
[Examiner: All right? Remember you have one to two minutes for this, so don't worry if I stop you. I'll tell you when the time is up. Can you start speaking now, please?]
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Part 3 - Two-way Discussion:
Discussion topics: Reasons for daily travel:
Q. Why do people need to travel every day?
Answer: People need to travel every day mostly because of their job or work. Everyday travel is also necessary when attending schools or universities. Besides, if we need to see some important family members of ours, living within a reasonable travel distance, because they “require” our daily attendances for some reasons, such as sickness, we would also need to travel on a daily basis.
Q. What problems can people have when they are on their daily journey, for example, to work or school? Why is this?
Answer: People can face a number of problems when travelling on a daily basis. They can get stuck at traffics for a long period of time and become late for their schools or works. They can also be forced to become ‘involved’ in an unfortunate accident when trying to hurry in their private vehicles or hurrying in order to board a bus or train. Sometimes, people may also lose something valuable because of their carelessness when travelling on a daily basis. Besides, some people can fall asleep also and miss their destination if they are stuck in traffics for too long.
Q. Some people say that daily journeys like these will not be so common in the future. Do you agree or disagree? Why?
Answer: I agree that the daily journeys like these will not be so common in the future because things are changing so rapidly in this world that while some of these kinds of daily travels may not be so common for certain purposes, such as works or schools.
However, in the future, we won’t be surprised if we find that there are suddenly some other reasons for which we would need to travel every day. For example, a group of people, like students, can certainly take courses online, courtesy to the internet and information technology, without ever needing to travel anywhere, but the chances are that another group of people, like network engineers, travelling somewhere else every day to actually ensure that the students receive those services uninterrupted every day.
Discussion topics: Benefits of international travel:
Q. What do you think people can learn from travelling to other countries? Why?
Answer: Today, we live in a world, which is like a global village, where we are in need of connecting with each other more than ever before because of economic and cultural reasons. So, when we travel to other countries, we develop a better understanding of their traditions, cultures and lifestyles. And the better understanding we have about others, the easier will it get for us to connect with each other in some common interests. Travelling to other countries opens our hearts and eyes to respect others’ values and opinions which are absolutely important in order to free our world from ignorance, hatred and animosities.
Q. Can travel make a positive difference to the economy of a country? How?
Answer: Yes, travel can make a positive difference to the economy of a country by encouraging and developing the tourism industry of that particular country. As more and more tourists will visit a particular country in order to learn and enjoy its culture and national heritage, the more foreign remittance, businesses and employment opportunities they would usually bring for the host country by diversifying its economy. Besides, tourism also helps build positive images for a country. And, the more positive image a country has, the more large scale investment it attracts from economic superpowers of the world in order to improve its overall economy.
Q. Do you think a society can benefit if its members have experience of travelling to other countries? In what ways?
Answer: Travelling to other countries will almost inevitably open up the doors of new ideas and opportunities. So, I do think that a society can benefit if its members have experience of travelling other countries as they can pretty much act like some connecting “bridges” between their cultures and those of others in order to help each other understand and appreciate even better. Besides, society members with travelling experience can always learn new ways of thinking and doing things, whenever applicable, from other countries so that they can implement those same things in their own country also in order to improve the lives of their fellow citizens.
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