MOCK IELTS Speaking

Before staring
- Good afternoon. My name is … what’s your full name?
- Good afternoon … (Optional – use examiner’s name). My name is …

Tip – Be polite, smile and speak clearly.

- What can I call you?

- You can call me …. / Please, call me ….

Tip – do not add extra information.

- Could you tell me where you come from?

- I am from … / I come from … / I am from the centre of Madrid.

Tip – Don’t expand further.

- Could I see your identification, please?

- Here you are. / Sure. Here you are. / Of course. Here it is.

Part 1
4-5 min. Introduction and interview
- Let’s start talking about what you do. Do you work or study?
- What are you studying? / What type of job is it?
- Do you enjoy it?
- What are your future plans?

- What’s your favourite? :

 dish, animal, book, sport, tv programme, activity, time of the day, song, etc.
- Let’s talk about hobbies. What kind of leisure activities do you enjoy doing?
- Tell me about something you consider special about the culture of your country.
Could be the food, the art, the literature.

Use complex sentences and vocabulary you are comfortable with.

Part 2
3-4 minutes
I’m going to give you a topic and I would like you to talk about it for about 1 or 2
minutes. You can have 1 minute to prepare.

Describe an event you attended recently.

You should say:

What and where the occasion was
Who was there
What happened

And describe how you enjoyed it.

Part 3

I’d like to ask you more general questions.

- Do you think photographs are an important in our lives? Are they important in order
to recall and remember special events from our past?
- What about written records? Do they help us remember specific events from our
lives?
- Which do you think it is better recording special moments by taking photos or by
writing them down?
- Some people think that it’s more important to be concerned about events in the future
than events in the past. What do you think?