IELTS Speaking Task Sheets

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IELTS Speaking: Advanced

Unit 7: Preparing for Part 2
Unit 9: Optimize your pronunciation

Week 12: Character and Personality

Task: Part 2 Long Turn
Here’s this week’s Part 2 task
Topic vocabulary Describe a teacher you once had who you enjoyed being taught by.
to be the life and soul of the
party
You should say:
to bend over backwards - who this person is
broad-minded - when they were your teacher
easy-going - which subject they taught you
extrovert
and describe what it was about their character that you liked.
fair-minded
fun-loving
to hide one’s light under a
1. Find the language you need
bushel Look through the vocabulary on the left and decide which expressions
good company could be used in your talk. If necessary, use the vocabulary listed to
good sense of humour help you come up with ideas for your talk.
introvert
laid-back
to lose one’s temper 2. Generate ideas
narrow minded The key part of this task is the 4th question, ‘what it was about their
painfully shy character that you liked’.
to put others first a) Make a note of some of the adjectives on the left that can be used to
quick-tempered
reserved
describe the teacher.
self-assured b) Think of things the teacher did that serves as an example of these
self-centred adjectives.
self-confident
self-effacing 3. Task focus: pronunciation
to take after
thick-skinned Look through your notes, especially any of the words on the left you are
trustworthy going to use. Think about how these words are pronounced, in
two-faced particular which syllable it is that is stressed.
For example: ‘quick-TEMpered’, ‘TRUSTworthy’, ‘self-eFFACing’.
Definitions
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4. Make your long turn
/ielts-personality-vocabulary/
Practise your long turn. If possible, record yourself. When you listen
back, pay attention to your use of word stress as well as how much of
the vocabulary on the left you used in your talk.

Task: Part 3 Discussion

Listen to the students who
have recorded themselves
trying these tasks. Look for
Test 12
http://www.ieltsspeaking.co.uk
/ielts-speaking-practice-tests/
Work with other students and discuss the following questions:
 Which personal qualities do you think we most want to pass on to our
children?
 Which characteristics do you think are the least appealing in a person?
 Which personality types do you think are less likely to suffer from
stress or anxiety?
Listen to other students answering these questions. See the link on the left.