FLUENCY

for
IELTS
SPEAKING
PART- 3

BY: Keith O’Hare

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Fluency for Part 3 Questions

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Fluency for Part 3 Questions

Giving your opinions, evaluations and speculations of more abstract topics, as

well as exemplifying and justifying your ideas.

• Future - will / might / may

• 1st Conditional
• Present Perfect (result in present)

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UNIT 14
Future (will, might, may, could)
We can use will to express something we feel is certain to happen in the future.

We can use may or might to express something that is possible in the future; such as a
guess, a prediction or a speculation.

Subject + will / might / may / could + verb

We will use mobile phones more in the future (I am sure)

The government might introduce a new law next year (I think it is possible)

Some people may eat less meat in the future (I think it is possible)

I could lose my job next month, because of COVID 19 (I think it is possible)

NEGATIVE: Subject + won’t / might not / may not + verb

We won’t use mobile phones more in the future (I am sure)

The government might not introduce a new law next year (I think it is possible this won’t
happen)

Some people may not eat less meat in the future (I think it is possible this won’t happen)

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Part 3 Questions
Q: How will workplaces change in the future?

A:
Actually, I reckon
we’ll work more from home in the future,
It’s safer, easy to do and good for the environment

Q: Will we live on other planets in the future?

A:
Given the rapid pace of global warming,
we might have to live on another planet
at some point in the future

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A:
I think that’s highly unlikely.
That said, we could live on the moon,
but it won’t be in the near future

Possible substitutes for in the near future:

For a long time yet / in our lifetime / for a good while

Q: How do you think the film industry will change in the future?

A:
I suspect they’ll produce more series, rather than films
and I think cinemas may well disappear

Note, in natural English we sometimes add well to may, might and could to show there
is a good reason for a future possibility.

So many people have lost their jobs, I could well be next.

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1st Conditionals
We can use the 1st conditional to talk about things which we think are likely to happen in the
future, if certain other things also happen

If + present simple, will + verb

The two phrase can occur in any order;

• If it rains tomorrow, I will stay at home

• I will stay any home, if it rains tomorrow

• If prices continue to rise, people will buy less

• People will buy less, if prices continue to rise,

Negatives can also be used in either clause.

• If it doesn’t rain tomorrow, I will go out

• If prices continue to rise, people won’t buy this product anymore

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Part 3 Questions

Q: Will education change in the future?

A:
If governments invest more in teacher training,
the quality of education will go up

Possible substitutes for go up:

Rise / go right up / get better

If things continue as present,

we will most likely study more online

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Q: How will cities change in the future?

A:
If the government doesn’t take action now,
air pollution will increase

If more people take public transport,

then the level of air pollution will drop

Possible substitutes for will drop:

Decrease / go right down / fall considerably

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Instead of if, we can use so long as to express a condition.

Q: How will the way we shop in the future change?

A:
So long as online shopping remains safe,
people will do more of it

So long as present trends continue,

more and more people will shop online

Possible substitutes for continue:

Carry on / keep on like this / go on in this way

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UNIT 16
Present Perfect (result in present)
We can use this tense to describe a past action that has a clear result in the present or some
connection with the present.

Subj + have/has + past participle

• I have broken my leg, so I have to use a crutch

Past action: I broke my leg

Result in present: I have to use a crutch

When speaking, we usually make the contraction - I have becomes I’ve

• I’ve broken my leg, so I have to use a crutch

• Look at all this air pollution, our environment has changed a lot

Past action: a change in the environment

Result in present: more air pollution

• I am so happy, I have won the lottery

Past action: winning the lottery

Result in present: I am happy

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Part 3 Questions

This is a good tense to use to answer the following part 3 type question, where a change
creates a new result in the present time.

Q: How has ______________ changed in recent years?

Q: How is _____________ today, different from the past?

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Q: How has the way we get news changed in recent years?

A:
In the past, we used to read newspapers
But now technology has changed that
so we tend to read the news
on our mobile phones

Possible substitutes for tend to:

Typically / like to / more often than not

Q: How are families today different from the past?

A:
In the past, families were larger
Now this has changed
And families tend to be smaller nowadays

Q: Do you think films have changed since you were a child?

A:
Yes, previously,
films were much simpler
But now things have changed a lot
Today, many films use lots of special effects

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 Possible substitutes for special effects:

Computer graphics / digital effects / 3D effects

No not really,
I don’t think they’ve changed much at all
Yes, there are more special effects,
but the storylines are pretty much the same

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Disclaimer:
The questions in this course do not come from any particular IELTS test,
they are chosen at random but are similar to the common kinds
of questions that are asked in the test.