Leap Scholar – IELTS Speaking TOPICS - 2021 (V2)

Part 1 and Part 2

Ms. Manisha Angre

Lead IELTS EDUCATOR

Leap Scholar
Part 1
Always in use:
1. Work/ study
a) Do you work or are you a student?
b) What work do you do? What subjects are you studying?
c) Why did you choose that job?
d) Why did you choose to study that subject?
e) Do you like your job?
f) IS there anything you dislike about your job?
g) What was your dream when you were young?
h) Have you changed your mind on your dream job?
i) What do you like about your studies?
j) What do you dislike about your studies?
2. Hometown
a) Please describe your hometown a little?
b) What is your town well-known for?
c) Do you like your hometown?
d) Is that a big city or a small city?
e) How long have you been living there?
f) Do you think you will continue living there for a long time?
g) How has your town changed over the last 20 years?
3. Country
a) Tell me a little about your country?
b) Which part of your country do most people live in?
c) Where is your country located?
d) Tell me about the main industries in your country?
e) What are some of the good things and some of the bad things about living in your
country?
4. Home/ decoration
a) What colour would you choose to paint the walls of your room?
b) What colour would you never use in your home?
c) What kind of housing accommodation do you live in?
d) What do you like about your flat/tenement?
e) Which room does your family spend most of the time in?

(Till August 2021) NEW TOPICS

1. Farming
a) Do you think farming is important?
b) Have you ever visited a farm?
2. Rest
a) How often do you take a rest?
b) Do you take a nap when you have a rest?
c) How do you feel after taking a nap?
3. Trees
a) Do you like trees?
b) Would you like to live in a place that has lots of trees?
c) Do you think places with trees attract more visitors than places with few trees?
 d) Do you like to go to a forest?
e) Is there a forest near your hometown?
f) Where can one find trees or forests near your country?
g) Did you ever climb trees or forests in your country?
h) Have you ever planted a tree?
4. Maths
a) Is math difficult for you to learn?
b) Do you think math is difficult?
c) When did you start learning math?
d) Do you like math?
e) Do you like to use calculator?
5. Museums
a) Do you think museums are important?
b) Are there many museums in your hometown?
c) Do you often visit museums?
d) When was the last time you visited museum?
e) Did you go to any museum when you were a child?
f) Why is it boring for children to go to museums?
g) How can we make museums interesting for children?
6. TV Programs
a) What type of TV programs do you like to watch?
b) What benefits can people get from watching foreign TV programs?
c) In your country is it possible for you to watch any TV programs in English?
7. Singing
a) Do you often sing?
b) When do you like to sing?
c) Is it difficult to sing well?
d) Do you want to be a singer?
e) What kind of music do you like to sing?
8. Getting up early
a) What is your morning routine?
b) Is breakfast important?
9. Reading
a) Do you like Reading?
b) What books do you like to read?
c) Which book did you read recently?
d) What did you learn from it?
e) Why do parents make children read books at an early age?
f) What was your favourite book as a child?
g) Should reading be a compulsory activity for children at school?
10. Scenery
a) What can you see from the windows where you live?
b) Is there good sceneries in the cities?
c) Is there good scenery in your hometown?
d) Do you like to take pictures of good scenery?
e) When you travel, do you like to live in hotels with scenic views?
11. Happiness
a) How would you define happiness?
b) What kind of things make people in your country happy?
 c) Do you think money can make people happy?
d) Are people in your country happier than they were 30 years ago?
e) Why do some people say happiness never lasts long?
f) What do you do when you feel unhappy?
12. Names
a) Is it difficult for you to remember names?
b) How do you remember people’s names?
c) How do you feel when people can’t remember your name?
d) Do you often forget names?
13. New Year
a) How do people in your country celebrate New Year?
b) How do you celebrate New Year?
c) Have you ever celebrated a New Year that you still remember?

(Till April 2021)

14. Picnics
a) Do you like picnics
b) How often do you go on picnics?
c) When was the last time you went on a picnic?
15. Clothes
a) What colour clothes do you like to wear?
b) Do people in your country like to wear bright clothes?
c) What are the differences between the men and women’s preferences in colour?
d) What kind of clothes do you like to wear?
e) What kind of clothes do you never wear?
f) Do you wear the same style of clothes on weekdays and weekends?
g) Do you wear the same clothes at school/work and at home?
h) Did you have any special clothes to wear when you were a child?
16. Handwriting
a) Is your handwriting easy to read for the other people?
b) What impression does a person’s handwriting have on other people?
c) Do you usually write by hand or write using a computer?
d) Nowadays, how do most people write things?
e) Do you often write with a pen?
f) How can children today improve their handwriting?
17. Concentration
a) Is it difficult for you to stay focused on something?
b) When is it hard to concentrate?
c) What may distract you when you are trying to stay focused?
d) When do you need to be focused?
e) What do you do to improve concentration?
f) Is it easy for you to do two things simultaneously?
18. Making lists
a) Do you make a list when you shop?
b) Do you make a list for your work? Does it work?
c) Why don’t some people like making lists?
19. Recycling
 a) Can you name products or materials that are commonly recycled?
b) Why have people’s attitude towards recycling changed over the last several
years?
c) Do you think recycling is important?
20. Sport
a) Do you like sport? What sports do you like?
b) Do most people in your country like sport?
c) What was your favourite sport as a child?
d) What benefits do you think sports can bring us?
e) What kind of exercise you do?
f) What kind of exercise are popular in your country?
g) Do you like extreme sports?
h) Who is your favourite sport star?
21. Weekends
a) What do you do in your spare time?
b) What do you usually do in weekends?
c) Do you think it is important to make most of yourweekend?
22. Changes
a) What do you plan to change this/next year?
b) Do you like changes?
c) Are there any changes in your hometown?
d) Have you changed a lot since your childhood?
23. Furniture
a) Do you have a lot of furniture at home?
b) Have you ever received furniture as a gift?
c) What’s your favourite furniture?
24. Text messages
a) Do you like texting?
b) In what circumstances is making a call better than receiving messages?
c) Is there any chance when texting someone is better than calling them?
25. Being in a hurry
a) When was the last time you did something in a hurry?
b) What helps you to finish things quickly?
c) What kind of things do you never do in a hurry?
d) Why do people make mistakes more easily when they are in a hurry?
26. New activities
a) Did you try new activities when you were younger?
b) Do you like to try new activities alone or with friends?
c) Is it good for people to try new things?
d) What help do people need when they are trying new things?
e) What are some of the difficulties a person might have when they try something
new?
f) Do you think it’s better to have new experiences when you are young or when
you are older?
Part 2
(Till August 2021) New Topics
1) Wild Animals
Describe a time when you saw a wild animal
You should say
What animal it is
When and where you saw it
What the animal did when you saw it
How you felt when you saw it
Vocabulary
A metal cage
Captive/ captivity
In the wild
Natural behaviour
Wild life sanctuary

Follow up Question
a) Why do people like to keep pets?
b) Do you like to take care of animals?
c) Are zoos good places for wild animals?
d) Do animals cause more problems in the countryside than in the cities?
e) How are pets now different from those in the past?
f) Do you support experimentation on animals?
g) What should we do to protect endangered animals?
h) What will happen when some species disappear from earth?

2) Weather you like

Describe a weather you like
You should say:
What kind of weather it is
What you usually do during this weather
How this weather affects your mood?
Why you like this type of weather?
Vocabulary
Boiling hot
Rainy
Snowy
Cloudy
Pleasantly warm
Makes my spirits
Reduces stress
Makes feel alive
Adore
Energetic
Cozy
Fresh air

Follow up Question
a) What do people do on rainy days?
b) Has climate change affected your country?
c) What do you wear when it’s cold outside?
d) What do people go to work, when it’s rainy?
e) What’s the weather usually like in your hometown?

3) Trip you often take but dislike

Describe a short journey that you often take but dislike
You should say:
Where you go
How often you do this
When you do this?
Why you dislike?
Vocabulary
To commute
A commuter

Follow up Question
a) How do people travel to work?
b) Which mode of transport is more popular in your country, a bicycle or a car?
c) Do you like to travel on your own or with family?
d) Do you like to visit popular places or less known places?
 4) Ideal job
Describe an ideal job you’d like to do in the future
You should say:
What it is
How you can get this job
What kind of word you would do for the job
Explain why you want to have it?
Vocabulary
A career plan
Career opportunities
To climb a career ladder
A fulfilling career
The work that calls out to you
A career move

Follow up Question
a) What factors should people take into account while choosing a career?
b) Whose advice do people generally consider while choosing a career?
c) Did you follow what your parents advised or did you carve your own path?

5) Polite Person
Describe a polite person you know
You should say:
Who this person is
How you know this person
Why you consider this person polite
Vocabulary
Politeness
Tactful
Respectful
Courteous
Courtesy
Affable
Well spoken

Follow up Question
a) How do people show politeness in your country?
b) What’s the standard of being polite?
c) Are people today as polite as people were in the past?
d) Is there a country that is particularly polite?
e) Are there any differences between urban and rural people concerning politeness?

6) Famous person
Describe a famous person you are interested in
You should say:
Who this person is
What this person was like before they became famous
How you know this person
Why you know this person is interesting
Vocabulary
To be in the public eye
A celebrity
An iconic figure
A household name

Follow up Question
a) What sorts of people are famous in your country?
b) How do people become famous?
c) Are there any differences between people who were famous a few years ago and the
people who are famous today?
d) Through what kind of media do they become famous?

7) Advice you gave

Describe a time when you gave advice to others
You should say:
Who you gave advice to
What the situation was
What advice you gave
What the result was
Vocabulary
A piece of advice
Useful advice
Valuable advice
Constructive advice
Life lessons

Follow up Question
a) In general, what kind of person is most suitable to give advice to others?
b) When somebody gives you advice, do you generally follow or insist on your own
opinion?
c) Do you prefer advice from your family or from your friends?
d) Some people find it easier to accept advice than other people do. Why do you think there
is this difference?

8) Toy
Describe a toy that you liked when you were a child
You should say:
What the toy was
Who gave it to you
How you used this toy
Explain how you felt when you got this toy
Vocabulary
Cuddly
In the imaginary world
Talking toy
With beady eyes
A symbol of childhood
Of all the toys I received
Much more than a toy

Follow up Question
a) What toys are popular with boys and girls in your country?
b) Do you think advertising that targets children should be banned?
c) How do ads influence children?
 d) Do you agree to the fact that children being targeted by many companies as potential
consumers spoils their childhood?

9) Old things
Describe a thing that your family has kept for a long time
You should say:
What it is, how your family first got this thing
How long your family has kept it
Why this thing is important to your family
Vocabulary
Heirlooms
Antiquities
Memorabilia
To pass down from generation to generation
To inherit something from somebody

Follow up Question
a) What are some of the other things that people keep in their family for a long time?
b) In your culture what sorts of things do people pass down from generation to generation?
c) Which do you think are better old things or new things?

10) Food you tried

Describe an occasion when you ate something for the first time
You should say:
What food it was
When it happened
Where you ate it
How you felt about it
Vocabulary
Mouth-watering
Served with something
Starter/appetizer
Main dish
A dessert
A gourmet
To eat up
Halfway through eating

Follow up Question
a) What kind of foreign foods are popular in your country?
b) Do you like to try new food?
c) What are young people’s opinions about new food?
d) Do you like to cook at home?
e) More and more people are unwilling to cook, why is this happening?
f) Is it expensive to eat out in your counry?

11) Thing you bought

Describe a thing you bought and felt pleased about
You should say:
What it was
Where you bought it
How it was used
Explain why it made you happy
Vocabulary
To be in pursuit of purchases
A shopping spree
Bargain
Shop around
Hot selling item
To overspend
Ultimate shopping experience

Follow up Question
a) How often do people in your country go shopping?
b) What kind of places are popular in your country for shopping?
c) Is shopping popular in your country?
d) Do you think online shopping will replace shopping in reality?
e) Have you ever had bad shopping experience?
f) Do men and women have same shopping experience?
 12) Bike trip
Describe an unforgettable bike trip you had
You should say:
Where you went
When it was
Who you were with
Why you think it was unforgettable
Vocabulary
Countryside
Forest
Escape from daily routine
Relax and unwind
Recharge oneself
Conjured happy memories

Follow up Question
Is it popular to ride bicycle in your country?
How often do you ride a bike?
Do you think children should learn the skills of riding a bicycle since childhood?
When was the last time you used your bicycle?

13) Interesting conversation

Describe an interesting conversation that you had with someone
You should say:
Who this person was
Where you met this person
What you talked about
Why this conversation was interesting
Vocabulary
To talk to somebody first
To engage in a conversation
To strike up a conversation
Follow up Question
a) Are communication skills important at work?
b) What topics do young people talk about?

14) Skill you can teach others

Describe a Skill you can teach others
You should say:
What skill it is
When you learned it
How you can teach others
How you feel about this skill
Vocabulary
To acquire/ to master
To polish
To hone highly- desired skill
To learn at my own pace
A bunch of free lessons
Tips and tricks to make a learning process
Basic skills
An invaluable skill
An indispensable skill

Follow up Question
a) What kind of people are good at teaching?

15) Part of the city

Describe your favourite part in your city or town
You should say:
What this place is
How often you go there
What do you do there
Why it is your favourite part in the city
Vocabulary
A neighbourhood
A city centre
An embankment
A park

Follow up Question
a) What are the purposes of public places in towns and cities?
b) Wat interesting public places are there in your hometown?
c) Do you think there should be more free public places?

16) Getting lost

Describe an occasion when you got lost
You should say:
Where it was
What happened
How you felt
How you found your way
Vocabulary
To find one’s way back
To walk in circles
To retrace one’s way

Follow up Question
a) Do you prefer electronic or paper maps?
b) Why do some people never get lost?
c) Do you often get lost?
d) What can people do to not get lost?

17) Broken computer

Describe a time when your computer broke down
You should say:
What the problem was, what you were doing
When it was
What did you do about it
How you felt about it
Vocabulary
To fix a problem
An issue
A crash
To Shut down a laptop
A power supply
To crack a screen

Follow up Question
a) Do you often use computer for all your daily work?
b) Is computer easier than a paper work?
c) Has computer changed the way companies work?

18) Imagination
Describe a time when you needed to use your imagination
You should say:
What you did using imagination
When it was
Whether it was easy or difficult
How you felt
Vocabulary
To see pictures in the mind
Developed imagination
Visualize
Remodel
Daydream
Create
Distractors
Rich imagination

Follow up Question
a) What kind of jobs require imagination?
 b) What requires more imagination, reading or watching cartoons?
c) What games require children to use imagination?
d) Should young children develop imagination?
e) What is the relation between imagination and creativity?

(Till April 2021)

19) Changing an opinion

Describe a time when you changed an opinion
You should say:
What the original opinion was
Why you changed it
When was it
How you felt about it

20) Teamwork
Describe a project or some work that you did with others as member of a team
You should say:
What the team was like
Why you joined it
What you did
How you felt about it

21) Old friend

Describe an old friend that you got in contact with
You should say:
Who this person is
What the person is like
How you got in contact
How you felt about it

22) Open person

Describe a person who shows his/her feelings openly
You should say:
Who this person is
How you know this person
Why you think this person is open
How you feel about this person

23) A few lines from the song you remember

Describe a line (or a few word) that you remember from a poem or son
You should say:
What line it is
Which song or poem it is from
How you knew about it
How you feel about it

24) A film that made you laugh

Describe A film that made you laugh
You should say:
What film it is
Why you laughed
When did you watch it
Whom did you watch it with

25) Boring conversation

Describe a conversation topic that you were not interested in
You should say:
What was the topic
Whom you talked to
When was it
Why weren’t you interested
 26) Music you didn’t like
Describe an event you experienced in which you didn’t like the music
You should say:
Where it was
What the event was
What the music was like
Why you didn’t like the music

27) Bad behaviors

Describe a time when you saw a child behave badly in public
You should say:
Where it was
What the child was doing
How others reacted to it
How you felt about it

28) Energetic person

Describe an energetic person you know
You should say:
Who this person is
How you know this person
Why you consider this person energetic
How you feel about this person

29) Forgetting something

Describe an occasion when you forgot something important
You should say:
What you forgot
Why you forgot it
When it was
How you felt

30) Ambition
Describe an ambition you’ve had for a long time
You should say:
What the goal is
What you will do to achieve it
When you will achieve it
Why do you want to achieve it

31) Tradition in your country

Describe an interesting tradition in your country
You should say:
What the tradition is
When you celebrate it
Why it is interesting

32) Expensive activity

Describe an activity you enjoyed doing occasionally that is a bit expensive
You should say:
What the activity is
When and where you did it
Who you do it with
Why you enjoy doing it

33) Helpful person

Describe a person you think is especially helpful
You should say:
Who this person is
How this person helps you
Why you think this person is helpful
 34) Photo
Describe a photo of you that you like
You should say:
Where it was taken
When it was taken
How it was taken
How you felt about the photo

35) Intelligent person

Describe an intelligent person you know
You should say:
Who this person is , how you know this person
What this person knows about
Why you think this person is intelligent
What you learned from them

36) Good News

Describe a time when you received a good news
You should say:
Why this news was good
When and where you heard it
Why you think this was good news

37) Book
Describe a book you read that you found useful
You should say:
What the book is and what it is about
Why you read it
When you read it
Why you think it’s useful
 38) Good Decision
Describe a good decision you made recently
You should say:
What the decision was and how you made it
When you made it
Why it was a good decision

39) Using a foreign language

Describe the first time when you used a foreign language to communicate
You should say:
Where it happened
When it happened
Who you talked to
How you felt about the conversation

40) Science
Describe an area of science that interests you
You should say:
What science it is
How you got interested in it
How you learn this science
Why this science is interesting to you

41) Family you like

Describe a family (not your own) that you like
You should say:
Whose family is this
Where they live
Who are the family members
Why you like this family

42) Prize
Describe a prize that you received
You should say:
When it was
What you needed to do to get it
How you felt about it

43) Short term job abroad you’d like to do

Describe a short-term job you’d like to do in a foreign country
You should say:
What type of work you would like to do
What country you would like to work in
Why you would like to work in this country