SPEAKING SETS

ENGLISH LEVEL 5 – IELTS MINDSET 2

Part 1
Accommodation
1/ Where are you living now – in a house or an apartment?
2/ What is your favorite room where you live?
3/ Would you move out if you had the chance?
4/ Would you like to love by yourself?
Hometown
1/ Are there any special places that tourists visit in your hometown?
2/ When is the best time of year to visit your hometown?
3/ How has your hometown changed over the past ten years?
4/ What don't you like about your hometown?
Sports
1/ What sports are popular in your country?
2/ Have you ever attended any live sports event?
3/ Do you play sports?
4/ Do you want to try any new sports in the future?
Reading
1/ Do you like reading?
2/ What is your favorite book?
3/ W
News
1/ Where do you usually get your news?
2/ How do most people your age get their news?
3/ What kind of news are you most interested in?
4/ Do people in your neighborhood still read newspapers?
Travel
1/ Do you like traveling?
2/ When was the last time you went on a vacation?
3/ Do you like to travel alone or in a group?
4/ Do you like a city break or a trip to nature?
Work
1/ Have you ever had a part-time job?
2/ What kind of job would you like in the future?
3/ Is there a job that you would not like to do?
4/ Do you like to work in a big company or a family-run company?
Environment
1/ Which one do you like, travel to a place of natural beauty or a big city with skyscrapers?
2/ Is there a place of natural beauty in your country?
3/ Do you do anything to help the environment?
4/ Does the place where you live to have a lot of pollution?
Education
1/ What kind of school do you currently attend?
2/ What things do you like about your school?
3/ What things do you want your school to improve?
4/ Have you ever thought about attending school in a different country?
Festivals
1/ What kind of things do people celebrate in your country?
2/ Are there any special festivals in your country?
3/ Are there any festivals in your country that you don't like?
4/ What international festivals do you like to attend?
Future
1/ What job would you like to have ten years from now?
2/ How useful will English be for your future?
3/ How much travelling do you hope to do in the future?
4/ How do you think your life will change in the future?
Social media
1/ Which social media websites do you use?
2/ How much time do you spend on social media sites?
3/ What kind of information about yourself have you put on social media?
4/ Is there anything you don’t like about social media?
Neighbors
1/ How often do you see your neighbors?
2/ Do you invite your neighbors to your home?
3/ Do you think you are good a neighbor?
4/ Has a neighbor ever helped you?
Neighborhood
1/ Do you like the neighborhood you live in?
2/ What do you do in your neighborhood in your free time?
3/ What new things would you like to have in your neighborhood?
4/ Would you like to live in another neighborhood in your town or city?

Part 2 + Part 3
Set 1
Part 2 Part 3
Describe your dream accommodation (house, 1/ What are the advantages and
apartment …) disadvantages of living in an apartment?
You should say 2/ What factors do people consider to live in
Where it is a new place?
How many rooms there are 3/ Why do people choose to live in the city
How you will decorate it center?
And explain why it is your dream accommodation
** Follow up questions (Optional)
1/ Will you live there with other people?
2/ Do you like a house with a garden?
Set 2
Part 2 Part 3
Describe a sports event you watched or attended 1/ What are the benefits of playing sports?
You should say 2/ Should young children learn to play sports
What kind of sporting event it was? at school?
Where you watched it 3/ What parents should do to encourage
How often this event takes place children to play sports?
And explain why you consider this sports event
interesting
** Follow up questions (Optional)
1/ Is this sport popular in your country?
2/ Will you watch or attend any similar sporting
events in the future?

Set 3
Part 2 Part 3
Describe a news story you read or saw 1/ How is getting the news today different from
You should say how we get our news in the past?
What kind of news story it was? 2/ What are the advantages and disadvantages of
What happened to the people in the story? getting news from social media?
Why the event was important enough to be 3/ Do people in your country getting news from
reported on the news the radio nowadays? Why?
And explain how you felt about the news story.
** Follow up questions (Optional)
1/ Will you share this news story with other
people?
2/ Do you think this news story is reliable?

Set 4
Part 2 Part 3
Describe a journey you once took 1/ Why do people traveling?
You should say 2/ What are the advantages and disadvantages of
When and where you went on the journey traveling alone?
What kind of transport you used? 3/ What factors do people need to consider
What happened on a journey? before going on a trip?
And explain what you remember most about the
journey
** Follow up questions (Optional)
1/ Will you return to this place?
2/ What thing did you not like about this
journey?
Set 5
Part 2 Part 3
Describe a successful business in your country 1/ What kinds of jobs are popular in your
You should say country?
What kind of business it is
 What kind of people work there? 2/ Do you think that robots will soon replace
Why the business is successful humans in the workplace?
And explain whether you would like to work for 3/ What are the advantages and disadvantages of
that business or not working in a multinational company?
** Follow up questions (Optional)
1/ Will you recommend this business to other
people?
2/ How has this business contribute to the local
society?

Set 6
Part 2 Part 3
Describe an environmental issue facing your 1/ Is there any difference between
country. environmental issues now and those in the past?
You should say 2/ What can governments and individuals do to
What kind of problem is? help the environment?
How long the problem has existed? 3/ Have schools done enough to inform children
What effect the problem has had on people about environmental problems?
And explain what we can do to solve the problem
** Follow up questions (Optional)
1/ What have you done to help with this
problem?
2/ Will this problem be solved soon?

Set 7
Part 2 Part 3
Describe a problem with the education system in 1/ How has your country's education system
your country. changed over the past decades?
You should say 2/ What is the effect of private tutoring on
What kind of problem it is? education?
How long the problem has existed? 3/ Is private tutoring more important today than
What effect the problem has had on education it was in the past?
And explain what we can do to solve the problem
** Follow up questions (Optional)
1/ Were you also be affected by this problem?
2/ How did you and your parents face this
problem?

Set 8
Part 2
Describe a public holiday in your country
You should say
What the holiday is celebrating
When the holiday occurs
What people do on that holiday
And explain why you like or dislike that holiday
Part 3
1/ What is the difference between how people
celebrate special events today compared with
the past?
2/ Should we learn about the special events of
other countries in school?
3/ What will special events be like in the future?
 ** Follow up questions (Optional)
1/ How has this holiday changed over the past 10
years?
2/ Will you recommend this holiday to foreign
visitors?

Set 9
Part 2 Part 3
Describe a book that you enjoyed reading 1/ What are the most popular types of children’s
because you had to think a lot. books in your country?
You should say 2/ What are the benefits of parents reading
What this book was books to their children?
Why you decided to read it 3/ Should parents always let children choose the
What reading this book made you think about books they read?
And explain why you enjoy reading this book.

Set 10
Part 2 Part 3
Describe something you liked very much which 1/ Why do some people buy lots of thing for their
you bought for your home. home?
You should say 2/ Do you think it is very expensive to make a
What you bought home look nice?
When and where you bought it 3/ Why don’t some people care about how their
Why you chose this particular thing home looks?
And explain why you liked it so much

Set 11
Part 2 Part 3
Describe a very difficult task that you succeeded 1/ What are the most difficult jobs that people
in doing as part of your work or studies. do?
You should say 2/ Why do you think some people choose to do
What task you did difficult jobs?
Why this task was very difficult 3/ Do you agree or disagree that all jobs are
How you worked on this task difficult sometimes?
And explain how you felt when you had
successfully completed this task

Set 12
Part 2 Part 3
Describe a website you have bought something 1/ What kinds of things do people in your country
from. often buy from online shops?
You should say 2/ Why has online shopping become so popular
What the website is in many countries?
What you bought from this website 3/ What are some possible disadvantages of
How satisfied you were with what you bought buying things from online shops?
And explain what you liked and disliked about
using this website