IELTS SPEAKING

PART 2: INDIVIDUAL LONG TERM

 1. OPENING PHRASES + FIRST PROMPT FROM
THE CARD
▪ Alright then, in response to the first question of (what the NEWS was)…

▪ So to start with, I’ll talk about (what the NEWS was)…

▪ So I guess I could start by saying ( what the NEWS was)…

▪ Right then, I’d like to get started by pointing out (What the NEWS was)…
 BEFORE YOU ADD YOUR CONTENT SENTENCE, YOU NEED
TO ADD ANOTHER LINKING PHRASE

▪ … and I think I would have to choose…

▪ … and I have to go for …

▪ And my choice is going to be…

▪ And I’d probably select …

 SAMPLE ANSWER:

▪ Alright then, I’d like to get started by pointing out about a journey that

didn’t go well, and I think I would have to choose the trip we had on

Tenshing mountain. ( brief additional information)

 2. THE SECOND POINT + THE SECOND
PROMPT FROM CARD
▪ Going on to my next point which is …

▪ Continuing then with the next point…

▪ Now with regard to the next question…

▪ Now in the subject of how..

 BEFORE YOU EXPLAIN THIS POINT, YOU NEED TO ADD A SECOND
LINKING PHRASE (SIMILAR TO YOUR FIRST POINT)

▪ … and what I’d like to add here is that…

▪ … and what I need to emphasize is that …

▪ … and the thing that needs to be highlighted here is that …

▪ … and what I have to mention here is that …

 SAMPLE ANSWER:

▪ “ Continuing the to next question of how we travelled, the thing that needs

to be emphasize here is that the mountain is just a few meters away from my

house, so we didn’t have to use any kind of transport to go there. We went

there on foot (which was a good exercise – optional).

 3. THE THIRD POINT + THE THIRD PROMPT FROM THE CARD

▪ Progressing to the subject of who / why…

▪ Moving forward onto the area of who / why …

▪ Drawing attention to the matter of who/ why…

 NOW ADD YOUR THIRD LINKING PHRASE:

▪ I would like to explain that…

▪ I suppose I should underline the fact that…

▪ You really have to understand that…

 SAMPLE ANSWER:

▪ “Progressing to the subject of who I travelled with, I’d like to introduce

these friends of mine. All in all, we were 4. I’ve known them for quite some

time right now and usually we go on a trip together. (optional additional

info)
 4. THE FOURTH POINT – THE FOURTH PROMPT FROM CARD

The last linking phrases:

▪ Finally then, if there’s a time I could deal with the last question of…

▪ To end with, if I still have time, I could take care of the last question of…

▪ To cut the long story short, as my very last point, with reference to the

question of…
 YOUR OVERALL ANSWER WILL LOOK SOMETHING LIKE THIS:

1. Linking phrase + prompt + linking phrase + details + connective…

2. Linking phrase + prompt + linking phrase + details + connective…

3. Linking phrase + prompt + linking phrase + details + connective…

4. Linking phrase + prompt + linking phrase + details + connective…