An overview about IELTS speaking

This first section of the IELTS speaking exam lasts 4-5 minutes.

When entering the test room, you should greet examiner.

Greeting Respond
1. Good moring/ afternoon - Good morning/ afternoon
2. How are you today? - Fine, thanks
Hi, how are you doing? - Not too bad. And you?
3. How did you get on with your test this - Not too bad. But I found the reading
morning/afternoon? part is a little difficult for me.
4. I have not kept you waiting too long, - No, it does not matter.
have I?
5.
Next the examiner will ask some simple‘ getting-to-know-you ’ questions about
your family, your studies, where you come from, what your interest are…

Question Respond
1. My name….Could you tell me your full - My name is Tu Uyen. But you can call
name, please? me, Uyen
2. Can I see your ID card/identifications? - Sure. Here you are
3. Now, in the first part, I’d like to ask you - Please.
some questions about yourself?
Part 1:
Topic 1: Job
1. Are you working or are you a student?
I’m currently a sophomore (sinh viên năm 2) student at National Economics University.
Junior/ third-year student ( sinh viên năm 3)
Senior/ final-year student
2. Could you tell me your major?
3. What do you do in your free time?

Topic 2: Hometown and birth place

1. Can you tell me something about your hometown?
I am originally /əˈrɪdʒ.ən.əl.i/ from Nghe An which is a province in the north /nɔːθ/ of
Viet Nam. It’s famous for its lush green rice  /nɔːθ/, white sand beaches, and majestic
/məˈdʒes.tɪk/ mountains. The weather there is pretty much beastly /ˈbiːst.li/ , it is
really hot, humid in summer and extremely cold in winter. It doesn’t have tourist
attractions except for Uncle Ho’s homeland.
2. Do you like your hometown?
No, not really. The pace of life there is quite slow and it doesn’t have many places of
entertaiment to go when I’m bored. The nightlife is also poor as people usually hit the
sack before 10 PM.
3. Do you know much about the history of your hometown?
To be honest with you, I’m not much of a cultural vulture ( tôi không phải là một
người mê văn hóa) so rarely do I pay attention to or care about something related to
history. You might find it hard to believe but I’m kind of in the dark about the history
of where I was born.
4. Has your hometown changed much these years?
Yeah, that’s for sure, especially over the past decade. In the past, the infrastructure
there will still poor. Lots of streets were unpaved ( đường phố không được trải nhựa
) and quite narrow , and you couldn’t see any tall modern buildings in the areas. Now
they have been greatly expanded and more high-rised ( tòa nhà cao tầng ) have
appeared to improve the landscape of the town.
5. Do you want to live in the countryside in the future?
I’m not so sure for this, to be honest.