Engoo / Materials / IELTS Speaking Test Preparation

Describing Your Hometown

Part 1 & 2 Preparation
4 Intermediate

Learning Objectives
In this lesson you will:

Practice answering questions based on Part 1 and 2 of the IELTS Speaking test.
Learn and practice some different ways to talk about your hometown or where
you live now.
Practice pronouncing /l/ as in "lip" and /r/ as in "rip."

Exercise 1
Warm-Up: Pronunciation Practice
Listen and Repeat

Listen and repeat after your tutor.

 A) lip

B) rip

A) light
B) right

A) lick

B) Rick

A) list
 B) wrist

Quiz

Your tutor will choose 5 words and say them aloud. After each word, say whether it is from
Group A or Group B.

Quiz Your Tutor

Choose 5 words and say them aloud. After each word, your tutor will say whether it is from
Group A or Group B.

Exercise 2
Helpful Vocabulary
Names of Places

Listen and repeat these words with your tutor. If you don't know a word, ask your tutor to
read the definition and example sentence.

beach shop bar restaurant

Noun Noun Noun Noun

cafe university skyscraper movie theater

Noun Noun Noun Noun

Tell your tutor if each of these places can be found in your town or city.

For example:
 "My city has a lot of bars."
"My town doesn't have a movie theater."

Pictures and Questions

Choose from the Answer Pool below and say what each picture shows.

For example:

"Picture 1 shows an art gallery."

Answer Pool

temple
theme park
church
park
museum
art gallery
Picture 1

Picture 2

Picture 3
 Picture 4

Picture 5

Picture 6

Exercise 3
Speaking Test Part 1 Dialogue

Read the dialogue based on Part 1 of the IELTS Speaking test with your tutor. You will be
the examiner. At the end, you will need to answer 3 questions.
 Let’s talk about your town or city.

Examiner

Okay.

Arisa

Can you tell me about where you live?

Examiner

I used to live in Sydney, but I’ve recently moved to New Zealand. Now I
live in Auckland.
Arisa

What's it like there?

Examiner

Well, it’s quite a busy city. It’s the biggest city in New Zealand. It’s an
interesting place with lots of things to do. For example, it has a great
Arisa museum and a beautiful art gallery.

What do you like about living in Auckland?

Examiner

Well, the best thing about Auckland is that you're never very far from a
beach. It doesn't have as many skyscrapers as Sydney, but it's got
Arisa everything you need: shops, cafes, movie theaters, and lots of bars and
restaurants.

It sounds very nice. And is there anything you don't like about it?

Examiner
 I don't like that everything is quite expensive. It's still a great place to
live, though!
Arisa

Questions

1. Where does Arisa live now?

2. What does Arisa like best about the city she lives in?

3. What doesn't Arisa like about living there?

Exercise 4
Fill in the Blanks

Read the following instruction based on Part 2 of the IELTS Speaking test.

Describe the place where you live.

You should say:

how long you have been living there

what it is like
what the best thing about it is

And describe anything you don't like about it.

Model Response

Read the response based on Part 2 of the IELTS Speaking test and fill in the blanks.

I used to (1) in Nagoya, but I recently moved to England. Now I live

(2) Brighton. It’s close to London. It's a busy place with lots of things to do.
For example, it has lots of bars, (3) and cafes. It also has good parks, movie
(4) and shops.
The (5) thing about Brighton is that it's right by the beach. I love going
swimming.

The only thing I don't (6) is the food. It doesn't taste very good and it's too
(7) . The weather isn't always great either!

Choose answers from the options below that fit in blanks 1 to 7

Answer Pool (Questions 1-7)

live
theaters
like
expensive
best

restaurants
in

Exercise 5
Part 1 Test Practice
Useful Language

The speakers above use these phrases to talk about where they live and to structure their
answers. Listen and repeat them with your tutor.

I used to live in ... but now I live in ...

It's a ... place with ...
What I like about it is ...
The best thing about it is ...
I don't like ...

Questions
 Use the phrases above to answer these questions based on Part 1 of the IELTS Speaking
test.

1. Where do you live?

2. What's it like?

3. What do you like about it?

4. What’s the best thing about it?

5. Is there anything you don't like about it?

Exercise 6
Part 2 Test Practice

Complete this task based on Part 2 of the IELTS Speaking test. You have 1 minute to
prepare your answer and up to 2 minutes to speak. Your tutor will stop you when the time
is up.

Describe the place where you live.

You should say:

how long you have been living there

what it is like
what the best thing about it is

And describe anything you don't like about it.

Share this:

Presented by
Engoo is a service that offers lessons for those learning English. Although the lesson materials can be used for self
study, they are intended for use with a teacher. To book a lesson with one of our professional teachers, please visit
Engoo. If you would like to use these materials for commercial purposes, please contact us here.

© 1998 - 2024. No duplication without prior permission. All Rights Reserved.