SPEAKING COLLECTION

For the 3rd Quarter of 2016

IELTS SPEAKING PART 1
TOPIC 1: SPORT
1. Do you like sport?
2. Do you think it is important to play sports?
3. Which sport is popular in your country?
4. Which sport do you want to try in the future?
5. Do you prefer watching or playing sports?
TOPIC 2: MUSIC
1. Do you like listening to music?
2. What types of music do you like listening to?
3. Where do you usually listen to music?
4. Can you play any musical instrument?
5. Do you prefer listening to live performances ore recorded music?
TOPIC 3: READING
1. Do you like reading?
2. How often do you read?
3. What do you like to read?
4. Where do you usually read?
5. Do you read for pleasure or get information?
TOPIC 4: DANCING
1. Do you like dancing?
2. What kinds of dancing are popular in your country?
3. Is traditional dancing popular among young people in your country?
4. What kind of dancing you like watching?
TOPIC 5: COLLECTING THINGS
1. Have you ever collected anything?
2. What things do people collecting your country?
3. Why do people like collecting things?
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4. Would you like to start collecting something in the future?

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TOPIC 6: SHOPPING

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 1. Do you like shopping?
2. How often do you go shopping?
3. What kinds of shops are there in the area where you live?
4. What’s the worst thing about shopping?
TOPIC 7: FILMS
1. Do you like watching films?
2. What type of film you like watching?
3. How often do you watch films?
4. Do you prefer watching films at home or at the cinema?
5. Would you like to be
in a movie?

6. TOPIC 8: WEEKENDS
1. What do you usually do at the weekend?
2. What do people usually do at the weekend in
your country?
3. Do you think your weekends are long enough?
4. How important do you think it is to have free time?
TOPIC 9: COOKING
1. Can you cook?
2. Who usually does the cooking in your home?
3. How do people usually learn to cook in your country?
4. What are the advantages of being
able to cook?

TOPIC 10: TRAVELLING

1. How much travelling have you done?
2. Do you prefer travelling alone or in a group?
3. When you visit a new place, what do you like to do?
4. What places do you like to visit in
the future?
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TOPIC 11: COMPUTER

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1. How often do you use computers?

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 2. In what way do people use computers in your country?
3. How did you learn to use a computer?
4. How much have computers changed
your life?

TOPIC 12: Work

1. What do you do for a living?
2. Why did you choose to do that type of work?
3. Do you like your job?
4. Is it very interesting?
5. Tell me about a typical day at work. What do you do on a daily basis?
6. What’s the most difficult part of it?
7. Do you plan to continue doing this type of work?

TOPIC 13: Study

1. What is your major? Why did you choose this major?
2. What do you like most about your major?
3. Is there anything you don’t like about your major?
4. What was it like on your first day at school?
5. What do you plan to do after graduation?
6. Do you prefer a quiet place or a noisy place to study?
7. Are you looking forward to working?
8. Do you prefer to study in the mornings or in the afternoon?

TOPIC 14: Home/Accommodation

1. What kind of housing/accommodation do you live in?
2. Do you live in a house or a flat
3. Who do you live with?
4. How long have you lived there?
5. Do you plan to live there for a long time?
6. ( If you answer you haven’t lived there long) What’s the difference between where you
are living now and where you have lived in the past?
7. Can you describe the place where you live?
8. Which room does your family spend most of the time in?
9. What do you usually do in your house/flat/room?
10. Are the transport facilities to your home very good?
11. Do you prefer living in a house or a flat?
12. Please describe the room you live in
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13. Which parts of your home do you like the most?

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 TOPIC 15: Hometown
1. What’s (the name of) your hometown (again)?
2. Is that a big city or a small place?
3. Please describe your hometown a little.
4. How long have you been living there?
5. Do you like your hometown?
6. Do you like living there?
7. What do you like (most) about your hometown?
8. Is there anything you dislike about it?
9. Do you think you will continue living there for a long time?

TOPIC 15: Clothes

1. What clothes do you usually like to wear?
2. Do/did you wear the same clothes at school and at home?
3. Will you change your clothes when you go home today?
4. Did you have any special clothes to wear when you were a child?
5. Did you like them?

TOPIC 16: Colors

1. What’s your favorite color?
2. Do you usually wear clothes in your favorite color?
3. Are there any colors that have a special meaning in your country?
4. Do you think the color of one’s clothes is important?
5. Are there any colors you dislike?

TOPIC 17: Teachers

1. Do you have a favorite teacher?
2. Do you want to be a teacher in the future?
3. What kinds of teachers do you like?
4. Do you think teachers should be angry at students or not?
5. Do you strict teachers?
6. What’s the different between found and old teachers?
7. Is it important for teachers to interact with students frequently?
8. What’s the most important part in your study, teachers or classmates?

TOPIC 18: Photography

1. Do you like to take photographs? (Why?)
2. Do you prefer to take photos yourself or to have other people take photos? (Why?)
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3. How long have you liked taking photographs?

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4. How (why) did you become interested in photography?

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 5. How often do you take photographs?
6. What kind of photos do you like to take (Why?)
7. Do you prefer to take pictures of people or of scenery?
8. How do you keep your photos?
9. Do you keep your photographs on your computer?
10. Are there any photos on the walls of your home?
11. Do you frame (or have you framed) any of your photos? (If yes, which? & why?)
12. Do you prefer to send postcards to people or to send photos that you took yourself?
(Why?)

TOPIC 19:
Transportation
1. What’s the most popular means of transportation in your hometown
2. How often do you take buses?
3. Can you compare the advantages of planes and trains?
4. Is driving to work popular in your country?
5. Do you think people will drive more in the future?
6. Would you ride bikes to work in the future?
7. What will become the most popular means of transportation in China?
8. Do you prefer public transportation or private transportation?

TOPIC 20: Being in a

hurry
1. When was the last time you did something in a hurry?
2. Do you like to finish things quickly?
3. What kinds of things will you never do in a hurry?
4. Why do people make mistakes more easily when they are in a hurry?

TOPIC 21: Social

network
1. What kinds of social networking websites do you like to use?
2. Are you a social person?
3. What kinds of people do you like to be friends with on those websites?
4. Is it easy to find real friends on a social networking website?
5. What kinds of chatting app or software do people like to use?

TOPIC 22: Hanging out with friends

1. How often do you like to hang out with friends?
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2. Who do you usually like to hang out with?

3. Where do you like to go when you hang out with your friends?

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 4. Do you like to go out with a big group or juts few friends?

TOPIC 23: Countryside

1. Would you like to live in the countryside in the future?
2. What do people living in the countryside like to do?
3. What are the benefits of living in rural areas?
4. What’s the difference between living in the city and countryside?

TOPIC 24: Snacks

1. What kinds of snacks do you like to eat?
2. Is it healthy to eat snacks?
3. Do your parents allow you to eat snacks?
4. What was the most popular snack when you were young?
5. What kinds of snacks do children in your country like to eat nowadays?

TOPIC 25: Reading

books
1. What kinds of books did you like to read when you were young?
2. Do you still keep these books?
3. Have you ever given others books as gifts?
4. What’s your favorite kind of books?

TOPIC 26: Time management

1. Are you good at organizing time?
2. How do you usually organize time?
3. Do you think planning is important for time management?
4. Why do some people find it hard to follow their plans?
5. How would you teach your children time management?

TOPIC 27: Handwriting

1. Do you usually write by hand or write using a computer (typewriter or
word- processor)?
2. Nowadays, how do most people write things?
3. Do you think computers might one day replace handwriting?
4. When do children begin to write in your country
5. How did you learn to write?
6. Do you think handwriting is very important (nowadays)?
7. How can children today improve (or practice) their handwriting?
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8. What impression does a person’s handwriting have on the other people?

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 TOPIC 28: Sky
1. Do you like to watch the sky?
2. Do you watch sky in the day or at night?
3. What is the sky like at night in your hometown?
4. Do you like to watch stars?
5. Is it important to study stars?

TOPIC 29: Public

holidays
1. What public holidays do you have in your country?
2. Do people in your country celebrate foreign festivals?
3. What do you usually do during public holidays?
4. What did you do during the last public holiday?
5. Do you think public holidays are important?
6. Why do we need public holidays?

TOPIC 30: Emails and letters

1. Do you write many letters or emails?
2. Do you prefer to write letters by hands or to use a computer?
3. Which do you more often write emails or letters?
4. How often do you write an email or a letter?
5. What are the differences between emails and letters?
6. What do you usually write about?
7. Who do you usually write to?
8. Is it hard to think of what to write?
9. What kinds of letter/email do you think is the hardest to write?
10. How do you feel when you receive a letter or email?
11. What kinds of emails (or letters) do you receive that make you feel happy?
12. Do you think people will still write letters in the future?

TOPIC 31: Sleep

1. How many hours do you sleep every day?
2. Is it necessary to take a nap every day?
3. Do old people sleep a lot? Why?
4. How to have a good sleep?
5. Do you like to get up early in the morning?
6. When did you start listening to this type of music?
7. Where do you listen to it?
8. How do you feel when you listen to this music?
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9. Do you like listening to songs?

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 10. Have you ever been to a musical performance?
11. Have you ever learned to play a musical instrument?
12. Is music an important subject at school in China?
13. Did you often listen to music when you were a child
14. What kinds of music are popular in Viet Nam?

TOPIC 32: Study

Efficiency
1. Do you prefer to study in the morning or in the evening?
2. Why do some people find it difficult to focus in the morning?
3. What do you do to improve your learning efficiency?

TOPIC 33: Bicycle

1. How often do you ride bicycles?
2. Is it difficult to learn how to ride a bicycle?
3. Is it popular to ride bicycles in your country?
4. When was the last time you used your bicycle?
5. Do you think bicycle is very convenient for people to use in modern life?
6. How would you teach your children how to ride a bicycle?

TOPIC 34: Handicraft

1. Do you like collecting things made by hand?
2. Did you ever take handicrafts lessons at school?
3. Are handicrafts popular in Viet Nam?
4. Do you think children should learn more about handicrafts?
5. Do you think handicrafts are meaningful activities?

TOPIC 35: Science

1. Do you like science?
2. Are there many science museums in your hometown?
3. Did you like science classes when you were young?
4. Do you think schoolchildren should learn both art classes and science classes?
5. Do you think science is important to our society?

TOPIC 36: Park

1. Are public garden very important in VN?
2. Are there many public gardens in VN?
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3. Do you think there are enough public gardens in your hometown?

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4. What do you think are there benefits of having gardens in the city?

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 5. Why do people who live in cities like public gardens?
6. Do you think governments should spend more money on public gardens for the cities or
for the villages and small towns in the countryside?
7. Do these gardens play the same role for old people and young people?
8. Do you think these gardens are more important for old people or young people?
9. Do you think it’s more important to have public facilities, such as gardens and parks,
for young people or old people?
10. Do you think gardens have any value for children?
11. Do you think gardens are important for children to see and play in?
12. Which do you think is more important, public gardens or private gardens?
13. Do they prefer to grow flowers or vegetables?

TOPIC 37: Flower

1. Do you like flowers?
2. What flowers do you like?
3. Do any flowers have any special meaning in your country?
4. In your country, do people give flowers as a gift?
5. On what occasions do people in your country give gift to others?

TOPIC 38: Painting

1. Do you like painting?
2. Do kids in Vietnam learn painting at school?
3. Do you think it is good to learn painting?
4. Do people in Vietnam like painting?
5. Why some people dislike painting?

TOPIC 39: Singing

1. Do you like singing?
2. Where do you usually sing?
3. Have you ever learnt how to sing?
4. Do Vietnamese love singing?
5. Why do some people dislike singing?

TOPIC 40: Bus or Taxi

1. How often do you take the bus?
2. When was the first time you took a taxi?
3. What are the advantages of taking a taxi compared with the buses?
4. Is it convenient to take the bus/ taxi in your city?
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TOPIC 41: Sunny day

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1. Do you like sunny days?

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 2. What do you like to do when it’s a sunny day?
3. Would you like to stay at home or go outside when the weather is great?
4. Are there many sunny days in your hometown?
TOPIC 42: Hats
1. Do you like to wear cap or hats?
2. Did you ware hat when you were a kid?
3. What occasion do people in your country wear hat?
4. Do people usually wear hat for fashion or specific occasions?
5. Why do some people dislike wearing hats?
TOPIC 43: Gift
1. Do you ever give people gifts?
2. Do you ever receive gifts?
3. Do you prefer receiving a gift or giving a gift?
4. Who did you last give a gift to?

IELTS SPEAKING PART 2

1. Describe a person who likes traveling by plane
You should say:
Who this person Is
How you know this person
Where this person travels to
and explains why this person likes to travel by plane.
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1. What are the advantages and disadvantages of traveling by plane?
2. Is it good to live nearby an airport?
3. Do Chinese people like to travel by plane?
4. What kinds of transportation do people choose when they go on a long journey?
5. Would you like to travel by your own car in the future?
6. Are you happy with the service on the plane In China?
7. What kinds of people travel by plane in China?
8. What do some people dislike air travel?
2. Describe something you borrowed from others
You should say:
What you borrowed:
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Who lent this thing to you;

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What kinds of features this thing has; and explains why you think it is useful.

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 Part3
1. What do Chinese people usually borrow?
2. Will borrow things make people uncomfortable?
3. What to do if you don't want to lend something to others?
4. Why do people dislike lending valuable items?
5. What would you do if your friends didn't give back what they borrowed from you?
3. Describe a recent happy event
You should say:
When this happened
What the event was
Who was with you
and explain why you felt happy about it
Part3
1. How would you define happiness?
2. What kinds of things make Chinese people feel happy?
3. Do you think people will be happy when they become richer?
4. Why do some people say happiness never lasts long?
5. What do you do when you feel unhappy?
6. Do you think money can make people happy?
7. Do you think rich people are always happy?
8. Are Chinese people happier than they were 30 years ago?
4. Describe a skill you want to learn/ describe something interesting that you want
to learn more about?
You should say:
What it is
How would learn it
Where you can learn it
And explain why you want to keep learning it
Part 3
1. Can you suggest a way that people can study together?
2. Do you think government should pay for old people to learn something? Why do
people give up their hobbies?
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3. What are the difficulties that people may have to continue to learn something? What
do you think of online leaning?
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4. Do you think learning materials on the internet are reliable?

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 5. Describe an article you read online or from magazines about healthy living
You should say:
What the article was
When and where you read it
How it was related to healthy life
and explain why you think it is a good or bad article
1. Why do magazines have health-related articles?
2. What do Vietnamese people do to keep fit?
3. Do you play any sports?
4. Do you think children should learn how to live healthily?
5. How do people get information about health in Vietnam?
6. Are there any negative influences from the healthy information?
7. Do you think sports can help people improve their health?
8. How to keep a healthy diet?
9. Do most young Vietnamese have a healthy lifestyle?
10. What kinds of things are unhealthy for people to eat?
6. Describe a family (not your own) you like
Whose family this is
Where they live
Who are the family members
and explain why you like this family
1. In a typical Vietnamese family, who plays the leading role?
2. In Vietnam, what kinds of family members usually live together?
3. Do young and middle-age people live with old people?
4. How do grandparents educate their grandchildren in your country?
7. Describe a piece of clothes that given by someone
You should say:
When you received the clothes
What the piece of clothes was like
Who gave it to you
and explain how you feel about it
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1. What kinds of clothes do people wear after work?

2. What kinds of clothes should people wear at work?
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3. Do you think students need to wear school uniforms?

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 4. Where do Vietnamese people buy clothes?
8. Describe a piece of local news that was interesting to you
What the news was about
Where you saw/heard the news
When you saw/ heard the news and explain why it was interesting
1. Why do local people like to read local news?
2. Why do people like local news more than international news?
3. How often do Vietnamese people buy newspaper?
4. Is it convenient to read news on the internet in your country?
9. Describe the first time that you used a foreign language to communicate
You should say:
Where it happened
when it happened
who you talked to
and how you felt about the conversation
1. What do you think of children learning a foreign language?

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 2. Why are some language classes boring?
3. Some students hate to learn foreign languages, what can teachers do to develop their
interest?
4. Some people travel for learning a foreign language, what do you think?
5. What’s the best way to learn a foreign language?
6. Why can some people learn languages fast while others learn slowly?
7. Does one’s age affect their language learning?

10. Describe a story or a novel that was particularly interesting to you

You should say:
what story or the novel was
where you knew it
when you read it
and how you felt about it
1. What kinds of stories do children like to leam?
2. How often do people in your country read novels?
3. What kinds of novels that old people like to read?
4. What are the benefits of listening to stories or reading novels?
5. Are you a good storyteller?
11. Describe a sport you would like to try for the first time
You should say:
What it is
How you would learn it
What equipment would you need to play this sport
and explain why you want to learn this sport
1. Do you play any sports at night?
2. What are the benefits of playing sports?
3. What" s the difference between playing sports on your own and playing sport in a group?
4. Do children need to exercise?
5. Why do people need to play sports?
12. Describe a situation (or a time) when you helped someone.
You should say:
Where it happened when it happened who you talked to and how you felt about the
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1. What do you think of children learning a foreign language?
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2. Why are some language classes boring?

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