The Speaking section of the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) can be a daunting prospect for many candidates. However, with adequate preparation and practice, mastering this component is entirely achievable. To aid you in your journey towards IELTS Speaking success, we’ve compiled a diverse range of practice questions to sharpen your skills and build confidence.
| FRIENDSHIP | |
| 1 | Is it easy to make friends? |
| 2 | What is the most important thing when you make friends? |
| 3 | What is the importance of friendship? |
| 4 | What should a real friend be like? |
| 5 | Do people love to make friends with youngster or the elderly people? |
| 6 | Is it possible for people to have friends of different ages? Explain why. |
| 7 | What do you usually say when you meet someone for the first time? |
| 8 | Where and when do you usually meet your friends? |
| 9 | How do computer and mobile phone affect friendship? |
| 10 | Do you think common interest is important in making friends? |
| 11 | Do you have any foreign friends? |
| 12 | Where can you meet foreigners in your hometown? |
| 13 | Where and when do you usually hang out with foreign friends? |
| 14 | What do you usually do when you hang out with foreign friends? |
| 15 | Do you have difficulties when you talk about culture with foreigners? |
| 16 | Do you think the immigration may affect another country? |
| SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE | |
| 1 | What do you think a successful person should be like? |
| 2 | What qualities do you think a successful person should have? |
| 3 | How to become a successful leader? |
| 4 | How to become a leader? |
| 5 | How to become a star? |
| 6 | Are there any differences between a successful person and a celebrity? |
| 7 | What are the disadvantages of being a celebrity? |
| 8 | Do you think celebrities deserve being paid so much money? |
| 9 | Do you want to become a celebrity? Why or why not? |
| 10 | Who is your idol? Can you give some names of the idols? Why do you love them? |
| 11 | Do you want to become a person like that? How to become a person like that? |
| ADVERTISEMENT | |
| 1 | How do you feel about advertisements? |
| 2 | What are the different types of advertisements? |
| 3 | What are the functions and the problems of advertisements? |
| 4 | What are the effects that advertisements have on people? |
| 5 | How do you feel about the celebrities endorse the big brands? |
| 6 | How do you feel about those false advertisements? |
| 7 | What influences do false advertisements have on people? |
| 8 | Are you going to be tempted into buying something you don’t actually need by advertisements? |
| 9 | What do you think of people are splashing out on the luxurious stuff? |
| 10 | What should a good advertisement be like? |
| 11 | What kind of advertisement attracts people most? |
| 12 | Do you think there are too many advertisements nowadays? |
| 13 | Should government restrict the advertisements? |
| 14 | Do you think it is good if children advertise the product? |
| 15 | Why are those people who advertise products always good-looking? |
| 16 | & Why do companies always invite celebrities in the advertisements? |
| TEACHING | |
| 1 | Do you think teaching is a very important job? |
| 2 | What qualifications does a great teacher should have? |
| 3 | Please talk about the advantages and disadvantages of being a teacher? |
| 4 | Do you think teachers are well-paid in your country? |
| 5 | How to improve the teachers’ social status? |
| 6 | What’s the difference between teachers past and now? |
| 7 | What are the differences between public schools and private schools? |
| 8 | What are the differences of education compare the old days with today? |
| 9 | Which way do you prefer to study, self-study or having lectures? |
| ADVICE | |
| 1 | What do your parents tell you about the things you should do and shouldn’t do in school? |
| 2 | Do children listen to their parents’ advice? |
| 3 | What do you think of peer pressure? |
| 4 | Should a successful person be able to make his own decision or listen to others’ advice? |
| 5 | Would you make decision based on others’ advice? |
| ADVENTUROUS PEOPLE | |
| 1 | What do you think an adventurous person should be like? |
| 2 | What are the differences between adventurous and reckless? |
| 3 | Which kind of people do you like more, adventurous people or cautious people? |
| ANIMALS | |
| 1 | What is your favourite animal? |
| 2 | What do you think of pets? |
| 3 | Do you think pets are faithful to their owners? |
| 4 | What do you think caused the serious wildlife extinction? |
| 5 | What do you think of the ecological environment? |
| 6 | What do you think of the ecosystem? |
| 7 | What kind of laws do you think governments should enact to prevent more endangered species from extinction? |
| 8 | Does the law on the wildlife protection need to be improved further? |
| CELL PHONES | |
| 1 | Do you love cell phones? |
| 2 | How often do you usually use cell phones? |
| 3 | Whom do you usually call? |
| 4 | What kind of stuff do you guys usually talk on the phone? |
| 5 | Do you enjoy a long talk over the phone with your buddies? |
| 6 | Have cell phones become a “must-have” for people today? |
| 7 | Which ones do you prefer, cell phones or landlines? |
| 8 | Why do you think students are forbidden to use cell phones at school? |
| 9 | Are cell phones influencing the students’ school life? In what way? |
| COMPUTERS | |
| 1 | How do you feel about computers? |
| 2 | What influence do you think computers have on kids? |
| 3 | Which ones do you prefer, desktops or laptops? |
| 4 | What are the differences between desktops and laptops? |
| 5 | Which brand of the laptops do you prefer? Why? |
| 6 | How often do you usually surf the internet? |
| 7 | Generally speaking, how long do you surf the internet every day? |
| FASHION & SHOPPING | |
| 1 | How do you feel about fashion? |
| 2 | Do you think different people have different opinions about fashion? Why? |
| 3 | In terms of fashion, do you think only those internationally famous brands are the latest fashions? |
| 4 | Do you like shopping? Why or why not? |
| 5 | Where and when do you usually go shopping? |
| 6 | Do you like to go shopping alone or with friends? |
| 7 | Where do you usually like to go shopping, online or big shopping malls? |
| 8 | Do you think online shopping will replace the shopping malls some day? |
| 9 | What are the disadvantages of online shopping? |
| 10 | How to improve these disadvantages of online shopping? |
| 11 | Why the prices of the goods in big shopping malls are much higher than the prices of goods online? |
| 12 | Why do you think girls like windowing shopping? Don’t you think it is a waste of time and energy? |
| 13 | What are the differences comparing the clothes the elderly people wear with the clothes the youngsters wear? |
| 14 | What are the differences of shopping habits comparing elderly people and young guys today? |
| 15 | What kind of clothes do you like to wear on different occasions? |
| 16 | What colors do you love most when you choose clothes? |
| 17 | Which is more important when you choose clothes, the quality, the design, the pattern or the price? Why? |
| 18 | Do you think we can judge people by what they wear? |
| 19 | Do you think we can judge people by the colour of the clothes they wear? |
| 20 | What role do you think clothes play in your life? |
| GIFTS | |
| 1 | When do you usually send others gifts? |
| 2 | What do you usually send others as gifts? |
| 3 | When do people in your country usually send gifts to each other? |
| 4 | Are festivals the only occasion when people usually send gifts to each other? |
| 5 | Are there any special rules or customs when people select gifts? |
| 6 | Why do you think people always send gifts on some occasions? What is it for? |
| 7 | What gifts did you usually get? |
| 8 | From whom did you usually get gifts? |
| 9 | When did you usually get gifts? |
| 10 | What kinds of gifts do elderly people and little kids prefer? |
| TRANSPORTATION | |
| 1 | What are the popular public transports in your country? |
| 2 | What are the things you don’t love about transport in your country? |
| 3 | What do you think causes the serious traffic problems? |
| 4 | Since there are some problems involved in transport in your country, how do you think these problems can be solved? |
| 5 | How do you feel about the future of the public traffic system in your country? |
| 6 | How do people go to work in your city? |
| 7 | How do you go to school or work every day? |
| 8 | What do you think the public transportations in the future would be like? |
| 9 | What differences between taxis and private cars? |
| 10 | What are the advantages of riding bicycles? |
| PHOTOGRAPHY | |
| 1 | How can people take good photos? |
| 2 | Do you like taking pictures or taking pictures of you? |
| 3 | How do you feel about being a professional photography? |
| 4 | How do you feel about photography? |
| 5 | What are the difference between a photographer and a painter? |
| 6 | How to become a professional photographer? |
| 7 | Which ones would you prefer, traditional cameras or digital ones? Why? |
| 8 | What kind of pictures do you love taking? |
| 9 | When do people usually take photos? |
| 10 | What are the differences between photos and videotapes? |
| 11 | What are the differences between photographers and cameramen? |
| MUSIC | |
| 1 | Do you love music? |
| 2 | What kind of music do you love? |
| 3 | Why do you think different guys love totally different kinds of music? |
| 4 | What kind of instrument do you love? Why? |
| 5 | Have you ever learned to play any instrument before? |
| 6 | What is the importance of learning to play different instruments? |
| 7 | What are the differences compare the western music and your country music? |
| 8 | What kind of music do you think young guys today prefer? Why? |
| FILMS | |
| 1 | Where do you usually watch films, at home or at the cinema? |
| 2 | In what way do you think a cinema can attract more people? |
| 3 | What do you think of those films with those special effects? |
| 4 | Where do you usually get news, TV, magazines, newspapers or internet? |
| 5 | What do you think a highly qualified journalist should be like? |
| 6 | Are there any things that photographers, journalists and the cameramen share in common? |
| SPORTS | |
| 1 | Do you love doing sports? |
| 2 | What kinds of sports do you love doing? |
| 3 | What are the differences of favourite sports compare women and men? |
| 4 | What are the differences of favourite sports compare the elderly people and youngsters? |
| 5 | What kinds of sports do kids in your country like to play? |
| 6 | What are the differences erf people’s favourite sports compare before and today? |
| 7 | Which way do you prefer to enjoy matches, watch by TV or actually be a part of the match? |
| FOOD | |
| 1 | What kind of food do Chinese love? |
| 2 | What are the differences of the favourite food compare the elderly people with young guys? |
| 3 | What are the differences of the favourite food compare old days with today? |
| 4 | What are the differences of the favourite food compare women and men? |
| 5 | What are the differences between western food and eastern food? |
| 6 | Why are there more and more people dying to eat out rather than at home? |
| 7 | Where do you like to eat, five-star restaurant or a small street restaurant? |
| 8 | What do you usually consider when you choose a restaurant? |
| 9 | How do you think a restaurant can attract more customers? |
| 10 | Do you love to try food that you have never tried before? |
| 11 | Can you name any food unhealthy? Why? |
| 12 | What is the relation between food and health? |
| 13 | What should a country do about food to improve citizens’ health? |
| 14 | What diseases can a certain kind of food cause? |
| TV PROGRAMMES | |
| 1 | What are the differences compare the TV programmes in old days and today? |
| 2 | What are the differences compare the TV programmes women like and men like? |
| 3 | What are the differences compare the TV programmes the elderly people like and youngsters like? |
| 4 | Do you like watching TV? |
| 5 | What kind of TV programmes do you like watching? |
| RELAXATION | |
| 1 | How do you like to relax? |
| 2 | What do you usually do at night? |
| 3 | What do you usually do at weekends? |
| 4 | Do you like to have fun alone or hang out with your friends? |
| 5 | What kinds of relaxation methods are popular? |
| 6 | What are the differences compare the way people get relaxed before and now? |
| 7 | What are the differences compare the way women get relaxed and men get relaxed? |
| 8 | Do you think people should work at weekends? |
| 9 | Do you think people who are working at weekends should get double paid? |
| NEWSPAPERS AND MAGAZINES | |
| 1 | What are the differences between newspapers and magazines? |
| 2 | What are the differences between magazines and TVs? |
| 3 | What are the differences compare the magazines today and in the past? |
| 4 | What are the differences compare the magazines that women like and men like? |
| 5 | What are the differences compare the magazines the elderly people like and youngster love? |
| 6 | Which ones do you love more, international newspapers or local newspapers? |
| PARTIES | |
| 1 | Do you like parties? |
| 2 | How often do you usually hang out? |
| 3 | Do you like a small get-together or a big party? |
| 4 | What do you usually do when you party? |
| 5 | Besides singing karaoke and eating out, what else do you do at parties? |
| 6 | What is your poison/your favourite drink? |
| 7 | What are the differences between formal parties and informal ones? |
| 8 | What are the differences compare the parties with friends with the one with family members? |
| 9 | Where do you usually hold party, at home or somewhere else? |
| TRAVELLING | |
| 1 | Which way do you prefer to travel, by group or alone? |
| 2 | What are the advantages and disadvantages of traveling by group or travel agencies? |
| 3 | What are the advantages and disadvantages of traveling alone? |
| 4 | How do you feel about the backpacking? |
| 5 | What can you get by traveling? What is the importance of traveling? |
| 6 | What are the advantages and disadvantages of tourism industry? |
| 7 | How can a place benefit from the local tourism industry? |
| 8 | How can government encourage and sponsor the local tourism industry? |
| 9 | How can a place attract more tourists to visit? |
| 10 | How do you feel about the development of tourism in your country? |
| 11 | Do you think the advantages of tourism development outweigh the disadvantages? Why? |
| 12 | Do you think overdevelopment of tourism industry caused too much pollution? |
| 13 | Are there any good solutions to improve this situation? |
| NOISE | |
| 1 | Do you want to travel around the world? |
| 2 | What is the cause of noise? |
| 3 | How do you feel about noise? |
| 4 | What consequences will noise cause? |
| 5 | How to reduce noise? |
| 6 | Are there any good solutions that government and individuals should do to deal with it? |
| 7 | Besides noise pollution, is that any other kinds of pollution you think is very severe in your country? |
| READING | |
| 1 | Do people in your country love reading books? |
| 2 | What kinds of book do they like reading? |
| 3 | What kinds of books are popular in your country? |
| 4 | Do you love reading books or novels online? |
| 5 | Do you think online books will replace the real books some day? |
| 6 | Are you into reading those academic books, text books and reference books? |
| FESTIVALS | |
| 1 | How do people in your country celebrate the festivals? |
| 2 | What do people usually do on festivals? |
| 3 | What are the differences compare the way people celebrated the festivals in the past with today? |
| 4 | How do you feel about the festivals in your country? |
| 5 | How do you like the western festivals? Can you name some of the western festivals are getting widespread in your country? |
| 6 | What should the government do to remain the traditional festivals’ features and signatures? • |
| 7 | Can you name some of the tradition-featured festivals? And tell me what people usually do in these festivals? |
| PARKS | |
| 1 | How often do you usually go to parks? |
| 2 | What influence do you think parks have on people’s life? |
| 3 | What kinds of people like to go to parks? |
| 4 | What do people usually do in parks? |
| 5 | Do people usually go for a walk, walk dogs and birds in the park? |
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