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IELTS Speaking Part 1

Topics & Questions
IELTS speaking part 1 topics and questions.
Prepare for your test by developing ideas for
topics and practicing answering questions.
There is a download link at the bottom of the
page for the list of topics. These topics will be
used most years and will mostly likely be used
at some point in 2024.

What is IELTS speaking part

1?

A face to face interview with the

examiner (4-5 minutes)

12 Questions based on 3 Topics

Questions about yourself, your life

and your country

Speaking Part 1 Common

Topics List
Below is a list of topics and questions that the
examiner can ask you in part 1 of the IELTS
speaking test. You should prepare ideas for
these topics but not memorise whole answers.
Your answers should be natural when you
speak in the test. Prepare your daily life, your
recent memories, your childhood memories,
your opinions, popular things in your country
etc. Remember – part 1 is all about you and
your country.

Work
Study
Hometown
Home
Art
Bicycles
Birthdays
Childhood
Clothes
Computers
Daily routine
Dictionaries
Evenings
Family & Friends
Flowers
Food
Going Out
Happiness
Hobbies
Internet
Leisure time
Music
Neighbours & Neighbourhood
Newspapers
Pets
Reading
Shopping
Sport
TV
Transport
Weather

Questions & Topics for

IELTS Speaking Part 1
These four topics are the most common in
IELTS speaking part 1. You should prepare
ideas and practice answering these questions.
You are VERY LIKELY to get one of these four
for your first topic.

Work
What is your job?
Where do you work?
Why did you choose that job?
Is it a popular job in your country?
Do you like your job?
Do you get on well with your
colleagues?
What was your first day like?
What responsibilities do you have
at work?
If you had the chance, would you
change your job?
Do you plan to continue with your
job in the future?

Study
What do you study?
Where do you study that?
Why did you choose that subject?
Is it a popular subject in your
country?
Do you like that subject?
Do you get on with your
colleagues?
What was your first day like?
What are the main aspects of your
subject?
If you had the chance, would you
change subject?
Do you plan to get a job in the
same field as your subject?

Note: if you don’t work or study, please say so.

When the examiner asks “Do you work or do
you study?”, this isn’t a trick question. Just be
open and honest. For example, “I don’t work
or study at the moment.” or “I’m a housewife.”
If you don’t work or study, the examiner will
ask about your home or hometown instead.

Note: Your hometown refers to the village,

town or city where you spent most of your
childhood. It might not be the same place you
were born. If you grew up in many different
places, choose the place you are most
connected to.

Hometown

Where is your hometown?

Do you like your hometown?
Do you often visit your hometown?
What is your hometown like?
What is the oldest place in your
hometown?
What is there for a foreigner to do
or see in your hometown?
How could your hometown be
improved?
Has your hometown changed
much since you were a child?
Is there good public transportation
in your hometown?
Do you think your hometown is a
good place to bring up children?

Home
Where is your home?
Do you live in a house or a flat?
Who do you live with?
Are there many rooms in your
home?
What is your favourite room?
How are the walls decorated?
What would you change about
your home?
Do you plan to live there in the
future?
What facilities are there near your
home?
What is your neighbourhood like?
Do most people live in houses in
your country?

Common Questions in
Speaking Part 1

Art
Are you good at art?
Did you learn art at school when
you were a child?
What kind of art do you like?
Is art popular in your country?
Have you ever been to an art
gallery?
Do you think children can benefit
from going to art galleries?

Bicycles
Do you have a bike?
How often do you use it?
How old were you when you
learned to ride a bike?
Do many people in your country
using bicycles?
Do you think using bicycles should
be encouraged?

Birthdays
Do you usually celebrate your
birthdays?
How did you celebrate your last
birthday?
Which birthdays are the most
important ones in your country?
Do you think children should
celebrate their birthdays with a
party?

Childhood
Did you enjoy your childhood?
What is your first memory of your
childhood?
Did you have a lot of friends when
you were a child?
What did you enjoy doing as a
child?
Do you think it is better for
children to grow up in the city or in
the countryside?

Clothes
Are clothes important to you?
What kind of clothes do you
usually wear?
Do you ever wear the traditional
clothes of your country?
Where do you usually buy your
clothes?
Have you ever worn a uniform?
Do most people in your country
follow fashion?

Computers
Do you often use a computer?
How do you usually get online?
Do you prefer desktops or laptops?
What do you use your computer
for?
Do you think it is important to
learn how to use a computer?

Daily Routine
When do you usually get up in the
morning?
Do you usually have the same
routine every day?
What is your daily routine?
Do you ever change your routine?
Is your routine the same today as it
was when you were a child?
Do you think it is important to
have a daily routine?

Dictionaries
Do you often use a dictionary?
What do you use dictionaries for?
What kinds of dictionaries do you
think are most useful?
Do you think dictionaries are
useful for learning a language?
What kind of information you find
in a dictionary?

Useful video lesson: Dictionary

vocabulary

Dreams
Do you often have dreams when
you sleep?
Do you usually remember your
dreams?
Do you think dreams are important
to remember?
Do you ever have daydream?
What kind of daydreams do you
usually have?

Drinks
What is your favourite drink?
Is it common for people to drink
tea and coffee in your country?
Did you prefer different drinks as a
child?
Do you think it is important to
drink lots of water?
What is a traditional drink in your
country for celebrating?

Evenings
What do you often do in the
evenings?
Do you do the same thing every
evening?
Do you prefer to spend your
evenings with family or friends?
Do you ever work or study in the
evenings?
What is a popular activity for
young people in your country in
the evenings?
Do you do the same thing in the
evenings as you did when you
were a child?

Family & Friends

Do you spend much time with
your family?
Who are you closest to in your
family?
Do you prefer spending time with
your family or friends?
Who is your best friend?
Are you still friends with people
from your childhood?
Is family important in your
country?

Flowers
Do you like flowers?
What’s your favourite flower?
When was the last time you gave
someone flowers?
Do any flowers have a special
meaning in your country?
Why do you think women like
flowers more than men?

See similar topics for part 2

and 3: Parks, Gardens, Trees &
Flowers

Food
What’s your favourite food?
Have you always liked the same
food?
Is there any food you dislike?
What is a common meal in your
country?
Do you have a healthy diet?
What do you think of fast food?

Going Out
Do you often go out in the
evenings?
What do you like to do when you
go out?
Do you prefer going out on your
own or with friends?
How often do you go out in a
week?
Where do most young people like
to go out in your country?

Happiness
Are you a happy person?
What usually makes you happy or
unhappy?
Does the weather ever affect how
you feel?
What makes you smile?
Do you think people in your
country are generally happy
people?

Hobbies
Do you have a hobby?
What equipment do you need for
it?
Do you think hobbies should be
shared with other people?
Did you have a hobby as a child?
What hobbies are popular in your
country?
Why do you think people have
hobbies?

Internet
How often do you go online?
What do you use the internet for?
How do you get online?
Do you have your own computer?
What’s your favourite website?
Do you think children should be
allowed unsupervised access to the
internet?

Languages
How many foreign languages do
you speak?
When did you start learning your
first foreign language?
How many foreign languages do
children in your country learn at
school?
Do you think it is important to
learn a foreign language?

Leisure Time
What is your favourite leisure
activity?
What did you enjoy doing in your
free time as a child?
Do you prefer to spend your free
time with other people or alone?
What is a common leisure activity
in your country?
Do most people in your country get
two days off a week?
Do you think leisure time is
important?

Music
Do you like music?
What’s your favourite type of
music?
Can you sing?
Did you learn music at school?
If you could learn a musical
instrument, what would it be?
Do you think music is important?

Neighbours & Neighbourhood

Do you like your neighbours?
Are neighbours usually close to
each other in your country?
What is your neighbourhood like?
Do you think your neighbourhood
is a good place for children?
How could your neighbourhood be
improved?
Do you think it is important to
have a good relationship with your
neighbours?

Newspapers
How do you usually get your
news?
Do you often read the newspapers?
What kind of news do you usually
follow?
How do most people get the news
in your country?
Do you think international news is
important?

Noise
Do you live in a noisy area?
What kinds of sounds you you hear
on a daily basis?
Where do you go to spend time in
peace and quiet?
Are there any sounds which you
think are pleasant?
Do you have any noisy friends?

Patience
Are you a patient person?
Do you ever get impatient?
When was the last time you lost
your patience?
Which person in your family is the
most patient?

Pets
Do you have a pet?
Do you like animals?
What’s your favourite animal?
What is a popular pet to have in
your country?
Did you have a pet as a child?
Why do people have pets?

Reading
Do you often read?
What is your favourite kind of
book to read?
Do you often read newspapers?
Do you have any e-books?
What books did you read as a
child?
Do you think it is important to
encourage children to read?

Shopping
Do you like shopping?
What’s your favourite shop?
Do you prefer shopping alone or
with others?
What kinds of shops are there
where you live?
Have you ever bought anything
online?
Do you think men and women
have different opinions about
shopping?