IELTS Speaking Part 1 Topics and Questions
Initial general questions which are asked to everybody
- What is your full Name?
- How may I address you?
- Can I see your Identification?
- Simple questions about your hometown, yourself and about your family.
- Are you working or studying?
1) Study
- What do you study?
- Where did you study that?
- Why did you choose these subjects?
- Do you enjoy these subjects? Why/Why Not?
- Are these popular subjects at your University/College?
- Do you get along with your classmates?
- If you could change to any other subject what it would be?
- Do you prefer to study in mornings or afternoons?
- What is the most difficult part of your subject?
- Why did you choose this University/College?
- What would you like to study in future?
- What do you plan doing after finishing your studies?
2) Work
- What work do you do?
- Where do you work?
- What are your job responsibilities?
- How long have you been in this job?
- What prompted you to choose that job?
- Do you enjoy your present job?
- Is it a well liked job in your country?
- Do you get along with your fellow workers?
- How was your first day at work?
- If provided a chance, would you like to change your job?
- Do you miss your student life?
- Would you like to shift your job in future?
- How is your normal day at work?
- What might you change about your work?
3) Your Home
- Where is your house?
- What kind of accommodation do you live in?
- Can you describe your home?
- Do you intent to live there for a long time?
- Which is your preferred place in your home?
- How you have kept your place to look decent?
- With whom are you living in your house?
- In which room do you spend your time with your family?
- How have you decorated your house/apartment?
- What thing you want to change about your house?
- Do you have a garden in your house?
- Are there many facilities/amenities around your house?
- What is your neighbourhood like?
- Do most people live in houses in your country?
4) Your Hometown
- Where is your hometown?
- What do you appreciate about your hometown?
- What aspects you don’t like about your hometown?
- How frequently you visit your hometown?
- Which is the most popular place in your hometown?
- What is the oldest part of your hometown?
- How many people visit your hometown and why?
- What suggestions would you like to make to improve your hometown?
- How has your hometown changed over a period of time? / How your hometown has changed since you were a child?
- Is your hometown having a robust transportation system?
- Would you like to suggest families with kids to visit your hometown?
- How would a foreigner enjoy in your hometown? / What activities can a foreigner do in your hometown?
- Do you consider that your hometown is a good place to bring up kids?
5) Jokes
- Are you good at cracking jokes?
- Do you like listening to jokes?
- Do your friends like to tell jokes?
- Are there any comedy shows held in your country?
- Have you ever watched a live comedy show?
- How would you understand what jokes are appropriate to state to your companions?
- How can a joke hurt anyone?
- What are a few circumstances when it is rude to chuckle at a joke?
- What are some basic topics on which individuals like to joke about?
- What kind of things make you laugh?
- Do you enjoy making other people laugh? Why/Why Not
- Do you believe that it is imperative to make others laugh? Why/Why Not
- Is “laughing” the same as “feeling happy”. Why/Why Not
6) Politeness
- Do you think people should be polite? Why
- How do individuals in your culture express good manners towards others?
- Do you consider yourself to be polite? Why
- Who taught you to be polite?
- Is it necessary to be polite in your country?
- Have there been any changes in politeness in the past few decades?
- Are good manners dependent on different cultures? Why?
- When do you think it is important to be polite?
- Is being polite different than being nice?
- Are rules of politeness changing in your culture?
- How people show politeness in your country?
- How important is politeness for you?
- Are we less polite with members of our families than with people we don’t know?
- How the way people show politeness changed?
7) Hobbies
- Is it important to have a hobby?
- What hobbies and interests do you have?
- What do you love about your hobby?
- Do you need to use any special equipment to do this hobby?
- Do you prefer to do your hobby with other people or do you prefer to be alone?
- Why do you think so many people have hobbies?
- Do you think that it is harmful to spend too much time on hobby?
- What types of hobbies are popular among the teenagers in your country?
- How have your hobbies benefited you?
- Why do hobbies keep changing from generation to generation?
- According to you what types of hobbies will future generation have?
- If given a chance what type of new hobby would you choose and why?
- Do people usually continue their hobbies when they get older?
8) Indoor & Outdoor activities
- What do you do in your leisure time?
- Do you like to indulge in outdoor activities often?
- Would you pick outdoor activities or indoor activities?
- What options are available to engage in outdoor activities in your city?
- Is there an age restriction for some specific outdoor activities?
- What outdoor/indoor activities you like the most?
- How often do you do that? OR How much time you spent on outdoor activities?
- What are the most common outdoor activities that people enjoy in your country?
- How and where do people in your country usually socialize?
- Would you say that people spend more time outdoors today, than they did 20 years back?
- In your opinion are there any indoor & outdoor activities which people used to do but nowadays they have stopped doing it?
- Do young and old people like to same type of outdoor activities?
- Can you describe an outdoor activity which you would like to do for the first time?
- What indoor games did you play when you were a child?
- What sorts of indoor games do children in your country play now?
9) Money
- Is money important? {Why/Why Not}
- How much money is adequate?
- Why do people care too much about money?
- Do people in your country save their money? [Why/Why Not]
- What kind of things do people save money for?
- Do you think that it is impossible for some people to save money?
- What sort of things do young people spend their money on? [Why]
- How do you feel when you don’t have enough money to buy something you want? [Why]
- What problems does money cause in your society?
- Why do parents give money to their children to spend every week?
- Do you agree that schools should teach students how to manage money?
- Do you agree that parents should teach their children about saving money?
- According to you is it a good idea that children earn money while studying?
- Do you think that money can buy happiness?
- What disadvantage the society has if the gap between rich and poor is large?
10) Food and Meals
- What is your favorite meal, e.g. breakfast, lunch or dinner? [Why]
- How important do you think it is to have three meals a day? [Why]
- Who do you think enjoys cooking more, older or younger people? [Why]
- Do you think more people will eat more micro waved meals in the future?[Why]
- Can you cook?
- Who does the cooking in your home?
- What is the most famous dish in your country?
- What is your favorite dish?
- What kind of food do you like?
- What is your main meal of the day?
- Do you prefer eating at home or in a restaurant?
- On what occasions do you eat special food?