IELTS Speaking Tips
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The examiner wants to hear you talk, so giving a single word or very short answers to questions isn't going get you many marks. On the other hands, dont ramble on and on. They have around 12 questions to ask you in 4-5 minute. IELTS Speaking Part 1 answer should be 2-3 sentences long. Giving an extra piece of information is a must.
Giving the correct length answer is very important. For example, when you're asked if you like music, you can say: Most definitely. I go to lots of live gigs as I've got a friend who's in a band. At home, I like to relax to classical music
Never memorise answers. it's a waste of time as you won't know what questions you're get going to get. If you do use a memorized answers, it will be obvious to the examiner. Your speech won't be as fluent as when giving a spontaneous answer and you could actually lose marks. This is a test of your spoken language, not your memory. Have confidence in your skills and let your answer flow naturally.
Your fluency will also suffer if you overthink your answer. The examiner isn't trying to discover how intelegent you are or whether you can devise clever answers, they just want to hear your speak. Answer their questions using appropriate language and they'll be happy.
Dont freeze if you get unusual question. What does sometimes throw candidate in IELTS Speaking Part 1 is getting an unusual, random question such as "What do you think of robots?" These types of questions seem so strange that they can stop people in their tracks.
They either stumble and shutter over their words or literally freeze if they can't think what to say.
Firstly, it doesn't matter what you say as ling as you say something.
Secondly, it's fine to say that the subject is something you've never thought about.
Say this then just the best answer you can come up with: "They aren't something I've never ever thought much about, but it would be great to have one that did the housework and cooked dinner occasionally". The main thing is not to panic is an unusual question comes up.
Here are 7 different ways you can extend your answers: 1. Explanation; 2. Combine Details; 3. Example; 4. Frequency; 5. Contrast; 6. Past Comparisons; 7. Future
Question: How often do you socialize with friends?
1) Explanation
Connective words like ‘because’ are ideal for this.
answer: I socialise with friends most evenings after work and at weekends because I live on my own which often gets me down. Going out with friends or having them round means that I don’t feel so lonely.
2) Combined Details
Another simple way to extend your answer is to join two pieces of information with the word ‘and’.
answer: During the week, I generally meet up with friends two evenings after work and on Saturdays, I go shopping with my best friend. Sundays I save for seeing my family.
3) Examples
answer: I usually see my closest friends several times a week. Like this week, I’m meeting my best friend for a drink this evening, then we’re going to the cinema with some girls from work on Friday, and on Saturday we’re all meeting up at a party.
4) Frequency
Words expressing frequency are invaluable for developing answers. Common words include: normally, generally, often, frequently, occasionally, seldom, rarely, hardly ever, never
answer: I normally see friends most days of the week, especially my best friend who I generally catch up with after work. At the weekends, a group of us often go to the park to play football or chill out.
5) Contrast
Connectives that express contrast are equally useful for extending answers. For example: but, although, however, eventhough, despite, while
answer: I try to meet up with friends several times a week but rarely on a Sunday because that’s when I visit my family. However, every few months I cook a barbeque Sunday lunch and invite both my friends and family around.
6) Past Comparison
Sometimes in IELTS Speaking Part 1, you’ll want to compare the present situation to what happened in the past. The phrase ‘used to’ is useful here.
answer: I used to socialise with my friends every day but I don’t see them so often now that I have a baby and can’t go out in the evenings so much. We probably meet up just a few times a month now.
You are bound to be nervous during your test, especially at the start. Use IELTS Speaking Part 1 as a warm-up for the rest of the test. The questions will be easy for you to answer, so try to relax and calm your nerves. Slow, deep breaths can help.
It's impossible to predict the subject you'll be asked about. The range of potential topics is vast.
There are 5 things that frequently result in candidates getting a far lower score that they're capable of and they have little to do with their language ability. There problem are that they:
1. Dont speak for full 2 minutes. Keep talking until the examiner stops you, which will be at around 2 minutes.
2. Run out of this things to say. When people finish early. It's because they've run out of things to say. The reason they dont know what else to say is generally that they haven't used their 1 minute planning time wisely. This is most likely because they dont have a good planning strategy.
3. Have an unstructured talk. Poor planning leads to an unstructured answer with ideas popping up all over the place and not really tying together. You'll find 3 strategies for your IELTS Speaking Part 2 talk on these pages:
4. Read their notes rather than speak naturally: if you read your notes, your speech will sound like reading not speaking. It will have unnatural fluency sentence stress and pronunciation. This will not please the examiner. They're there to test your speaking skills, not your reading ability. Focussing too closely on your notes while speaking may also cause you to move quickly from one bulltet point to the next without developing your ideas. You're likely to reach the end with lots of time still to go and nothing more to say.
5. Panic because they think they now nothing about the topic. Dont be that candidate who completely wastes their planning time because they're convince they dont know anything about the subject they've been asked to talk about and go into brain meltdown.
Most topics are related to everyday life and common experiences. I guarantee that I could ask you about any subject in these categories and you could tell me at least three or four things you know about it, even if the topic was something you believed you knew nothing about. Three or four things are enough to create an answer. Then you just need a few strategies for developing your talk around them.
The examiner will not be expecting a degree level answer. They just want to know what you know about the topic: a few facts and your own thoughts, opinion, and feelings. The content of your talks is not really as important as how you say it, that is, your fluency, grammar, pronunciation, and vocabulary. Be confident that you can deal with any topic because you can.
The most important words on the cue card are the first sentence. This is your topic. This is what you must talk about for your 2 minutes. The bullet points are there as a guide as to what you could include in your talk.
Most people only talk about the bullet points and they work through them one by one in the order they’re written. It’s not a problem if you want to do this but if it’s the only strategy you have, you’re very likely to run out of things to say before the 2 minutes is up.
You may find that the suggestions in the bullet points don’t totally relate to your experience of the topic or they aren’t really what you want to say about it. This is another good reason to have other options for developing your talk.
The key is to stay focussed on the topic. Use the bullet points as a guide but don’t limit yourself to them. You certainly don’t have to use all of them and you won’t lose marks if you miss some of them out.
Knowing this will put you ahead of most students because the majority don’t know it.
What else you talk about will depend on the topic but here are some ideas: Your thoughts, your opinion, your feeling, background, description, example, present situation, future situation, anything else relevant.
Having a good selection of additional ideas to potentially talk about will give you the tools to tackle any topic that comes along. If you’re lucky, you’ll get a topic you’re enthusiastic or passionate about, something quite personal to you such as, describe a favourite photograph. A topic can be quite spesific or a much wider, general subject such as describe a city you have visited.
Describe something healthy you enjoy doing.
You should say:
- what you do
- where you do it
- who you do it with
and explain why you think doing this is healthy.
If your mind likes to work in a structured way, you’ll probably find this method the easiest to use.
Step 1 – First, pick out the keywords from the bullet points.
You may find that you have plenty to say using the questions prompts ‘what’, ‘where’, ‘who’ and ‘why’ in the bullet points. In case you don’t have enough ideas, or one or more of the bullet points doesn’t fit with what you want to say about the topic, we’ll use the other two question words as well (when, how)
Step 2 – Next make some notes using each underlined word as a headline. Do this as quickly as possible, ideally in 30 seconds.
If you think of something you really want to say that doesn’t fit under these headings, just write an extra heading – other – and jot it down under this. The key is to stay focussed on the topic.
Sample notes for this cue card:
Step 3 – Spend the remainder of your 1 minute planning time organising your notes.
Do these two things: a) Decide which to talk about (you don’t have to use them all); b) Put them in a logical order.
- circuit training
- every Tuesday evening
- members of my rowing club
- TM Fitness Factory
- owned by Linda, friend in rowing club, & son Tom
- run by Chris, one of the members
- varies each week which makes it interesting
- different exercises – work whole body
- aerobic fitness
- sometimes do spin – really hard
- working out with other crew members creates team spirit
- can take it at your own level but like to push myself
- would do if not rowing as like to keep fit & stay healthy
If you don’t have time to write them out again as I have here, write numbers beside them (1, 2, 3, 4...) to show the order in which you will talk about them. This will be enough to organise them in your mind.
When you first practise this method, give yourself plenty of time to make your notes as you get used to the technique. You'll soon get quicker. Gradually cut down the time you allow yourself until you can do in the 1 minute you'll have in the real Speaking test.
Step 4 – Give your talk.
You are now ready to give your 2 minute talk. Refer to your notes if you need to but it’s far better if you can talk without doing so.
Describe something healthy you enjoy doing.
I’m a real fitness fanatic and do loads of things to stay fit and healthy but the one I’d like to tell you about is circuit training. I do this for an hour every Tuesday evening with a group from my rowing club.
We meet at TM Fitness, a gym owned by my friend and crewmate Linda and her son Tom. Tom actually runs the gym but we hire the hall and Chris, another of our rowers, leads the session.
The great thing about circuit training is that it involves lots of different types of activities so this keeps it interesting week by week. We’re never quite sure what we’ll be doing when we turn up.
With a conventional circuit, you work every part of the body in turn, doing aerobic activities and also body conditioning using weights. I like these types of circuits best. Sometimes, if there aren’t many of us there, we do a session on the spin cycles. This is really tough if you don’t get out on a bike very often as I don’t. I used to cycle a lot but don’t have time since I took up rowing. Anyway, spin is hard but I always feel good afterwards.
One of my favourite pieces of equipment is the punch bag. If you’ve had a stressful day at work, putting on a pair of boxing gloves and thumping the bag gets rid of all the negative energy.
I really enjoy exercising with other crew members from my rowing club. It helps to create a team spirit and we encourage and motivate each another. Our rowing club has members of all ages from teenagers to several people in their 60’s and everyone works out at their own level. I like to really push myself so that I get the most out of the session. There’s no point in going if you’re not going to get the greatest benefit out of it that you can.
There can be no doubt that circuit training keeps me aerobically fit and also gives me a strong body. Although I do it mainly to improve my fitness for rowing, I enjoy it so much that I think I’d still keep going even if I gave up rowing.
Would it matter if a few points were out of order in your talk? Of course not. Your notes are just a guide to help you along. Glance at them if you need to, to keep you on track and to help you to remember all your ideas. The most important thing is to talk naturally as if you were explaining things to a friend.
Describe a place near water you have visited.
- You should say:
- where this place is
- what you did at this place
- who you went there with
and explain why you liked this place.
Sometime you’ll find that the bullet points don’t relate well to your experience of the topic or they aren’t what you want to say about it. When you read the talk below, you’ll see that this was the case for this candidate. Brainstorming is a particularly useful planning strategy to use in this situation, although it works well with any topic.
It’s a less structured approach than Method 1 so might also suit you better if you like to think more freely. Let’s go through it step by step.
Step 1 – First, read the topic sentence and bullet points. Then spend about 30 seconds jotting down the first things that come into your head. Single words or phrases are fine.
You’ll be given some paper to make your notes and will be able to refer to them during your 2 minute talk if you need to. You won’t be marked on what you write down.
Here are the notes the candidate made for this cue card:
Step 2 – Spend the remainder of your 1 minute planning time organising your notes.
Do these two things: a) Decide which to talk about (you don’t have to use them all); b) Put them in a logical order.
What will happen as you do this reordering is that your mind will be creating the ‘story’ you’re about to tell. I’ll explain more about the technique of storytelling when we come onto the next planning strategy I’m going to teach you and our third IELTS Speaking sample.
You don’t have to do this reordering if it would be more valuable for you to spend the time developing your ideas. It will depend on how your brain works and how organised your thoughts need to be for your talk to flow naturally.
Step 3 – Give your talk
You are now ready to give your 2 minute talk. Try not to rely too much on your notes and refer to them only if you need a quick reminder of what you want to say.
Here's the complete talk created from the notes above. Can you see how it follows the notes?
Describe a place near water you have visited.
I’m lucky enough to live by the coast so I’m close to many wonderful places near water. I’d like to tell you about my favourite. It’s called Fremington Quay and is only two miles from my home. Many years ago it was a busy port with a railway line and station but the ships and trains are all gone now.
About 20 years ago, the old railway station was turned into a café and it’s very popular with local people. Locals also park at Fremington Quay to go walking or cycling along the old railway line which has been made into a lovely footpath and cycle route called the Tarka Trail. Furthermore, the quayside is a great place to fish from and you can usually see at least two or three fishermen there whatever the weather.
However, it’s none of these things that draw me to Fremington Quay several times a week. I go there to walk my dog on the stony beach alongside the estuary. Not many people go this way. I can’t understand why as it’s a beautiful place, but I’m glad they don’t or it wouldn’t be so peaceful. There are many different sorts of seabirds on the shoreline, especially at low tide. I love to hear their cries and watch them digging about for food in the mud. At the moment there’s a black ibis feeding there, which is a rare sight around here. It’s a very exotic bird for the area.
About a quarter of a mile along the beach is a slope up to a hidden field and this is the most special place of all for me. The sky always seems so big when you stand in the middle of the field and the views all around are stunning. I hardly ever see anyone else there and it’s perfect for my dog to chase his ball around.
My favourite time to be there is in the evening when the sun’s beginning to go down. It spreads a golden trail on the water and casts a soft light on the surrounding countryside. It’s so beautiful. The tranquillity is unbelievable.
I do hope my field stays a bit of a secret place as it wouldn’t be the same if lots of people started going there. I’d still love it though.
It wouldn’t have mattered if the candidate had gone off track from their notes a bit, saying things in a slightly different order or adding something extra that they suddenly remembered that was appropriate to include. Your notes are just there to guide you. The greatest value is in the process of making them.
Describe a food you used to dislike but now enjoy.
You should say:
- what it is
- what you disliked about it
- how long you disliked it for
and explain what changed so that you now enjoy it.
Step 1 – First, read the topic sentence and bullet points. Then write down a list of the five senses on a piece of paper. Here they are to remind you:
In the exam, you’ll be given paper on which to make notes. You’ll be allowed to refer to them during your talk and you won’t be marked on them.
Step 2 – Next, keeping the 5 senses words in mind, spend about 30 seconds jotting down all the ideas you can come up with related to the topic. Single words or phrases are fine.
Depending on the specific topic, there might not be something appropriate to write for all senses. Just concentrate on the ones that are relevant.
Here are some sample notes for this cue card. I’ve colour coded them so you can see how they relate to the senses prompt words.
Step 3 – Now use your notes to create a story to tell the examiner about your topic.
How is a story structured? With a beginning, a middle and an end.
- beginning: an introduction to the subject of your story
- middle: the main event – what happened
- end: a conclusion to neatly round off your story
Step 4 – Give your talk.
Having made good use of your planning time, you’ll have all the ideas in your head ready to talk about and your notes to glance at if you need a reminder. Try not to rely too much on your notes or your fluency will suffer.
Here's our third IELTS Speaking test sample, created from the notes above. Can you identify the vocabulary relating to the five senses?
Describe a food you used to dislike but now enjoy.
I have to say that I like most foods and I’m always keen to try new types, especially traditional food in other countries. However, I can think of one thing that I used to really dislike but now absolutely love. It’s something that always used to appear at Christmas time when I was a child – figs.
They came in a round box and were all squashed in. They looked horrible, all brown and shrivelled up, and they had a musty smell. They tasted just as bad as they looked and had a really strange texture, which was part of the problem. You’d bite through the sticky outer layer into crunchy seeds in the centre that stuck in your teeth. …Not nice at all. Each Christmas I’d have a little nibble of one hoping it would taste better than before but, of course, it never did. Dried figs were never going to be my idea of a festive treat.
Then, many years later I went on a group walking holiday in Spain. We had an excellent guide who was keen for us to learn about and experience as much of the local area as possible. There were vineyards everywhere and he would sometimes pick a bunch of grapes so that we could taste the different types used to make different wines.
One afternoon we passed a large fig tree. Our guide started to pick the ripe fruit and hand them around to everyone in the group. I immediately thought of those dried figs at Christmas but quickly realised that what I had in my hand was something completely different. For a start, it was soft and warm with a velvety purple skin. Everyone else was eating theirs so I decided to give it a try as well.
I bit into it and an amazing taste filled my mouth. It’s difficult to describe as it’s not like anything else but it was delicious. I must have had a look of total surprise and delight on my face because suddenly everyone was looking at me and laughing.
Now if anyone asks me if I like figs, I say that I adore them, but only fresh ones. Although I must admit, I’ve never tasted one quite as good as that fig picked straight off the tree in sunny Spain.
As well as providing a framework for your talk, telling a story will also help you to score well for fluency and coherence. This technique works well with many different types of cue card topics and can be used alongside the ‘question prompt’ and ‘brainstorming’ planning methods we've already looked it.
Here are some ideas for phrases that are easy to learn and include in an opening sentence.
1) the one I’d like to tell you about is…
2) my favourite was…
3) I’d like to talk about...
4) Let me tell you about…
5) Personally, I would have to say…
6) the one who/that stands out is…
7) I’m going to tell you about...
1) Describe something you do to stay healthy.
I do many things that contribute to a healthy lifestyle but the one I’d like to tell you about is…
2) Describe a TV programme you have watched recently.
I have watched several good TV programmes recently but my favourite was…
3) Describe a day out that you enjoyed.
I’d like to talk about the time I went to…
4) Describe a special friend.
Let me tell you about my friend Kia.
5) Discuss the meaning of happiness for you.
Personally, I would have to say that being happy...
6) Describe the best teacher you have ever had.
I’ve been lucky enough to have had several really good teachers but the one who stands out is…
7) Describe a photograph you particularly like.
I’m going to tell you about a photograph I took...
For some of these introductions, you could follow the first sentence with a phrase such as,
I’ve chosen this… because…
Describe a place that is special to you.
I’d like to tell you about a field not far from where I live. I’ve chosen this place because it’s where I love to walk my dog.
In order to get a Band 6 and above, you will need to paraphrase the topic sentence and show that you are able to use your own language
Topic: Describe a TV programme you have watched recently.
I have watched seen several good TV programmes recently in the past few weeks but my favourite was…
I’ve simply changed a couple of the key words to show the examiner that I am able to say something in more than one way. This will gain me marks.
You could also name a particular type of TV programme instead of repeating ‘TV programmes’. For example, I have seen several good documentaries / comedies / dramas in the past few weeks...
In the original sentence, I use the phrase ‘good TV programmes’. ‘Good’ is a very ordinary word and would be better replaced with a stronger adjective, such as, I have seen several good excellent TV programmes in the past few weeks...
Now let’s see what adjectives would work with our different types of TV programmes.
- I have seen several thought-provoking documentaries...
- I have seen several extremely funny comedies...
- I have seen several exciting dramas...
Finally, don’t forget to use contractions. Instead of ‘I have seen...’ contract to ‘I’ve’. If you do, you will get a better score for your pronunciation.
So let’s conclude by looking at the opening sentence we began with and an improved version.
1) I have watched several good TV programmes recently but my favourite was…
2) I’ve seen several extremely funny comedies in the past few weeks but my favourite was…
The second version is a much stronger sentence and would make an excellent opening to a talk on this topic.
Expect some of the questions to be challenging. The purpose of this final part of the Speaking test is to push you to the limit of your ability. The examiner needs to do this in order to accurately assess the full extent of your English language skills.
You won’t be expected to give a long talk in answer to each question, but your answers will need to be longer than in Part 1. You can develop them with explanations and examples.
Know that you need to give extended answers. Don’t try to rush through this last part of the test because it’s challenging and you’re dying to get to the end. If you give short answers, the examiner will just keep asking you more questions until the time is up. It’s far better to answer each one properly and not have to answer so many of them.
Accept that you’ll be getting difficult questions and deal with them appropriately.
It’s so easy to just hear one or two key words in the question and think you know what’s being asked. Very often you’ll be wrong. In an exam, that’s a serious mistake to make because you probably won’t answer the question appropriately, so listen carefully before answering.
If there’s just one key word in the question that you don’t understand, you aren’t going to be able to answer the question properly.
What most candidates don’t know is that you’re allowed to ask one or two questions during IELTS Speaking Part 3 if you really need to.
There are just three things you can ask:
- Can you repeat the question please? (when you want to hear the question again)
- Can you explain what you mean? (when you want the examiner to rephrase the question)
- Can you explain what the word ___ means please? (when you want the examiner to explain a specific word)
These are the only questions you’re allowed to ask and only do so if absolutely necessary. Ask no more than two questions in total.
Asking the examiner a couple of questions won’t affect your score but do keep it to two and don’t ask them anything else.
There are 6 common types of questions in IELTS Speaking Part 3. It is very important to understand what they are.
1) Opinion
Being asked to give your opinion is one of the most straightforward question forms.
Questions: Do you think people in your country are less healthy than they used to be?
Mustafa: Personally, I think that the health of many people is worse than it used to be. This is mainly due to obesity caused by an unhealthy diet. Being overweight can cause diabetes, heart problems and many other serious health issues. A high percentage of the population don’t take regular exercise which is another factor that contributes to poor health.
There have, of course, been major improvements in health care in recent years. This means that more illnesses and diseases can now be cured which has had a positive effect on health in general. However, in my opinion, many people in my country are less healthy these days because of unhealthy lifestyles.
There are many other phrases you could use to give your opinion, such as:
- In my experience
- As far as I'm concerned
- Speaking for my self
- I'd say that
- I believe that
- In my view
- If you ask me
- I feel sure that
2) Hypothetical questions
These are about ‘unreal’ or imaginary situations. To answer a hypothetical question, you’ll need to use the conditional. The clue is that little word ‘if’.
Question: If tourists stopped visiting your area, what effect would it have on the economy?
Yu Yan: If tourists stopped visiting the beautiful beaches where I live, it wouldhave a terrible impact on our local economy. Tourism is our most important industry and many people run hotels and guest houses or work in popular restaurants and cafés. Lots of shops sell beachwear and souvenirs so these would soon go out of business. Also, there would not be enough other jobs in the area for all the people involved in tourism to find work.
So, I have to say that it would have a disastrous effect on the economy in my area if tourists no longer came here on holiday.
3) Compare and Contrast
The third type of question common in IELTS Speaking Part 3 is ‘compare and contrast’.
Question: What are the advantages of living in a city compared to living in the countryside?
In this answer, Jamilla uses three different words or phrases to show that she is comparing two things. I have underlined them so you can easily identify them.
Jamilla: One of the best things about living in a city is the wide range of leisure activities, from sports to theatres and museums, unlike rural areas where there are few facilities like this. City shops sell everything you could want whereas there is a limited choice in country markets and many goods are unavailable.
It’s also easier to find work and accommodation in cities and the public transport system is better so you can get around without any problems. In contrast, people living in the countryside often have to walk everywhere or get a bicycle as there are few buses and no taxis. The roads are also bad.
There are many other words and phrases that are appropriate to use for answering this type of question. Here are a few of them:
Compare: In the same way, similarly, likewise, comparatively, compared with
Contrast: conversely, nevertheless, otherwise, on the other hand
4) Change
Questions about change ask you to talk about the past and the present.
Question: How has education changed since your parents were children?
Kwame: The biggest difference is that education is now compulsory for all children up to the age of eleven and many stay on into senior school. My father only went to school for a few years as he had to work in the fields and look after the cattle full-time from the age of eight. My mother didn’t go to school at all as she was needed at home to help cook, clean and mind her younger brothers and sisters. Education wasn’t considered important for girls back then.
What is taught in schools hasn’t changed much but in towns and cities the children use computers and can learn all about the world via the internet. In small villages, like the one I come from, there are still very few teaching resources and certainly no computers. So some changes in education depend on where you live.
5) The Future
You may also get a question asking you to speculate about the future. Such questions are obviously designed to tests your ability to use future structures. This is another type of question asking for an opinion but this time you will need to answer using the future tense.
Question: Do you think that everyone in the world will have access to clean water in the future?
Cheung: That’s a really difficult question to answer because I believe that we will havethe technology to provide clean water for everyone, wherever they live, but there are other factors to consider that are less easy to predict.
Cost is the biggest issue as it is mostly poor communities who lack clean water so it will be necessary for wealthier communities and nations to fund boreholes and other means of providing decontaminated drinking water.
Warfare is another huge problem in many areas. It destroys resources and livelihoods and keeps people poor and unable to improve basic facilities such as access to fresh water. Sadly I think this will always bean issue in one place or another.
6) Benefits
Our sixth and final type of question common in IELTS Speaking Part 3 asks about benefits. It could be the benefits of a particular situation or the benefits of one thing over another.
Question: What do you think are the benefits of hobbies?
Gabriele: I believe that there are many great benefits to be gained from having a hobby. First, taking up a leisure activity is an excellent way of making new friends, especially when you move to a new area, as you meet like-minded people who share your interest.
Second, having an interesting pastime is good for mental health as it can help to relieve stress and often improves work-life balance.
Finally, many leisure pursuits bring new challenges and the chance to learn new skills, which are both added benefits.
Gabriele uses sequence words to structure her answer – first, second, finally. Well structured answers get high scores and this is a simple but effective way of organising your ideas.
There are many other words that you could use to answer this type of question. Here are a few common ones:
then, next, furthermore, in addition, also, likewise, last
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Where appropriate, give examples in your answers. It can be an easy way to develop IELTS Speaking Part 3 answers. You can do this for many different types of question.
Giving an illustration can also be a simple way of introducing a different tense into your answer, as it could be something that happened in the past, is a current situation, or something that will happen in the future, although you won’t have time to go into much detail.
Question: How do you think children can be encouraged to read more?
Aisha: Giving children easy access to exciting books in their schools and in local libraries is perhaps the most obvious thing to do. However, I believe that the best way to motivate them to read more is to invite well-known children’s authors into schools to discuss their stories and read to the kids.
This is what turned my daughter into an eager reader. A lady called Jacqueline Wilson recently came to her school and read one of her fun stories about growing up and facing childhood challenges. My daughter talked about it for days and is now reading all of Jacqueline Wilson’s books and is even writing her own stories.
I know from talking to other parents that the visit encouraged other children in the school to read more as well. I think more schools should do this.
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