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Ielts examiner speaking script.

Welcome to ESL Printables, the website where English Language teachers exchange resources: worksheets, lesson plans, activities, etc. Our collection is growing every day with the help of many teachers. If you want to download you have to send your own contributions. Today we’re happy to share a resource that so many people were asking for: a
full IELTS Speaking Test recording, with examiner’s commentary and a transcript. This test was recorded by a real past IELTS examiner and a future test-taker (Asia), and is a very close simulation of what happens on the test day in the real examination room. Here is how it can be useful to you: 1. You can get familiar with everything that happens in
the Speaking test, and feel prepared when it’s your turn. 2. You can listen to the examiner’s questions, test-taker’s answers, and think about what YOU would say in response to these questions. 3. You can spot the test-taker’s mistakes and avoid them in your own speech. 4. You can go over the Examiner’s Commentary, learn how he rated the
student’s performance and why (he also points out some of the student’s mistakes!) 5. You can even use this as a Listening exercise, and refer to the transcript to understand every word on the recording.

Watch the YouTube version here: Or listen to the recording on SoundCloud here: If you find this resource helpful, there are more Speaking tests here. They aren’t free, but very affordable and worth every cent, because they will help you prepare for scoring your best in IELTS. Texts for the Academic Reading test are taken from books, journals,
magazines and newspapers. A variety of tasks is used, including: multiple choice questions, identifying information, identifying writer’s views/claims, matching information, matching headings, matching features, matching sentence endings, sentence completion, summary completion, note completion, table completion, flow-chart completion, diagram
label completion, short-answer questions. Downloadable Academic Reading sample tasks Academic Reading sample task - Matching features (PDF, 22KB) Academic Reading sample task - Table completion (PDF, 59KB) Academic Reading sample task - Flow-chart completion (selecting words from the text) (PDF, 173 KB) Academic Reading sample task
- Identifying information (True False Not Given) (PDF, 174KB) Academic Reading sample task - Matching headings (PDF, 92KB) Academic Reading sample task - Matching sentence endings task (PDF, 132KB) Academic Reading sample task - Multiple choice (more than one answer) (PDF, 223KB) Academic Reading sample task - Multiple choice (one
answer) (PDF, 256KB) Academic Reading sample task - Note completion task (PDF, 260KB) Academic Reading sample task - Sentence completion task (PDF, 190KB) Academic Reading sample task - Summary completion (selecting from a list of words or phrases) (PDF, 259 KB) Academic Reading sample task - Summary completion (selecting words
from the text) (PDF, 189 KB) Download all Academic Reading samples (ZIP, 1.85MB) Academic Reading answer sheet IELTS Reading answer sheet (PDF, 130KB) Find out more about the Academic Reading test Listening Answer Sheet Listening Answer Sheet (PDF, 233KB) Speaking Test Examiner’s Script PART 1 INTRODUCTION AND INTERVIEW
Hello my name is… Can you tell me your full name please?
And what should I call you? Right. Can I see your ID card please? Thank you. For the first part of the test, I would like to ask you some questions about… Now let’s talk about… Example questions: Hometown/City 1. Tell me about your hometown. 2. What would you change about your city? Free-time activities 3. What do you do in your free time? 4.
What hobbies are popular in your country? Shoes 5. How often do you buy shoes? 6.
Do you prefer a comfortable pair of shoes or a fashionable one? Watching TV 7. How often do you watch TV? 8. What types of TV programs do you like watching? Language learning 9. What do you find difficult about learning English? 10. Would you like to learn another language in the future? Festivals 11.

Do you think festivals are important? 12. Which is your favorite festival? Travelling 13.

Do you prefer travelling alone or in group? 14. When you visit new places, what do you like to do? Healthy eating 15. Is fast food popular in your country? 16. Do you like eating healthy food? Weekend 17. What do you usually do at weekends?
18.
Do you think your weekends are long enough? Season and weather 19.
What is your favorite season? Examiner’s Script - Page 1 of 9 20. How does the weather in your country change in the year? Buildings 21. What types of buildings are there in your city? 22. Would you like to live in an old and ancient building?
Rain 23. Do you like rain? 24. What do you think is worse, too much rain or not enough rain?

PART 2 AND PART 3 OK. I am going to give you a topic now. You have one minute to make notes. Here’s some paper and a pen. Here is the topic. Right, you have 1 to 2 minutes to speak. Please begin now and I will tell you when to stop. OK,… Thank you. This is the end of the speaking test. Topic 1 Celebrities Cue card Describe a famous person
whom you admire. You should say: who the person is what the person does why the person is famous and explain why you admire this person. Examiner’s questions What are the disadvantages of being famous? Is the way people become famous nowadays different from that in the past? How do you think people will become famous in the future? Topic
2 A leisure centre Cue card Describe a leisure centre you often go to.
You should say: what it is and when you go there what facilities it has what you do there and explain why you like this place. Examiner’s questions How do people in your country like to relax? Do you think most people in your country lead a healthy lifestyle nowadays? How do you think a person can find balance between the time spent at work and
the time spent on leisure? Examiner’s Script - Page 2 of 9 Topic 3 A film Cue card Describe a film that you have recently seen.
You should say: what the film was when and where you saw it what the film was about and explain how you felt about this film. Examiner’s questions Do old people and young people like to watch the same kind of films? What do you think people can learn from watching films? Do you think film stars deserve the large incomes that some of them
receive? Topic 4 Outdoor Activities Cue card Describe an outdoor activity that you like doing. You should say: what this activity is when you do it where you do it and explain why you like it. Examiner’s questions What are the most popular outdoor activities in Vietnam? Would you say people spend more time outdoors today than they did, say, 20 years
ago? What are the advantages of spending time outdoors? Topic 5 A foreign culture Cue card Describe a foreign culture that you are interested in. You should say: what this culture is how you learned about this culture what you know about this culture and explain why you feel this culture is interesting. Examiner’s questions Do you think it’s
important to know about other cultures? What do you think is the best way to learn about another culture? Do you think that learning foreign languages can help us understand foreign cultures? Examiner’s Script - Page 3 of 9 Topic 6 An item of clothing Cue card Describe an item of clothing that you recently bought. You should say: what it is when
and where you bought it what it looks like and explain why you bought it.
Examiner’s questions What types of clothes do you like? Why do some people buy brand-name clothes? Do you think school students should wear uniform? Topic 7 A book Cue card Describe a book that you enjoyed reading.
You should say: what the title is what it is about why you read it and explain what effect the book had on you.
Examiner’s questions How are reading habits today different from those of the past? Do young and old people like to read the same books? What kinds of books are most popular in your country? Topic 8 Wild animals Cue card Describe a wild animal in Vietnam.
You should say: what the animal is what it looks like where it lives and explain how you feel about this animal. Examiner’s questions What kinds of pets are most popular in your country? What are some advantages of having a pet? What is the purpose of having zoos? Examiner’s Script - Page 4 of 9 Topic 9 Advertisement Cue card Describe an
unforgettable advertisement that you saw or heard. You should say: where you saw or heard it what kind of advertisement it was what the content of the advertisement was and explain why this advertisement is so unforgettable. Examiner’s questions Do you think advertisements actually influence people to buy things? And how? Do you think there
should be control over advertising? What are the advantages of advertising? Topic 10 A childhood Present Cue card Describe a present you received when you were a child. You should say: what the present was who gave it to you how the present was used and explain how you felt when you got this present. Examiner’s questions On what occasions do
Vietnamese people send gifts? Are expensive gifts always better than cheap gifts? What kinds of gifts will people give in the future?
Topic 11 Advice Cue card Describe some advice you received which was useful to you. You should say: what the situation was who gave you the advice what the advice was and explain how useful you think the advice was. Examiner’s questions What kinds of advice do parents give their children? Do you think young people should follow their parents’
advice?
Which has more influence on young people, advice from their parents or their friends? Examiner’s Script - Page 5 of 9 Topic 12 A busy time Cue card Describe a time when you are very busy. You should say: when this time is what you do at this time how you arrange your time and explain how you feel after this busy time is over. Examiner’s questions
Do you manage your time effectively? What are the advantages of making plans? Do people today have more leisure time than before? Topic 13 A large sum of money Cue card Describe what you would do if you received a very large amount of money. You should say: who you would share it with what you would buy what else you would do and explain
how you would feel about getting so much money. Examiner’s questions Is money important to you? Is pay the most important factor in a job?
How do you think parents could teach the value of money to their children? Topic 14 A meal Cue card Describe a meal you would like to invite your friends to. You should say: who you would invite where you would eat this meal what you would eat and explain why you would choose to eat this food. Examiner’s questions Why do some people love
eating out? Are restaurants nowadays different from restaurants in the past? Examiner’s Script - Page 6 of 9 How important is eating a healthy diet? Topic 15 A goal you want to achieve Cue card Describe something that you would like to succeed in doing in the near future. You should say: what it is how difficult you think it will be what you would do
to prepare for this and explain why you want to succeed in doing this. Examiner’s questions Do you think most people want to succeed in life? What kind of success is most important to Vietnamese people? Is it good to be ambitious? Topic 16 An important job Cue card Describe a job that you think important in the society. You should say: what the job
is what kind of people usually do this job what kind of training people have to go through to do this job and explain why you think this job is important. Examiner’s questions Is your job important to you? What will make a job attractive to young people nowadays? What are employers nowadays looking for at their employees? Topic 17 Doing new things
Cue card Describe something you did that was new or exciting. You should say: what you did where and when you did this who you shared the activity with and explain why this activity was new or exciting for you. Examiner’s questions Why do you think some people like doing new things? Examiner’s Script - Page 7 of 9 What problems can people
have when they try new activities for the first time? Do you think it’s best to do new things on your own or with other people?
Why? Topic 18 Website Cue card Describe a website that you have used. You should say: what the website is what you used it for how would you found out about it and whether you have used other websites similar to this one. Examiner’s questions What do people usually use the internet for? What are the problems associated with the internet? What
are the advantages of shopping online? Topic 19 An environmental problem Cue card Describe an environmental problem in your country. You should say: what the problem is whether it is serious what causes this problem and how it can solved. Examiner’s questions Why is it important to protect the environment? Who should take the main
responsibility in protecting the environment? Why?
What environmental problems will we see in the future? Topic 20 A country you would like to visit? Cue card Describe a country you would like to visit. You should say: what the country is why you would like to visit this country what you know about this country and whether you think you will visit this place in the future. Examiner’s questions
Examiner’s Script - Page 8 of 9 Are trips nowadays the same as trips that people had in the past?
What types of trips will people take in the future? Why do people like travelling to foreign countries?
Examiner’s Script - Page 9 of 9