TOPICS

1. FOOD
2. DRINKS
3. SPORTS
4. MUSIC
5. MOVIES
6. CLOTHES
7. TRANSPORTATION
8. HOLIDAYS
9. SPARE TIME
10. WEATHER
Sample structure to answer “Liking” questions
1. Lead-in
 Well, in general I would say that...
 Actually, I suppose that for the most part I’d probably say that...
 Well, to be honest I should really say that...
 Of course I think I’d have to say that...
 Certainly I would definitely say that...
 Well, I guess that generally speaking I would certainly say that...
2. Giving the main answer (paraphrase):
 Food & Drinks: I’m a heavy + name of food/drink + consumer/ drinker
 I’m a heavy coffee drinker I’ m a heavy chicken consumer
 I enjoy + N/Ving
 I’m into + N/Ving
 I’m a big fan of + N/Ving
 I’m addicted to + N/Ving
 I’m fascinated by + N/Ving
 I have a penchant for + N/Ving
 For questions that you have to choose between 2 options:
I lean/gravitate towards ..........
3. Specifying your answer:
...but in particular... ...to be more precise...
...particularly... ...to be more specific...
...especially... ...to be more exact...
...specially... ...to be more accurate...
4. Providing the main reason:
 And I guess this is probably because...
 This could be because...
 This is due to the fact that...
 I suppose the reason has something to do with the fact that...
5. Adding the second reason:
 As well as this...
 In addition to this...
 To add to this...
Ex: Well in general I would say that I’m quite passionate about Italian food, to be
more specific I would probably say that I’m really into pizza and pasta. This is mainly
because my girlfriend is Italian so she always cooks Italian cuisine at home. As well
as this, I’m just fascinated by the texture and diverse flavours of these types of foods.
IELTS SPEAKING BAND DESCRIPTORS: BAND 5-6-7 ANALYSIS
TODAY’S TOPICS: WILD ANIMALS
1. Vocabulary & idea search
 A type of wild animals: appearance, habitat, interesting facts
 Places to observe wild animals & their pros-cons
 Reasons wild animals become extinct
 Advantages of protecting wild animals
2. Today’s criteria: Lexical resource (Paraphrasing)

stress, downward speaking pattern