What is the IELTS

speaking test like?

What is the format?
three
The test is 11 to 14 minutes long. There are  parts.

1 2 3
Part 1 of IELTS
Speaking
Part 2 of IELTS
Speaking
Part 3 of IELTS
Speaking
1
Part 1 of IELTS Speaking: consists of
questions about you, family, work and
your interests. It is meant to relax you
and get you talking.
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PART 2 OF IELTS SPEAKING: Consists of
speaking about a given topic. The examiner will give
the candidate a task card / Cue card. The card asks
you to speak about a particular topic. There are points
that you should cover in your talk. You will have one
minute to prepare. Then you will have to speak for
one-two minutes. Don’t speak for less time, you will
lose marks. The examiner will stop you after two
minutes.
• I consider myself exceptionally fortunate to have been taught and
guided by some excellent teachers throughout my academic life.
Among them, I would like to talk about Mr Smith, who has been an
extraordinary teacher, an exceptional mentor, and who has had a
great influence on my studies.
• I met Mr Smith for the first time when I was in fourth grade. He was
our math teacher. Initially, we thought that he would be a tough
teacher and we would have to be very polite in front of him. We got
this impression mostly because of his serious look and tidy dress-up.
But soon we found that he was a very friendly person and we did not
have to be "very polite" to him. 
• He never made things complicated and tried over and over again to
explain something to us. He had a unique way of teaching and could
explain complex topics very easily. Thus everything we learned from
him was interesting,m and that's why we remember most of the
theories and techniques of math he taught us.
• I consider myself exceptionally fortunate to have been taught and
guided by some excellent teachers throughout my academic life.
Among them, I would like to talk about Mr Smith, who has been an
extraordinary teacher, an exceptional mentor, and who has had a
great influence on my studies.
• I met Mr Smith for the first time when I was in fourth grade. He was
our math teacher. Initially, we thought that he would be a tough
teacher and we would have to be very polite in front of him. We got
this impression mostly because of his serious look and tidy dress-up.
But soon we found that he was a very friendly person and we did not
have to be "very polite" to him. 
• He never made things complicated and tried over and over again to
explain something to us. He had a unique way of teaching and could
explain complex topics very easily. Thus everything we learned from
him was interesting,m and that's why we remember most of the
theories and techniques of math he taught us.
• I consider myself exceptionally fortunate to have been taught
and guided by some excellent teachers throughout my
academic life. Among them, I would like to talk about Mr
Smith, who has been an extraordinary teacher, an exceptional
mentor, and who has had a great influence on my studies.
• Well, I have to say that I am quite fortunate to have been
taught under the guidance of various wonderful teachers.
However, if I am to pick only one of them, who I really look
up to as a role model, it will have to be Ms. Dung, my teacher
of English back when I was a secondary student.
• Throughout my academic years, the teacher that has the
most positive influence on me up until now is Mrs. Anh. She
is a young teacher teaching core business subjects at my
university.
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Part 3 of IELTS: speaking consists of a
longer discussion that is related to the topic
of part 2. This is the part where you get the
lion’s share of your score. You need to go
into depth and provide reasons, examples
and analysis.