IELTS SPEAKING PART 1 QUESTIONS
ON THIS PAGE YOU WILL FIND THE MOST RECENT IELTS SPEAKING PART 1 QUESTIONS
Family & Friends
❖Do you spend much time with your family?
❖ Who are you closest to in your family?
❖ Do you prefer spending time with your family or friends?
❖ Who is your best friend?
❖ Are you still friends with people from your childhood?
❖ Is family important in your country?
Spending Time by Yourself
❖ Do you like spending time by yourself?
❖ How do you usually spend your time by yourself?
❖ What did you do last time when you were by yourself?
Tidiness
❖ Are you a tidy person?
❖ Do you think people should be tidy all the time?
❖ Are you tidier at work or at home?
Pets
❖ Do you have a pet?
❖ Do you like animals?
❖ What’s your favorite animal?
❖ What is a popular pet to have in your country?
❖ Did you have a pet as a child?
❖ Why do people have pets?
Clothes
❖ Are clothes important to you?
❖ What kind of clothes do you usually wear?
❖ Do you ever wear the traditional clothes of your country?
❖ Where do you usually buy your clothes?
❖ Have you ever worn a uniform?
❖ Do most people in your country follow fashion?
Wild Animals
❖ Have you ever seen wild animals before?
❖ Which wild animals do you like the most?
❖ Do you like to go to the zoo?
Change
❖ Do you like changes? Why?
❖ What do you plan to change next year?
❖ Have you changed a lot since your childhood?
❖ Are there any positive changes in your country these days?
Staying Up Late
❖ Do you sometimes go to bed late?
❖ What do you do when you stay up late?
❖ How do you feel when you have stayed up late the night before?
Laughter
❖ When was the last time you laughed?
❖ Do you like watching funny programmes on TV?
❖ Do you like to make people laugh?
❖ Do you think it is important for friends to laugh together?
Wallet
❖ Do you use a wallet?
❖ Have you ever lost a wallet? ❖ Have you ever sent a wallet to someone as a gift?
❖ Do most of your friends use a wallet?
Computers
❖ Do you often use a computer?
❖ How do you usually get online?
❖ Do you prefer desktops or laptops?
❖ What do you use your computer for?
❖ Do you think it’s important to learn how to use a computer?
Food
❖ What’s your favorite food?
❖ Have you always liked the same foods?
❖ Is there any food you dislike?
❖ What is a common meal in your country?
❖ Do you have a healthy diet?
❖ What do you think of fast food?
Leisure Time
❖ What’s your favorite leisure activity?
❖ What did you enjoy doing in your free time as a child?
❖ Do you prefer to spend your free time with other people or alone?
❖ What’s a common leisure activity in your country?
❖ Do most people in your country get two days off a week?
❖ Do you think leisure time is important?
Cars
❖ Do you like to travel by car?
❖ When do you travel by car?
❖ Where is the farthest place you’ve traveled by car?
❖ Do you like to sit in the back or front when traveling by car?
New Year
❖ How do you celebrate New Year?
❖ How did you celebrate the last New Year?
❖ What was your best New Year’s party so far?
❖ Do you have any ceremonies to celebrate the New Year in your country?
❖ How do most people celebrate New Year in your country?
Cooking
❖ Do you like to cook?
❖ Have you ever baked a cake?
❖ Would you like to learn how to bake?
❖ What kinds of things are baked in your country?
Public Transport
❖ Do you travel by public transport?
❖ When was the last time you traveled by public transport?
❖ What don’t you like about public transport?
❖ Would you prefer to use public transport in the future?
Movies
❖ What’s your favorite movie?
❖ Do your friends like this movie?
❖ What kind of movies do young people like?
❖ Would you like to be a movie star?
Flowers
❖ Do you like flowers?
❖ What’s your favorite flower?
❖ When was the last time you gave someone flowers?
❖ Do any flowers have a special meaning in your country?
❖ Why do you think women like flowers more than men?
Internet
❖ How often do you go online?
❖ What do you use the internet for?
❖ How do you get online?
❖ Do you have your own computer?
❖ What’s your favorite website?
❖ Do you think children should be allowed unsupervised access to the internet?
Happiness
❖ Are you a happy person?
❖ What usually makes you happy?
❖ Does the weather ever affect how you feel?
❖ What makes you feel unhappy?
❖ Do you think people in your country are genuinely happy?
Daily Routines
❖ When do you usually get up in the morning?
❖ Do you usually have the same routine every day?
❖ What’s your daily routine?
❖ Do you ever change your routine?
❖ Is your routine the same today as it was when you were a child?
❖ Do you think it’s important to have a daily routine?
Languages
❖ Which languages do you speak?
❖ What are the common languages in your country?
❖ Would you like to learn a new language?
❖ Is it important to speak a foreign language?
Sports
❖ Do you like sports?
❖ What’s your favorite sport?
❖ Do you often watch sports on TV?
❖ Did you play sports as a child?
❖ What is the most popular sport in your country?
❖ How do most people in your country keep fit?
The Countryside
❖ What do you usually do in the countryside?
❖ Have you ever lived in the countryside?
❖ Would you enjoy living in the countryside?
❖ Will you live in the countryside in the future?
Plans
❖ What is the hardest part about making plans?
❖ What is the most recent plan you made?
❖ Do you make plans every day?
❖ Are you good at managing your time?
Pens and Pencils
❖ Do you prefer to use a pen or a pencil for writing?
❖ When was the last time you bought a pen or a pencil?
❖ How would you feel if someone gave you a pen or a pencil as a gift?
Travel
❖ Do you like traveling?
❖ Which cities have you traveled to?
❖ What kind of cities do you like to travel to?
❖ Which city left the deepest impression on you?
Celebrities and Stars
❖ Have you ever met a celebrity in real life?
❖ Who is your favorite movie star?
❖ Are international superstars popular in your country?
Water
❖ Do you ever drink bottled water? Why?
❖ What kind of water do you like to drink?
❖ How often do you drink water?
❖ Do you think water is an important resource?
Breaks
❖ Do you prefer a long break or several short breaks?
❖ How often do you take a break?
❖ What do you usually do during a break?
❖ Why do you need to take a break?
Stars
❖ Do you like to watch the sky?
❖ What is the sky like at night in your hometown?
❖ Can you see the moon and stars where you live?
❖ Have you ever taken a course about stars?
❖ What’s your favorite star?
Neighborhood/Local Area
❖ Do you like the area that you live in?
❖ Do you know any famous people in your local area?
❖ Where do you like to go in that area?
❖ What are some recent changes in your local area?
Walking
❖ Do you often walk? ❖
Where do you walk?
❖ Do you think you walk enough?
❖ Do you think people will walk more in the future?
Parks
❖ Are there many parks near where you live?
❖ Do you like going to parks?
❖ Do you think there are enough parks or gardens in your hometown?
❖ What did you use to do in parks as a child?
Birthdays
❖ Do you enjoy your birthdays?
❖ Do you usually celebrate your birthday?
❖ What did you do on your last birthday?
❖ Can you remember a birthday you enjoyed as a child?
❖ Do most people celebrate their birthdays with a party in your country?
❖ Which birthdays are considered important in your country?
Television
❖ Do you often watch TV?
❖ What sorts of things do you watch on TV?
❖ Do you ever watch foreign programs or films?
❖ What did you watch on TV when you were a child?
❖ Do you think children should watch TV?
Going Out
❖ Do you often go out in the evenings?
❖ What do you like to do when you go out?
❖ Do you prefer going out on your own or with friends?
❖ How often do you go out in a week?
❖ Where do most young people like to go out in your country?
Photos
❖ Do you like to take photos?
❖ In which situations do you take photos?
❖ How do you store your photos?
❖ Do you prefer to take photos of yourself or have other people take photos?
Plants
❖ Do you know anything about growing plants?
❖ Do you keep plants at home?
❖ Did you grow any plants when you were young?
Evenings
❖ What do you often do in the evenings?
❖ Do you do the same thing every evening?
❖ Do you prefer to spend your evenings with friends or family?
❖ Do you ever work or study in the evenings?
❖ What is a popular activity for young people in your country in the evenings?
❖ Do you do the same thing in the evenings as you did when you were a child?
Public Holidays
❖ How many public holidays do you have in your country?
❖ Which public holiday is your favorite?
❖ What do you usually do on a public holiday?
❖ Do you think people need more public holidays?
Hobbies
❖ Do you have a hobby?
❖ What equipment do you need for it?
❖ Do you think hobbies should be shared with others?
❖ Did you have a hobby as a child?
❖ What hobbies are popular in your country?
❖ Why do you think people have hobbies?