IELTS Academic Speaking Test - Sample Questions and Answers

I have seen that many people face difficulties while answering questions in IELTS Speaking Test in Astana, Kazakhstan. In IELTS, speaking is generally the same for both Academic IELTS and General IELTS takers. So, the nature of questions and the expectations of answers from you is the same irrespective of the fact that you are appearing for General or Academic IELTS.

In Astana, Kazakhstan, an attempt has been made by the Government to introduce English as the third language after Russian and Kazakh. So, there is a rise of English speakers especially in the big towns such as in Astana and in Almaty, but, still, there is much to be desired.

Many young people who manage to speak English suffer from being unable to maintain fluency, lack of words & vocabulary and above all, lack of practice. Many people who speak English resort to translation of words from Russian language (their first language) and their speech suffers. You can see it on sentence construction, words placement and order, choice of words etc.

In this background, it's always a challenge to Kazakhstani students to get a good band especially in the Speaking section of IELTS. They simply fumble during the test, making all kinds of mistakes. But, that does not mean they don't try, or should not try. I appreciate their efforts and this blogpost is to help them.

In this post, I have taken few sample Speaking Questions from Past Papers of IELTS Test published as Cambridge IELTS 6 with Answers published by University of Cambridge ESOL Examinations. If you search on Google as Cambridge Practice Set 6 Speaking Questions, you should find plenty of them.

So, let us look at Test 1, Speaking Part - I.

1. Do you enjoy Dancing? (Why?/Why not?)

It's an easy question. Anyone can answer it. If you like dancing, you should say, "Yes, I like it" and if you don't, then, No. But, IELTS speaking test is not a test only about saying yes or no. There is where the tricks lie. I mean you are expected to show your speaking ability. This is where I would help you.

So, what should be the ideal good answer? Any answer which uses a lot of English words on the topic of liking or disliking dancing. That's it.

Look at the Sample answer below.

   <<Maybe you should try first, I will come back with an ideal (and one of such examples) answer on this one in my next post>>

Until then, keep on practicing to enhance your ilets speaking practice.

IELTS Academic Test - Questions from the past - conducted by British Council in Astana, Kazakhstan

These are the questions sent by my student-Nargis. She appeared for Academic IELTS Test conducted in Astana, Kazakhstan. Her IELTS Academic Test in Astana, Kazakhstan was conducted sometimes ago- most probably a month ago but due to lack of time, I could not update my post earlier. Here are the questions for Speaking from The IELTS Academic Test.

Part I

1. Do you work or study? Where do you work? What work do you do?
2. Why do you like your work?
3. Do you like advertisements on TV?
4. Is there any type of advertisement that you especially like? or that attracts you, or influence you to buy something?
5. Do you like Sunny weather? and why?
6. Where can we see advertisements?
7. Do we really need advertisements?
8. Why do people put/publish advertisements on Internet?

Part II

(To be prepared in a minute and to be spoken for 1-2 minutes)

1. Tell us a situation when you felt angry.
- When you felt it.
-What kind of situation that made you feel angry.
- Overall, how you felt and why you felt so.

The image of the Questions can be seen here:

IELTS Academic Test - Questions from the past - conducted by British Council in Astana, Kazakhstan

These are the questions sent by my student-Nargis. She appeared for Academic IELTS Test conducted in Astana, Kazakhstan. Her IELTS Academic Test in Astana, Kazakhstan was conducted sometimes ago- most probably a month ago but due to lack of time, I could not update my post earlier. Here are the questions for Speaking from The IELTS Academic Test.

Part I

1. Do you work or study? Where do you work? What work do you do?
2. Why do you like your work?
3. Do you like advertisements on TV?
4. Is there any type of advertisement that you especially like? or that attracts you, or influence you to buy something?
5. Do you like Sunny weather? and why?
6. Where can we see advertisements?
7. Do we really need advertisements?
8. Why do people put/publish advertisements on Internet?

Part II

(To be prepared in a minute and to be spoken for 1-2 minutes)

1. Tell us a situation when you felt angry.
- When you felt it.
-What kind of situation that made you feel angry.
- Overall, how you felt and why you felt so.

The image of the Questions can be seen here:

IELTS Academic Speaking- Speaking Part Cue Card - Part II / Part - 2

This was one of the questions asked in IELTS ACADEMIC SPEAKING Part-2 question to my student in Astana, Kazakhstan. She had taken the test sometimes in June, 2016 in an IELTS TEST conducted by Inter press, Kazakhstan. The test was conducted in Miras International School, in Astana, Kazakhstan.

She was asked to prepare for a minute and she needed to speak for 1-2 minutes. The question was:

Tell about your most favourite dress.
When did you buy it?
When did you wear this cloth the last time?
Why was it so special to you?

My student said that she described about her dress which she wore in her brother's marriage. As per her, she described that the dress was a costly one and she especially bought it for the wedding party. The dress was especially designed by city's famous designer and looked very modern and classy. She wore it on the wedding night while welcoming guests and thereafter, she has not worn it. She thinks that the dress has become old now and has gone out of fashion but she does not want to sell it or dispose it off in anyway. It is lying in her wardrobe.

More or less, that was her response. What do you think? How did she do it? How would you have done it differently? Think about it and let me know in the comment section.

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