Worksheets- Forgetting Language (IELTS Speaking)

IELTS Speaking- Remembering and forgetting
IELTS/ Functional Language- Remembering and Forgetting
Choose questions from those below to ask each other and test your partner’s memory

Do/can you remember…? / Do/ can you recall…?

Your mother’s maiden name
Your father’s mobile phone number
Your school’s postcode
The name of your first primary school teacher
The name of the last hotel you stayed in
When you first took a plane
When you moved into the place where you are living now
What is lying on your desk in your bedroom now
Exactly how many Xmas cards/ New Year cards you got this year
How old you were when you first found out that Father Christmas isn’t real
What you ate on Saturday evening
What you spent last time you paid for a meal
When and why you first became interested in your present hobby
How many times you did sport last month

Above are questions about 7 of the 8 most popular topics for questions in IELTS speaking Part 1. What are the 7 topics?

Match the questions to the topics.

Now ask your partner similar questions about things they probably once knew but now might find it difficult to remember.

Useful phrases
Divide the following phrases into forgetting everything (F) and remembering at least something (R)
Sorry, I’ve forgotten.
I don’t have a clue
I have no idea
I knew that once but…
I can’t remember exactly but…
It’s something like…
Wait a second, it’s coming back to me now…
It’s on the tip of my tongue. No, it’s gone.
It’s on the tip of my tongue. Got it!
I’m pretty sure it’s…
I’m sure I’ll remember later, but…
I think it begins with… but that’s all I can remember.
I have no recollection of that at all.
I’ve drawn a blank.
I can picture it/ him/ her, but…
I tried to memorize that but…
I used to know that by heart but…
I should know this but…