Worksheets- IELTS Speaking Parts One Two Tenses Game/ Exam practice
IELTS Speaking Parts One and Topics Past Present Future-Worksheet 1- Topics
Choose one category below (e.g. Friends and Family- Present) and your partner will ask you a question about that. Tick that box, and your partner will choose another category. Continue until all the boxes are ticked or until someone gives up asking or answering a question. If the other person gives up, you are the winner. (Alternative rules: Instead of choosing a category, close your eyes and put your finger down in one box.)
| Hobbies and free time |
| Past |
| Present |
| Future |
| Friends and family |
| Past |
| Present |
| Future |
| Work and studies |
| Past |
| Present |
| Future |
| Hometown |
| Past |
| Present |
| Future |
| Accommodation |
| Past |
| Present |
| Future |
| Festivals and celebrations |
| Past |
| Present |
| Future |
In pairs, write one question in each box above. Check with your teacher.
IELTS Sp Parts One and Two Topics Past Present Future- Worksheet 2- Questions
Put these questions into the categories on Worksheet 1 depending on whether they are about the past, present or future (time, not tense). There are one or two for each box.
What job would you like to do in the future?
What was your favourite subject at school?
What are you going to do after you pass IELTS?
How much time do you spend studying English every week?
Do you have a large family?Would you like to get married and have children?How old do you think you will be when you get married?
When was the last time you saw your grandparents?
What do you do in your free time?Do you have any plans for next weekend?What did you like doing when you were a child?
Are there any new hobbies you would like to take up (=start)?
Does anyone in your family live in your hometown now?Where did you live when you were a child?When are you next going back to your hometown?
When did you last go to a festival?What is the most important day of the year for you? (Why?)What is the next big celebration in your family? (What are you going to do?)
Where do you live now?How long have you been living there?What would your dream house be like?
How long do you think you will continue living in your present accommodation?
Now take turns asking each other Part One questions for 4 minutes. Start the clock, then check your partner’s name and ID, and tell them you are going to ask them to some questions (or ask them if it’s okay). Ask them questions from above. Start with ‘First let’s talk about…’, then after 2, 3 or 4 questions switch topic and say ‘Now I’d like to ask you about….’ Switch topics one or two more times until 4 minutes is up.
IELTS Speaking Parts One and Two Topics Past Present Future
Worksheet 3- Part Two Topics and Tasks
Although there are many more possible topics in Part Two than in Part One, you have a more or less 50% chance of getting something that is related to the 6 topics on Worksheet 1 when you do Part Two.
Match the Part Two tasks below to the topics above:
Task A
| Describe a teacher who has greatly influenced you in your education. You should say:l Where you met them
l What subject they taught l What was special about them; And explain why this person influenced you so much. |
Task B
| Describe a TV programme that you like You should say:l What kind of programme it is
l What you like about it l How you first became interested in that programme And say how that programme is different from other TV programmes that you like |
Task C
| Describe the difficulties of living in the place where you live now or your hometown. You should say:l What the problems arel What the reasons for those problems are
l Whether those problems are getting worse or better
And say what you think can be done to solve those problems
|
Task D
| Talk about an important day in your life. You should say:l When this day wasl If you were alone or with others
l Where you were and what happened
And explain why this day was important to you
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Task E
| Describe a friend who has played an important part in your life. You should say:l how you met this personl how long you have known them
l the kind of thing you do or did with them
And explain why they have been important in your life
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Take turns setting the tasks above for each other, making sure you introduce the task properly, time the preparation time (1 minute) and speaking time (1 or 2 minutes) and ask one question about what they said after they finish speaking.
Continue, but doing Part One and Part Two straight after.
Continue, but using your own questions for Part One.