000 ielts speaking Questions (Updated 2023) Part ielts speaking Questions

1000 IELTS Speaking Questions (Updated 2023)

Part 1 IELTS Speaking Questions
Accommodation

Let’s move on to talk about accommodation. Tell me about the kind of accommodation you live in.

Do you live in a house or a flat?
Is it a big place?
Does the place you live in have many amenities?
What do you like about living there?
Is there anything you would like to change about the place you live in?
How long have you lived there?
Do you plan to live there for a long time?
Is there a garden in the place you live in?
Advertisements

Do you like watching advertisements?

Will you buy something because of an advertisement?
How do you feel when you see pop-up ads on the internet?
Do you like funny or serious advertisements?
What makes a good advertisement?
Art & Photography

Do you like art?

Do you think art classes are necessary?
How do you think art classes affect children’s development?
What benefits can you get from painting as a hobby?
Do you like to take photographs?
Do you prefer to take photos yourself or to have other people take photos?
How often do you take photographs?
Do you prefer to take pictures of people or of scenery?
Do you prefer to take photos with a phone or with a camera?
Do you take many photographs when you travel?
Do you like looking at photographs of yourself?
Have you put any photographs you have taken on the walls in your house?
Animals

Do you like animals?

What is your favourite animal?
What types of animals do you have in your country?
What types of animals are kept as pets in your country?
Do you think animals should be kept in zoos?
Do you have any animals in your home as a pet?
Did you have a pet when you were a child?
Would you like to have a pet in the future?
Do you have a pet?
What types of animals do you think make the best pets?
Why do people have pets?
Should dogs be left in the house alone while their owners are at work?
Is there any type of animal that you think should not be kept as a pet?
Bags & Boat

Have you ever taken a ride on a boat?

Do you like travelling by boat?
What are the advantages of travelling by boat?
Do people in your country like to travel by boat?
Will it get more popular in the future?
Do you like bags?
What types of bags do you like?
Do you usually carry a bag (when you go out)?
What types of bags do you use in your everyday life?
What do you put in these bags?
What sorts of bags do women like to buy?
Birthdays

What did you usually do on your birthday when you were a child?

How do you normally celebrate your birthday now?
Is your birthday now still as important to you as when you were a child?
Do you think it’s important to give someone a card when it’s their birthday?
Do you think the price of gifts/presents is important?
Books

Do you like reading books? Why?

How often do you read?
Do you have many books at home?
Do you prefer to buy books or borrow them?
What are the benefits of reading?
What book would you take on a long journey?
How easy is it for you to read books in English?
Have you given up reading a book recently?
What kind of people like reading and what kind of people don’t like reading very much?
What kinds of books do you like to read?
What is the best book you’ve ever read?
Is reading books a popular activity in your country?
Do you think that electronic books / eReaders are better than real books?
Celebrity

Who is your favourite celebrity?

Do you like any foreign celebrities?
Would you want to be a celebrity in the future?
Do you think we should protect famous people’s privacy?
How do celebrities influence their fans in your country?
Clothes, Fashion & Photos

What is your favourite item of clothing?

Are there any traditional clothes in your country?
Where do you usually purchase your clothes?
Have you ever bought clothes online?
Were you interested in fashion when you were a child?
Is fashion important to you now?
What types of clothes are fashionable for young people in your country these days?
Does fashion change for people as they get older?
Who do you usually take photos of?
How do you keep your photos?
Do you keep your photographs on your computer?
Have you framed any of your photos?
Do you prefer to send postcards to people or to send photos that you took yourself?
Are there any photos on the walls of your home?
Colours

What colours do you like?

What’s the most popular colour in your country?
Do you like to wear dark or bright colours?
What’s the difference between men and women’s preference for colours?
Do colours affect your mood?
Computer

Do you use computers?

What do you use a computer to do?
Did you use computers when you were little?
Do people often use computers these days?
Will people continue to use computers in the future?
Country

What is your country famous for?

Where do you live in your country?
Is it an interesting place to live?
Are you planning to live there in the future?
Daily Routine

Tell me about your daily routine?

Has your daily routine changed since you were a child?
Is your daily routine different at the weekend to during the week?
What would you like to change about your daily routine?
Do you think it’s important to have a daily routine?
Dictionaries

Do you ever use a dictionary?

Do you prefer paper or electronic dictionaries?
Are dictionaries used a lot in schools in your country?
Do you think dictionaries are useful for learning a language?
Dreams

Do you dream much at night?

Do you often remember your dreams?
Do you think we can learn anything from dreams?
Do people in your country talk about their dreams?
Do you think that dreams can come true?
Email

What kinds of emails do you receive about your work or studies?

Do you prefer to email, phone, or text your friends?
Do you reply to emails as soon as you receive them?
Are you happy to receive emails that are advertising things?
Do you email people often?
Do you chat with friends or family more with email?
Do you think people prefer to receive an email or a letter?
Do you think it’s easier to write an email or a letter?
Do you think email will eventually replace letter writing?
Exercise

Do you do much exercise?

Do you do more exercise now than when you were a child?
Do people in your country do a lot of exercise?
What do you think is the best exercise to keep fit?
Have the types of exercise people like to do changed since you were a child?
Family & Housework

How many people are there in your immediate family?

Who do you get on best within your family?
Do you have a large extended family?
What do you do together with your family?
Why is family important to you?
Do you do housework at home?
What kind of housework do you often do?
Did you do housework when you were a child?
Do you think that children should do housework?
Do you all live in the same house?
Who is your favourite family member?
Do you have a large family or a small family?
Can you tell me something about your family members?
How much time do you manage to spend with members of your family?
Do you get on well with your family? Why?
Flowers

Have you ever given anybody flowers?

Is it popular to give flowers to people in your country?
On what special occasions do people give flowers in your country?
What kinds of flowers would you like to receive as a present?
Friends

Do you have a lot of friends?

Who is your best friend and why?
Who would you most like to be friends with and why?
What kind of person can you make friends with easily?
Which is more important to you, friends or family?
Food

Do you enjoy cooking?

What type of things can you cook?
What kinds of food are popular in your country?
Is it an important part of your culture to have dinner parties?
Do you prefer to eat with other people or on your own?
Do you have a healthy diet?
Do you prefer eating at home or eating out?
Do you like ordering food to be delivered?
Who do you get food delivered with?
Do you eat meals differently now compared to when you were little?
Gift & Noise

Do you mind noises?

What types of noise do you come across in your daily life?
Are there any sounds that you like?
Where can you hear loud noises?
Do you think there’s too much noise in modern society?
Are cities becoming noisier?
When do you send gifts?
When was the last time you received a gift?
Have you received a gift you didn’t like?
How do you feel when you receive a gift?
Do people in your country send gifts to show their generosity?
High School

Who was your favourite teacher in high school?

What was your favourite subject in high school?
Do you still remember what happened on your first day of high school?
Do you still keep in touch with your friends from high school?
Do you miss your life in high school?
Home

Who do you live with?

What is your favourite room in your home?
How is your home decorated?
Do you like visitors coming to your home?
Hometown

Where is your hometown?

What do you like about it?
What do you not like about it?
Is there any way your hometown could be made better?
How important is your hometown to you?
Can you tell me about your hometown?
How has your hometown changed over the years?
Do you think you will continue to live in your hometown?
How often do you visit your hometown
How many people live in your hometown?
What kind of jobs do the people in your hometown do?
What is your hometown famous for?
What’s the oldest part of your hometown?
Humour

What type of programmes do you find funny on TV?

Which types of programmes are most popular in your country?
What kind of things make you laugh?
Do you like to make people laugh?
Indoor Activities & Transportation

Do you prefer public transportation or private transportation?

What’re the most popular means of transportation in your hometown?
Is it easy to catch a bus in your country?
Is driving to work popular in your country?
What do you think will become the most popular means of transportation in your country?
Do you like indoor activities?
What indoor activities do you like?
How much time do you spend indoors every week?
What types of indoor activities are popular in your country?
Internet

How important is the Internet to you?

Do you use the Internet more for work or in your free time?
What are your favourite websites?
Do you think you use the Internet too much?
How will the Internet develop in the future?
What are the positive and negative things about the Internet?
Lifestyle

What do you do in your free time?

Do you have a busy social life?
Do you lead an active life?
Has your life changed much in the last year?
What would you like to change about your lifestyle?
What type of activities do you like to do in your free time?
How long have you been interested in these activities?
Do you like to do these activities alone or with other people? (Why)?
Do you think people have enough free time?
Major

Do you work or study?

What is your major? Or what was your major?
Did you or do you like it?
Is it a popular major at your university?
Why did you choose that major?
What is the most difficult part of studying that subject?
Do you plan to use the subject you are studying in the future?
If you could change to another major, what would it be?
Would you change it if you had the chance?
Mobile Phones

Do you have a mobile phone?

At what age did you first get a mobile?
What do you most use it for?
Is it a nuisance if people use mobiles in public places such as trains and buses?
Movies

How often do you go to the cinema?

Are cinema tickets expensive in your country?
What are the advantages of seeing a film at the cinema?
Do you usually watch films alone or with others?
Which actor would you like to play you in a film?
Museums

Are museums popular in your country?

Did you visit museums when you were a child?
Do you like to visit museums nowadays?
Do you think you should pay to visit museums?
Music

How do you listen to music?

When do you listen to music?
What’s your favourite kind of music?
Is music an important subject at school in your country?
What kinds of music are (most) popular in your country?
Do you like to listen to live music?
Is live music popular in your country?
Have you ever been to a concert before? Or Have you ever been to a musical performance?
How much time do you spend listening to music every day?
Are your music tastes varied?
What is your favourite song?
Do you like to sing along to your favourite songs?
Are you learning to play a musical instrument at the moment?
Musical Instruments

Do you think it’s important for children to learn to play a musical instrument?

Do children have to learn to play a musical instrument at school in your country?
Have you ever learned to play a musical instrument?
What do you think is the best age to start learning to play a musical instrument?
What do you think would be the most difficult musical instrument to learn to play?
Do you think it is important to have a sense of humour? (Why)?
Neighbours

Do you know the people who live next door to you?

How often do you see each other?
What kind of relationship do you have?
How can neighbours be helpful?
What kind of problems can people have with their neighbours in a big city?
Newspaper And Magazine

Which do you prefer reading, newspapers or magazines?

What type of stories do you like to read about?
Do you think reading a magazine or a newspaper can help you learn a language?
Why do you think some people prefer magazines to newspapers?
Do you often read newspapers?
Do you prefer to read local news or international news?
Which is more popular where you live, newspapers or magazines?
Do many people today read newspapers?
In the future, do you think more people than today will read magazines or fewer people?
Do you think newspapers will be very important to you in the future?
Outdoor Activities

Do you like outdoor activities?

What outdoor sports do you like?
How much time do you spend outdoors every week?
What types of outdoor activities are popular in your country?
Patience & Politeness

What do you think patience is?

Do you think patience is important?
Do you think you are a patient person?
Have you ever lost your patience?
Are you a polite person?
Who taught you to be polite?
Is it important to be polite?
What do you do if others are not polite to you?
Public Transport

What kinds of public transport do you have in your country?

What kinds of public transport do most people use?
What is your favourite type of public transport?
What do you do when you are travelling on public transport?
How could public transport in your country be improved?
Seasons

What is your favourite season?

Tell me about the different seasons in your country.
How do the clothes people wear in your country change with the seasons?
Do any types of jobs people do in your country change with the seasons?
Is tourism popular in a particular season in your country?
What season (or weather) do you think is most suitable for work and/or study?
Sports

Do you play any sports?

Do you watch sports on TV?
What is the most popular sport in your country?
How do people in your country stay fit?
Is it important for children to play sports?
Is there a lot of sports on television in your country?
What sports do children normally do at school?
Do you think people do enough sport these days?
The internet

Do you use The Internet?

Are children allowed to use The Internet at school in your country?
Do you think that The Internet is useful for study?
Have you ever used The Internet to buy something?
Are there any dangers in buying things online?
The Sea

Do you like to go on holiday by sea?

Are there many hotels by the sea in your country?
What kind of activities can people do by the sea?
How long do people normally visit the sea when they go on holiday?
Timing

Is being late acceptable in your culture?

Are you ever late for appointments?
What type of excuses do you think are alright for lateness?
How do you feel when someone is late for an appointment with you?
Travel

Where was the last place you visited on holiday?

Would you like to go back there again?
What kind of tourist destinations do you usually prefer?
Has a foreign visitor ever stayed at your home?
What’s the best way to save money while travelling?
Trees

Do you like trees?

Are there many trees in your hometown?
Do you think there are enough trees in most cities?
What are the benefits of planting more trees?
TV

Do you like watching TV?

How often do you watch TV?
What kind of TV programmes do you like to watch?
What is your favourite TV show now?
What was your favourite show when you were a child?
What are the most popular TV shows in your country?
Do you like watching TV shows from other countries?
Has the internet affected your viewing habits?
How many hours a day do you spend watching television?
Do you think children in your country watch too much television?
Do you think television is useful for education in schools?
Volunteer Works

Have you ever worked before?

What was your first day at work like?
Have you participated in any volunteer work?
Why did you do the volunteer work?
Do you know any volunteers?
How do you define volunteer work?
Weather

How is the weather today?

What’s your favourite kind of weather?
Is there any type of weather you really don’t like?
What is the climate like in your country?
Does the weather affect people’s lives in your country?
Do people change in the summer?
Does bad weather ever affect transport in your country?
Tell me about the weather in your country at different times of the year.
Which time of the year did you enjoy the most when you were a child?
Do you (usually) pay attention to weather forecasts?
Has the weather changed much in your country in recent years?
What’s the weather usually like in your country (or your hometown)?
How is the weather here different from the weather in your home country?
Would you say the weather in your hometown is suitable for working (or studying)?
Would you like to move to a place with different weather?
Does the weather affect the way that you feel?
Do people like the weather in your country?
Do the kinds of outside activities people do in your country change when the weather changes?
Work

Do you have a job right now?

Do you enjoy your job?
What responsibilities do you have at work?
What is your typical day like at work?
What would you change about your job?
What job do you think you will be doing in five years?
What skills and qualifications are required for this job?
Do you get on well with your co-workers?
Are there good work opportunities in your home country?
Writing

Do you enjoy writing?

What age do children normally learn to write in your country?
Did you write a lot when you were a child?
Do you ever write letters?
Do you prefer writing letters or sending emails?