Our student remembered the following Speaking questions from his recent IELTS exam in Nepal:

IELTS Speaking Test

Part 1 (Interview)

• What do you like most about your hometown?
• How long have you been living there?
• What would you like to change about your town or city?
• What did you want to be when you were a child?
• When did you decide on the job or career you have now?
• What would you like to do in the future?
• What do you usually do with things that are broken?
• Have you ever repaired something by yourself?
• Do you think people should try to repair things instead of replacing them?
• Did your parents ever teach you how to fix or repair things at home?

Part 2 (Cue Card)

Describe one gadget you couldn’t live without. You should say:

• what the gadget is
• how you use it in your daily life
• why it is important to you

and explain why you feel you couldn’t live without it.

Part 3 (Discussion)

• What kind of person do you think makes a good inventor?
• What qualities or characteristics are important for an inventor to have?
• Do you think an inventor needs to be a scientist?
• Should inventions that benefit society be funded by private companies or by the government?
• How do inventions influence people’s lives?
• What inventions do you think will become important in the future?