Speaking

IELTS Speaking Topics (PART 1)From IDP and British Council (Cue Cards for Jan to April 2022)

Jot Chahal

 



Topics (always in use)


1.       Work/Studies
2.       Hometown
3.       Country
4.       Home
5.       Family


Updated Topics (till April 2022)

Birds
1.       How do you feel about birds?
2.       How do people in your country feel about birds?
3.       Are there many birds near your home?
4.       Have you seen many different kinds of birds?
5.       Do any birds have any particular significance in your country?
6.       Does your country have a national bird?
7.       Do you think birds should be protected?
8.       How can birds be protected?
9.       Do people in your country like keeping pets birds?
10.   Have you ever kept a pet bird?
Buses and taxis
1.       How often do you take a taxi?
2.       When was the last time you took a taxi?
3.       Do you like travelling by taxi?
4.       Are taxis expensive where you live?
5.       How often do you take a bus?
6.       What do you do when you are on a bus?
7.       How good is the bus service where you live?
Coffee and Tea
1.       Are tea and coffee popular in your country?
2.       Do you like tea and coffee?
3.       Do you often take coffee and tea?
4.       Do you usually offer tea or coffee when you have guests?
Colors
1.       What is your favorite color?
2.       What is the most popular color in your country?
3.       Do you think colors influence you?
4.       Do you think colors are important?
5.       Were colors important to you when you were a child?
6.       What colors clothes do you like to wear?
7.       Do people in your country like to wear bright colors?
8.       What are the differences between men and women’s preference in colors?
9.       What color would you never use in your home?
10.    What color would you choose to paint the walls of your room?
11.    What color car would you choose to buy?
Countryside
1.       Would you like to live in the countryside in the future?
2.       What are the benefits of living in rural areas?
3.       What is the difference between living in the countryside and the city?
4.       What do people living in the countryside like to do?
Crowded places
1.       How often do you go to crowded places?
2.       Do you like crowded places? Why/Why not?
3.       With whom do you want to visit crowded places?
Day out
1.       Do you prefer going out for the day on your own or with other people?
2.       What kind of places do you enjoy going to on a day out?
3.       What is the most interesting place you have ever been on a day out?
4.       Which new place would you like to go on a day out in the future?
Drinking Water
1.       How often do you drink water?
2.       What kind of water do you like to drink?
3.       Do you drink bottled water or water from water machines?
Driving a car
1.       Do you drive a car?
2.       Do you want your children to drive in future?
3.       Do you like cars?
4.       Do you plan to buy a (new) car in the future?
5.       If you wanted to buy a car, what kind of car would you choose?
6.       Do you like travelling by car?
7.       Who do you prefer to travel with?
8.       Do you like to take long trips in a car?
9.       Is there anything you don’t like about a car?
10.   Do you think it’s important to pay attention to safety when driving?
11.   At what age, do you think young people should be allowed to get a driving license?
12.   Do you think it would be a good idea to have driving classes at school?
   Emails and Letters
1.       Do you write many letters?
2.       How often do you write letters?
3.       Do you prefer to write letters by hand or to use a computer?
4.       What are the differences between letters and Emails?
5.       What do you usually write about?
6.       Who do you usually write to?
7.       Is it hard to think what to write?
8.       What kind of letters or Emails do you think is the hardest to write?
9.       How do you feel when you receive a letter or Email?
10.    What kind of letters or Emails do you receive that make you feel happy?
11.    Do you think people will still write letters in the future?
Films
1.       What kinds of movies do you like best?
2.       Do you like to watch films?
3.       Do you prefer foreign films or films made in your country?
4.       How often do you go to a cinema to watch a movie?
5.       Do people in your country like to go to a cinema to watch a film?
6.       What was the first film that you watched?
7.       Do you like to watch movies alone or with your friends?
Food & cooking (also meals)
1.       Is food important to you?
2.       What kinds of food do you particularly like?
3.       What kinds of food are most popular in your country?
4.       Is there any food you don’t like?
5.       Do you like cooking?
6.       Who usually does cooking in your home?
Languages
1.       Which foreign languages have you studied?
2.       Why did you choose to study that language?
3.       How did you learn that language?
4.       How long you have been learning that language?
5.       Would you say its difficult language to learn?
Mornings
1.       What is your morning routine?
2.       Is breakfast important to you?
3.       What do you have for your breakfast?
4.       What is a typical breakfast in your country?
5.       When did you get up in the morning when you were a kid?
Movie Stars
1.       Do you want to be a movie start?
2.       Have you ever seen a movie start in real life?
3.       How movie stars or celebrities influence their fans in your country?
4.       What are some of advantages and disadvantages of being a film star?
Museums and Art Galleries
1.       Do you like visiting museums and art galleries?
2.       Do you often visit museums?
3.       When was the last time you visited a museum?
4.       What did you learn from visiting museums and art galleries?
5.       Do you think museums are useful for visitors to your hometown?
6.       Do you think museums are important?
7.       Which do you prefer to visit museums or galleries?
8.       Why is it boring for children to go to museums?
9.       How can we make museums interesting for children?
10.   Are there many museums in your hometown?
11.   Did you go to a museum when you were a child?
Music
1.       Do you often listen to music?
2.       When do you listen to music?
3.       How much time do you spend listening to music every day?
4.       What kinds of music are popular in your country?
5.       When did you start listening to that type of music?
6.       How do you feel when you listen to it?
7.       Do you like listening to songs?
8.       Have you ever been on a musical performance or concert?
9.       Have you ever learned to play a musical instrument?
10.   Is music an important subject at school in your country?
11.   Did you often listen to music when you were a child?
12.   Do you like listening to music at work?
13.   Do people prefer to buy CDs or download music online?
Painting
1.       Do you like painting or drawing?
2.       What kinds of things do you like to draw?
3.       Is it easy to learn how to draw?
4.       What do you know about paintings?
5.       Have you learned drawing or paintings?
6.       Is it important to hang pictures at home?
7.       What kind of paintings do you like?
8.       If someone wants to draw a picture of you, will you agree?
Parks
1.       Are there many parks where you live?
2.       Do you like to go to parks?
3.       When was the last time you went to a park?
4.       Do you think parks are important for people?
5.       Do you think you will go to parks more often in the future?
6.       Do you think parks should be free or people should pay to use them?
Pets
1.       Do you keep a pet?
2.       What is your favorite animal?
3.       Do you like watching animals in the zoo?
4.       Is it important to let children know about animals?
Patience
1.       Do you think patience is important?
2.       Do you have enough patience?
3.       Did you use to be more patient or less patient than you are now?
4.       Do you think being patient is an important part of being polite?
5.       Would you say you are a patient person?
6.       Have you ever lost your patience?
7.       What do you become impatient about?
8.       What do you think patience is?
Photos
1.       Do you like to take photographs?
2.       What do you like to photograph?
3.       Why do you think some people do not like taking photographs?
4.       How do you keep your photos?
5.       Do you ever delete or, if on paper, throw away any of your photos?
6.       How did you become interested in photography?
7.       Would you like to work as a professional photographer?
Public Holidays
1.       What public holidays do you have in your country?
2.       Which public holidays do you like the most?
3.       Do people in your country celebrate Christmas?
4.       Do you like public holidays?
5.       Do you think public holidays are important?
6.       Do you think there should be more public holidays in your country?
7.       What did you do during last public holiday?
8.       What do other people in your country do on public holidays?
9.       What would you like to do during the next public holidays?
Seasons
1.       What is your favorite season?
2.       Do you want to live in place with four distinct seasons or in a stable climate?
3.       What do you do in your free time at different times of the year?
Sharing
1.       Do you like to share things?
2.       Did your parents ask you to share anything with others?
3.       Is there anything you don’t want to share?
Shoes
1.       Do you like to wear shoes that are comfortable or good looking?
2.       Do people like to wear shoes that are comfortable or good looking?
3.       What is your favorite type of shoes?
4.       Why do some people have too many shoes?
5.       Have you ever bought shoes online?
6.       How often do you buy shoes?
7.       Do you buy expensive shoes?
Shopping
1.       How often do you buy something in a shop?
2.       Are there many shops near your home?
3.       Do you like shopping?
4.       Who usually does shopping in your home?
5.       What do you think is the most difficult or unpleasant part about shopping?
6.       Do you prefer shopping alone or with others?
7.       Who do you usually go shopping with?
8.       Do you go shopping with family members or friends?
9.       What do you usually buy when you go shopping?
Sky
1.       Do you like to watch the sky?
2.       What is the sky like at night in your hometown?
3.       Do you like to watch stars?
4.       Have you ever taken a course about stars?
5.       Is it important to study stars?
6.       What is your favorite star?
Sleep
1.       Do you think sleep is important?
2.       Do you go to sleep early or stay up late?
3.       How do you feel in the morning after that?
4.       How many hours do you usually sleep at night?
5.       Is it necessary to take a nap every day?
6.       Do old people sleep a lot?
7.       Do you always have a good sleep?
8.       Can you sleep well if you are in a noisy environment?
9.       How can we fight sleep difficulties?
Snacks
1.       What is your opinion on snacks between meals?
2.       Is it healthy to eat snacks?
3.       When do you usually eat them?
4.       What kind of snacks do you like to eat?
5.       What kind of snacks do children in your country like to eat now?
6.       What was the most popular snack when you were young?
7.       Do your parents allow you to eat snacks?
Social Networks
1.       What kind of social networking websites do you like to use?
2.       What kind of people do you like to be friends with on those websites?
3.       What kind of chatting apps or software do people in your country like to use?
4.       Are you a social person?
5.       Is it easy to find real friends on a social networking website?
Sports
1.       Do you like sports?
2.       Do most people in your country like sport?
3.       What sports do you like?
4.       What sports do people in your country like to play?
5.       What benefits do you think sports can bring us?
Sunglasses
1.       Do you like to wear sunglasses?
2.       How often do you buy sunglasses?
3.       Do you buy expensive sunglasses?
4.       Why do some people buy expensive sunglasses?
Text messages
1.       Is there any chance when texting someone is better than calling them?
2.       Have you ever had difficulty replying?
3.       How often do you send text messages?
4.       Do you text someone if he doesn’t answer your phone?
Travelling or Holidays
1.       In which season do you prefer to travel?
2.       Would you say your country is a good place for tourists to visit?
3.       Do you often travel by plan?
4.       Would you like to travel long distances more often in the future?
5.       What was the most impressive travel in your life?
6.       What was the first travel in your life?
7.       Where do you plan to travel next?
Trees
1.       Would you like to live in a place that has lots of trees?
2.       Do you think places with trees attract more visitors than places with few places?
3.       Do you like to go to a forest?
4.       Is there a forest near your hometown?
5.       Where can one find trees or forests in your country?
6.       Did you ever climb trees when you were a child?
7.       Have you ever planted a tree?
Weather
Do you like hot weather?
What do you do in hot weather?
Would you like to visit a hot country?
Do you like cold weather? Why/ why not?


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