IELTS Cambridge Book 9 Speaking Test -1 fully explained. Get ideas, Vocabulary and Orientation

International English Language Testing System carries Speaking Interview one of the four modules. A majority of students finds it very challenging often does not obtain desired score. In this post we are going to look at full speaking interview to understand the pattern of it. After going through this post you will have clear ideas to work upon. The speaking test has 3 parts.

In part 1 the examiner will ask the candidate about his family, work, education, hobbies and other familiar topics.

In part 2 the candidate is given a topic to speak for 1 or 2 minutes. One minute is given to prepare prior to speak.

Part 3 deals with discussion topics relevant to your 1 or 2 minutes speech. The candidate may be asked to speak on other topics as well.  

We are going to cover full speaking test here. To help readers get ideas, vocabulary and understand the pattern this post is going to be very crucial.

Let’s begin:-

Part 1.

What games are popular in your country? Why?

India is the country of youth. Almost every young person is involved in playing any games. There are many games played here like, Cricket, Football, tennis, kabbaddi so on. Cricket, Hockey and kabbaddi are very famous games in my country. Cricket is considered a religion here

Do you play any games? Why? Why not?

Yes I do play indoor and outdoor games. Cricket is my favorite sport. I started playing cricket when I was ten years old. Once I watched a cricket match on TV that sparked my interest in this great sport.  I play carom board with my family members.

How do people learn to play games in your countries?

There are many ways to learn to play any games. Mostly we see other and imitate. Television and YouTube are very influential to teach people how to play any sport. Sometime people hire instructors and couches as well.

Do you think it is important for people to play any games? Why? Why not?

I personally believe that playing games is very crucial now days. Gone are the days when people had very limited choice to work electronically. Most of the works were done manually that allowed people to have some physical exercise. To leave a health and balanced life in this busy life it is very instrumental to play sports. Otherwise we may have to face health breakdown.

We have covered Part 1 above. In the part 1 the candidate has to speak for 4-5 minutes. Don’t speak less than 4 minutes. 

Part 2.

In part 2 the candidate is given a topic to speak for 1 or 2 minutes. Before the candidate starts speaking he is given the topic and 1 minute to prepare.

Describe an open air or street market which you enjoyed visiting. You Should say: Where the market is What the market sells How big the market is And explain why you enjoyed visiting this market.

Model answer:-

Shopping is one of my favorite hobbies. I go to buy variety of things like clothes, gadgets, books and daily products on various places. I have so far visited many places for shopping purpose. In my hometown which is situated 20 kilometers away from my residence. There is an open air markets help on weekends. On weekends people from far and wide visit here. I also love going there. There is wide range of products on reasonable prices available there. Almost everything is readily available there. Here we can find cell phones, clothes; electronic products and things used for domestic purposes are sold. This place is spread in almost 10 acres of land. Why I like going there because the prices of products are very less than other markets in my home town. Some people think that the quality of products is not so good but I never find any issue what we buy from there. Fashionable clothes are on demand every time.  The shopkeepers are very intelligent they keep pace with latest clothing style.  Trendy T-shirt, jeans, gift items and old phones attract people there. On Sunday it gets very tough to buy what we want because of heavy rush there. I have very good connection with some shopkeepers there. I can go and get anything on installment. If I run short of money it does not bother me. I can buy and pay later. I have been visiting this market for last 6 years. The products we have bought are of good quality and we can trust the sellers.  Last Sunday I bought a watch for my friends and he appreciated it. Whenever we have to buy any special gift we do visit this place. I believe that the market is going to expand more in the future because its popularity is rising day by day. In other words it is progressing by the leaps and the bounds.

Part 3.

Shopping at markets

Do people in your country enjoy going to open air markets that sell things like food or clothes and old objects? Which type of market is more popular? Why?

In my country open air market is very popular.  When it comes to food, people are these days fond of eating fast food.  The open-air market is their first choice. Economic background does play its part. People from middle class families like to buy from such places; rich people go to shopping malls where they can buy branded clothes.  If I talk about old things there are sold on personal shops.

Do you think markets are more suitable places for selling certain types of things? Which ones? Why do you think this is?

Almost everything is sold these days. And everything has market decided by its demand. I think markets are very crucial to sell any products. If we have a shop of clothes in cloth markets it is expected that we are going to get good business. We do go with made up minds to certain market to buy specific products. Market makes it easy to sell and buy products. To put it simply everything has market to sell and buy.

Do you think young people feel the same about shopping at markets as older people? Why is this?

I believe that old people have different opinions on shopping at markets. Young people go for trendy products which are in fashion while senior citizens keep budget, simplicity and durability of the thing they want to buy. Young may avoid all this. Online shopping is on rise young may opt for that.

How does advertising influence what people choose to buy? Is this true for everyone?

The advertisement plays decisive role in people’s choice. I have personally experienced that most of my buying decisions are influenced by the ads. Ads are used to hook up people. People happen to buy what they really don’t want.  Ads show the positive impact with compromising contents. I think almost everything is affected by advertisements.

Do you think that any recent changes in the way people’s lives have affected general shopping habits? Why is this?

Gone are the days when people would buy anything on certain occasion. People these days buy what they like not what they need. Online shopping has availed various options to get anything. You can get what you want at your door steps using your fingers. Popularity of online shopping has hugely affected the general shopping habits.

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