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5 Useful Phrases for Part 2 of the Speaking test

5 Useful Phrases for Part 2 of the Speaking test

June 17, 2014 By Nestor Leave a Comment

In this post I’m going to give you five useful phrases you can use in Part 2 of the IELTS Speaking test. These phrases will help you to organise your answer better. When you connect your ideas and thoughts well, this makes a good impression on the examiner and you will do well in the Speaking test.

I’m going to talk about …

Use this expression to begin your answer. The structure ‘going to’ is used to introduced something you have decided to do, in this case ‘talk’.

That’s all I have to say.

Use this expression to signal to the examiner that you have finished your answer. This can be especially useful if you have spoken for more than one minute but the examiner doesn’t realise that you have finished.

Like I said …

Sometimes the points on the cue card are very similar. So if you repeat something in your answer, it’s natural to begin with Like I said, … or Like I said before …

What else?

If you need to think of something more to say in the middle of your answer, it’s better to keep talking than to be silent. For example, you can say What else? What else? while you are thinking.

Let me give you an example.

Giving examples is a good way to use up time if you are running out of things to say. You can introduce your examples with the expression Let me give you an example …

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