Many IELTS candidates tend to repeat the same simple words a lot when they speak. If you want to get a high band in the speaking test, you must try not to do this. The examiner wants to see that you have a wide vocabulary. Here are some words that I hear a lot: 'also', 'in addition', 'interesting', 'actually'. In this post I will show you how you can avoid repeating these words.
The impersonal ‘you’
During the IELTS Speaking test, the examiner will ask you some general questions about your country, work or life, for example what people are allowed/not allowed to do in your country, what special skills are needed in your job, etc. In English, it is natural to use the pronoun 'you' when talking about people in general, including you and the examiner. Let's look at some examples.
Get to do something
In the IELTS Speaking test, the examiner often asks questions about why you like a particular situation or activity, for example your work, the place where you live, your lifestyle, etc. You will probably want to discuss the advantages and opportunities that the situation gives you. In this post I’m going to teach you a simple and natural structure you can use: 'get to do something'.
Talking about your work
In the IELTS Speaking test it is very likely that the examiner will ask you about work or studies. If you have a job, it helps to be ready to talk about your work by learning some useful words and expressions.
Expressing dislikes
In the IELTS Speaking test, it is possible that you will have to talk about your dislikes, for example what you dislike about your work, a type of music that you don’t like, the negative aspects about your hometown, a party or event that you didn’t enjoy, etc. Here are some tips for talking about what you dislike in natural English.
Expressing personal opinions with ‘find’
In the IELTS speaking test, the examiner will ask you about your opinion or feeling about a particular event, book, film, person, situation etc. Many advanced candidates use grammatically correct but unnatural structures in their responses.
So, in this post I'm going to present a simple and natural structure that native speakers commonly use.
