Mark Griffiths - IELTS Speaking: A Comprehensive Guide

IELTS Speaking:A Comprehensive Guide

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Table ofContents

GeneralIntroduction

Introductionfor Teachers

Acknowledgements

Overview

Part One

Part Two

Part Three

SampleInterview

Band 9Descriptors

Band 8Descriptors

Band 7Descriptors

Band 6Descriptors

Band 5Descriptors

Band 4Descriptors

Band 3Descriptors

Band 2Descriptors

Band 1Descriptors

General BandDescriptors

Fluency

Coherence

LexicalResource (Vocabulary)

GrammaticalRange and Accuracy

Pronunciation

TestPreparation

FrequentlyAsked Questions

Tenses

Connectives

Givingexamples

Summary

Preference

Alternatives

Time andSequence

Addition

Contrast

Similarities

Condition

Reason

Purpose

Consequence

Exceptions

Exercise

Adverbs ofFrequency and Degree

ExpressingProbability

ImpersonalPronouns

Clauses

ExpressingOpinions

Comparatives

IdiomaticEnglish

First Part 1Topics

Your home

Your hometown

Where you livenow

Your work

Yourstudies

Ages

Agriculture

Ambitions

Animals

Arts

Birthdays

Books

Buildings

Cities

Clothes

Collecting

Computers

Cooking

Crime

Culturalevents

Dancing

Decisions

Drawing andpainting

Education

Email

TheEnvironment

Festivals

Films

Flowers

Food

Friends

Fruit andvegetables

Gardens andparks

Gifts

Going abroadlong term

Going out

Going out inthe evenings

Grandparents

Healthyeating

History

Hobbies andinterests

Holidays

Hotels

Housework

Internet

Keeping fit

Languages

LearningEnglish

Leisuretime

Letters

The Media

Meetingpeople

Memories

Museums and artgalleries

Music

Musicalinstruments

Neighbours

The News

Newspapers

Noise

Numbers

Outdooractivities

Pets

Photographs andphotography

Places ofinterest

Plans andgoals

Possessions

Primaryschool

Privategardens

Publictransport

Rain

Reading

Restaurants

The Sea

The Seasons

Secondaryschool

Shopping

Sports

Sportsteams

Swimming

Telephones

Television

Time and timesof day

Transport

Travel

Visitors

Weddings

Weekends

Writing

Yourcountry

People

1. Parents

2. A member ofyour family

3. A family

4. Two peoplefrom the same family

5. A child

6. An elderlyperson

7. A person youlive with

8. A person whotook care of you

9. A person whohas influenced you

10. A personyou would like to be similar to

11. Aneighbour

12. Afriend

13. Aclassmate

14. Ateacher

15. A happyperson

16. A helpfulperson

17. Asuccessful person

18. Acompetition winner

19. A famousperson

20. Aleader

21. Yourfavourite actor or actress

22. A film/TVcharacter

23. A musicgroup, musician or singer

24. A personyou would like to spend a day with

25. A goodcook

26. Anadventurous person

27. Yourhome

28. Your idealhome

29. A home

30. A room

31. Aschool

32. A buildingat your school or university

33. Alibrary

34. Sportsfacilities

35. A building,structure or monument

36. Animportant structure

37. A modernbuilding

38. An oldplace

39. A shop

40. An open-airmarket

41. Arestaurant

42. A placewhere people go to listen to music

43. Anhotel

44. An hotelyou have stayed at or seen

45. A place ofnatural beauty

46. A lake,river or sea

47. A garden orpark

48. The perfectpark

49. A place youoften visit

50. A placewhere you walk

51. Yourfavourite part of your hometown

52. A place ina city you know well

53. A place youhave visited

54. A place youwould like to visit

55. A city

56. A place inanother country

57. An historicsite

58. A quietplace

59. A pollutedplace

60. A strangeor unusual place

61. Somethingyou own

62. Somethingexpensive

63. Somethingspecial you want to buy

64. Somethingold

65. Somethingyou made yourself

66. Somethingyou bought you were not happy with

67. Anelectronic item

68. Avehicle

69. An item offurniture

70. An item ofclothing or jewellery

71. Awell-known product

72. A work ofart

73. Aphotograph

74. A familyphoto

75. A toy

76. A storyfrom childhood

77. Aletter

78. A postcardor letter

79. A newspaperor magazine

80. A book youhave read

81. A book youhave learned something from

82. A book youwould like to write

83. A film

84. A type offilm

85. A TVprogramme

86. A radioprogramme

87. A piece ofmusic of a sing

88. A song orpiece of music from childhood

89. Awebsite

90. Anadvertisement

91. A gift youreceived

92. A gift yougave

93. Asubject

94. A game

95. A sport

96. Sportsfacilities

97. A form oftransport

98. Publictransport

99. Adomesticated animal

100. A wildanimal

101. Abirthday

102. Aparty

103. A familyevent

104. Awedding

105. A piece offamily news

106. Good newsreceived by telephone

107. A piece ofnews

108. News froma foreign country

109. A happyevent from your childhood

110. A happymemory

111. Amemorable experience

112. A positiveexperience

113. A changein your life

114. Animportant stage of your life

115. A schooltrip

116. An Englishstudy activity

117. A sciencelesson

118. Anexperiment or survey

119. Acourse

120. A shortcourse

121. A projector piece of work you did as a team

122. A groupactivity

123. A piece ofwork

124. A timewhen you were busy

125. A timewhen you helped someone

126. Some helpyou received

127. Someuseful advice

128. Anachievement

129. Aconversation

130. A talk orspeech

131. Somethingyou learned from a foreign culture

132. Meeting aperson speaking a foreign language

133. A journeywith friends

134. Along-distance journey

135. Aholiday

136. Athree-day holiday

137. What youdid last weekend

138. A freeday

139. A visityou made

140. A visityou received

141. A meal

142. Apicnic

143. A publicevent

144. A localevent

145. A culturalevent

146. Aceremonial event

147. A sportingevent

148. Anhistorical event

149. Aninteresting exhibition

150. Aperformance

151. Somethingthat made you laugh

152. Somethingexciting

153. Aproblem

154. Adifficult decision

155. Firstday

156. Somethinginteresting you hope to do in the future

157. What youwould do if you received a million dollars