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Topics & Questions

IELTS Speaking Part 1

Topics & Questions
IELTS speaking part 1 topics and
questions. Prepare for your test by
developing ideas for topics and
practicing answering questions. There
is a download link at the bottom of the
page for the list of topics. These topics
will be used most years and most are
currently in use in 2022.

What is IELTS speaking

part 1?

A face to face interview

with the examiner (4-5
minutes)

12 Questions based on 3
Topics

Questions about yourself,

your life and your country

Speaking Part 1
Common Topics List
Below is a list of topics and questions
that the examiner can ask you in part 1
of the IELTS speaking test. You should
prepare ideas for these topics but not
memorise whole answers. Your
answers should be natural when you
speak in the test. Prepare your daily
life, your recent memories, your
childhood memories, your opinions,
popular things in your country etc.
Remember – part 1 is all about you and
your country.

Work
Study
Hometown
Home
Art
Bicycles
Birthdays
Childhood
Clothes
Computers
Daily routine
Dictionaries
Evenings
Family & Friends
Flowers
Food
Going Out
Happiness
Hobbies
Internet
Leisure time
Music
Neighbours & Neighbourhood
Newspapers
Pets
Reading
Shopping
Sport
TV
Transport
Weather

Questions & Topics for

IELTS Speaking Part 1
These four topics are the most common
in IELTS speaking part 1. You should
prepare ideas and practice answering
these questions. You are VERY LIKELY
to get one of these four for your first
topic.

Work
What is your job?
Where do you work?
Why did you choose that
job?
Is it a popular job in your
country?
Do you like your job?
Do you get on well with
your colleagues?
What was your first day
like?
What responsibilities do
you have at work?
If you had the chance,
would you change your
job?
Do you plan to continue
with your job in the future?

Study
What do you study?
Where do you study that?
Why did you choose that
subject?
Is it a popular subject in
your country?
Do you like that subject?
Do you get on with your
colleagues?
What was your first day
like?
What are the main aspects
of your subject?
If you had the chance,
would you change subject?
Do you plan to get a job in
the same field as your
subject?

Hometown
Where is your hometown?
Do you like your
hometown?
Do you often visit your
hometown?
What is your hometown
like?
What is the oldest place in
your hometown?
What is there for a
foreigner to do or see in
your hometown?
How could your hometown
be improved?
Has your hometown
changed much since you
were a child?
Is there good public
transportation in your
hometown?
Do you think your
hometown is a good place
to bring up children?

Home
Where is your home?
Do you live in a house or a
flat?
Who do you live with?
Are there many rooms in
your home?
What is your favourite
room?
How are the walls
decorated?
What would you change
about your home?
Do you plan to live there in
the future?
What facilities are there
near your home?
What is your
neighbourhood like?
Do most people live in
houses in your country?

Common Questions in
Speaking Part 1

Art
Are you good at art?
Did you learn art at school
when you were a child?
What kind of art do you
like?
Is art popular in your
country?
Have you ever been to an
art gallery?
Do you think children can
benefit from going to art
galleries?

Bicycles
Do you have a bike?
How often do you use it?
How old were you when
you learned to ride a bike?
Do many people in your
country using bicycles?
Do you think using bicycles
should be encouraged?

Birthdays
Do you usually celebrate
your birthdays?
How did you celebrate
your last birthday?
Which birthdays are the
most important ones in
your country?
Do you think children
should celebrate their
birthdays with a party?

Childhood
Did you enjoy your
childhood?
What is your first memory
of your childhood?
Did you have a lot of
friends when you were a
child?
What did you enjoy doing
as a child?
Do you think it is better for
children to grow up in the
city or in the countryside?

Clothes
Are clothes important to
you?
What kind of clothes do
you usually wear?
Do you ever wear the
traditional clothes of your
country?
Where do you usually buy
your clothes?
Have you ever worn a
uniform?
Do most people in your
country follow fashion?

Computers
Do you often use a
computer?
How do you usually get
online?
Do you prefer desktops or
laptops?
What do you use your
computer for?
Do you think it is
important to learn how to
use a computer?

Daily Routine
When do you usually get
up in the morning?
Do you usually have the
same routine every day?
What is your daily routine?
Do you ever change your
routine?
Is your routine the same
today as it was when you
were a child?
Do you think it is
important to have a daily
routine?

Dictionaries
Do you often use a
dictionary?
What do you use
dictionaries for?
What kinds of dictionaries
do you think are most
useful?
Do you think dictionaries
are useful for learning a
language?
What kind of information
you find in a dictionary?
Useful video lesson:
Dictionary vocabulary

Dreams
Do you often have dreams
when you sleep?
Do you usually remember
your dreams?
Do you think dreams are
important to remember?
Do you ever have
daydream?
What kind of daydreams
do you usually have?

Drinks
What is your favourite
drink?
Is it common for people to
drink tea and coffee in your
country?
Did you prefer different
drinks as a child?
Do you think it is
important to drink lots of
water?
What is a traditional drink
in your country for
celebrating?

Evenings
What do you often do in
the evenings?
Do you do the same thing
every evening?
Do you prefer to spend
your evenings with family
or friends?
Do you ever work or study
in the evenings?
What is a popular activity
for young people in your
country in the evenings?
Do you do the same thing
in the evenings as you did
when you were a child?

Family & Friends

Do you spend much time
with your family?
Who are you closest to in
your family?
Do you prefer spending
time with your family or
friends?
Who is your best friend?
Are you still friends with
people from your
childhood?
Is family important in your
country?

Flowers
Do you like flowers?
What’s your favourite
flower?
When was the last time you
gave someone flowers?
Do any flowers have a
special meaning in your
country?
Why do you think women
like flowers more than
men?

Food
What’s your favourite
food?
Have you always liked the
same food?
Is there any food you
dislike?
What is a common meal in
your country?
Do you have a healthy diet?
What do you think of fast
food?

Going Out
Do you often go out in the
evenings?
What do you like to do
when you go out?
Do you prefer going out on
your own or with friends?
How often do you go out in
a week?
Where do most young
people like to go out in
your country?

Happiness
Are you a happy person?
What usually makes you
happy or unhappy?
Does the weather ever
affect how you feel?
What makes you smile?
Do you think people in
your country are generally
happy people?

Hobbies
Do you have a hobby?
What equipment do you
need for it?
Do you think hobbies
should be shared with
other people?
Did you have a hobby as a
child?
What hobbies are popular
in your country?
Why do you think people
have hobbies?

Internet
How often do you go
online?
What do you use the
internet for?
How do you get online?
Do you have your own
computer?
What’s your favourite
website?
Do you think children
should be allowed
unsupervised access to the
internet?

Languages
How many foreign
languages do you speak?
When did you start
learning your first foreign
language?
How many foreign
languages do children in
your country learn at
school?
Do you think it is
important to learn a foreign
language?

Leisure Time
What is your favourite
leisure activity?
What did you enjoy doing
in your free time as a child?
Do you prefer to spend
your free time with other
people or alone?
What is a common leisure
activity in your country?
Do most people in your
country get two days off a
week?
Do you think leisure time is
important?

Music
Do you like music?
What’s your favourite type
of music?
Can you sing?
Did you learn music at
school?
If you could learn a musical
instrument, what would it
be?
Do you think music is
important?

Neighbours &
Neighbourhood
Do you like your
neighbours?
Are neighbours usually
close to each other in your
country?
What is your
neighbourhood like?
Do you think your
neighbourhood is a good
place for children?
How could your
neighbourhood be
improved?
Do you think it is
important to have a good
relationship with your
neighbours?

Newspapers
How do you usually get
your news?
Do you often read the
newspapers?
What kind of news do you
usually follow?
How do most people get
the news in your country?
Do you think international
news is important?

Noise
Do you live in a noisy area?