A native-speaker English teacher gives 4 IELTS Speaking Sample Answers on video with detailed written analysis. A student answers the questions on audio.

Improve your IELTS Speaking by working through this lesson. Practice for Part 2 of the speaking test - The Long Turn where the student speaks on their own without any help from the examiner

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Practise your IELTS speaking test questions with answers from English teachers. Speaking Test 3 is the focus here for 6.5+ candidates to improve band score

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Getting to IELTS band 7+ is tough and most students never manage it but why? Well, people at that level are similar to native speakers because they know lots of language and have a very naturally way of using it. More importantly, they know lots of different ways to talk about or reference the same thing using synonyms. Very high level students also know a large amount of collocations and are aware which nouns, adjectives, adverbs and prepositions go together to show off their IELTS Speaking vocabulary. The topic of Art is common in the speaking.

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Sample questions and suggested answers for IELTS Speaking part 3, all about 'books'

In part 2 of the IELTS speaking test you need to speak for 2 minutes about a given topic. You get 1 minute to prepare. During  this time it’s a good idea to make short notes on the paper you are given.

Here’s a sample question with some notes:

Lots of help for IELTS Speaking: Two way discussion

IELTS Part 2 of 3 blogs on the speaking section. Sample answer included!

Tips, sample answers and how to avoid problems for the IELTS Speaking test

To do well in IELTS Speaking you need to develop 3 things: your exam technique, your verbal language and, your speaking skills. Some of this can be done by practising in class but here are some useful tips you should not forget.