IELTS – 1000 Speaking part 1 Questions — Jul 2024 to Dec 2024

Here is a list of Speaking Part 1 Questions for IELTS. The probability of this list if quite high for exams between Jul 2024 to Dec 2024. Remember – Nothing can replace practice.

Part 1 IELTS Speaking Questions 

Accommodation

• Let’s move on to talk about accommodation. Tell me about the kind of accommodation you live in.
• Do you live in a house or a flat?
• Is it a big place?
• Does the place you live in have many amenities?
• What do you like about living there?
• Is there anything you would like to change about the place you live in?
• How long have you lived there?
• Do you plan to live there for a long time?
• Is there a garden in the place you live in?

Advertisements

• Do you like watching advertisements?
• Will you buy something because of an advertisement?
• How do you feel when you see pop-up ads on the internet?
• Do you like funny or serious advertisements?
• What makes a good advertisement?

Art & Photography

• Do you like art?
• Do you think art classes are necessary?
• How do you think art classes affect children’s development?
• What benefits can you get from painting as a hobby?
• Do you like to take photographs?
• Do you prefer to take photos yourself or to have other people take photos?
• How often do you take photographs?
• Do you prefer to take pictures of people or of scenery?
• Do you prefer to take photos with a phone or with a camera?
• Do you take many photographs when you travel?
• Do you like looking at photographs of yourself?
• Have you put any photographs you have taken on the walls in your house?

Animals

• Do you like animals?
• What is your favourite animal?
• What types of animals do you have in your country?
• What types of animals are kept as pets in your country?
• Do you think animals should be kept in zoos?
• Do you have any animals in your home as a pet?
• Did you have a pet when you were a child?
• Would you like to have a pet in the future?
• Do you have a pet? 
• What types of animals do you think make the best pets?
• Why do people have pets?
• Should dogs be left in the house alone while their owners are at work?
• Is there any type of animal that you think should not be kept as a pet?

Bags & Boat

• Have you ever taken a ride on a boat?
• Do you like travelling by boat?
• What are the advantages of travelling by boat?
• Do people in your country like to travel by boat?
• Will it get more popular in the future?
• Do you like bags?
• What types of bags do you like?
• Do you usually carry a bag (when you go out)?
• What types of bags do you use in your everyday life?
• What do you put in these bags?
• What sorts of bags do women like to buy?

Birthdays

• What did you usually do on your birthday when you were a child?
• How do you normally celebrate your birthday now?
• Is your birthday now still as important to you as when you were a child?
• Do you think it’s important to give someone a card when it’s their birthday?
• Do you think the price of gifts/presents is important?

Books

• Do you like reading books? Why?
• How often do you read?
• Do you have many books at home?
• Do you prefer to buy books or borrow them?
• What are the benefits of reading?
• What book would you take on a long journey?
• How easy is it for you to read books in English?
• Have you given up reading a book recently?
• What kind of people like reading and what kind of people don’t like reading very much?
• What kinds of books do you like to read?
• What is the best book you’ve ever read?
• Is reading books a popular activity in your country?
• Do you think that electronic books / eReaders are better than real books?

Celebrity

• Who is your favourite celebrity?
• Do you like any foreign celebrities?
• Would you want to be a celebrity in the future?
• Do you think we should protect famous people’s privacy?
• How do celebrities influence their fans in your country?

Clothes, Fashion & Photos

• What is your favourite item of clothing?
• Are there any traditional clothes in your country?
• Where do you usually purchase your clothes?
• Have you ever bought clothes online?
• Were you interested in fashion when you were a child?
• Is fashion important to you now?
• What types of clothes are fashionable for young people in your country these days?
• Does fashion change for people as they get older?
• Who do you usually take photos of?
• How do you keep your photos?
• Do you keep your photographs on your computer?
• Have you framed any of your photos?
• Do you prefer to send postcards to people or to send photos that you took yourself?
• Are there any photos on the walls of your home?

Colours

• What colours do you like?
• What’s the most popular colour in your country?
• Do you like to wear dark or bright colours?
• What’s the difference between men and women’s preference for colours?
• Do colours affect your mood?

Computer

• Do you use computers?
• What do you use a computer to do?
• Did you use computers when you were little?
• Do people often use computers these days?
• Will people continue to use computers in the future?

Country

• What is your country famous for?
• Where do you live in your country?
• Is it an interesting place to live?
• Are you planning to live there in the future?

Daily Routine

• Tell me about your daily routine?
• Has your daily routine changed since you were a child?
• Is your daily routine different at the weekend to during the week?
• What would you like to change about your daily routine?
• Do you think it’s important to have a daily routine?

Dictionaries

• Do you ever use a dictionary?
• Do you prefer paper or electronic dictionaries?
• Are dictionaries used a lot in schools in your country?
• Do you think dictionaries are useful for learning a language?

Dreams

• Do you dream much at night?
• Do you often remember your dreams?
• Do you think we can learn anything from dreams? 
• Do people in your country talk about their dreams? 
• Do you think that dreams can come true?

Email

• What kinds of emails do you receive about your work or studies?
• Do you prefer to email, phone, or text your friends?
• Do you reply to emails as soon as you receive them?
• Are you happy to receive emails that are advertising things?
• Do you email people often?
• Do you chat with friends or family more with email?
• Do you think people prefer to receive an email or a letter?
• Do you think it’s easier to write an email or a letter?
• Do you think email will eventually replace letter writing?

Exercise

• Do you do much exercise?
• Do you do more exercise now than when you were a child?
• Do people in your country do a lot of exercise?
• What do you think is the best exercise to keep fit?
• Have the types of exercise people like to do changed since you were a child?

Family & Housework

• How many people are there in your immediate family?
• Who do you get on best within your family?
• Do you have a large extended family?
• What do you do together with your family?
• Why is family important to you?
• Do you do housework at home?
• What kind of housework do you often do?
• Did you do housework when you were a child?
• Do you think that children should do housework?
• Do you all live in the same house? 
• Who is your favourite family member?
• Do you have a large family or a small family?
• Can you tell me something about your family members?
• How much time do you manage to spend with members of your family?
• Do you get on well with your family? Why?

Flowers

• Have you ever given anybody flowers?
• Is it popular to give flowers to people in your country?
• On what special occasions do people give flowers in your country?
• What kinds of flowers would you like to receive as a present?

Friends

• Do you have a lot of friends?
• Who is your best friend and why?
• Who would you most like to be friends with and why?
• What kind of person can you make friends with easily?
• Which is more important to you, friends or family?

Food

• Do you enjoy cooking? 
• What type of things can you cook?
• What kinds of food are popular in your country?
• Is it an important part of your culture to have dinner parties? 
• Do you prefer to eat with other people or on your own? 
• Do you have a healthy diet?
• Do you prefer eating at home or eating out?
• Do you like ordering food to be delivered?
• Who do you get food delivered with?
• Do you eat meals differently now compared to when you were little?

Gift & Noise

• Do you mind noises?
• What types of noise do you come across in your daily life?
• Are there any sounds that you like?
• Where can you hear loud noises?
• Do you think there’s too much noise in modern society?
• Are cities becoming noisier?
• When do you send gifts?
• When was the last time you received a gift?
• Have you received a gift you didn’t like?
• How do you feel when you receive a gift?
• Do people in your country send gifts to show their generosity?

High School

• Who was your favourite teacher in high school?
• What was your favourite subject in high school?
• Do you still remember what happened on your first day of high school?
• Do you still keep in touch with your friends from high school?
• Do you miss your life in high school?

Home

• Who do you live with?
• What is your favourite room in your home?
• How is your home decorated?
• Do you like visitors coming to your home?

Hometown

• Where is your hometown?
• What do you like about it?
• What do you not like about it?
• Is there any way your hometown could be made better?
• How important is your hometown to you?
• Can you tell me about your hometown?
• How has your hometown changed over the years?
• Do you think you will continue to live in your hometown?
• How often do you visit your hometown
• How many people live in your hometown?
• What kind of jobs do the people in your hometown do?
• What is your hometown famous for?
• What’s the oldest part of your hometown?

Humour

• What type of programmes do you find funny on TV?
• Which types of programmes are most popular in your country?
• What kind of things make you laugh? 
• Do you like to make people laugh? 

Indoor Activities & Transportation

• Do you prefer public transportation or private transportation?
• What’re the most popular means of transportation in your hometown?
• Is it easy to catch a bus in your country?
• Is driving to work popular in your country?
• What do you think will become the most popular means of transportation in your country?
• Do you like indoor activities?
• What indoor activities do you like?
• How much time do you spend indoors every week?
• What types of indoor activities are popular in your country?

Internet

• How important is the Internet to you?
• Do you use the Internet more for work or in your free time?
• What are your favourite websites?
• Do you think you use the Internet too much?
• How will the Internet develop in the future?
• What are the positive and negative things about the Internet?

Lifestyle

• What do you do in your free time?
• Do you have a busy social life?
• Do you lead an active life?
• Has your life changed much in the last year?
• What would you like to change about your lifestyle?
• What type of activities do you like to do in your free time?
• How long have you been interested in these activities?
• Do you like to do these activities alone or with other people? (Why)?
• Do you think people have enough free time?

Major

• Do you work or study?
• What is your major? Or what was your major?
• Did you or do you like it?
• Is it a popular major at your university?
• Why did you choose that major?
• What is the most difficult part of studying that subject?
• Do you plan to use the subject you are studying in the future?
• If you could change to another major, what would it be?
• Would you change it if you had the chance?

Mobile Phones

• Do you have a mobile phone?
• At what age did you first get a mobile?
• What do you most use it for?
• Is it a nuisance if people use mobiles in public places such as trains and buses?

Movies

• How often do you go to the cinema?
• Are cinema tickets expensive in your country?
• What are the advantages of seeing a film at the cinema?
• Do you usually watch films alone or with others?
• Which actor would you like to play you in a film?

Museums

• Are museums popular in your country?
• Did you visit museums when you were a child?
• Do you like to visit museums nowadays?
• Do you think you should pay to visit museums?

Music

• How do you listen to music?
• When do you listen to music?
• What’s your favourite kind of music?
• Is music an important subject at school in your country?
• What kinds of music are (most) popular in your country?
• Do you like to listen to live music?
• Is live music popular in your country?
• Have you ever been to a concert before? Or Have you ever been to a musical performance?
• How much time do you spend listening to music every day?
• Are your music tastes varied?
• What is your favourite song?
• Do you like to sing along to your favourite songs?
• Are you learning to play a musical instrument at the moment?

Musical Instruments

• Do you think it’s important for children to learn to play a musical instrument?
• Do children have to learn to play a musical instrument at school in your country?
• Have you ever learned to play a musical instrument?
• What do you think is the best age to start learning to play a musical instrument?
• What do you think would be the most difficult musical instrument to learn to play?
• Do you think it is important to have a sense of humour? (Why)?

Neighbours

• Do you know the people who live next door to you?
• How often do you see each other?
• What kind of relationship do you have?
• How can neighbours be helpful?
• What kind of problems can people have with their neighbours in a big city?

Newspaper And Magazine

• Which do you prefer reading, newspapers or magazines? 
• What type of stories do you like to read about? 
• Do you think reading a magazine or a newspaper can help you learn a language?
• Why do you think some people prefer magazines to newspapers?
• Do you often read newspapers?
• Do you prefer to read local news or international news?
• Which is more popular where you live, newspapers or magazines?
• Do many people today read newspapers?
• In the future, do you think more people than today will read magazines or fewer people?
• Do you think newspapers will be very important to you in the future?

Outdoor Activities

• Do you like outdoor activities?
• What outdoor sports do you like?
• How much time do you spend outdoors every week?
• What types of outdoor activities are popular in your country?

Patience & Politeness

• What do you think patience is?
• Do you think patience is important?
• Do you think you are a patient person?
• Have you ever lost your patience?
• Are you a polite person?
• Who taught you to be polite?
• Is it important to be polite?
• What do you do if others are not polite to you?

Public Transport

• What kinds of public transport do you have in your country?
• What kinds of public transport do most people use?
• What is your favourite type of public transport?
• What do you do when you are travelling on public transport?
• How could public transport in your country be improved?

Seasons

• What is your favourite season? 
• Tell me about the different seasons in your country.
• How do the clothes people wear in your country change with the seasons?
• Do any types of jobs people do in your country change with the seasons?
• Is tourism popular in a particular season in your country?
• What season (or weather) do you think is most suitable for work and/or study?

Sports

• Do you play any sports?
• Do you watch sports on TV?
• What is the most popular sport in your country?
• How do people in your country stay fit?
• Is it important for children to play sports?
• Is there a lot of sports on television in your country?
• What sports do children normally do at school?
• Do you think people do enough sport these days?

The internet

• Do you use The Internet?
• Are children allowed to use The Internet at school in your country? 
• Do you think that The Internet is useful for study?
• Have you ever used The Internet to buy something?
• Are there any dangers in buying things online?

The Sea

• Do you like to go on holiday by sea?
• Are there many hotels by the sea in your country?
• What kind of activities can people do by the sea?
• How long do people normally visit the sea when they go on holiday?

Timing

• Is being late acceptable in your culture? 
• Are you ever late for appointments? 
• What type of excuses do you think are alright for lateness?
• How do you feel when someone is late for an appointment with you?

Travel

• Where was the last place you visited on holiday?
• Would you like to go back there again?
• What kind of tourist destinations do you usually prefer?
• Has a foreign visitor ever stayed at your home?
• What’s the best way to save money while travelling?

Trees

• Do you like trees?
• Are there many trees in your hometown?
• Do you think there are enough trees in most cities?
• What are the benefits of planting more trees?

TV

• Do you like watching TV?
• How often do you watch TV?
• What kind of TV programmes do you like to watch?
• What is your favourite TV show now?
• What was your favourite show when you were a child?
• What are the most popular TV shows in your country?
• Do you like watching TV shows from other countries?
• Has the internet affected your viewing habits?

• How many hours a day do you spend watching television?
• Do you think children in your country watch too much television?
• Do you think television is useful for education in schools?

Volunteer Works

• Have you ever worked before?
• What was your first day at work like?
• Have you participated in any volunteer work?
• Why did you do the volunteer work?
• Do you know any volunteers?
• How do you define volunteer work?

Weather

• How is the weather today?
• What’s your favourite kind of weather?
• Is there any type of weather you really don’t like?
• What is the climate like in your country?
• Does the weather affect people’s lives in your country?
• Do people change in the summer?
• Does bad weather ever affect transport in your country?
• Tell me about the weather in your country at different times of the year.
• Which time of the year did you enjoy the most when you were a child?
• Do you (usually) pay attention to weather forecasts?
• Has the weather changed much in your country in recent years?
• What’s the weather usually like in your country (or your hometown)?
• How is the weather here different from the weather in your home country?
• Would you say the weather in your hometown is suitable for working (or studying)?
• Would you like to move to a place with different weather?
• Does the weather affect the way that you feel?
• Do people like the weather in your country?
• Do the kinds of outside activities people do in your country change when the weather changes?

Work

• Do you have a job right now?
• Do you enjoy your job?
• What responsibilities do you have at work?
• What is your typical day like at work?
• What would you change about your job?
• What job do you think you will be doing in five years?
• What skills and qualifications are required for this job?
• Do you get on well with your co-workers?
• Are there good work opportunities in your home country?

Writing

• Do you enjoy writing?
• What age do children normally learn to write in your country? 
• Did you write a lot when you were a child?
• Do you ever write letters?
• Do you prefer writing letters or sending emails?