Avoid These Mistakes in IELTS Speaking!
Discover the most common mistakes in IELTS Speaking and what to do instead so you can improve your score!
These IELTS Speaking Practice tests will help you prepare for the test and build your confidence to perform well in the actual test. In the IELTS Speaking test, you will have an interview with a real life examiner.
The test last 11 – 14 minutes and is divided into 3 parts.
Part 1 : You answer questions about you and your everyday life
Part 2: You speak about a topic for 1 – 2 minutes
Part 3: You will have a longer discussion about the Part 2 topic.
If you only had 15 minutes to prepare for the IELTS Speaking Test, I would say the best thing you can do, is to do an IELTS Speaking Practice tests, like the ones at the bottom of this page.
To prepare for IELTS Speaking, you should get familiar with the topics and kinds of questions you will be asked in the test.
What’s more, you should practice speaking out your answers to those questions.
I do not recommend writing out your answer, and then reading it out, or memorising it and then reciting it from memory.
That won’t work, and you will get a low score, because you need to speak natural, conversational English in the IELTS Speaking test.
To help you prepare, I have made a series of videos where I act as your examiner.
You can watch and then practice responding to my questions.
This has several benefits. It will
Click here for information on Practice Tests for the others skills of listening, reading and writing.
The tests below are titled by the common IELTS Speaking topics, and use the kind of questions you may get in the test.
Some of them just give Part 1 questions, others give Part 2 questions, and others give the whole test, including Part 3 questions.
Here’s how to practice:
If you liked these videos, you might also find it useful to watch other students giving their answers in a mock IELTS Speaking test with me.
These give you a chance to understand how band scores are given by the examiner
If you enjoyed these IELTS Speaking Practice Tests then let me know in the comments below. Share your ideas and suggestions, so I can plan more videos and resources that will be useful for you in the future.