part1

HOWTOANSWERIELTSQUESTIONS–PART1

Inthispart,youwillbeexpectedtoanswersomegeneralquestionsaboutyourlf,your

home/family/hometown,work/study,dlastaround4-5min.

tlikeyouare

reeasyquestionsandyou

areexpectedtogivearesponwithnoallocatedthinkingtime.

Youwillbemarkedon

-fluencyandcoherence

-rangeandaccuracyofyourvocabulary,includingtheuofidioms

-grammaticalrangeandaccuracy

-pronunciation

(willtalkaboutthisinmoredepthinalaterweek)

***Listencarefullytothequestion,todecidewhatixpectedofyouranswer.

Doyouworkorareyouastudent?(arethefollowingresponsappropriate?)

I’mastudent.(tooshort,youranswer)

Ifinishedmystudieslastyear.(doesn‟tanswerthequestionaboutwhatyouare

doingcurrently)

I’mastudent.I’dgraduatenext

yearandthenIhopetofindajobinfinance.(good!!)

I’’saveryfulfilling

careerwhichpaysverywellanditgivesmeagreatdealofjobsatisfaction.I

alwayswantedtobeanarchitectwhenIgrewupandIfirstjoinedmyfather’s

eenresponsibleformany

projectsandI’mcurrentlyworkingondesigningaschoolinmyhometown.

It’saveryinterestingproject….(toolong,

swerthequestion

directly,andexpanditwithanadditionaloneortwontences.)

Well,actuallyI’mdoingboth.I’mstudyinglogisticsatWanliZhejiang

University,andIworkasatutorforafewprimarystudentsontheweekend

(good)

Well,I’mnotinworkatthemomentbecauI’mstudyingprivatelyforthe

IELTSexam.(good)

I’I’malsostudyingEnglish

fortheIELTSexamsoIcangotoflightschool.(good)

Whydidyouchootomajorinlogistics?(regoing

tomentionthatyourfatherchoyourdegree,refertohimusingthecorrectpronoun“he

advidmetostudyamajorinlogisticsbecau…”)

Doyouenjoyit?

(Thisisayes/noquestion,butitisnotgoodenoughtosimplysay„YesIenjoyit.”You

dosoinoneoftheways:

whyyouenjoyit

whatyouparticularlyenjoyaboutit

howmuchyouenjoyit

thatyoubothenjoyitanddislikeit

Doyoulikeyourlifeinuniversity?(whataresomevocabularyyoucanuinsteadof

“like”)

EnjoyIreallyenjoywalkingaroundcities.

Enjoyment/pleasureIgetalotofpleasurefromplayingcricket

InterestOneofmyinterestsiswebdesign

InterestedinI‟mquiteinterestedinwebdesign

FascinatedbyI‟mfascinatedbytheideaof

KeenonI‟mverykeenoncorrectpronunciation

IntoAtthemoment,I‟mreallyintothehistoryofart.

I‟dliketoI‟dliketolearntoplaygolfalotbetter.

DreamaboutIdreamaboutplayingcricketforEngland.

Love/adoreIabsolutelyloveChinefood.

Whatdoyouplantodoafteryougraduate?(noteuoffutureten)

Insteadofsaying“Iwill…..”,toshowyourrangeofvocabulary,youcansay

Iintendto

Iplanto

myplanisto

whatI‟dreallyliketodois

myambitionisto

Iintendto

I‟mgoingto

Imight/may

itspossiblethatI‟ll

PRACTISEQUESTIONS

emoripre-preparedquestions–

itwillbeobvioustotheexaminerandyouwillbepenalizedforit.

STUDY

Youreducationingeneral

.Whatsubjectareyoustudying?

.Whydidyouchootostudythat?

.Doyoulikeyoursubject?(Why)

.Isitadifficultsubjecttostudy?

Yourschooldays(thepast)

Whatkindofschooldidyougoto?

Whatwasyourfavouritesubjectatschool?

Whowasyourfavouriteteacher?

Placeofstudy

Wheredoyoustudy?

Whydidyouchoothatschool/university?

Whatdoyouthinkofyourschool/university?

Whatisthebestthingaboutyouruniversity/school?

Yourcourandmethodofstudy

Whendidyoustartthiscourandwhenwillyoufinishit?

Whichpartofthecourdoyouenjoymost?

Whatisthemostdifficult/easiestpartofthecour?

Howdoyoustudythissubject?

Whatskillshaveyoulearnedinyourstudies?/Whatskillsareneededtostudyyoursubject?

Studentlife

Doyoulikelifeatschool/university?

Whatpartofuniversitylifedoyoulikebest?

Howhaveyoubenefitedfrombeingatschool/universityapartfromgainingknowledge?

Whatfacilitiesarethereatyourschool/universitytohelpyouinyourstudies?

Educationalsystem

Whatistheeducationalsystemlikeinyourcountry?

Howdoyouthinkthesystemmightchangeinthefuture?

Thefuture

Whatareyourfuturestudyplans?

Howdoyouthinkyourstudiesinschool/universitywillprepareyouforyourjobinthefuture?

Whatisyourcareerplanafteryougraduate?

Doyouthinkyouwillpreferhavingajobtobeingastudent?

WhyareyoutakingtheIELTStest?

YOURHOME

Yourhomeingeneral

.Doyouliveinahouoraflat?

.Howlonghaveyoulivedthere?

.Wheredidyoulivebefore[ifyouhaveonlylivedthereashorttime]

.Whodoyoulivewith?

.Canyoudescribeyourhomealittle.

.Doyoulikeyourflat/hou?

Housandflats

Doyoupreferlivinginahouoraflat?

Whataretheadvantagesoflivinginaflat/hou?

Therooms

What‟syourfavouriteroominyourhome?

Howisthisroomdecorated?

Whatdoyoudointhisroom?

Theareayoulivein

Whatcanyouethroughthewindowsofyourhome?

Whatistheenvironmentlikearoundyourhome?

Whatfacilitiesaretherenearyourhome?

Isiteasytotraveltoandfromyourhome?

Doyouthinkit‟sagoodareatolivein?

Wouldyourecommendthatasagoodplacetolive?

Change

Wouldyouconsidermovingtolivesomewhereel?

Isthereanythingaboutyourhomeyouwouldliketoimprove?

HOMETOWN

General

Wheredoyoulive?

Haveyoualwayslivedthere?

Howlonghaveyoubeenlivingthere?

Wheredoyoucomefrom?

Theplace

Doyouliveinthecityorthecountryside?

Whatkindofaplaceisit?

Isitalargecityorasmalltown?

Hasitchangedmuchinthepastfewyears?

Feelingabouthometown

Doyoulikelivingthere?

Isthereanythingyoudislikeaboutlivingthere?

Wouldyourecommenditassomewheretolive?

Placesandpeople

What‟syourfavouriteplaceinyourhometown?

Whatdopeopledoinyourhometown?

Isiteasytotravelaroundinyourhometown?

Thefuture

Doyouplantostaythereallyourlife?

Wouldyoueverconsiderlivingsomewhereel?

Howlongdoyouthinkyouwillcontinuetolivethere?

Howdoyouthinkitmightchangeinthefuture?

WORK

.Whatjobdoyoudo?

.Haveyoualwaysdonethisjob?

.Whatdoyoudoinatypicaldayatwork?

.Whatresponsibilitiesdoyouhave?

Howyoufeelaboutwork

Doyoulikeyourjob?

Wouldyousayit‟saneasyjob?

Isthereanythingthatmakesyourjobdifficult?

Howimportantisyourjobtoyou?

Whattypesofjobsaremostpopularamongyoungpeopleinyourcountry?

Educationandwork

Didyoupreferyourlifeasastudentoryourlifenow?

Didyoureducationprepareyouwellfortheworkyouaredoingnow?

Teamworkandcolleagues

Doyouneedtoworkwithotherpeopleatwork?

Doyoupreferworkingaloneorwithothers

Howwelldoyougetonwithyourcolleagues?

Doyoudoanythingwithyourcolleaguesafterwork?

Thefuture

Whatareyourplansforthefuture?

Areyouplanningtochangeyourjob?

Wouldyoueverconsiderchangingyourjob?

Howmightyourindustrychangeinthefuture?

WhyareyoutakingtheIELTStest?