[UPDATE] Complete set of 30+ NEWEST IELTS SPEAKING part 1, 2, 3 exam topics to help you get perfect score

IELTS Speaking is the test that evaluates your English speaking skills, including: pronunciation, fluency, grammar, and vocabulary; it lasts about 15 minutes and is recorded. The speaking test for both Academic and General Training formats is the same in structure. Specifically as follows:

• Phần 1 In the first part, candidates will answer brief introductory questions on topics such as themselves, their family, work, etc., for about 4 to 5 minutes.

• Phần 2 For part 2, you will be given a task card and asked to talk about a specific topic, you have 1 minute to prepare and 2 minutes to present your speech. After that, the examiner will ask you 1 - 2 questions related to your speech.

• Phần 3 You will continue to be asked more questions about the topic in part 2, these new questions provide an opportunity for you to discuss the issue more broadly and abstractly; part 3 will last from 4 - 5 minutes.

IELTS Speaking consists of 3 parts, lasting about 15 minutes

Below is a summary of common IELTS speaking topics, let's take a look!

2.1 Common Speaking Part 1 topics when taking the IELTS test

Topic 1: Warm-up

In this IELTS speaking test topic, the warm-up part is also for you to get acquainted and introduce yourself to the examiner. In this part, the questions will often focus on your personal information such as name, age...

Warm-up topics in part 1

Topic 2: Hometown or birth place

In this second topic, the topics often revolve around your hometown, the place where you were born and raised. Questions are often to clarify issues such as where you live, where you come from, some things you like about your hometown...

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Hometown or place of birth in part 1

Topic 3: Personal background and information

In the third IELTS Speaking topic, the questions will focus on your current job, your expertise, and whether you feel that job is suitable or not. All the questions in part 3 will not be difficult for you because these are just questions about your daily life and work.

Personal information topic in part 1

Topic 4: Hobby or inclination

Topic number 4 is a favorite topic of candidates. This topic revolves around hobbies and habits that you often experience on weekends, free time, and why you choose them to kill time? These questions are considered friendly and candidates also do not feel too difficult in topic 4.

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Personal information topic in part 1

Topic 4: Hobby or inclination

Topic number 4 is a favorite topic of candidates. This topic revolves around hobbies and habits that you often experience on weekends, free time, and why you choose them to kill time? These questions are considered friendly and candidates also do not feel too difficult in topic 4.

Future plans is topic number 5

Topic 6: Traveling

IELTS Speaking test topic number 6 is the topic that most people have a lot of vocabulary to present and are most confident about. The questions are often about how you travel and how you spend that time. Your answer only needs to be fluent, grammatically correct and have a variety of vocabulary to be able to score points with the examiner.

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Topic 6 focuses on the trips you like or dislike

Topic 7: Family

The topic of family is very familiar and does not cause difficulty for candidates. This topic often revolves around things that happen in daily family life, so you can easily imagine and answer fluently.

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Family members will be the main characters in this 7th topic

Topic 8: Friend

Friendship is the feeling that makes your life sweeter, and it is also a topic that often appears in IELTS tests. You will be asked about your relationship with those friends or talk about your best friend. With this topic, we are sure that you will impress the examiner with your sincere and warm stories about your friendship.

Daily stories about friendship will help you impress the examiner in topic 8

Topic 9: Music

Music is the 9th IELTS Speaking topic and is known to be a topic that any candidate loves. With just a little knowledge of music, you can easily overcome the challenge of this 9th topic. A piece of advice for you is to update your music knowledge regularly to easily score points with this topic.

With the theme of music will help you easily overcome the challenge completely

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Topic 10: Sport

If you are a sports lover, then this topic number 10 will not be difficult for you. However, if you are not a person who is very knowledgeable about sports, do not worry too much. A little basic knowledge of football, volleyball, or basketball along with daily updated sports news is enough for you to score points.

A little knowledge of football, volleyball or basketball will help you get through this easily.

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2.2 Common IELTS Speaking Part 2 Topics

Topic 1: A party that you joined

A party is where you will meet many friends, interact with many people, there will certainly be many things to talk about, right? Choose rich vocabulary combined with the grammar knowledge you have learned to answer the questions below to make your story more interesting.

Use your rich vocabulary to bring the topic to life

Topic 2: Art

With the topic of describing a work of art, you can build your speaking section by answering questions such as:

With just basic questions, you can easily build a speaking test on the topic of art.

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Topic 3: Book

Choose a book that you love the most to talk about this topic. Similar to the topics above, you should also participate in the questions below to build a more complete speech.

State the reasons why you chose a certain book as your favorite book to convince the examiner

Topic 4: Communication

Communication is a topic that often appears in speaking tests, to impress the examiner, use your rich vocabulary to complete the test in the most standard way.

Use simple questions to tell about your interesting conversation

Topic 5: Daily routine

The 5th IELTS Speaking test topic that we want to mention in this article is related to your daily schedule during which time you will do what and why you do it.

Tell me about the work you have to do every day at a fixed time

Topic 6: Kindness

With the topic of kindness, you can tell about a good deed of yourself or of someone you have witnessed. Based on the questions below will help you build the most standard speech.

The above questions will help you complete the best speech

Topic 7: Language

With the topic of language, you can use your English learning to tell how you studied, what obstacles or difficulties you encountered, and why you are determined to learn it?

Topic 7 of IELTS Speaking Part 2 is related to your language learning in the past

Topic 8: Old person

With the topic of old people, you can talk about your grandfather, grandmother, or any old person you know or may not know. Don't forget to explain why you chose them to convince the examiner.

Topic 7 of IELTS Speaking Part 2 is related to your language learning in the past

Topic 8: Old person

With the topic of old people, you can talk about your grandfather, grandmother, or any old person you know or may not know. Don't forget to explain why you chose them to convince the examiner.

Use additional adjectives to emphasize the respect you have for the person

Topic 10: Place

For example, if you are talking about a public place that you think needs improvement, you could build your speaking by answering questions like:

Choose a unique location to support your test

2.3 Topics that can be encountered in the IELTS Speaking part 3 test

Part 3 requires candidates to expand and go deeper in their answers, so with the same topic, the way to develop the speaking part 3 will be more advanced than part 2.

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Topic 1: Art

The topic often appears in the IELTS Speaking part 3 test topic about art, the questions below will suggest you how to develop the test.

You can talk about a work of art or present about your art learning process

Topic 2: Clothes

A common topic that you can encounter every day. You can rely on the suggested questions to talk about wearing uniforms at work, what are the advantages and disadvantages of it.

Describe your feelings about wearing uniforms at work

Topic 3: Education

A topic related to education may be difficult for you. However, with suggested questions, you will be able to give more effective directions for the speaking test.

Teaching methods will be the important point that you need to focus on in this topic

Topic 4: Family

In part 3, the topic of family is not simply about your family because it will be very difficult to get a good score. IDP encourages you to expand the topic to family relationships. This will help your speech have more depth.

Use the above questions to help you build a more standard speech

Topic 5: Health

The fifth topic mentioned is about health with related questions such as: how to improve good health, what exercises you should do, or tips to improve health in the future,...

Health is a very popular topic nowadays and you need to focus on emphasizing one point to avoid rambling in your speech

Topic 6: Internet

The 6th topic that can be found in the IELTS Speaking part 3 test is about the internet today. You can give your opinion on whether the information on the internet is accurate or not to help you easily make an impression on the examiner.

Suggestions from the questions will help you build more convincing content

Topic 7: Media & news

Similar to the internet, media and news also have a significant impact on our lives. To be able to do well on the exam for this topic, you should regularly update the latest news and give your opinion on that news.

Regularly update daily news to make your speaking test more interesting

Topic 8: Nature

When it comes to nature and the environment, pollution is a very important issue. Use the questions below to build a more complete speaking test.

Environmental protection is a hot topic, so use it to score points

Topic 9: Society

Social media is one of the fastest and most effective ways to connect today. Give real-life examples from yourself or those around you to convince the judges.

The topic of social networks is a relatively easy topic if you have a strong and convincing argument

Topic 10: Work

With this topic, choose your vocabulary wisely, combining it with the suggestions below to make your test more complete.

Be subtle when talking about your company's salary or benefits.

• Read the question carefully, identify the main requirement: Focus on the question, avoid listening vaguely and missing keywords. Because this is the main factor that helps you determine the requirement of the question, thereby giving focused and relevant answers.

• Do not answer too short or too long: If you give too short answers, there is no way the examiner can know how good you are. Therefore, you should try to expand your answers with explanations and examples. Meanwhile, for long answers, many people often think the longer the better. However, this only applies to candidates with good speaking skills; for those whose English is not very good or lack confidence, speaking long can sometimes lead to mistakes.

• Use a variety of sentences, extended vocabulary: Flexibly combine many types of simple sentences, compound sentences, complex sentences,... At the same time, using advanced vocabulary, synonyms,... will also help your test be rated higher!

• Emphasize when speaking to create attraction: Many candidates often only focus on grammar and forget that intonation is also an important part that helps your test score. When presenting, you should combine emphasis, change of tone,... this way will create more attraction and interest for the listener!

• Do not memorize, speak naturally: Memorizing is a strategy many candidates use to save time and avoid thinking during the test. However, the pressure and anxiety in the exam room will make you forget what you have learned, making your speech hesitant, unnatural, and the examiner will easily notice that!

• Do not speak too fast, stay calm, answer confidently: The more anxious and uncomfortable you are, the harder it will be for you to speak fluently and connect the parts of the test. Learn to control your mood, don't worry too much if you accidentally answer a point incorrectly! Instead, stay calm and confident to complete the next parts well!

Staying calm and confident helps you get through the IELTS Speaking test more smoothly

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