IELTS Speaking

Topic1 室内游戏

1. Why do people like playing cellphone games now?

2. Some people say playing games is a waste of time, what do you think of it?

3. Do teamwork games have any benefit?

4. What kinds of indoor games are popular in China?

5. What qualities should a team leader have?

Topic2 喜欢和家人做的休闲活动

1. What leisure activities are popular in your country?

2. Why do people like to watch live performances?

3. Do young people and old people like different leisure activities?

4. Do leisure activities have to be educational or just for fun?

5. Why do some people prefer going to a cinema rather than watching TV at home?

Topic3 很累但要保持清醒

1. On what occasions do people need to keep awake when they feel tired?

2. How do people keep awake when they are tired?

3. When people feel tired driving a car, how can they keep themselves awake?

4. Do people get enough sleep nowadays?

5. What kind of people lack sleep?

6. Does social media add pressure to people’s lives?

7. Some people say people can either be successful in career or in life. Do you agree?

Topic4 难忘的特别的一天

1. Do you remember your childhood?

2. Why do we usually forget what happened before age 3?

3. Why do some people remember things well while others not?

4. What is the better way to retain memories, by videos or photos?

5. How can forgetful people remember things better?

Topic 5 使用网络解决问题的经历

1. What do people do online in their spare time?

2. Do you think many people waste their time online?

3. Have you solved problems or found solutions on the internet?

4. Do people use the internet to learn knowledge?

5. Do you think the government should post information on the internet?

6. What are the advantages and disadvantages of students using the internet?

Topic 6 学会的实用技能

1. What is the most important practical skill in modern society?

2. What kinds of jobs require practical skills?

3. Which method is better for learning practical skills, learning from teachers or learning from the internet?

4. What kinds of skills are difficult to learn?

5. Do you think practical skills will be replaced by computers?

Topic 7 获得不准确信息的经历

1. How can people check whether a piece of information is correct or not?

2. What kinds of jobs need to convey information to the public?

3. What’s the difference between giving information by phone and by email?

4. Why are some people good at delivering information while others are not?

5. Do people trust the information online?

6. Where do people usually get information from?

Topic 8 早起的经历

1. What are the benefits of getting up early?

2. What kind of people usually get up early, why?

3. Who sleeps longer, young people or old people?

4. Is it good to work till late at night?

5. Is it good to take a nap during the day?

6. What effect does sleeping in late have on a person’s life patterns?

Topic 9 邀请家人/朋友吃晚饭

1. Do most people eat at home or eat at restaurants?

2. What are the pros and cons of eating at home and eating at restaurants?

3. Which one do you think will be more popular in the future, eating at home or eating at restaurants?

4. What are the differences between food we have normally and food we have during festivals?

5. Do Chinese families hold parties?

6. Are there more people spending a lot of money on their wedding?

Topic10 拜访朋友

1. What social skills did you learn from communicating with others?

2. Do you prefer hanging out with a big or a small group of friends?

3. Which one is important to you, family or friends?

Topic11 庆祝成就

1. How do people usually celebrate a wedding?

2. How do people celebrate a newborn baby?

3. How are birthday celebrations different between young and old people?

4. Do people prefer winning in a team or on their own?

5. What are the benefits of national celebrations?

6. Why do people feel happy when the sports team they support wins?

Topic12 愉快的一天/Topic25 想拥有的一日假期

2. Do most people think that money is important?

3. Are people happier than in the past?

4. Are rich people happier than poor people?

Topic13 色彩丰富的地方

1. What color do people usually choose when decorating their houses?

2. Do men and women have different preferences for colors?

3. Do people’s preferences for colors change with age?

4. Do you think the color of a company’s dress code represents the image of the company?

Topic14 喜欢的天空

1. Should kids know more about stars and planets?

2. Is advanced technology helpful for star-watching?

3. Why do some people like to watch movies about stars or planets?

4. Why do scientists study space (stars or planets)?

5. What kinds of people are interested in stars and planets?

Topic15/ Topic16 花费长时间选择(或准备)的礼物

1. How do people usually choose gifts?

2. Why do some people find it hard to choose gifts?

3. Do people prefer practical gifts or other gifts?

4. Do people give the same gifts as they did in the past?

5. What kinds of gifts do people usually send?

Topic17 家中喜欢的一幅画/照片

1. Should children take art classes?

2. What are the advantages and disadvantages of having art classes for adults?

3. Do people need to learn how to draw?

4. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of taking photos with a mobile phone.

5. What do you think about photographer as an occupation?

Topic 18 景点纪念品

1. What souvenirs do people usually buy from tourist attractions?

2. Is it good that the locals sell things to tourists?

3. What are the pros and cons of taking professional cameras when travelling?

4. Why do people like to take photos when traveling?

5. Why do people like showing others their travel photos?

Topic 19 去过并想了解更多的历史建筑

1. What is the most interesting historical building in your city / in your country.

2. Why do historical buildings look beautiful?

3. Should government protect historical buildings?

4. What are differences between people’s homes in the past and people’s homes nowadays?

5. What is the most significant reason for people to choose a place to settle in?

Topic20 想去拜访的新公共场所

1. Which buildings are public buildings?

2. Do people prefer to live in a new house or an old house?

3. Do you think museums should be free?

4. Should government build new public facilities or keep maintaining the old ones?

5. Which is more important to a public building: exterior design, location, or the facility itself?

Topic 21 去过的公园/花园

1. What are the benefits that a park can bring to a city?

2. Which age group would like to go to a park?

3. Why do some people like to plant flowers and grasses?

4. Do you think people should help clean public parks/gardens?

5. How can the government let people protect public gardens?

Topic22 读书写字的地方

1. What do you think is more important?

2. At what age should children start to read?

3. Where do people like to study?

4. What are the differences between studying in a public place and studying at home?

Topic 23 一次不同寻常的旅行

1. What do people usually do during long holidays?

2. Where do Chinese people like to go to spend their holiday?

3. Is the tourism industry important in China?

4. Do you think tourism could bring benefits to the economy?

5. Why do many people like to travel abroad?

6. Do people in China have enough holidays?

Topic 24 和朋友相处的快乐时光

1. Who do people usually like to spend more time with?

2. What’s the difference between staying with friends and staying with family?

3. Do people prefer being with a large group of people or with a few friends?

4. Some researchers say people naturally like socializing, what do you think about it?

5. What kinds of socialising skills can be improved from being with friends?

6. Do science and technology improve the relationship between people?

Topic25 想拥有的一日假期 (本主题的 Part3 考题请参考 Topic12 愉快

Topic 26 交通工具坏掉的经历

1. What kind of public transportation is popular in China?

2. What are the problems caused by increasing vehicles?

3. What do you think needs to be improved in public transport?

4. What are the advantages and disadvantages of public transport?

5. Who takes public transportation more often, young people or old people?

6. How do you think the subway system will develop in the future?

Topic 27 突然改变计划的经历

1. What are the advantages and disadvantages of making a career plan for young people?

2. Should parents help children make plans?

3. When it comes to making a study plan, who can make better plans for children, teachers or parents?

4. Is it good or bad to have a plan?

5. What are the main reasons that make people change their mind?

6. What would you do if you need to convince someone to change their mind or plan?

7. How would you tell your friends when you must change your plan?

8. Does technology, like cellphone and the internet, make people change their mind or plan easier than before?

9. Who often change their plans, young people or old people?

Topic28 与他人在一起无聊的经历

1. Why do people get bored?

2. What people usually do when they feel bored?

3. Do you think boring jobs will be replaced by robots?

4. Does technology have a positive influence or negative influence on people’s lives?

5. What kind of jobs do you think are boring?

Topic 29 电视综艺节目

1. What is the difference between the games children play now and those that children played in the past?

2. Do people nowadays like watching TV with their family?

3. How long do people usually watch TV shows?

4. What kinds of TV shows do people like to watch?

5. Why do some people watch TV shows online?

Topic 30 让你笑的小孩

1. Do you think people should be trained before they become parents?

2. What do you think is the best age for people to have children?

3. Do you think childhood is the best and the most important period of life?

4. What can make children laugh?

5. Should children play alone or with others?

Topic 31 想获得的奖

1. In China, what rewards do children often get from school?

2. Should children be given rewards?

3. Should parents push their children to get prizes?

4. What kinds of rewards do companies often offer to their outstanding employees?

5. What are the advantages of giving rewards to employees?

6. Other than money, what can motivate employees to be more active at work?

Topic 32 公共场所陌生人打电话

1. How do you feel when someone is speaking loudly on the phone or talking aloud on public transport?

2. Should people be banned from talking aloud in public places?

3. Do you prefer staying beside a person who is on the phone or two people who are talking?

4. What are the side effects of making phone calls in a public place?

5. Why do some people always break rules in public places?

Topic 33 鼓励和帮助你实现目标的人

1. Do children need to get encouragement?

2. What do parents do to encourage children to learn more?

3. Do you think it’s important for teenagers to set goals?

4. Who do you think has the greater influence on the goal-setting of children?

5. Is money the only tool to motivate employees to work better?

6. Is competition between employees a good thing?

Topic34 给他人建议

1. What kinds of advice do parents give to their children?

2. What advice do parents often give to teenagers about making friends?

3. Should parents get involved in their children’s friendships?

4. How do experts give advice to others?

5. Whose advice is more helpful?

Topic 35 空闲时间乐于帮助他人的人

1. Should schools and parents teach children to help others?

2. How should parents and schools teach children to help others?

3. Why are children nowadays less likely to help others?

4. In what kinds of professions do people help others more?

5. How can children help others?

Topic36 擅长某个工作的人

1. How should young people perform in their first jobs?

2. How can people improve their job performance?

3. What skill set should a manager have?

4. Do you think what you have learned in university is going to help in your future job?

5. Which do you think is more important, academic skills or practical skills?

Topic37 经常坐飞机的人

1. What are the advantages and disadvantages of travelling by plane?

2. What are the advantages and disadvantages of living near an airport?

3. How is working at the airport different from working in other places?

4. Why do so many people like to take high speed trains?

5. What are the environmental problems caused by planes?

Topic 38 有着有趣想法的人

1. Describe a respectful Chinese celebrity who has creative and interesting thoughts.

2. When do children begin to have their own ideas?

3. Do children have ideas that are similar to their parents?

4. Why are there more and more differences between children and their parents?

5. How can teachers inspire children to have different opinions?

Topic39 有趣的谈话

1. What’s the difference between face-to-face conversation and phone conversation?

2. What are the differences between men and women’s preferences for topics of conversation?

3. If you have a piece of bad news, do you prefer to tell others in person or by phone?

4. Why some people feel nervous when they do a presentation?

5. Is it better to have a PPT（PowerPoint） when doing the presentation?

Topic40 初见某人

1. How do people make friends nowadays?

2. What are the differences between the ways of making friends nowadays and in the past?

3. Which is better, making new friends or maintaining old friendships?

4. Can employees and their boss be friends?

5. How do companies welcome their new employees？(How to make new staff feel welcomed and comfortable?

Topic41 东西失而复得

1. How can you avoid losing things?

2. What do people usually do when they lose things?

3. Why do some people not care about losing items?

4. What kinds of things do people usually find?

5. What would normal people do when they find something doesn’t belong to them?

Topic42 借东西

1. What kinds of things do people usually borrow from each other?

2. What are the things that people don’t choose to lend to others?

3. Should people get permission from others before using something they have?

4. What do you think of copying ideas from others?

5. What if the borrower breaks the things they borrowed?

Topic 43 喜欢的歌手或乐队

1. What kind of music is popular in China?

2. What kind of music do people like at different ages?

3. In your opinion, what kinds of music will be popular in the future?

4. How do you think a song can be successful?

5. Should record companies focus on making money or good music?

6. Can everyone be a singer by training hard?

7. What are the conditions of being a good singer?

Topic 44 想见的外国名人

1. How can people become famous?

2. Why can some celebrities stay famous for a long time while some cannot?

3. What are the advantages and disadvantages of becoming a celebrity?

4. How famous people influence teenagers?

5. What influences can famous people have on society?

Topic 45 理想的房子

1. What types of residential houses are popular in China?

2. Do people prefer living in an apartment or a house?

3. What are the advantages and disadvantages of living in an apartment or a flat?

4. What are the advantages and disadvantages of living in a house?

5. What are the advantages and disadvantages of living in cities?

6. What are the advantages and disadvantages of living in the countryside?

7. What are the advantages and disadvantages of living in a new house?

Topic 46 印象深刻的广告

1. Why do some people hate advertisements?

2. Is background music useful in advertising?

3. What is the main form of advertising in your country?

4. What are the differences between advertisements on the internet and on TV?

5. Do people usually buy stuff after watching an advertisement?

6. Are advertisements targeting children good?

Topic 47/48 常穿的衣服（男女生版）

1. What do young people like to wear?

2. What’s the difference between the dressing style of young people and that of old people?

3. When do people wear formal clothes?

4. Do you think students should wear uniforms?

5. What are the differences between people’s clothes in the southern vs northern part of a country?

Topic 49 想做的水上运动

1. What kinds of water sports are popular nowadays?

2. Why do people like to do things near water (even though they can’t swim)?

3. Do you think schools should teach students how to swim?

4. What are the advantages and disadvantages of water transportation?

5. What are the differences between people’s feelings about living inland and living by the sea?

Topic 50 擅长外语的人

1. Do you think English will be the mainstream language of the world in the future?

2. What benefits can a foreign language bring to one’s career?

3. When learning a foreign language, which part is more difficult?

4. Do you think non-native speakers can master a foreign language perfectly?

5. Do children learn a foreign language easier?

6. What are the relations between language and culture?

Topic51 家乡特产

1. Why do different places in China have their own popular products?

2. What food is popular in China?

3. What products from western countries are popular in China?

4. Why do people use imported products?

5. Do international brands have influence on consumers?

Topic52 儿时学校

1. What’s the difference between current teachers and those in the past?

2. What’s the difference between being taught by teachers and by AI?

3. What is the disadvantages and advantages of online teaching?

4. What’s the difference between private schools and public schools?

5. What are the types of schools?

Topic53 儿时玩具

1. How do advertisements influence children？ Ads can be very influential. The main purpose of an ad is to motivate people to purchase certain objects. Children’s ads especially target young kids by including their favourite toy characters or showing other kids having fun while playing with a certain toy. These ads can make children more prone to 502 wanting to buy things, and growing up to think that happiness is associated with purchasing things.

   2.What’s the difference between the toys kids play with now and those they played with in the past?

2. Do you think parents should buy more toys for their kids or spend more time with them?

3. Do you think playing has benefits for children?

4. Do you think team activities have benefits for children?

Topic54 想要与人分享/谈论的电影

1. What kind of movie is popular in your country?

2. What kind of movie do young people like to watch?

3. Do you think cinemas will disappear in the future?

4. Do you prefer to watch a movie at home or in a cinema?

5. What are the reasons that an actor is popular?

Topic55 撒谎

1. Why do children lie?

2. What should adults do when children lie?

3. Why do adults lie?

4. What are the differences between adults’ lies and children’s lies?

5. Is it always good to tell the truth?

Topic56 选工作或专业的建议

1. Should parents choose their children’s major?

2. What can affect the career choices of young people?

3. Which aspects should people consider when they are looking for a job?

4. What is the most popular profession among young people in China?

5. Should the government raise the retirement age?