IELTS Speaking

IELTS Speaking Part 1 topics and questions

Part 1 lasts four to five minutes. The examiner starts with work or study, your hometown or your home, then moves to two everyday topics. These are the 503 topics and 2771 questions in our test bank and BandLadder's own practice sets, each with Band 8 sample answers.
  • 503 topics
  • 2771 questions
  • Band 8 sample answers

Work, study, home

Asked first in almost every test

503 topics

All topics A to Z

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