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IELTS Speaking Questions 2025 And Answer Hints

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We are showing recent IELTS speaking test questions, which are from the Internet and our visitors who have just taken the test. Its contents cover all speaking question types: Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3. We organize all questions by test date.

Our main job is to merge duplicated questions and revise obvious errors before showing them. Please don't assume them as real IELSE speaking questions. They are to help candidates mock speaking test scenarios and prepare answers.

Test takers can use this resource to familiarize questions and topics before the IELTS speaking test. We list contents in 2 categories: "Recent 30 Questions" and "2023-2025 Questions", and the latter has more than 600 questions that only VIP users can access.

(On sample pages, we provide extra questions for all users, which are also updated weekly.)

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IELTS Speaking Test: Recent 30 Questions
2025-01-21: Part 1
  1. Do you live in a house or a flat?
  2. Which is your favorite room?
  3. Can you describe it?
  4. If you could improve one thing in your home, what would it be?
  5. How long have you lived there?
  6. What do you like the most about it?
  7. Can you describe the view from your windows?
  8. Do you plan to live there in the future?
Recent Tests:
2024-12-30
2024-12-10
2024-11-18
2024-10-29
2024-08-30
Vocabulary: Home Sample Answers
2025-01-21: Part 1
  1. What is your favorite color?
  2. Do you prefer bright colors or dark colors?
  3. Are there any colors that you dislike?
  4. Are colors important to you?
  5. What is the color of your room?
  6. What are your friends' favorite colors? Why?
Recent Tests:
2025-01-07
2025-01-03
2022-04-19
Sample Answers
2025-01-21: Part 1
  1. What kinds of websites do you often visit?
  2. What is your favorite website?
  3. Are there any changes to the websites you often visit?
  4. What kinds of websites are popular in your country?
Recent Tests:
2024-12-04
2022-10-31
Sample Answers
2025-01-21: Part 1
  1. Did you love stories in your childhood?
  2. Do you prefer listening to stories or reading them?
  3. Did you ever write a story when you were a child?
Recent Tests:
2025-01-07
2022-08-16
Sample Answers
2025-01-21: Part 1
  1. Are the roads in the area where you live busy?
  2. How do people cross the road in the city where you live?
  3. How is the condition of the rads in your city?
  4. Do you think the roads in your city need improvement?
Recent Tests:
2024-12-10
2024-11-04
2024-10-24
2024-09-05
2024-09-02
Sample Answers
2025-01-21: Part 1
  1. When did you start to learn science?
  2. Is there any technology that you think is helpful in daily life?
  3. Do you think science classes are important?
  4. What is your favorite subject of science?
Recent Tests:
2025-01-03
2023-12-08
Vocabulary: Science
2025-01-21: Part 2
Describe a gift you would like to buy for your friend.

You should say:
  • what gift you would like to buy
  • who you would like to give it to
  • why you would like to buy a gift for your friend
  • and explain why you choose that gift.
Recent Tests:
2025-01-03
2022-08-16
Vocabulary: Gift Timing Practice
2025-01-21: Part 2
Describe a rule that you do not like.

You should say:
  • what it is
  • why you do not like it
  • how others feel about the rule
  • and explain whether you have followed the rule.
Recent Tests:
2024-12-06
2024-10-31
2022-07-19
Timing PracticeSample Answers
2025-01-21: Part 2
Describe a special cake you received from others.

You should say:
  • when it happened
  • who you got the cake from
  • and explain why it's a special cake.
Recent Tests:
2025-01-03
2022-06-09
Timing Practice
2025-01-21: Part 3
  1. When do people usually send gifts to others?
  2. Do people give gifts at traditional festivals?
  3. Is it hard to choose a gift?
  4. Will people feel happy when receiving an expensive gift?
Recent Tests:
2025-01-03
2022-08-16
Vocabulary: Gift
2025-01-21: Part 3
  1. What are the rules students should follow at school?
  2. Are the rules at school good or bad? Why?
  3. What rules should children follow at home?
  4. How are people punished when parking at the wrong spot?
Recent Tests:
2024-12-06
2024-10-31
2022-07-19
2025-01-21: Part 3
  1. Is any food in your country eaten at particular times or on special occasions?
  2. What are the differences between exceptional food in your country and other countries?
  3. Why are some people willing to spend a lot of money on meals on special days?
  4. Do you think it's good to communicate when eating with your family?
Recent Tests:
2025-01-03
2022-06-09
2025-01-16: Part 1
  1. Where is your hometown?
  2. What do you like about your hometown?
  3. Is it a good place for young people?
  4. How long have you been living there?
  5. Do you like living there?
  6. Is there anything you dislike about it?
Recent Tests:
2024-12-26
2024-12-04
2024-11-13
2024-10-24
2024-09-02
Vocabulary: Hometown Sample Answers
2025-01-16: Part 1
  1. Do you have a talent or something you are good at?
  2. Do you think your talent can be helpful for your future work?
  3. Do you think people in your family have the same talent?
Recent Tests:
2024-11-03
2024-11-06
2022-12-06
Sample Answers
2025-01-16: Part 1
  1. What kinds of advertisements do you watch?
  2. Where can you see advertisements?
  3. Have you ever bought something because of its advertisements?
  4. Do you watch advertisements from the beginning to the end?
Recent Tests:
2024-12-10
2024-10-31
2024-08-23
2024-04-30
Sample Answers
2025-01-16: Part 1
  1. Do you like to watch films?
  2. What kinds of movies do you like best?
  3. Do you prefer foreign films or films made in your country?
  4. Do men and women usually like the same kinds of films?
Recent Tests:
2025-01-07
2024-05-16
Vocabulary: Films Sample Answers
2025-01-16: Part 2
Describe one area of science (medicine, physics, etc.) that interests you.

You should say:
  • What it is
  • When you knew it
  • How you knew it
  • And explain why it sounds interesting to you.
Recent Tests:
2024-03-12
2024-02-06
2024-01-08
2023-11-29
2023-10-27
Vocabulary: Science Timing PracticeSample Answers
2025-01-16: Part 2
Describe a product you bought but returned at the end.

You should say:
  • What it is
  • When you bought it
  • Why you returned it
  • And explain how you felt about it.
Recent Tests:
2025-01-03
Timing PracticeSample Answers
2025-01-16: Part 2
Describe a foreign country you would like to go to in the future.

You should say:
  • where the country is
  • when you plan to visit this country
  • why you would like to go there
  • and explain why this is a good country to visit.
Recent Tests:
2025-01-03
Timing PracticeSample Answers
2025-01-16: Part 2
Describe a situation in your vehicle that broke down during your travel.

You should say:
  • where you were going
  • Who you were with at that time
  • how long it took to fix the vehicle
  • and explain how you felt about it.
Recent Tests:
2019-12-02
Timing PracticeSample Answers
2025-01-16: Part 2
Describe an occasion when you forgot something important.

You should say:
  • when it happened
  • what you forgot
  • why you forgot it
  • and how you felt about it.
Recent Tests:
2021-04-21
Timing Practice
2025-01-16: Part 2
Describe a picture/photograph of you that you like.

You should say:
  • where it was taken/drawn
  • when it was taken/drawn
  • who took/drew it
  • and explain how you felt about it.
Recent Tests:
2024-12-10
2021-04-29
Vocabulary: Photo Timing PracticeSample Answers
2025-01-16: Part 2
Describe a positive change that you made in your life.

You should say:
  • what it is
  • why you did it
  • who you did it with
  • and explain how you feel about the change.
2025-01-16: Part 3
  1. Why do some children not like learning science at school?
  2. Should children be encouraged to learn science?
  3. Should people be encouraged to learn science after graduation?
  4. How do you get to know about scientific news?
Recent Tests:
2024-04-05
2023-11-29
Vocabulary: Science
2025-01-16: Part 3
  1. Why do many people like shopping online?
  2. Do you think that advertisements should be strictly regulated?
Recent Tests:
2025-01-03
2025-01-16: Part 3
  1. What is the importance of the travel and tourism industry?
  2. What do you think is the function of tourist guides?
Recent Tests:
2025-01-03
2025-01-16: Part 3
  1. What are the advantages and disadvantages of private transport?
  2. What do you think needs to be improved in public transport?
  3. Will fewer people be using private cars because of the improved public transport?
  4. What do you think cars will be like in the future?
  5. Who likes to travel more, the older people or the younger people?
Recent Tests:
2019-12-02
2025-01-16: Part 3
  1. What do people normally forget?
  2. Why would people forget things?
  3. How to improve memory?
  4. What do you think of people using calendars to remind themselves of things?
  5. Should one update oneself with new organizational skills? Why?
  6. Do you think technology makes people forgetful?
  7. Are our organizational skills important in today's work environment? Why?
Recent Tests:
2021-04-21
2025-01-16: Part 3
  1. Why do people take photos?
  2. What do people use to take photos these days, cameras or phones?
  3. Is it difficult for people to learn how to take good photos?
  4. How do people keep their photos?
Recent Tests:
2024-12-10
2021-04-29
Vocabulary: Photo
2025-01-16: Part 3
  1. Is it easier for young people to change?
  2. Is it easy for older people to change?
  3. How can people change their daily routine if they want to?
  4. What are the disadvantages when people keep making changes?
Recent Tests:
2022-12-06
Vocabulary: Change


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