Category: Part 1
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Lesson 151: Drawing🎨
This week’s lesson pushes you to train to speak about a common hobby: drawing. As you will hear in the sample, the candidate isn’t super enthusiastic about drawing, and they skillfully use language choices to express this. Step 1: Tune in to this week’s podcast episode (audio and video version available below). Part 1 Questions Do…
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Lesson 148: Your village and native language💬
This week’s ‘repeat after me’ lesson uses questions from Part 1 of a recent IELTS Speaking exam. Step 1: Tune in to this week’s podcast episode (audio and video version available below): Part 1 QuestionsDo you work or study?Do you live in a village, town or city?What do you like about your village?Is your village…
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Lesson 145: Music in your country🪕
This week, we are looking at Part 1 of a recent IELTS Speaking exam. Step 1: Listen to the full sample. Step 2: Tune in to this week’s IELTSCast episode and practise saying a few of the lines from the speech sample. Step 3: Complete the full exercise using the below video. Step 4: Read…
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Lesson 143: Video games🎮
A candidate reported being asked about ‘video games’ in a recent IELTS Speaking exam. This week, you will practise speaking about this topic. Step 1: Listen to the full sample. At this stage of the lesson, try to listen only and avoid referring to the transcript. Step 2: Listen to this week’s podcast episode and…
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Lesson 140: Quiet places and sunglasses🕶️
This week we are examining an IELTS Speaking Part 1 response that switches from the topic of ‘quiet places’ to the topic of ‘sunglasses’. Step 1: As always, the first step is to listen to the model. Do your best to note any new language you come across and any areas you are unsure about.…
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Lesson 135: Noise and loud music📯
We’re back again this week and learning how to speak about noise and loud music. This was an IELTS Speaking Part 1 series of questions asked on an exam in late 2023. Step 1: Let’s start this week by listening to the full sample (there is a transcript at the bottom of this post, but…
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Lesson 132: Rain and staying healthy in your country🏃
This lesson examines a Part 1 series of questions that jump between two topics: ‘rain’ and ‘staying healthy in your country’. Step 1: Familiarise yourself with the sample by listening to it at least once. Step 2: This week’s podcast episode gives you a few preview sentences with which to work with. Tune in here:…
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Lesson 129: Concentration🤔
This lesson examines questions that appeared in Part 1 of a recent exam. Step 1: Listen to the full model here to familiarise yourself with the language. Step 2: For those with access to the full lessons, watch the below video to complete this week’s full lesson training. Refer to the below transcript if you…
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Lesson 126: Your hometown and drinks🍵
This week, you will train to speak about the topic of ‘drinks’. Step 1: Listen to the full sample response from start to finish. Step 2: Now listen to this week’s IELTSCast episode and practise the sample ‘repeat after me’ sentences from the model. Step 3: Complete the full video lesson here: Step 4: Read…
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Lesson 123: Meeting new people and making friends🫂
‘People’ is a very common general topic on the IELTS, and this week you will train to speak more clearly about it. This is a IELTS Speaking Part 1 exercise. Step 1: Listen to the full model. (By the way, if you didn’t know, all of these exercises are scripted at the band 9 level…