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Reviewed for 2026 · current three-part format

Speaking topics, to practise, not to memorise.

Every common topic, with its Part 1, 2 and 3 questions, the framework to attack it, and the same answer shown at Band 6, 7 and 8+.

How to use this. A list of topics you can read is the easy part, and it is all most sites give you. The hard part is doing something with it. So generate a question, answer it aloud, record yourself, then compare against the band models below. The models are there to learn from, never to memorise. The examiner can hear a memorised answer in seconds.
01Practise out loud

Give me a question.

Tap the button for a question to answer
Ready when you are.
See the band models
02The topics

Pick a topic. See every part.

The everyday topics open the test in Part 1. The abstract topics are where Part 3 is won or lost, so each carries the framework worth reaching for and the angles worth developing.

03The same answer, three bands

What separates a 6 from a 7 from an 8.

One question per part, answered at three levels. The words are illustrative, built from patterns across many learners, not anyone's script. Read for the difference between bands, not the sentences.

04The frameworks

A shape for any answer.

For the reasoned point and the stated opinion, PREP and OREO cover almost everything. For the longer Part 2 narrative and the abstract Part 3 question, these five give you a shape to build on under pressure.

Frameworks organise you. A mock tells you where you actually are.

You can practise these for weeks and still not hear what the examiner hears. In a lesson, I run you through a real Part 1 to 3, mark it live against the four criteria, and tell you the band you are sitting at and the two habits holding it down.

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