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. For the long turn specifically, the Part 2 cue-card deck drills all six card types with full Band 6 and Band 8 models. For the opening questions and the discussion there are dedicated pages too: the Part 1 questions and the Part 3 discussion, each with Band 6 and Band 8 models. And for what the current season is asking, the six card types are prepared season by season on this season's themes.

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. Each one, together with PREP, OREO and PSC, is worked in full on its own page.

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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Every Band 6 and Band 8 pair on this site is gathered in one place, with the difference named each time: Band 6 vs Band 8 speaking.

The book of the method

The Proper English Grammar Guide to IELTS Speaking

The method this site drills for free, written down properly: five response frameworks, thirteen grammatical structures taken to automation, vocabulary by band, pronunciation with audio demonstrations one scan away, and first-language guidance for eight language families. 614 pages, built from more than two thousand documented one-to-one lessons. Most guides teach every candidate the same English; this one starts from what your first language makes you do.

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