New IELTS Speaking questions from India – July 2024

Many thanks to the lovely K.B. for sharing these recent IELTS Speaking test questions:

Speaking test

Part 1 (Interview)

– What is your name?
– Where do you live?
– Do you work or study?
– What do you want to do in the future?
– What school did you go to?
– Is it a good place to study?
– Is your hometown a good place for young people?
– Let’s talk about languages.
– What languages have you learnt at school?
– Is it important for children to learn other languages? Why?
– Would you like to learn a new language? Why / why not?

Part 2 (Cue Card)

Describe a photograph or a painting that you like. You should say

– what it depicts
– who took / painted it
– how it makes you feel

and explain why you like this photograph or paining.

Part 3 (Discussion)

– Let’s talk about painting and drawing.
– Is it important for children to learn how to paint or draw?
– What kind of skills do children learn from painting?
– Some schools don’t teach painting, why is that?
– What kind of photographs do people hang on their walls? Why?
– Some people like their walls empty. Why is that?