Content Cambridge IELTS 8 Speaking Test 1 How to give your opinion in English Here are some questions from Cambridge IELTS Practice Tests Book 8 Speaking Test 1. They include the IELTS Cue Card Describe a time when you were asked to give your opinion in a questionnaire . A native English speaker gave these sample answers to show you what someone might say. Remember, you can answer these questions in many different ways. Cambridge IELTS 8 Speaking Test 1 IELTS Speaking Tip Do NOT try to memorize full answers - this is unnatural and IELTS examiners are trained to identify memorized answers. Cambridge IELTS 8 Test 1 Speaking Questions & Answers Part 1 Topic | Neighbours How well do you know the people who live next door to you? I know them quite well because we’ve lived beside each other for a couple of years now. The people who live to the right of me, wel

Cue card an exciting message / text message / call you received Talk about an exciting message / text message / call you have received by email or phone Okay, about a month ago my friend called me to let me know some important news. She had been accepted for a really interesting position at an international company. She is going to work in recruitment selection; I think they call it headhunting or executive search selection. She has been trying to get into this line of work for some time now, so I'm really happy for her because I know that she wants to do this type of work. We spent about two hours talking that evening, most of it was about her new job, but we also spoke about some other things. She was very excited by the news and couldn't stop telling me how delighted she was to finally get such a position. Apparently, she will have to do quite a bit of traveling, visiting clients, and doing research as well as the competence tests with potential candidates for e

Describe a small and successful company that you know IELTS Cue Card Sample Answer How did you hear about the company? I would like to talk about a family business called "Maeng Da" or in English, "Sweet Rice Cake". The owners started this small business twenty-six years ago. First, they sold sweet rice cakes on the streets of our city with a pushcart and then later moved into selling them in local supermarkets until finally, they were able to open their first store. Now they have an expanding chain of stores across the country that sell all kinds of fresh foods and snacks for everyday life. Recently, my mom's cousin who lives in another city was visiting us and after seeing the sweet rice cake store, he told us about his own small business which produces roasted nuts. He started the company just four years ago, and it's been such a great success that he's planning to expand to other cities. My mom says he should come over and see all the opportuni

IELTS Speaking Part 2 Cue Card Describe A Time The Vehicle You Were Travelling in Broke Down. You should say: when it happened where you were what the problem was What you did and describe how you felt after the incident. International English Language Testing System IELTS Cue Card Sample Answer | Describe A Time The Vehicle You Were Travelling in Broke Down I'll explain what happened when my car broke down while driving. A month or two ago. I was traveling to the city, the car began to make some strange noises, everything seemed okay at first, but then things began to go wrong. I decided to pull over and see what was what. So, I got out and went to the front of the car and opended the hood and checked out the engine. There was no obvious sign of a problem with the engine. Because I hadn't found anything suspicious, I decided to push on. Sadly, I only got a few more miles before smoke started to appear, coming out of the engine bay and th

IELTS Speaking Questions & Answers IELTS Speaking Part 2 Cue card Topic Question Talk about a day off and how you would like to spend it. You should say: Where would you like to go? What would you like to do? Whom would you go with? and explain how you usually feel at the end of a day off. International English Language Testing System IELTS Sample Answer If I could choose to do anything … then I would really love to take a helicopter and fly up to the mountains for the day. I’d probably invite a couple of friends to go with me, and we could stay at my uncle’s mountain lodge. It’s quite large and there’s room for at least 12 or 14 people to stay for a weeks or so. It’s fully equipped … it has a big kitchen for cooking and entertaining people, a wet bar by the swimming pool; there’s a spacious patio where you can shoot hoops if you want to and a games room where you can play pool or some other games. We’d probably chill out for a time; we could chat and sw

Talk about an exciting message that you have received by email or phone. You should say: who sent it to you what the message was about who you shared it with IELTS Speaking Answer | An Exciting Message Okay, so about a month ago my friend called me to let me know some important news. She has been accepted for a really interesting position at an international company. She is going to work in recruitment selection, I think they call it head hunting or executive search selection. She has been trying to get into this line of work for some time now, so I'm really happy for her because I know that she really wants to do this type of work. We spent about two hours talking that evening, most of it was about her new job, but we also spoke about some other things. She was very excitied by the news and couldn't stop telling me how delighted she was to finally get such a position. Apparently she will have to do quite a bit of traveling, visiting clients and doing research as