雅思口语题库

Personal information

Your Work

1. What work do you do?

2. Why did you choose to do that type of work (or that job)? 3. Do you like your job? 4. Is it very interesting?

5. (Possibly) Do you miss being a student?

Your Studies/ study efficiency 1. What subject(s) are you studying? 2. Why did you choose to study that subject? 3. Do you like your subject? (Why? / Why not?) 4. Is it very interesting?

5. Do you prefer to study in the mornings or in the afternoons? 6. Why do some people find it difficult to focus in the morning? 7. What do you do to improve your learning efficiency?

Hometown

1. What’s (the name of) your hometown? 2. Is that a big city or a small place? 3. How long have you been living there? 4. Do you like your hometown?

5. What do you like (most) about your hometown? 6. Is there anything you dislike about it?

7. Do you think you will continue living there for a long time?

Accommodation

1. Do you live in a house or a flat? 2. Do you prefer living in a house or a flat? 3. Do you plan to live there for a long time?

4. What's the difference between where you are living now and in the past? 5. Can you describe the place where you live?

6. Which room does your family spend most of the time in? 7. Are the transport facilities to your home very good? 8. Please describe the room you live in. 9. What part of your home do you like the most? 10. Are you willing to live in the countryside in the future?

Daily routine

1. What are you usually doing at this time? Do you do the same thing(s) every day? 2. What do you usually do after you get up (or, in the morning)? 3. What part of the day do you like best? (Why?)

4. What part of your daily routine makes you the happiest? 5. What part of the day are you most efficient?) 6. Is your life now the same as it was before?

7. What is the difference between your routine now and your teenager time? 8. If you could make one change to your daily routine, what would it be? 9. If you had more free time, what would you do?

10. Do you like to plan what you will do each day? (Why?/Why not?)

11. Do you usually do the same things at the same time each day? 12. How do you plan (organize) your study time? 13. Do you ever (or, do you often) change these plans? 14. Can you think of any improvements to your daily routine? 15. Tell me something about your daily routine. school/university? 16. In a typical day, what do you do in the classroom?

17. (If you do not work) For you, what's the best time of day for studying?

18. (If you work) For you, what's the best time of day (or, day of the week) for working? 19. What time do you usually get up?

Housework

1. Do you do housework at home?

2. What kinds of housework do you often do? 3. Did you do housework when you were a child? 4. Do you think that children should do housework? 5. Do you think men and women should share housework? 6. What kinds of housework do you dislike to do? Family

1. Which relative did you most often see when you were a child? 2. Who do you think is the most important member in your family? 3. Who do you like to go shopping with?

4. Who would you like to have dinner with when you have free time? Friends

1. Do you have a lot of friends?

2. What do you and your best friends usually do together?

3. Do you prefer to have several good friends or many regular friends? 4. Would you like to have more friends? 5. Do you think friendship is important? 6. How often do you meet your friends? 7. How important are friends to you?

8. Which do you prefer to spend time with friends or spend time alone? 9. Do you enjoy spending time with friends?

10. What’s the difference between ordinary friends and the best friends you have? 11. What kind of people do you like to have as friends? 12. How do you keep in touch with your friends? 13. How can people make friends in your country?

High School (New)

1. Do you like your high school?

2. Which subject you like most? And dislike?

3. Do you still contact with your friends in high school? 4. What happened on your first day of high school? 5. What is your high school like?

Teenagers (New)

1. Do you like to spend time with teenagers?Why and why not? 2. Do you know anything about the kind of fashion that teenagers like? 3. What are the best things of being a teenager in your country?

4. How do teenagers entertain themselves?

Neighbors

1. Do you know your neighbors? 2. Do you like your neighbors?

3. What do you think of your neighbors?

4. How often do you see (or talk to) your neighbors? 5. When do you meet your neighbors? Teachers

1. Do you like any teacher of yours?

2. Do you still keep in touch with your teachers? 3. Do you think it’s important to like your teachers? 4. What qualities should a good teacher have? 5. Do you have a favorite teacher?

6. Do you want to be a teacher in the future? 7. What kinds of teachers do you like?

8. Do you think teachers should be angry at students or not? 9. Do you like strict teachers?

10. What's the different between young and old teachers? 11. Is it important for teachers to interact with students frequently? 12. What’s the most important part in your study, teachers or classmates? Hobbies Pop star

1. Do you like pop music? 2. Who is your favorite pop singer? 3. Have you been to any live concert?

4. Normally, how do you listen to his/ her songs? 5. Do you want to be a pop singer? Why?

Fruits and vegetables

1. Do you like to eat fruit(s) and vegetables? 2. What kind of fruit do you like? 3. What’s your favorite fruit?

4. Do you think people should eat more fruits and vegetables? 5. What are the benefits for children from eating fruits and vegetables? 6. How much fruits and vegetables do you think a person needs to stay healthy? Jewelry

1. Do you have any jewelry?

2. Are you interested in having any jewelry? /What’s your attitude towards jewelry? 3. What kinds of jewelry would you like to have? 4. How often do you wear jewelry?

5. How often do people in your country wear jewelry? 6. Why do many people choose to buy expensive jewelry? 7. Why do some people wear jewelries for a long time? Mirror

1. Do you often look at yourself in the mirror?

2. When do you usually look in a mirror? 3. Did you buy many mirrors?

4. Do you think mirrors are necessary ornaments? 5. What do you think of using mirrors to decorate rooms? 6. Have you ever bought mirrors?

7. Do you bring a mirror with you when you go out?

8. Have you tried buying clothes without looking at yourself in the mirror?

Meals (New)

1. What food do people usually eat in where you live? 2. Which meal of the day do you think is the most important? 3. What do you usually eat for lunch（breakfast，evening meal）?

4. Do you prefer to eat three full meals a day or do you prefer to eat many snacks throughout the day?

5. Do you think it is better to eat one big meal a day or it is better to eat several smaller meals each day?

6. Is there any special food that you particularly like? 7. Would you like to try any new food? 8. Do you like cooking?

9. Do people in your country prefer to eat alone or with other people? 10. Where do people in your country usually eat their meals? 11. Where do you usually eat your meals?

12. Do you prefer to sit together with your family for a meal, or to eat separately? 13. What are the benefits of eating with the family?

Leisure activities

Computer (New)

1. Do you use computers very much? 2. When do you use a computer? 3. What do you use computers for? 4. What part do computers play in your life? 5. How often do you use a computer?

6. What computer skills would you like to learn? 7. When was the first time you used a computer? 8. When did you learn how to use a computer?

9. What was your impression (or feeling) when you used a computer the first time? 10. How did you learn to use a computer? 11. Are computers used much in your country?

12. Do you think computers are useful (or important) in everyday life?(How?) 13. Do you think there are any disadvantages of using computers? 14. Do you think computers are useful for the education of children?

15. Do you think computers are perfect now or do they still need to be improved?

Internet (New)

1. Do you use the internet (very much)? 2. How often do you use the internet? 3. How (or, where) do you go onto the internet? 4. Have you ever bought anything on the internet? 5. Is the internet very important (or, useful)to you? 6. When was the first time you used the internet? 7. How did you learn to use the internet?

8. Do you think the internet is a good thing?

9. What are the good and bad points about the internet? 10. Do you think the use of the internet needs to be controlled? 11. Is the internet very popular in China?

12. What age group of people most often use the internet?

13. What is the difference in internet use between different age groups? 14. How has the internet changed your life? 15. How can people learn things on the internet?

16. Do you think information on the internet is very reliable?

Boats (New)

1. Do you often travel by boat?

2. Have you ever been on a boat tour while you were on holidays? 3. Would you like to have a holiday on a boat?

4. Where in your country do people most often use boats or, travel by boat? 5. Do many people in your country own their own boat? 6. Would you like to buy a boat?

7. If you had your own boat, what would you do with it?

Rainy days (New) 1. Do you like rainy days?

2. Do you prefer rainy days or sunny days? 3. What do you do on rainy days? Buses

1. Do you like travelling by bus? 2. How often do you take buses? 3. Do you prefer taking buses or subway?

4. In the future, do you think buses will still be popular? 5. Is driving to work popular in your country? 6. Do you think people will drive more in the future? 7. Would you ride bikes to work in the future?

8. Do you prefer public transportation or private transportation? 9. How could the transportation system be improved in your country? 10. What form of transport do you prefer to use? Why? 11. How much time do you spend travelling on a normal day? 12. What do you do while you are travelling?

Newspaper and magazine 1. Do you often read newspapers?

2. Do you prefer to read local news or international news? 3. Do you like reading newspapers or magazines? 4. Do you think newspaper will disappear in the future? 5. Do you like reading magazines?

6. What type of magazines do you like to read?

7. Do you think people have the same taste in magazines?

8. What type pf magazines do old people in your country like to read? 9. Which do you prefer reading, magazines or newspapers? 10. What kinds of newspaper do you usually read?

11. How old were you when you first started to read newspapers?

12. Do you think it is important to read newspapers? 13. Why do you think people read newspapers?

14. What different types of newspapers are there in China? 15. Is the news important to you?

16. What are some methods that newspapers use to attract readers? 17. What influence do you think newspapers have on society? 18. Do you think the Internet is a good way to get news?

19. Do you think magazines and newspaper will exist 50 years from now?

Sunny days

1. Do you like sunny days?

2. How do you feel when you are in the sunshine?

3. Do you prefer to live in a place with more sunshine or less? 4. What do you like to do when it is a sunny day?

5. Would you like to stay at home or go outside when the weather is great? 6. Are there many sunny days in your hometown?

7. What is your favorite weather? And what do you usually do? 8. Do you like sunny days?

9. Does your mood change with weather? 10. What weather do you dislike? 11. Do you watch weather forecast? 12. Do you think it is accurate?

Emails and Letters

20. Do you write many letters or emails?

21. Do you prefer to write letters by hand or to use a computer? 22. Which do you more often write, emails or letters? 23. How often do you write an email or a letter? 24. What are the differences between emails and letters? 25. What do you usually write about? 26. Who do you usually write to? 27. Is it hard to think of what to write?

28. What kind(s) of letter/email do you think is (are) the hardest to write? 29. How do you feel when you receive a letter or email?

30. What kinds of emails (or letters) do you receive that make you feel happy? 31. Do you think people will still write letters in the future?

Abstract Topic News (New)

1. Do you like to keep up with the latest news? 2. Why do you want to know the latest news?

3. How important is it to you to get the news every day? 4. What sort of news are you most interested in? 5. What types of news do you like? 6. How do you usually get your news?

7. Do you prefer to read newspapers or watch TV to get your news? 8. Do you ever get your news from the internet? 9. Do you think it's important to keep up with the news?

10. Which do you think is more important,domestic news or international news? 11. Would you say the news affects your life very much?

12. Who is more interested in the news, older people or younger people? 13. Do you ever discuss the news with your friends? 14. Would you like to be a news reporter (or, a journalist)?

Punctuality (New)

1. Do you think it's important to be on time? 2. In your country is it important to be on time? 3. How do you feel when others are late? 4. Are you, yourself, late very often?

5. How do you think you could improve and be on time more often? 6. Do you wear a watch?

7. Do you think everyone should wear a watch?

Names (New)

1. Do you like your name?

2. Does your name have any particular meaning? 3. Who gave you your name? 4. Why did they choose that name? 5. What do your friends call you?

6. Did your family have a certain name that they called you when you were a child? 7. How are babies given their names in China?

8. What names are popular to give to babies in your country? 9. How are Chinese names and Western names different?

10. If you have a child in the future, what name do you think you will give it? 11. Do many people in China have a nickname?

12. Are there any names that are very commonly used? 13. Do people in China ever change their names? 14. Would you like to change your name?

Advertisement

1. Are there many advertisements in your country? 2. How do you feel about advertisements?

3. Do you think advertisements should be amusing or serious? 4. Have you ever bought anything because of advertisement? 5. Do you often see some advertisements in the place where you live? 6. How do you like advertisements on TV?

7. Do they encourage/persuade you to buy some related products? 8. What do you think about the developing in advertising in China today? 9. Why do you think there are so many advertisements now? 10. What are the various places where we see advertisements?

Birthday

1. How do children celebrate birthdays in your country? 2. How did you celebrate your last birthday? 3. What kinds of birthday gifts do you like to receive?

4. Is there a difference between the way you celebrated your birthday in the past and at present? 5. Do people in China celebrate birthdays?

6. Which birthdays are especially important in China? 7. Do people in China have birthday parties?

8. Do you think it's important for people to celebrate birthday?

9. How important are birthdays in your country?

10. What do children get for their birthdays in your country?

11. Do you like to celebrate your birthday with your parents or with your friends?

12. Do people in your country prefer to celebrate birthdays according to the lunar or the solar calendar?

13. Which one do you think is more important, the birthdays of a child or those of an adult? History

1. Do you like to learn about history?

2. What historical events do you find most interesting? 3. Do you like to watch programs on TV about history?

4. Do you think you can really learn history from films or TV programs? 5. Do you think the Internet is a good place to learn about history?

6. Can you name a person from history who you could like to learn more about? Why would you like to learn more about him/her?

Politeness

1. Do you think the politeness is important? Why? 2. How do people show politeness in your country? 3. Who taught you to be polite?

4. Do you think people in your country are politer than in the past? 5. Do you think you are a polite person? 6. Do you think people should be polite? 7. What do you think makes someone polite? 8. Who taught you to be polite?

9. Do you think it is important to be polite?

10. Have there been any changes to the rules of politeness in your country? Transport

1. How did you come here today? 2. Do you like to take public transport? 3. Have you ever travelled by bus or by taxi? 4. Do you prefer taking bus or taxi? 5. Do you often travel by bus or taxi?

6. Do you think public transport system could be further improved? 7. What is the most popular means of transport in your country? 8. How often do you take buses?

9. Can you compare the advantages of planes and trains? 10. Is driving to work popular in your country? 11. Do you think people will travel more in the future? 12. Would you ride bikes to work in the future?

13. What will become the most popular means of transport in China? 14. Do you prefer private or public transport?

Time management

1. How do you manage (or, organize, or plan)your time? 2. Would you say you manage your time well? 3. Do you find it hard to manage your time?

4. How do you think you could manage your time better? 5. Do you think it's useful to plan your time?

6. What do you think you would gain if you were better at managing your time?

7. Are you ever late for anything?

8. If you had more time, what would you do with the extra time?

Part 2-3

Describe someone who is a good parent (New) You should say: Who the person is

What kind of person he/she is Why do you think he/she is good And explain how you feel about it Part 3

1. How often do you communicate with your parents?

2. How much do you think people should be responsible for (the welfare of) their own parents? 3. What social values should parents teach children?

4. Do parents in your country spend a lot of time with their children?

5. Do you think parents’ character can affect young people’s development? 6. Do you think you will be a good parent?

Describe a person from another country (New) You should say: Who this person is

How do you know this person What this person do

And explain why you like this person

Part 3

1. Do you like communicating with foreigners?

2. How do you think a foreigner can get used to life in China?

3. What kinds of things do foreigners need to pay attention to when they travel in your country? 4. How difficult do you think it is for foreigners to learn Chinese? 5. How would you welcome a foreigner who was visiting your home?

6. When foreigners come to visit your country,what benefits does it bring to your country?

Describe a business leader that you admire (New) You should say: Who this person is

How you got to know this person What skills he or she has for leadership

And explain why you think he or she is a good leader Part 3

1. What challenges and difficulties do people face when they try to have a successful business? 2. What should be the government’s role in how businesses run?

3. What are some of the advantages and disadvantages of small businesses compared to large companies?

4. What kinds of business are most popular in China? 5. Why do some people open their own business? 6. What qualities does a business owners need to have?

Describe a historical figure you like (New) You should say: Who the person is

What kind of person he/she is what the person did

And explain how you felt about it Part 3

1. How do people get reliable historical information?

2. Do you think any famous historical figures can serve as models for young people today? 3. What are some examples of historical sites and historical buildings in your country? 4. What do you think is the value of preserving historical buildings?

5. Do you think buildings that have historic value are adequately protected in your country? 6. Do you think it's important for children to read historically accurate books?

Describe someone who is knowledgeable. (New) You should say: Who the person is

What kind of person he/she is What the person did

And explain why you think the person is knowledgeable Part 3

1. Do you think it's important for people to be intelligent?

2. Do you think computers might one day be more intelligent than humans?

3. Do you think there are more highly intelligent children nowadays, compared to the past? 4. Do you think highly intelligent people are happy?

5. Do you think games can help children become more intelligent?

Describe a helpful person at work/school You should say: Who he or she is

When and where he or she helped you How he or she helped you

And explain how you felt about his or her help Part 3

1. Do people in China being helpful these days? 2. How to teach children to be helpful to others? 3. How do you show helpfulness to others? 4. What kinds of behavior are helpful for you?

Describe a couple you know who you think have a happy marriage You should say Who they are

How you got to know them How long they’ve been married

And explain why you think they have a happy marriage. Part 3

In a typical Chinese family, who plays the leading role? Do you think family relations are important?

What roles do men and women play in Chinese families? What family activities are there in your country?

Describe a person who solved a problem in a clever way You should say: Who the person is

When and where do you meet the person And explain why do you think the person is clever Part 3

1. How can schools do to nurture children’s problem solving ability? 2. How do you consider a person have problem solving ability? 3. What the biggest problem you’ve solved?

4. Do you think intelligent children are happier than those who are not? 5. Do countries need various talents?

6. Are children good at one subject while bad at another?

Event

Describe a rule at your school that you agree or disagree (New) You should say: What the rule is

How the rule help students

What the effect is

And explain why you agree or not Part 3

1. Why do we have rules in society?

2. What are some examples of rules that exist in many families? 3. Do you think children should always strictly abide by these rules? 4. Do you think students in different age groups should have different rules? 5. Do you think young people and old people should all abide by the same rules? 6. How do you feel about rules concerning school uniforms?

Describe a class of science you learned in the high school (New) You should say: What it is

What do you learn about How about the teacher

And explain how you feel about it Part 3

1. Do you think science is very important?

2. In what areas is science and technology most important today?

3. Do you think people today are more aware of science than they used to be, in the past? 4. What do you think is the greatest scientific discovery of the 21st century? 5. How have science and technology contributed to China's development? 6. In the future, how do you think science and technology will develop?

Describe an activity you do to keep fit (New) You should say: What you do

When, where you usually do it How you do it

And explain why it can keep you fit Part 3

1. What do old people in your country do to keep fit? 2. What kinds of sports are popular in china?

3. Do you think young people should play dangerous sports? 4. What else people can do to keep fit besides sports? 5. How do parents do to make their children like sports?

Describe a car journey you went on (New) You should say： Where you went What you did at this place Who you went there with

And explain why you went on that journey by car Part 3

1. What are the differences between bicycles and private cars? 2. Is it a good thing that everyone has his or her own cars?

3. How to buy private cars in China?

4. What’s the difference between men and women's preference on cars? 5. What will cars be like in the future?

6. Are many families that own private cars in China?

Describe an experience that you taught something. (New) You should say:

When and where it happened Whom you taught What you taught him/her

And explain how the person felt about it Part 3

1. Do you think the internet will ever replace traditional teaching methods? 2. Do you think teaching is a difficult job?

3. Is teaching today more popular as a job than it used to be? 4. Why do you think some people like teaching little kids?

5. Do you think the teaching methods should be the same for all subjects?

Describe a good decision made by other people you know. (New) You should say: Who made the decision? Why he/she made the decision What happened later?

And explain why it is a good decision

Part 3

1. Do you think it's difficult to make decisions?

2. Are there any decisions that can be better made by women, and other decisions that can be better made by men?

3. Who makes most of the major decisions in your family? 4. Do you think it's difficult to make decisions within the family?

5. Do you think the children within a family can ever be helpful in the decision-making process?

Describe an achievement that you are proud of. (New) You should say:

What achievement you have How you made it

What difficulty you have had And explain why you are proud of Part 3

1. In general, how do you think one can make achievements? 2. Why do people set goals?

3. What would you feel if you couldn’t achieve your goals?

4. Some people say that a few people have achieved success in the wrong ways. What do you think of that opinion?

5. Do you think a person need to have goals before they can be successful?

Describe an occasion you helped someone. (New) You should say:

When and where it happened Whom you helped What you did

And explain how you felt about it Part 3

1. Do people in China being helpful these days? 2. How to teach children to be helpful to others? 3. How do you show helpfulness to others? 4. What kinds of behavior are helpful for you? 5. In what ways can friends help each other?

Describe a time that you needed to bring the cellphone. (New) You should say:

When and where it happened Why you needed to bring the cellphone What you did

And explain how you felt about it Part 3

1. How important do you think mobile phones are in modern society? 2. Which do you think is better, cell phones or fixed line phones?

3. What changes has the introduction of cellphones brought to people's lives? 4. Do cell phones ever cause inconvenience to people?

5. Some people don't like using cell phones very much. Can you suggest why?

6. Compare face-to-face communication with telephone communication.

Describe a leisure activity nearby the sea. You should say: What it is

When you like to do it How you do it

And explain why you like to do it Part 3

1. Is it good to go traveling by ship?

2. What are the benefits of traveling at seaside places? 3. What jobs are related to the sea? 4. Why do some people like water sports?

5. Do you think government should invest money in building facilities for water sports? 6. Should kids learn how to swim?

Describe an interesting conversation you had with a stranger. You should say:

When and where you had the conversation Who you talked to What you talked about

And explain why this was an interesting conversation. Part 3

1. Why do people like chatting?

2. Why do women prefer chatting to men?

3. Why do people like to talk about their troubles with strangers rather than family members and friends?

Describe a time when you arrived very early for an appointment You should say:

When and where it happened Why you arrived early What you did while waiting

And explain how you felt about arriving early. Part 3

1. Why do people get late?

2. What occasion need people arrive on time? 3. Do you like to arrive earlier?

4. Who like time management, the old or the young?

Describe an English lesson you have taken You should say: When it was What it was about

What happened during the class And explain why you liked it.

Part 3

1. Do you like learning foreign language? Why?

2. Do you want to become a foreign language teacher in the future? Why? some people learn fast while others are slow?

4. Do you think grammar is important when you learning a foreign language? Why? 5. Why some people want to learn a second language? 6. Why there are strong demands for language skills?

7. Do you think foreigners should learn Chinese when they arrive in China?

Describe something you’ve wanted to do for a long time, but haven’t done yet. You should say: What is it about

When you plan to do it/why you would like to do it How easy or difficult it is to do it And explain why you haven’t done it. Part 3

1. Can you explain why some people always have their plans but some are not? 2. Do you have any study plan? Why?

3. What’s the goal for young generation? Why? 4. What’s the goal for older generation? Why?

5. Do you think people should do their own plan everyday? Why? 6. What do you think some people who don’t do any plan ever?

Describe a happy experience in your childhood that you remember well

You should say:

When and where it happened Who you were with What you saw or did

And explain why you remember it so well. Part 3

What do you think is the most important memory for children? What should adults remember? How can we improve our memories?

What can help us to remember our childhood memories? Why do you think some people can remember things easily?

Describe a special cake you ate before You should say: What kind of cake it was When and where you had it Who you had it with

And explain why you think it was special. Part 3

1. What kinds of special food do people in your country like to eat in special festivals? 2. What kinds of special food do people l in your country like to eat on special occasions? 3. What do people in your country like to eat in public holidays?

4. Do families in your country like to eat together during those traditional holidays?

5. What are the benefits of eating with family members?

6. Do you think spending a lot of money on wedding is a kind of waste?

Describe an important change in your life (work or study). You should say: What the change was

When and where this change happened What caused this change

And explain how you benefited from this change. Part 3

1. How do children deal with changes in their life?

2. What are the features of the children who are used to having changes? 3. Is your country changing rapidly?

Describe a time when you moved to a new school or home. You should say: When you moved

Where you moved from and to Why you moved

And explain how you felt about this move. Part 3

1. Do people like to live in big houses or small houses? 2. Where do old people like to live, city or countryside?

3. Do you like to move home frequently? 4. Is it easy to move home in your country?

5. Why do some people in your country choose to move home?

6. Do you think it is good for people to live in the same place for their entire life?