101 topics to talk about in IELTS speaking part 1

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IELTS Fighter – Trung tâm luyện thi IELTS hàng đầu Việt Nam Cập nhật tài liệu hay ngày tại: http://ielts-fighter.com/ 101 Topics to talk about in IELTS Speaking part Table of Contents Topics to get the conversation started I Current situation Job / Work Clothes News Sports Where they are living Not too distant future Topics to get to know someone II Free time Music 10 Movies 11 Food 12 Books 13 TV 10 14 Travel 10 15 Hobbies 10 16 Children 11 17 Pets 11 18 Restaurants 11 19 Current trends 11 20 Comedy / Humor 11 21 Actors / Actresses 12 22 Learning / Studies 12 III Tech topics to talk about 12 23 Apps 12 24 Internet 12 25 Games 13 26 Virtual reality 13 27 Phones 13 28 Privacy 13 29 Self-driving cars 14 30 Podcasts 14 31 Following on Social Media 14 32 Websites 14 IV Personal history topics to talk about 15 33 Where they grew up 15 34 Things they were into 15 35 School 15 36 Friends 16 37 Family 16 38 Previous jobs 16 IELTS Fighter – Trung tâm luyện thi IELTS hàng đầu Việt Nam Cập nhật tài liệu hay ngày tại: http://ielts-fighter.com/ 39 Where they have lived 16 40 Accomplishments 16 41 Clubs 17 V Random topics to talk about 17 42 Cars 17 43 Holidays 17 44 Coffee 18 45 Photography 18 46 The beach 18 47 Hiking 18 48 Aliens 19 49 Change 19 50 Cooking 19 51 Talents and Skills 20 52 Shopping 20 53 Habits 20 54 Goals 21 55 Social media 21 56 Charity / Volunteering 21 57 Fishing 21 58 Languages 22 59 Online dating 22 60 Super heroes 22 61 Stress 23 62 Creativity 23 63 Heroes 23 64 Happiness 23 65 Advertising 24 66 Celebrities 24 67 Retirement 24 68 Stereotypes 25 69 Corruption 25 70 Weather 25 71 The distant future 26 72 Driving 26 73 Parks / National Parks 26 74 Space 26 75 Animals 27 76 Aging 27 77 Crafts 27 78 Exercise / Being active 27 79 Drinking 27 80 Googling 28 81 Camping 28 82 Ice cream 28 83 Fashion 28 84 Luck 29 85 Sleep 29 86 Dancing 29 87 Singing 29 88 Fixing things 30 IELTS Fighter – Trung tâm luyện thi IELTS hàng đầu Việt Nam Cập nhật tài liệu hay ngày tại: http://ielts-fighter.com/ 89 Culture / Sub cultures 30 90 Art 30 91 Cards 30 92 Brands 30 93 Nature 31 94 Fruit 31 95 Plants / gardening 31 96 Swimming 31 97 Facts 31 98 Pet peeves 32 99 Musical instruments 32 100 Fame 32 101 History 32 IELTS Fighter – Trung tâm luyện thi IELTS hàng đầu Việt Nam Cập nhật tài liệu hay ngày tại: http://ielts-fighter.com/ List of topics to talk about I’ve separated the topics into sections (topics to get the conversation started, topics to get to know someone, tech topics, personal history, and random topics) Under each topic are a few sample questions to get you started and to help you think of other questions But remember that these are just the beginning of the question you can ask There are many more possible questions for each topic Come up with your own questions based on their answers or from your own creativity First though, here are some general tips for a good conversation I Topics to get the conversation started These are your run of the mill, first meeting someone, topics to talk about You’ll find that most people will have at least some things to say about each of these topics Once you stumble upon something interesting or something they are interested in, keep talking about that for a while Branch off from your initial topic and ask follow up questions about whatever they seem interested in Usually people like talking about themselves, so it’s usually good to focus on them and be a good listener with occasional prompting follow up questions Current situation Usually the best way to start a conversation is to talk about your current situation The questions you’ll ask vary greatly on where you are and what you are doing So for example, if you are waiting for something you might ask how long they’ve been waiting Or if you are at a show or an event you might ask if they’ve seen the performer or speaker before If you are traveling somewhere you might ask where the other person is headed If you are at place that is serving food, talk about the food If there is music playing, talk about the music Job / Work What you do? IELTS Fighter – Trung tâm luyện thi IELTS hàng đầu Việt Nam Cập nhật tài liệu hay ngày tại: http://ielts-fighter.com/ How long have you worked there? Do you like it? How are your coworkers? What’s the best / worst thing about being a (their job)? Clothes This one works best if you talk about what they are wearing Maybe try complementing a piece of clothing they are wearing that you like and ask where they got it News What you think about (current news story)? Did you hear about (news story)? How much you follow the news? What you think doesn’t get enough news coverage? What gets too much attention in the news? How you get your news? Sports Talking about sports Do you like (sport you like)? What teams you follow? What was the last game you went to? What you think about (popular player / team that is doing well)? Do you play any sports? IELTS Fighter – Trung tâm luyện thi IELTS hàng đầu Việt Nam Cập nhật tài liệu hay ngày tại: http://ielts-fighter.com/ Who you think will win the (major sports event)? Where they are living Avoid asking exactly where they live You don’t need to know their address Just keep it to general areas What part of (city you are in) you live in? How you like your neighborhood? When did you move there? What’s the best thing about living in that part of town Not too distant future Just a heads up, this can sometimes make the person you are talking to think you want to make plans with / date them What are your plans for the weekend? Where are you planning to go for your next vacation? Anything exciting going on this week? II Topics to get to know someone These topics to talk about are great for getting to know someone better They are great for when you’ve gone past the friendly introductory small talk and feel like you’ve made connection with the person Free time What you in your free time? How much free time you have? What you wish you had more time for? Music IELTS Fighter – Trung tâm luyện thi IELTS hàng đầu Việt Nam Cập nhật tài liệu hay ngày tại: http://ielts-fighter.com/ What kind of music are you into? What music did you like when you were younger? What’s your favorite band / singer? Have you been to any concerts recently? What’s your favorite album? 10 Movies What type of movies you like? What’s your favorite movie? Who’s your favorite actor / actress / director? What’s the last movie you saw? 11 Food What’s your favorite food / ethnic food / restaurant / thing to cook / seasonal food? Do you like cooking? How you usually find good restaurants? What weird foods have you tried? 12 Books Do you like reading books? What types of books you like? What’s the last book you read? What’s your favorite book? What book is overrated? IELTS Fighter – Trung tâm luyện thi IELTS hàng đầu Việt Nam Cập nhật tài liệu hay ngày tại: http://ielts-fighter.com/ Are there any books you would really recommend I read? 13 TV Talking about TV What shows you watch? What you think about (popular TV show)? Have you seen (TV show you like)? What are some shows that ended that you were really into? What show I really need to check out? 14 Travel Where have you been on vacation? What did you like / dislike about (place they traveled)? Where you wish you could go? What place I really need to see? What’s your favorite place you’ve been? 15 Hobbies Do you have any hobbies? How long have you been doing them? How did you get started? What common misconceptions people have about your hobby? What hobbies did you have when you were younger? IELTS Fighter – Trung tâm luyện thi IELTS hàng đầu Việt Nam Cập nhật tài liệu hay ngày tại: http://ielts-fighter.com/ 10 44 Coffee Do you like coffee? How many cups you usually drink a day? How you take your coffee? Where you usually get your coffee fix? What kind of coffee you usually order at a café? How often you go to a café? 45 Photography Do you take a lot of pictures? What you usually take pictures of? Do you have a stand-alone camera or you usually just use your phone? Do you use a selfie stick? What are some of your favorite photos you’ve taken? 46 The beach Do you like going to beaches? How often you go to a beach? What good / bad memories of beaches you have? When was the last time you went to a beach? What was the best / worst beach you’ve been do? What’s your favorite thing to at the beach? 47 Hiking IELTS Fighter – Trung tâm luyện thi IELTS hàng đầu Việt Nam Cập nhật tài liệu hay ngày tại: http://ielts-fighter.com/ 18 How often you go on hikes? Do you like hiking? What was the most beautiful hike you’ve been on? What was the longest hike you’ve done? Where is the best place to go hiking near you? 48 Aliens Do you think alien life exists? How about intelligent alien life? Do you think we’ll find microscopic alien life in our own solar system? Do you think that intelligent aliens have ever or will ever visit earth? How different will alien life be to life on Earth? 49 Change How comfortable are you with change? Do you think a lot of change is healthy or unhealthy for a person? What you think about the speed of change happening in the world today? What you think has been the biggest change that has happened in the last 50 years? What still needs to be changed? 50 Cooking Are you good at cooking? What are you the best at cooking? What are you the worst at cooking? IELTS Fighter – Trung tâm luyện thi IELTS hàng đầu Việt Nam Cập nhật tài liệu hay ngày tại: http://ielts-fighter.com/ 19 What was your most epic cooking failure? Who is the best cook you know? 51 Talents and Skills Is there anything you are naturally good at? What you wish you were better at? What are the most useful skills you have? What skills would you like to learn? What are some skills that you think everyone should learn? Do you have any unusual skills or talents? 52 Shopping What you like / hate shopping for? Where you usually shop for clothes / shoes / groceries? How often you window shop? Do you prefer shopping online or in person? When shopping for clothes / shoes, you prefer to shop alone or with other people? 53 Habits What’s your best / worst habit? Have you ever succeeded in breaking a bad habit? What’s a good habit you’d like to start? What’s a bad habit that you just can’t seem to break? IELTS Fighter – Trung tâm luyện thi IELTS hàng đầu Việt Nam Cập nhật tài liệu hay ngày tại: http://ielts-fighter.com/ 20 54 Goals What are some things you want to achieve before you die? What is the silliest goal you have? What goals have you achieved so far? How good are you at finishing what you start? What goals have you realized just aren’t going to happen? 55 Social media What social media platform you use most often? Which social media platforms you not get? Are there any social media outlets that you don’t like but have to be on them because of friends or family? How much time you spend on social media? 56 Charity / Volunteering Have you done any volunteering? How did you like it? Do you ever contribute to charities? What charities you think are most worthwhile? Do you think any charities aren’t worth supporting? What kind of volunteer would you like to try? 57 Fishing When was the last time you went fishing? Do you like fishing? IELTS Fighter – Trung tâm luyện thi IELTS hàng đầu Việt Nam Cập nhật tài liệu hay ngày tại: http://ielts-fighter.com/ 21 What was the biggest fish you have ever caught? Who you go fishing with or you go alone? Where is your favorite place to fish? 58 Languages Do you know any other languages? What words you know in other languages? What language you wish you could learn? What is the most useful language to know? What you think about English becoming the default language? What you think would be the hardest language to learn? 59 Online dating Have you ever tried a dating site or app? How did it go? Do you think that online / app dating or more traditional ways of dating are better? What you think could be done to improve online dating and dating apps? 60 Super heroes What you think about the flood of super hero movies and TV shows? Which super hero movie / TV show is your favorite? Did you read comics when you were a kid? Who is your favorite / least favorite super hero? What super power would you like to have? IELTS Fighter – Trung tâm luyện thi IELTS hàng đầu Việt Nam Cập nhật tài liệu hay ngày tại: http://ielts-fighter.com/ 22 61 Stress What stresses you out the most? How stressed are you on a daily basis? What’s the best way to relieve stress? What’s stressing you out these days? What stresses you out but really shouldn’t? 62 Creativity How creative are you? What you that requires you to be creative? Is creativity something that can be learned? Who is the most creative person you know? How important is creativity for your job? What profession requires the most creativity? 63 Heroes Who did you look up to as a child? Who you look up to now? Did you have any of your role models let you down? What is the most heroic profession? What makes a person a good role model? 64 Happiness When are you happiest? IELTS Fighter – Trung tâm luyện thi IELTS hàng đầu Việt Nam Cập nhật tài liệu hay ngày tại: http://ielts-fighter.com/ 23 What you think leads to long term happiness? Can a person learn to be happier? What you that makes you happy in the short term but makes you unhappy in the long term? Do you think people are happier on average now than they were in the past? 65 Advertising What ads annoy you the most? Do you think that advertising affects your buying choices? What ads are the most effective? What are some clever or funny ads you have seen? Do you think the internet would survive without advertising? 66 Celebrities Which celebrities you like / dislike? How much you follow news about celebrities? Would you ever want to be famous? Which celebrity has done the most good for society? Which celebrity has done the most harm to society? What makes you like / dislike a celebrity? 67 Retirement At what age would you like to retire? What would you like to once you retire? How you think you’ll adapt to retirement? IELTS Fighter – Trung tâm luyện thi IELTS hàng đầu Việt Nam Cập nhật tài liệu hay ngày tại: http://ielts-fighter.com/ 24 Where would you like settle down after you retire? How has retirement changed over the years? 68 Stereotypes How accurate you think stereotypes are? What stereotypes apply to you? Do you think they are accurate? What are some positive stereotypes? Why you think stereotypes are so common? What stereotypes are the most hurtful? 69 Corruption How widespread is corruption in your country / state / city / job? What you think is the most common type of corruption? What is the most dangerous type of corruption? What are some of the worst instances of corruption you’ve heard about? 70 Weather Yeah, it’s a bit cliche but sometimes it works well! What’s your favorite type of weather? What you like to on rainy days? What is the best thing on hot / cold / sunny / windy days? What’s the worst storm you’ve been through? Where you think the best place to live is for the type of weather you like? IELTS Fighter – Trung tâm luyện thi IELTS hàng đầu Việt Nam Cập nhật tài liệu hay ngày tại: http://ielts-fighter.com/ 25 71 The distant future What you think life will be like in 10 / 25 / 50 / 100 years? Do you think humanity is headed in a good direction? What discovery could be made that would completely change the course of humanity? How long would you like to live? 72 Driving What’s your favorite / least favorite place to drive? How is your commute? Do you usually listen to music, talk radio, podcasts, or silence while driving? What’s the best road trip you’ve been on? 73 Parks / National Parks You can make this one about neighborhood parks or national parks, whatever works best for your situation How often you go to parks? Are there a lot of parks around where you live? Where is the best park you’ve been to? What you usually when you are at a park? 74 Space Given the chance, would you go to colonize Mars if you knew you would never be coming back to Earth? Do you think there are intelligent aliens in our galaxy? IELTS Fighter – Trung tâm luyện thi IELTS hàng đầu Việt Nam Cập nhật tài liệu hay ngày tại: http://ielts-fighter.com/ 26 If you could have a faster than light space ship and could go anywhere in space, where would you go? 75 Animals What is your spirit animal? Besides dogs or domestic cats you have any favorite animals? What is the coolest thing you’ve seen an animal do? 76 Aging How old you want to live to? Do you think younger or older people are happier? Why? What is the perfect age to be? 77 Crafts What kind of crafts have you done? Are you good with your hands? What home improvement project would you like to attempt? What is the coolest thing you’ve made? 78 Exercise / Being active This topic might go over better if the person you are talking to looks like they live an active lifestyle What you to stay active? Do you like exercising or lifting weights? What’s your favorite outdoor activity? 79 Drinking IELTS Fighter – Trung tâm luyện thi IELTS hàng đầu Việt Nam Cập nhật tài liệu hay ngày tại: http://ielts-fighter.com/ 27 These questions are about alcoholic drinks, but if the person you are talking about doesn’t drink I guess you could still talk about non-alcoholic drinks What’s your favorite drink? Do you usually go out or have friends over when you have a few drinks? Do you like beer or cocktails more? What types? 80 Googling What comes up when you Google your name? What is the weirdest thing you’ve Googled? How bad would it be if you Google search results were made public? 81 Camping How often you go camping? Where have you been camping? What was your best / worst camping trip? What you usually take with you when you go camping? 82 Ice cream What’s your favorite flavor? What’s your favorite ice cream brand or shop? Where was your best ice cream experience? 83 Fashion Do you try to keep up with the latest fashion? Where you usually shop for clothes at? Why there? How would you describe your look? IELTS Fighter – Trung tâm luyện thi IELTS hàng đầu Việt Nam Cập nhật tài liệu hay ngày tại: http://ielts-fighter.com/ 28 84 Luck Who is the luckiest / unluckiest person you know? Do you think some people are born lucky or you think people make their own luck? What was the luckiest thing that happened to you? Do you have any good luck charms or rituals? 85 Sleep How much sleep you need to function? Do you usually get more or less than that? What’s your secret for getting a good night’s sleep? What’s the longest you’ve gone without sleeping? 86 Dancing How good of a dancer are you? Where you usually dance? If you could master any form of dancing, what type of dancing would you master? 87 Singing Have you ever done karaoke? What’s your go to song? Do you sing in the car while you are listening to music? How good of a singer are you? Do you think people are born good singers or can someone learn to be a good singer? IELTS Fighter – Trung tâm luyện thi IELTS hàng đầu Việt Nam Cập nhật tài liệu hay ngày tại: http://ielts-fighter.com/ 29 88 Fixing things What was the last thing you fixed? How good are you at fixing things? What did you try to fix but it ended up just making it worse? 89 Culture / Sub cultures What culture you identify most with? What’s the best and worst thing about popular culture? What kind of culture did you grow up in? 90 Art What kind of art you like? Do you ever go to art museums? What you think of modern art? What is the coolest piece of art you’ve seen? 91 Cards Do you like playing cards? What kind of games you know how to play? Have you ever won money playing cards? How often you play cards? 92 Brands Do you have any brands that you are really loyal to? What brands are not worth the extra money they charge? What brands are worth the extra money? What brand has seriously gone downhill? IELTS Fighter – Trung tâm luyện thi IELTS hàng đầu Việt Nam Cập nhật tài liệu hay ngày tại: http://ielts-fighter.com/ 30 93 Nature What’s your favorite natural setting to be in? How often you get out into nature? What’s the farthest you’ve been from civilization? 94 Fruit What’s your favorite / least favorite fruit? What fruit flavor you love but aren’t crazy about the actual fruit? What fruit is the biggest pain to eat? 95 Plants / gardening How good are you at taking care of plants? Have you ever had a garden? Would you like to have a garden? What’s the coolest looking plant you’ve seen? How often you go to botanical gardens? 96 Swimming Can you swim? How did you learn? Do you go swimming often? Where you usually go swimming? Where is the most beautiful / dirtiest place you’ve swum? 97 Facts What’s the most interesting fact you know? Are there any facts you learned that caused you to change how you lived your life? IELTS Fighter – Trung tâm luyện thi IELTS hàng đầu Việt Nam Cập nhật tài liệu hay ngày tại: http://ielts-fighter.com/ 31 What are some things that are bandied about as facts but aren’t true? 98 Pet peeves What kind of things get on your nerves more than they should? What small things you consider rude? What does your friend / coworker / roommate that bugs you to no end? 99 Musical instruments Can you play any musical instruments? What musical instruments have you tried playing? If you could play any musical instrument like a master without any effort, what instrument would you choose? 100 Fame Would you want to be famous? What level of popularity people have to have to be considered famous? What are the biggest upsides and downsides of being famous? 101 History How long you think you would have survived in prehistoric times? What is the most interesting period of history? What’s the most important lesson people can learn from history? What historical figure was not as great as people think they are? IELTS Fighter tổng hợp biên soạn!!! IELTS Fighter – Trung tâm luyện thi IELTS hàng đầu Việt Nam Cập nhật tài liệu hay ngày tại: http://ielts-fighter.com/ 32 ... http:/ /ielts- fighter.com/ List of topics to talk about I’ve separated the topics into sections (topics to get the conversation started, topics to get to know someone, tech topics, personal history,... 11 19 Current trends 11 20 Comedy / Humor 11 21 Actors / Actresses 12 22 Learning / Studies 12 III Tech topics to talk about. .. you in school? What kinds of things are you interested in learning more about? III Tech topics to talk about Our lives are filled with tech We are surrounded by it So these tech topics to talk about