Strategies for IELTS Speaking Part 1

Strategies for IELTS Speaking Part 1 By Ho Kinh Dat – IELTS 8.5 | Speaking 9.0 Các khoá luyện thi IELTS: http://bit.ly/lichhocdatio Kiểm tra trình độ đầu vào: http://bit.ly/datiotesttrin

Strategies for IELTS Speaking Part 1

By Ho Kinh Dat – IELTS 8.5 | Speaking 9.0

Các khoá luyện thi IELTS: http://bit.ly/lichhocdatio

Kiểm tra trình độ đầu vào: http://bit.ly/datiotesttrinhdo

Speaking Part 1

• Questions about yourself

• Warm-up

onot too long

• Tone: Casual / Informal (e.g I live in…)

• Familiar topics (e.g study, work, accommodation)

o but not really

o e.g mirror, bird, pencil, handwriting, sky

Strategy 1 make a wish

Strategy 1 - make a wish

• Something you ARE NOT happy about

• You want to change it, but you can’t just yet

o I wish S + V ( Simple Past )

o If only S + V ( Simple Past )

o 2nd conditional (IF 2)

Strategy 1 - make a wish

Eg1 Do you spend a lot of time on your hobbies?

I have a very crazy schedule right now, so I don’t have any time left for my hobbies to be honest

If only I had more time to do what I love

That would be really nice!

Strategy 1 - make a wish

Eg2 Is there something you dislike about where you live?

Well, it would be the location Currently I’m living in D9

(district 9), which is quite a distance from my

workplace I gotta say the commute is super

time-consuming and I usually feel exhausted when I arrive at

my company Sometimes I wish I lived a little closer to

my firm.

Strategy 2 say ”I don’t care”

Strategy 2 – say “I don’t care”

• Something you have not experienced / don’t know much about / don’t care about

o Say that you don’t care about it

o Explain why

o Suggest an alternative

Eg1 Do you like learning about history?

• Well, to tell you the truth, I’d be lying if I said that

I loved history as a subject I mean, I don’t see

how history is relevant to my life, ‘cuz I’m doing fine without knowing much about my country’s history

Strategy 2 – say “I don’t care”

• I’d be lying if I said that I + V (past tense)

o loved / liked / enjoyed / was …

• I don’t see how [Noun] is relevant to my life

o history / learning history / reading about politics

Strategy 2 – say “I don’t care”

Eg2 Do you like looking at the sky?

• Well, I feel that looking at the sky is a total waste

of time, so I would never do that It’s just weird -why would anyone spend their precious time

looking at the sky? Hitting the gym or reading

news would be a wiser use of one’s time in my opinion

Strategy 2 – say “I don’t care”

• V_ing is a total waste of time

• V_ing would be a wiser / better use of one’s time

Strategy 2 – say “I don’t care”

You ask – Datio answers Ask me weird questions!

Q & A