Ielts speaking part 3,also known as discussion or follow up questions, is comparatively more difficult than other two parts. If a candidate wants to obtain higher band score in speaking, part 3 is enormously important.
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IELTS has always been the examination of originality. It does not believe in copy cat answers.Many times candidates try to cram and copy the answers which they read in different website and sources.This is not true learning.You should not cram or copy the answers from any source.Rather you should make your own answers.
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Ielts speaking part 3 sample questions and answers.
The part 3 questions and answers,which have been given here,are selected on the basis of logic and experience that certain pattern and perceptions are followed while preparing for part 3 questions for cue cards.
By reading these questions and answers, you can get the idea what kind of questions can be asked and how can you respond to them. However, to get the good band score your fluency, knowledge and communication skill is far more important.
Topic 1 : Describe the country you like the most:
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Part 3 sample questions
- What is brain drain? What do you think are the causes of brain drain?
- What are the outcomes? Are they positive or negative?
- Do you think it is helpful for maintaining good relation between nations?
- Do you think nations should help each other for better future? Why?
- In what ways can the rich nations help poor nations?
- What do you like about your country?
- What about dislikes?
- Can you tell anything about the tourism development in your country?
- What do you think is the importance of tourism?
- What do you think are the functions of the tourist guide?
- What benefits do the countries get by foreign visitors?
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Part 3 sample questions
- What type of food do people mostly eat in your country?
- Do people in your country like exotic food?
- Can you compare the food of your country with some other country?
- Is it healthy or not healthy?
- Has the food habit of people changed recently?
- What do you think are the causes and outcomes of it?
- Do you think it would change in the future too?
- Why fast food is so much popular?
- Why do you think some people especially children do not like home made food?
- Can you suggest some ways to avert them from fast food and restaurants?
- What is the role of technology in making food?
- Do you like to eat food at home or in restaurants?
- What are the advantages and disadvantages of eating food at home?
- What about the advantages and disadvantages of eating food outside?
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Part 3 sample questions
- What qualities, according to you, are required for any person to be admired?
- Do you think people who are famous are more admired than others?
- What do people see when they admire people?
- Which celebrities, according to you, should be admired more? Politicians, authors, sports person or movie star?
- In general, people listed above are admired more. Do you think that scientists or army men should be admired more?
- Do you think people also see the weaknesses of the people they follow or they just avoid them?
- In what ways can people be similar to each other?
- Do you think daughters are more similar to mother than to male relatives?
- What about sons and fathers?
- In terms of personality, are people more similar to their family or friends? In what ways?
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Topic 4 : Describe a time when you received a good service from a restaurant.
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Topic 5 : Describe a country you would like to visit.
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Topic 6 : Describe a writer you would like to meet.
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Part 3 sample questions.
- What kinds of books are read most nowadays?
- Are writers considered celebrities in your country?
- Do you think people like to read more nowadays than past? Why? Why not?
- What, according to you, do people read nowadays, Newspapers, magazines or books?
- What kinds of books are popular in children nowadays? Why do you think so?
- Is there any difference between liking of adults and children?
- Do you think children read more often nowadays? Why? Why not?
- What can be done to encourage them to read more?
- Are there any occasions when reading at a speed is a good skill to have?
- Are there any jobs which involve lot of reading? What are they?
- What is the difference between fiction and nonfiction books?
- Do you think reading novels is more interesting than reading a factual books?
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Topic 7 : Describe an important choice/decision you had to make in life.
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Part 3 sample questions
- Do you think making a good choice is important?
- What are the typical choices people make at different stages of their life?
- What, according to you, has got the highest impact on the decision people take?
- Do you think people have more choices now than in the past?
- Do parents give choices to their children in your country to take decision on their own? Why?
- Should important choices be made by parents?
- What happens when the important decisions are taken by the children themselves?
- Why do some people choose to do the same things every day?
- What do people lose by not changing routine activities?
- Why do people like to discuss their choices with other people?
- What kind of choices people have to make in day to day life?
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Topic 8 : Describe something healthy you enjoy doing.
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Part 3 sample questions
- Do you think people today are conscious about their health? Why?
- What do people normally do to keep themselves healthy in your hometown or country?
- Is it really important to exercise regularly to remain fit?
- What are other ways to get fit?
- In today’s era where people are having hectic schedule. Do you think people are able to get time for exercise?
- Why do some people think the modern lifestyle is not that much healthy?
- Why do some people lead to have unhealthy lifestyle?
- Why has the overall health of people decreased?
- Who should be held responsible for that, government or individual?
- What could be done to encourage people to live a healthy life?
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Topic 9 : Describe an idea you have had for improving something at school,college or work.
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Part 3 sample questions
- What is important: Having new ideas or implementing them in practice?
- Some people think that ideas are more important than other parameters to get success in life such as hard work or integrity. Do you believe this statement?
- Are new ideas accepted in your culture?
- Should our education encourage students to have their own ideas? Why?
- Do you think it is equally important in the work place also? Should employers encourage their employees to have new ideas?
- Do you think people sometimes dislike ideas just because they are new?
- Do you think teachers can help the students to have their own ideas and share them as well? How?
- Some people think education should be about memorizing the ideas of the past. Do you agree?
- In what situation people use imagination?
- Does the area where you grew up play an important role in people having better imagination?
- According to you, who is having better imagination, men or women?
- Are the people with experience more imaginative?
- Do you believe people in certain areas have to use more imagination than others?
- What is the role of Technology in having or implementing new ideas?
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Topic 10 : Describe a piece of electronic equipment (mobile, computer and laptop excluded) which you find useful.
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Topic 11 : Describe a party you enjoyed.
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Topic 12 : Describe a friend of your family you remember from your childhood.
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Topic 13 : Describe a restaurant you enjoyed going to.
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Topic 14 : Describe a game or sport you enjoy playing.
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Topic 15 : Describe something you own which is very important to you.
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Topic 16 : Describe a meeting you remember going to school, college or work
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Topic 17 : Describe a song or music you like.
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Topic 18 : Describe a time when you have taken part in the survey or questionnaire.
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Topic 19 : Describe any advertisement which you find interesting.
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Part 3 sample questions
- Which products are advertised more nowadays?
- Do people pay any attention towards them?
- Do you like advertisement when it comes between your favorite programs?
- Do all advertisements promote authentic products?
- Do you feel there should be government’s control on the content of advertisement?
- How can government control advertisement content?
- Which age groups are affected the most by the advertisement?
- How do you assess the advertisement whether it is good or bad?
- Do you think people are really encouraged to buy anything by seeing the ads?
- Is online advertisement more effective than traditional way of doing it?
- Do you believe in future there would only be online advertisement?
- What is the role of social media in advertisement?
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Topic 20 : Describe a website which you frequently visit.
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Topic 21 : Describe an interesting historic place.
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