hi there it's asiya and today let's look into the most challenging ielts speaking part 1 questions
reported in recent exams you hear questions sample answers and learn useful vocabulary to improve
your answers there is also a pdf guide with recent writing and speaking topics for you to download
okay let's get started we've already talked about clothing and jeans in the previous lessons the
latest topic in this group is shoes for example what kind of shoes do you usually wear well i walk
quite a lot so i prefer something comfortable flat or loafers but when i go out i like to wear heels
a man could say i walk quite a lot so i usually wear trainers of course i have a pair of dress
shoes to go with a suit to get a high score for your vocabulary in ielts speaking you should
use topic specific vocabulary so here are a few words to talk about shoes the confirst shoes are
trainers or as americans call them sneakers you may wear loafers sandals or boots now
elegant shoes for women without heels are called flats all shoes with heels are casually called
heels stilettos are the shoes with a high and thin heel for men formal shoes are also called
dress shoes and the fanciest of them are oxfords you could be asked do you prefer
stylish or comfortable shoes but we've already answered this question here is the next
how often do you buy new shoes not often at all i like high quality shoes that are very
comfortable to wear although they are a bit more expensive to buy i can wear them for a few years
so you can talk about high quality shoes and comfortable is also comfy
have you ever bought shoes online no i haven't i find that not all shoes of my size
fit me well so i usually try a few pairs on before i buy anything with online shopping it
would be a hassle to return so many orders to fit well is to be comfortable to try on
is to put on a piece of clothing or shoes to see if it fits and how it looks it's a hustle
this is a situation that's annoying because you need to do something that requires a lot of effort
to return an order that's when you buy something change your mind and give it back to the shop okay
the next question is why do you think some people buy very expensive shoes
i suppose for some the price just seems right while others may love designer shoes so much
that they don't mind saving up to invest in her pair of jimmy choos
i'm personally not a shoe person and i always look for good value for my money
designer shoes shoes that are very expensive are usually designer shoes dior chanel and so on
to invest into something of course you can invest into your education or shares
but sometimes people say that something is an investment just because it's too expensive
this jacket costs a thousand bucks but it's an investment a pair of jimmy choos
well that's a brand that people often name when they want to refer to very expensive
shoes perhaps you've heard people saying i'm a dog person or i'm a cat person you may also say i'm a
shoe person if you love designer shoes or i'm not a shoe person if you don't think that investing
into jimmy choos is a great idea the next topic is advertisements in case you're not sure what
those are every time you click to watch a youtube video you see an advertisement or two actually
you can pronounce this word in two different ways advertisement is british advertisement is american
an advertisement is also an ad or advert pay attention to the preposition an advertisement for
something and add for a coffee machine an advert for an electric car so how do you feel about
advertisements i think we see way too many of them and sometimes they get quite annoying especially
on tv commercials are so long and frequent that each movie or program is probably 30 or 50 longer
than it really is that's one of the reasons why i prefer watching netflix to regular tv channels
a commercial is an added tv or on the radio annoying making somebody feel slightly angry
and please note that we say ads are annoying to me or i'm annoyed by ads something is annoying
and someone is annoyed do you watch advertisements until the end
surprisingly sometimes i do well when i watch tv i either ignore ads or i switch the channel to avoid
them on youtube i also skip most ads unless i want a particular youtuber to get paid a bit more and
then i watch ads on my channel indeed youtube only pays its creators when people watch the full ad
or at least 30 seconds of a long ad so thank you so much to everyone who watches ads on my lessons
to switch the channel is to change the channel to skip ads is to move straight to the video
do advertisements influence your choice of product or a more informal wording have you ever bought
something because of its advertisement i'm sure i have adds affect us on the subconscious level when
we see a product we recognize so we tend to feel that it's better than other products we've never
seen before that's why brands spend a lot of money running promotions to increase brand awareness
subconscious that's something that influences your behavior even though
you're not aware of it a promotion marketing activities done to increase the sales of a product
brand awareness that's how familiar customers are with the brand or its products
okay the next question is do you remember any adverts you saw when you were younger
most questions in ielts speaking are about the present but this one is about the past
so it requires the past tense and you answer well in russia there was an ad promoting jews
at the very beginning of which kids exclaimed and as he has arrived i remember it very well
because my classmates teased me with this phrase for years long after the ad had been discontinued
this is my story so please think which ad you could talk about the next question is
do you think it's a good thing that celebrities promote products well i don't see a fundamental
problem with it but i think they should carefully choose what they promote if let's
say a celebrity endorses a certain product his or her fans are much more likely to go and buy it
however if they are dissatisfied with their purchase they may transfer part of these negative
feelings back to the celebrity a celebrity endorsement that's a statement by someone famous
saying that they use and like this particular product the next topic is science did you study
science at school oh yes in secondary school i studied all the main science subjects physics
chemistry biology and even astronomy all these courses were compulsory in my school okay the
main science subjects are physics chemistry biology earth science astronomy and some others
compulsory subjects are those that all students must study compare them to optional subjects
which some students choose to study next what was your favorite science subject honestly speaking
i didn't really care about science at that age even though i got top grades in all of them
even with astronomy my parents bought me a big colorful encyclopedia of astronomy and i
loved reading it at home but at school the same topics somehow seemed pretty boring
okay the next question is what did you like about your favorite subject about astronomy
this is quite a precise question therefore this is a moment to show off some topic-specific
vocabulary here's my answer perhaps astronomy reminded me of all these sci-fi books i read
but i was simply fascinated by some of the concepts i remember my excitement when i
learned that some stars turn into black holes and even light can't escape them hence the name
black holes or that our universe is full of dark matter which we can't see but we know it's there
think about a couple of concepts you could talk you could discuss if asked about science or more
generally school and university subjects in this video i showed you a sample answer for
the subject you liked but you may be asked about the subject you didn't like i leave this one with
you because it's time for us to move on to the next topic wallets here is our question do you
have a wallet first of all let's talk about the definitions a wallet is a small folding case for
keeping money and cards in i remember learning at school that wallets are only for men actually
if you carry something like this it's called a wallet irrespective of your gender a purse is a
small bag for carrying coins money and so on used by women a pass is usually larger than a wallet
here is my answer i have a small wallet made of red leather that i always carry in my handbag
the next question is what do you carry in your wallet i use it mainly for my
credit cards quite a few discount cards and my driving license in london i rarely pay cash
so i usually have no paper money in it at all you know it's quite
common to refer to both credit cards and debit cards together as credit cards some people also
carry a family photo or a photo of their partner spouse so that's something you could mention
next when did you buy your first wallet to be honest i really don't remember it must have
been at university because when i was at school i hardly had any pocket money to need a wallet
must have plus verb plus ed that's the past form of must if you're talking about the present
you just say must plus the verb who's knocking on the door it must be my brother
that's the present tense who was banging on your door yesterday it must have been my brother that's
the past form pocket money that's a small amount of money that parents give to their children
next have you ever lost your wallet well once i had my wallet stolen while i was
queuing at a coffee shop i didn't have any cash there but before i could block
all my cards the pickpocket managed to buy quite a lot of food in this supermarket nearby
using contactless payments he was never caught but luckily my bank refunded me all the money
to have something stolen i had my wallet stolen that's a nice expression to talk about this
terrible situation to queue this is a british word meaning to wait in line a big pocket that's
a person who steals money and phones from people's pockets or bags contactless payments or cards when
you pay with your card or phone by just touching the payment machine it's a contactless payment
these are the latest complex topics reported in ayat speaking part one but many topics are used
over and over again for example in the last month students reported questions about colors flowers
writing versus typing traveling by car and i've covered all these topics in the previous videos
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