hi there today I've prepared for you
some sample answers to questions on one
of the most common topics in IELTS
speaking part one your home I actually
got some of those questions in my recent
example and answers I'm about to show
you a similar to those I gave when I
achieved 8.5 I'm also going to give you
some vocabulary to help you improve your
answers and now let's get started
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and the first question is do you live in
a house or a flat I've never lived in a
house in my life only in flats a few
months ago I moved to too bad flat in
North London could you describe it it's
quite spacious for London we the
south-facing living room a well-equipped
kitchen and master bedroom with an
ensuite bathroom a guest bedroom and a
study so some of the words are spacious
it means large south-facing living room
a well-equipped kitchen so everyone
knows words live in your own kitchen so
it's good to give a good adjective
together with the word or you can talk
about an open-plan kitchen if your
kitchen is together with the living room
and master bedroom that's the main
bedroom and and suite bathroom means
your bathroom is connected to your
bedroom against bedroom a study or an
office a conservatory it means a real
with the glass walls in a glass roof a
balcony and the terrace so the next
question is what kind of building do you
live in I live in a foster II red brick
mansion built in 1930s it has a nice
architecture and a private garden that
we share with other residents so a four
story building means it has four levels
and it may be beautiful or maybe not a
private garden is not open for public
and everyone who lives in a house is
residents there is a difference between
words a floor and the story and you
could say I live on a second floor of a
four-story building or perhaps your
building looks very different and you
can say I live in a modern high-rise
building
in a gated development we have a good
range of facilities honest territory a
supermarket a gym and a couple of cafes
so a building may be more than and if it
has many levels it's a high-rise
building and if there are several
buildings together with a fence around
them it's a gated development and you
may talk about facilities or perhaps
your building looks very different and
you could say I live in a typical
single-story house with a small garden
at the back and a parking space at the
front if there is just one level in a
house it's a single storey building and
it's typical to say something is at the
back a garden is at the back and a part
of space at the front and do you know
the word and neighbor neighbors what do
you like about living there I love it
most of our rooms face south which means
we get lots of natural light and the
living room has an open view overlooking
a green lawn what small the location is
really convenient most of their
facilities are within walking distance
and it takes half an hour by tube to get
to central London so some of the worlds
are so rooms may face cells and get lots
of natural light or face loss and be
quite dark a room may have an urban view
overlooking something overlooking a
garden or overlooking a green lawn with
grass
permanent is a good word facilities are
all the supermarket's pharmacies and so
on and something may be within walking
distance would it change anything about
your home quite a lot actually before we
moved in we only had time for basic
refurbishment
we changed floors and repainted walls a
creamy color so we still need to buy
lamps and decorations and at some point
a redo the bathroom completely so some
words are too moving to do a
refurbishment means to change your metal
house to change flaws to repaint walls
and you simply say to repaint walls or
to paint walls white or to paint them a
creamy color without any preposition and
if you're not certain when something is
going to happen you can say at some
point perhaps you're not in the same
situation as me and you could say I love
my house the way it is but there is
always code for improvement I guess so I
would and then you say what you would do
so good friends is to memorize ah I like
something of the way it is and there is
scope for improvement would you like to
move to a different home in the future
it could be worded differently
what sort of accommodation would you
most like to live in well one day I'd
like to live in a house to have more
space and privacy my dream house would
have a large open-plan living dining
area a garden with a barbecue and a
conservatory to make the most out of
sunny days so words are space privacy an
open-plan living dining area a
conservatory with the glass roof and
glass walls and must have in the UK and
to make the most out of something there
are couple videos you may wish to use in
your exam there is no place like home or
something feels like home I was born in
Kazakhstan but I've lived in London for
such a long time that it feels like home
now these are my simple answers I have
another video with sample answers to
questions about family which would help
you to give more complex answers to this
simple topic and don't forget to check
out my guide to starting a master's
degree in the UK thank you for watching
you today good luck with your
preparation and your exam bye