hi guys it's ICEA and today I've
prepared for you some sample answers on
one of the most common topics in IELTS
speaking part 1 family I think the level
of the census is around 8.5 as that's
what I got in the last exam and it
didn't try to make my answers any more
complex today I'm gonna give you some
useful vocabulary to to help you improve
your answers ready let's get started
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of the first question is do you have a
large or small family I could say my
immediate family small as I'm the only
child so it's just my parents my husband
and me but they have two young girls and
many cousins the topic of family is
quite simple so it's good to use some
less common words for example my
immediate family that includes your
parents brothers and sisters your
husband or wife if you're married and
your own children you can also say my
extended family to include your
grandparents your uncles and aunts and
your cousins if you're married you can
call your husband or wife your spouse
and if you don't have any brothers and
sisters you are the only child and if
you do you can call them siblings older
siblings
younger siblings so someone could say
I've grown up in a large family with
three siblings two brothers and the
little system now married and have three
children myself so someone could say
that the next question is do you have
any brothers or sisters I'm the only
child well actually I have a half-sister
my parents got divorced probably when I
was 18 and my father remarried and they
have a daughter
okay you may need to know what it's like
to be divorced to get divorced or to be
separated to get separated my parents
aren't officially divorced but they
separated many years ago so you could
say that for example it means your
parents simply don't live together
anymore to remarry means to marry again
and your half-sister or half-brother is
someone with whom you share one parent
next
do you think it's good to be the only
child or the question could be different
do you think it's good to have many
brothers and sisters I could say I guess
there are pros and cons but when I was
little I really wanted to have an elder
brother so that definitely wasn't
possible and the next question is could
you tell me something about your family
well it was actually my granny my mum's
mom who brought me out until I was 7
that's because my parents worked in
geology and spent most of their time on
expeditions so to bring up means to care
for a child and you can use it in the
active voice my grandmother brought up
three sons in the passive voice
my father was brought up to respect
authority another good word is bringing
that's a way in which a child is cared
for and taught how to behave for example
I grew up with five siblings so my
bringing prepared me for anything next
what do you prince like well my parents
are educated intelligent people my mom
is really kind and attentive and she
likes to take care of the family my dad
is really energetic and he never says no
to a challenge so the question what are
your parents like it's about their
personal qualities not about who they
are or what their professions are
another question you may be asked is do
you enjoy spending time with your family
definitely although my family live far
away and
don't often have a chance to see them
but my in-laws are in Brussels so it's
easy to spend a weekend together so your
in-laws relatives of your husband or
wife and you can say my mother-in-law my
father-in-law my brother-in-law and so
on and when you talk about your family
you usually say my family are or my
family believe in plural because there
are several members of your family
and during the I speaking them in order
to vary your vocabulary it's good to say
definitely or absolutely instead of yes
I actually have a video about 35 common
phrases that you could use in your exam
and if you learn them you will
definitely use at least one of them in
your lung I'm gonna link that in your
here next do you get along well with
your family generally yes especially
with my mother my father is a bit
short-tempered and we used to quarrel a
fair bit when I was younger but our
relationship has improved a lot in
recent years of course you can choose to
only say positive things about your
family but perhaps if you even more
honest answer it's a way to show off
more interesting vocabulary such as
short-tempered it means someone who gets
angry easily and quickly or to quarrel
means to you to disagree to have an
argument especially about a personal
matter
who are you close to in your family I'm
really close to my mom even though we
live in different countries we speak
several times a week there has always
been a bit of sibling rivalry between my
elder sister
me but I guess that's inevitable so
sibling rivalry is what happens between
brothers or sisters when they compete
with each other
someone could also say I was really
close to my grandfather with whom I used
to spend my summer holidays sadly he
passed away a couple of years ago in
English to avoid saying that someone
died people often say someone passed
away are people in your country
generally close to their families oh yes
it's not uncommon for three generations
to live together
elderly parents usually move in with
their children and grandchildren rather
than go to a care home so three
generations are parents children
grandchildren it's a good word to use -
moving means to move to live with
someone and I mentioned care homes
because in the UK elderly people quite
often live in a care home and not with
their children so these were my sample
answers you can find all the questions
and vocabulary in the description box
below please tell me in comments what
other topics you would like me to cover
in my future videos and don't forget to
watch the video about 35 speaking
phrases thank you for watching me today
good luck with your preparation and your
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