hi there it's asiya with a new video where i selected the most difficult ielts speaking part
1 questions that students reported in recent exams you'll hear questions sample answers and
learn some useful vocabulary to improve your answers there is also a pdf guide with ielts
writing and speaking topics from recent exams for you to download okay let's get started
our first topic is flowers and the first question is do you like receiving flowers as a gift i could
say oh yes i love fresh flowers as you've probably noticed a nice bouquet makes me smile every time
i look at it luckily my husband often buys me flowers and if it's time to film some videos
and there are no flowers i buy them myself so the vocabulary you can talk about a bouquet of flowers
and please note there is no t sound it's a french word a bouquet next
what kinds of flowers do you like to be honest i can't think of any flowers i don't like
i would say peonies in tulips are amongst my favorites and perhaps i'm not a skin on roses
as some people to be keen on something is to like something very much in ielts speaking
a lot of questions about your likes and dislikes so it's handy to know a few alternatives to
i like and i don't like and you can learn them in this video here i'll link it in the description
the next question is on what occasions do people give flowers in your country
i guess on most special occasions such as birthdays and weddings and also on certain
holidays i would say since valentine's day and international women's day the 8th of march are the
two most popular so that's my answer and you know it's funny that in the uk international women's
day is all about gender equality and equal pay and in the former ussr countries it's more about
restaurants and flowers so the culture is quite different do you celebrate this day in your
country in any case let's go back to the questions have you given flowers to someone recently
just a few days ago actually my mom had an anniversary and because of all this pandemic
i couldn't go and see her i wanted to surprise her and so i ordered a big bunch of peonies to
be delivered to her in the morning if you pay a florist and they deliver flowers you order flowers
and you can order flowers to be delivered it's a passive voice you don't really know who delivered
these flowers so the flowers are delivered or we order flowers to be delivered the next topic
is smiles do people in your country often smile thinking about it i'd say people in kazakhstan
don't smile that often definitely not as often as in the uk particularly in official situations
for example when you go through the border control at the airport no one will ever smile at you
know the proposition to smile at somebody there is a different phrase to smile to yourself i've
nailed the job interview she thought and smiled to herself next in what situations do people usually
smile well all people smile when they are happy or amused that's universal they may also smile
to make someone feel welcome for instance good salespeople usually greet customers with a smile
and in some cultures people smile just because they want to be polite when talking to others
ok the vocabulary to be amused is to be entertained or to think about something funny and
to greet with a smile is a good collocation or a combination of words which are often used together
and ielts examiners check if you know collocations the next question is who smiles more men or women
i would say i'm not sure this is something that's determined by one's gender i'd rather say
it depends on one's personality some people have a more cheerful disposition and always
have a smile on their face while others are more serious or reserved
i think in ielts you still occasionally get questions about comparing men and women but when
you say that all men are like that and all women are like this it's called gender stereotyping
so try to avoid it and when you talk try to include both men and women
for instance the word police officer is preferable to a policeman which implies that it's a man
similarly a sports person includes both men and women while a sportsman doesn't
you see what i mean so here are some words for you a disposition is your character
one may have a cheerful or a nervous disposition
and a great idiom you could use is to have a smile on your face he always has a smile on his face
and you say that someone is reserved if he or she tries not to show emotions or share opinions in
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the next topic is traveling by car do you like traveling by car i could say
sure i love the comfort and flexibility of a private vehicle having said that i wouldn't
drive to central london because of traffic congestion and extortionate parking fees
you can refer to a car as a private vehicle
and if there are a lot of cars on the roads you can talk about traffic congestion extortionate
means too high unreasonably high indeed a couple of weeks ago i went to an area in central london
where i had to pay 6 pounds per hour to park the car so the parking fees are extortionate
next where do you prefer to sit in the front or in the back of the car
i prefer the driver's seat but if it's already taken i still like sitting up front i find that
the view from the back seat is usually more restricted especially if the windows are tinted
when you're talking about your car and car seats say in the front in the front seat if you say in
front without an article in front of the car it means that you're outside of the car looking at
it a view can be restricted if you can't see much or unrestricted if you have a better view
and when windows of a car are darkened they are tinted some people love tinted windows but
i'm not one of them and you may think why i'm giving you these very specific words well
if you're able to describe detail you show the examiner that you know topic-specific vocabulary
and your vocabulary is wide so it helps you to achieve a higher lexical resource score
the next question is what is the furthest you have traveled by car and before answering this question
let's have a look at the adjective furthest we can say far further furthest or far farther
farthest when you're talking about distances or time it doesn't matter which ones you use
further and furthest are perhaps more common but when you mean extra or additional
you can only use further any further questions so what is the furthest you have traveled by car
last year we went on a road trip around europe driving across france italy and switzerland
we covered about two thousand kilometers in three weeks it was amazing and quite exhausting
you can say a three week trip and here you don't need an s but you need a hyphen
that's because the words three week together serve as an adjective a long trip or a three week trip
but if you say we traveled for three weeks then you add a nest and if something is exhausting it
makes you feel very tired the next topic is a bbq and there are two ways to spell this word
in full or as an abbreviation both are correct you can also use it as a verb to barbecue
so do you often have barbecues i'm not sure i've ever had a barbecue myself i loved barbecues as
a child and i still do but i now live in a flat and we share a garden with neighbors as far as
i know we're not allowed to make barbecues there next what kinds of foods do you like to barbecue
the word foods as plural means different kinds of food
i wouldn't say no to a good steak or marinated chicken i also love barbecued vegetables like
corn tomatoes and onions in short i'm not fussy whenever someone invites me for a barbecue i'm
happy to oblige when someone is fussy they care a lot about having something exactly as they want
he's so fussy about the house you can also use it to talk about someone's eating habits i'm
a farcy eater it means that there are a lot of things i don't eat which is true and if you say
i'm not fussy it means that you are happy with whatever you are offered
what should we have for dinner anything you want i'm not fussy to oblige means to help
somebody by doing what they ask for example call me if you need any help i'm happy to oblige next
what is the best place for a barbecue i suppose for people who own a house it's their back garden
some parks provide great facilities too but you still need to drive there carrying the barbecue
and coal and food in the boot of your car a boot is a space at the back of your car
in america it's called a trunk okay we've discussed four topics today i have other videos
where you can find sample answers and vocabulary for other difficult topics and all the questions
from this video and many more are available in our pdf guide with recent ielts writing and
speaking topics on our telegram channel the link to download it is right under the video thank you
so much for watching me today good luck with your preparation and your exam bye