haider i'm andrew and welcome to this my second video about the IELTS exam in
this video I'm going to give you hints and tips or advice about how to pass the
IELTS exam if you have any questions about the video please leave them as
comments below the video and I promise they will answer them if you find these
videos useful please subscribe to my channel in my first video we talked
about the number one rule of passing the IELTS exam never ever be silent we
looked at how you can use something called fillers to give yourself time to
think in the last video we talked about fillers that are suitable for part one
questions that ask you to remember something from the past remember a
filler is something that you can say to news up time and to give yourself time
to think of something good to say in answer to the question in this video
we'll look at the fillers that you can use to give yourself time to think in
response to part three questions that ask your opinion about something in
other words what you think about something so let's imagine or pretend
that you get us the question such as this one
how has art changed in your country in the last 20 years now unless you are an
expert on art you will probably need a few seconds to think before you start to
answer that's not a problem if you use a filler to give yourself for time but it
would be a big problem if you are silent well you think remember
it's impossible to score any points at all in the speaking test if you are not
speaking and your test will only last 12 to 14 minutes so
you must speak all of the time so what kind of fillers are suitable or
appropriate for opinion based questions in part 3 here are some suggestions
number one I'm not hugely familiar with this topic so I will need a moment to
collect my thoughts number two that's a good question I
haven't thought about it before let me think and then you give your
answer hmm that's not something which I have ever considered before let me think
ah I think gosh I've not given any thought to that before but on balance I
think that hmm that's not a topic that I've given much for too but I think so
there are five suggestions for you five ways in which you can give yourself or
by yourself perhaps four or four or five seconds in which to think of an opinion
to give in response to opinion based part three questions if you need more
suggestions or if you want to discuss these suggestions then you can leave a
comment or you can get in touch with me directly my contact details are below
this video in my next video I will show you how to give a great answer to a
question about a topic that you know nothing about in part three of your
IELTS speaking test so look out for that video in the near future
thank you and see you next time