hi there it's asiya there is one type  of questions in ielts speaking that is  

easy to predict that is the first topic in the  first part of your exam and one of the topics  

that is commonly used here is your work today  i'm gonna give you some sample answers and  

vocabulary for your answers and i have a pdf  for you to download ready let's get started  

the first question you're gonna be asked is do  you work or study and here you just need to  

give a short answer don't tell a story for  example i could say i graduated a couple of  

years ago and now i work full time to graduate  means to finish university to work full-time  

is to work about 40 hours a week and to work  part-time is to work several hours a day  

i could also say i'm employed full-time i work  for cocker collar to be employed for time is a  

good expression or i was unemployed for several  months and i have just joined a new company to be  

unemployed means not to have a job when you want  to have one and to join the company is to start a  

new job by the way don't worry about writing down  anything i've prepared for you a new pdf document  

where you can find all the questions answers  and vocabulary from this and some other videos  

the next question is what is your job oh it's  just a nine to five office job i'm a personal  

assistant at the law firm a 9 to 5 job is when  you work regular hours and you can say a 9 to 5  

work or job you can also talk about an office job  i could say i've been working in accounting for a  

few years and now i'm a senior accountant at the  big multinational corporation i've been working  

in accounting or as an accountant for a few years  that's a good expression and that's the present  

perfect continuous tense and a perfect opportunity  to use this tense a multinational corporation  

is a big company with offices in different  countries next why did you choose this job  

well both of my parents are lawyers i guess it  runs in the family it runs in the family that  

means that several members of the family have the  same job or the same hobbies something like that  

i could say i needed a job and the office across  the road advertised a vacancy so i thought why not  

your answer doesn't have to be a smart one  it's just about expressing your thoughts  

and a good expression is to advertise  a vacancy here is another example i  

guess i chose to become a photographer  because i'm deeply fond of photography  

and in my occupation no two days i like to be fond  of something means to have a deep interest to like  

something for a long period of time and an  occupation is a formal for profession or job here  

is a good expression no two days i like the next  question is is it a popular job in your country  

absolutely every company needs an accountant  i suppose it's a popular job in every country  

or not really it seems that most people  don't think that being a youtuber is a  

real job here is another question do you like  your job well the perk of being a travel agent  

is that i've traveled to so many different  destinations for free but the pay could be  

better the perk is something you receive as  well as your wages for doing a particular job  

the pay could be better well that's a  common phrase i could say well accounting  

could be a bit boring at times but money  is good in english it's quite typical to  

soften your language so instead of saying oh  it's so boring you just say it can be a little  

bit boring at times but everyone understands  what you mean a good phrase is the money is good  

or you can talk about a high pay job or a low  paid job another option for an answer is being  

a teacher is not a high paid job but it's a deeply  rewarding one you could talk about rewarding work  

or job career rewarding is more about  your sense of doing something important  

and being useful to others you could say  fulfilling work job career and fulfilling is  

more about your personal satisfaction or happiness  another phrase is to find something satisfying  

i find something satisfying in recording every  little transaction correctly i personally do and i  

do my accounts myself as well the next question is  what do you dislike about your job i have to work  

overtime quite regularly and i would prefer not  to to work overtime or to work long hours is to  

work more than you're supposed to sometimes i have  so much to do that it's simply overwhelming and at  

other times it's so quiet that they have nothing  to do overwhelming is very great or very strong so  

powerful that you cannot resist it or decide how  to react your work can definitely be overwhelming  

the next question is do you get on well with  your colleagues to get on or along with somebody  

means to have a friendly relationship with  somebody i could say i'm lucky to work with  

really nice people and sometimes we have drinks  all together after work or i have a good working  

relationship with most of my colleagues but i  prefer to keep my personal and professional lives  

separate to have a good working relationship  means to get along with your colleagues  

and to keep your private and professional lives  separate means that you're not trying to become  

close friends with your colleagues another common  question is what was your first day at work like  

you'd better think about it if you've been working  for a long time i could say i had an induction day  

when my manager explained how things work in more  detail and took me around the office to introduce  

to my colleagues that is very common to have an  induction day or course at the beginning induction  

is the process of introducing somebody to a  new job skill organization the next question is  

what responsibilities do you have at work well  i'm responsible for answering calls and booking  

appointments with new clients i also support more  senior colleagues with any admin tasks such as  

updating reports answering emails or collecting  information so here are a few phrases to be  

responsible for to support with admin tasks  to update reports to answer emails to collect  

information these are all very common tasks for  young people the next question is what is your  

typical day like at work i usually start at 9am  and take about an hour to answer all the emails  

and finish any small but urgent tasks for the day  then i start working on more important projects  

such as creating new courses or recording  new videos and the day flies by i only take a  

short lunch break and try to finish not  later than 7am so some questions require  

longer answers in this case give a full answer  but if you can answer a question in one sentence  

don't be afraid of that so a couple of phrases  are to finish or to complete urgent tasks  

to have a lunch break let's move on would  you like to change your job in the future  

i'd like to progress with my career in accountancy  and gain more responsibilities in the future  

so i may change jobs one day to progress with a  career that means to gain more responsibilities  

and sometimes you have to change jobs  to achieve that here is another answer  

i'm thinking about moving to auditing in  a couple of years i just need to gain the  

required skills and knowledge first and that's  a common phrase to gain the required skills  

and knowledge okay the pdf with all the questions  and answers from this and some other videos will  

be on the screen in just a second just one word  of warning first don't learn any answers by heart  

ielts examiners are trained to spot memorized  answers and you'll lose a lot of points learn  

words and phrases instead and practice  giving answers on different topics  

if you want to learn how to meet each requirement  for band 7 plus school please check out my online  

courses i will link them in the video description  box below and right now you can download the pdf  

so thank you so much for watching me good  luck with your preparation and your exam bye