hi there it's asiya and today let's look into the  most challenging ielts speaking part 1 questions  

reported in recent exams you hear questions sample  answers and learn useful vocabulary to improve  

your answers there is also a pdf guide with recent  writing and speaking topics for you to download  

okay let's get started we've already talked about  clothing and jeans in the previous lessons the  

latest topic in this group is shoes for example  what kind of shoes do you usually wear well i walk  

quite a lot so i prefer something comfortable flat  or loafers but when i go out i like to wear heels  

a man could say i walk quite a lot so i usually  wear trainers of course i have a pair of dress  

shoes to go with a suit to get a high score for  your vocabulary in ielts speaking you should  

use topic specific vocabulary so here are a few  words to talk about shoes the confirst shoes are  

trainers or as americans call them sneakers  you may wear loafers sandals or boots now  

elegant shoes for women without heels are called  flats all shoes with heels are casually called  

heels stilettos are the shoes with a high and  thin heel for men formal shoes are also called  

dress shoes and the fanciest of them are  oxfords you could be asked do you prefer  

stylish or comfortable shoes but we've already  answered this question here is the next  

how often do you buy new shoes not often at  all i like high quality shoes that are very  

comfortable to wear although they are a bit more  expensive to buy i can wear them for a few years  

so you can talk about high quality  shoes and comfortable is also comfy  

have you ever bought shoes online no i  haven't i find that not all shoes of my size  

fit me well so i usually try a few pairs on  before i buy anything with online shopping it  

would be a hassle to return so many orders  to fit well is to be comfortable to try on  

is to put on a piece of clothing or shoes to  see if it fits and how it looks it's a hustle  

this is a situation that's annoying because you  need to do something that requires a lot of effort  

to return an order that's when you buy something  change your mind and give it back to the shop okay  

the next question is why do you think  some people buy very expensive shoes  

i suppose for some the price just seems right  while others may love designer shoes so much  

that they don't mind saving up to  invest in her pair of jimmy choos  

i'm personally not a shoe person and i  always look for good value for my money  

designer shoes shoes that are very expensive  are usually designer shoes dior chanel and so on  

to invest into something of course you  can invest into your education or shares  

but sometimes people say that something is  an investment just because it's too expensive  

this jacket costs a thousand bucks but  it's an investment a pair of jimmy choos  

well that's a brand that people often name  when they want to refer to very expensive  

shoes perhaps you've heard people saying i'm a dog  person or i'm a cat person you may also say i'm a  

shoe person if you love designer shoes or i'm not  a shoe person if you don't think that investing  

into jimmy choos is a great idea the next topic  is advertisements in case you're not sure what  

those are every time you click to watch a youtube  video you see an advertisement or two actually  

you can pronounce this word in two different ways  advertisement is british advertisement is american  

an advertisement is also an ad or advert pay  attention to the preposition an advertisement for  

something and add for a coffee machine an advert  for an electric car so how do you feel about  

advertisements i think we see way too many of them  and sometimes they get quite annoying especially  

on tv commercials are so long and frequent that  each movie or program is probably 30 or 50 longer  

than it really is that's one of the reasons why  i prefer watching netflix to regular tv channels  

a commercial is an added tv or on the radio  annoying making somebody feel slightly angry  

and please note that we say ads are annoying to  me or i'm annoyed by ads something is annoying  

and someone is annoyed do you  watch advertisements until the end  

surprisingly sometimes i do well when i watch tv i  either ignore ads or i switch the channel to avoid  

them on youtube i also skip most ads unless i want  a particular youtuber to get paid a bit more and  

then i watch ads on my channel indeed youtube only  pays its creators when people watch the full ad  

or at least 30 seconds of a long ad so thank you  so much to everyone who watches ads on my lessons  

to switch the channel is to change the channel  to skip ads is to move straight to the video  

do advertisements influence your choice of product  or a more informal wording have you ever bought  

something because of its advertisement i'm sure i  have adds affect us on the subconscious level when  

we see a product we recognize so we tend to feel  that it's better than other products we've never  

seen before that's why brands spend a lot of money  running promotions to increase brand awareness  

subconscious that's something that  influences your behavior even though  

you're not aware of it a promotion marketing  activities done to increase the sales of a product  

brand awareness that's how familiar  customers are with the brand or its products  

okay the next question is do you remember  any adverts you saw when you were younger  

most questions in ielts speaking are about  the present but this one is about the past  

so it requires the past tense and you answer  well in russia there was an ad promoting jews  

at the very beginning of which kids exclaimed  and as he has arrived i remember it very well  

because my classmates teased me with this phrase  for years long after the ad had been discontinued  

this is my story so please think which ad  you could talk about the next question is  

do you think it's a good thing that celebrities  promote products well i don't see a fundamental  

problem with it but i think they should  carefully choose what they promote if let's  

say a celebrity endorses a certain product his  or her fans are much more likely to go and buy it  

however if they are dissatisfied with their  purchase they may transfer part of these negative  

feelings back to the celebrity a celebrity  endorsement that's a statement by someone famous  

saying that they use and like this particular  product the next topic is science did you study  

science at school oh yes in secondary school i  studied all the main science subjects physics  

chemistry biology and even astronomy all these  courses were compulsory in my school okay the  

main science subjects are physics chemistry  biology earth science astronomy and some others  

compulsory subjects are those that all students  must study compare them to optional subjects  

which some students choose to study next what was  your favorite science subject honestly speaking  

i didn't really care about science at that age  even though i got top grades in all of them  

even with astronomy my parents bought me a  big colorful encyclopedia of astronomy and i  

loved reading it at home but at school the  same topics somehow seemed pretty boring  

okay the next question is what did you like  about your favorite subject about astronomy  

this is quite a precise question therefore this  is a moment to show off some topic-specific  

vocabulary here's my answer perhaps astronomy  reminded me of all these sci-fi books i read  

but i was simply fascinated by some of the  concepts i remember my excitement when i  

learned that some stars turn into black holes  and even light can't escape them hence the name  

black holes or that our universe is full of dark  matter which we can't see but we know it's there

think about a couple of concepts you could talk  you could discuss if asked about science or more  

generally school and university subjects in  this video i showed you a sample answer for  

the subject you liked but you may be asked about  the subject you didn't like i leave this one with  

you because it's time for us to move on to the  next topic wallets here is our question do you  

have a wallet first of all let's talk about the  definitions a wallet is a small folding case for  

keeping money and cards in i remember learning  at school that wallets are only for men actually  

if you carry something like this it's called a  wallet irrespective of your gender a purse is a  

small bag for carrying coins money and so on used  by women a pass is usually larger than a wallet  

here is my answer i have a small wallet made of  red leather that i always carry in my handbag  

the next question is what do you carry  in your wallet i use it mainly for my  

credit cards quite a few discount cards and  my driving license in london i rarely pay cash  

so i usually have no paper money  in it at all you know it's quite  

common to refer to both credit cards and debit  cards together as credit cards some people also  

carry a family photo or a photo of their partner  spouse so that's something you could mention  

next when did you buy your first wallet to be  honest i really don't remember it must have  

been at university because when i was at school  i hardly had any pocket money to need a wallet  

must have plus verb plus ed that's the past  form of must if you're talking about the present  

you just say must plus the verb who's  knocking on the door it must be my brother  

that's the present tense who was banging on your  door yesterday it must have been my brother that's  

the past form pocket money that's a small amount  of money that parents give to their children  

next have you ever lost your wallet well  once i had my wallet stolen while i was  

queuing at a coffee shop i didn't have  any cash there but before i could block  

all my cards the pickpocket managed to buy  quite a lot of food in this supermarket nearby  

using contactless payments he was never caught  but luckily my bank refunded me all the money  

to have something stolen i had my wallet stolen  that's a nice expression to talk about this  

terrible situation to queue this is a british  word meaning to wait in line a big pocket that's  

a person who steals money and phones from people's  pockets or bags contactless payments or cards when  

you pay with your card or phone by just touching  the payment machine it's a contactless payment  

these are the latest complex topics reported in  ayat speaking part one but many topics are used  

over and over again for example in the last month  students reported questions about colors flowers  

writing versus typing traveling by car and i've  covered all these topics in the previous videos  

you can download a pdf guide with all these  recent writing and speaking topics if you  

follow the link below for more speaking topics  and sample answers please watch these videos  

here thank you so much for joining me today good  luck with your preparation and your exam bye