Exercise 1
Exercise 2
You should say:
- what you wanted to pay for
- why you weren’t able to pay
- what you did
What did you want to pay for?
Why weren’t you able to pay?
What did you do?
How did you feel about the situation?
The type and specific name of the product
The appearance of the product including any special features of the product
The cost of the product
Why you wanted the product
Why weren’t you able to pay?
Where you were when you couldn’t pay
What the worker said/did when you couldn’t pay
The reaction of other people when you were unable to pay
The reason you couldn’t pay – remember to use the past perfect to ‘flashback’ when presenting stories in English
What did you do?
The excuse you told the worker (s) for not being able to pay
The actions that you carried out to be able to pay
When you resolved the problem and finally paid
Any help that the worker(s) offered you
How did you feel about the situation?
Your initial reaction when you realized you couldn’t pay
If you had ever felt like this before
How the way that you felt at that time changed your behavior afterwards
If you have felt like that again since
Exercise 3
You should say:
- where the journey was from and to
- how you traveled
- what you did to avoid boredom on the journey
and why you had to take the long journey.
Where was the journey from and to?
How did you travel?
How did you avoid boredom?
Why did you have to take the journey?
The names of the places
Description and detail about the two places
If you had ever been to the places before
How you felt about the journey before you departed from the first location
How did you travel?
The mode of transport and why you chose that particular mode of transport
The appearance and quality of the mode of transport
Any problems with the transport
The number of breaks and what you did during them
How did you avoid boredom?
Who you talked to and what you talked about
What you listened to and why
What you saw – landscapes/people/movies
How boring the journey was and why
Why did you have to take the journey?
The cause of the journey, for example, to visit family or go on holiday
How you felt about having to take the journey
Whether you think you will have to do the same journey again
Based on the experience you had, whether you would like to do a similar journey
Ideas and Language Note
IELTS Speaking Part 2 Preparation Strategy
Practice this by brainstorming things you could mention for the topics on the cue cards in our cue card archive.