Welcome to the speaking section of the IELTS test

The Speaking section of the IELTS exam assesses your speaking ability in English in various ways. You will be with an examiner (face-to-face) and they will want to see how well you can:


  • Communicate opinions and information on everyday topics and common experiences; to do this you will need to answer a range of questions.
  • Speak at length on a given topic using appropriate language.
  • Organise your ideas coherently.
  • Express and justify your opinions.
  • Analyse, discuss, and speculate about issues.

    • These tasks have been taken from the free available resources offered by the British Council at https://www.ielts.org/usa They have been adapted as required for this playground practice.


    You will have an opportunity to see the question on your screen and record your answer. In the actual exam, the examiner will ask you similar questions in an interview format. In the end, you will be able to play back your answers and assess yourself with an official rubric of the British Council.