IELTS Speaking Part 3 – Topics, Questions & Samples

Science

1. Does education in Canada do enough to support scientific development?
2. How do or how could governments support scientific development?
3. Which scientific developments should be exhibited in a museum of the last hundred years?
4. Should science subjects be compulsory or voluntary at school?

Technology

1. What kinds of machine are used for housework in modern homes in your country?
2. How have these machines benefited people? Are there any negative effects of using them?
3. Do you think that all new homes will be equipped with household machines in the future? Why?
4. What kinds of equipment do most workers need to use in offices today?
5. How have developments in technology affected employment in your country?
6. Some people think that technology has brought more stress than benefits to employed people nowadays. Would you agree or disagree? Why?

Animals

1. Should endangered species of animals be protected if that means restricting the development of business and industry?
2. Do you think that animals should have rights just as people do?
3. Are zoos suitable places in which to keep animals?
4. How could the conditions of animals in captivity be improved?

Possessions

1. Do you think we care too much about possessions and are becoming too materialised?
2. Would you be willing to own less if that meant working less?
3. Should people be fairly equal in wealth?
4. Should men earn more than women for the same type of work

Wedding

1. Do you think marriage will become less common in the future?
2. When is the best time to marry in your opinion?
3. Does it make any real difference if people live together but aren't married?
4. How do different countries celebrate weddings differently?

Sport

1. Are top sportsmen paid too much?
2. In what ways is sport an important part of life?
3. Should public money be spent on promoting sports?
4. What improvements to the sports life of Toronto can you suggest?

Childhood adventure

1. Do people benefit from having adventure in their lives? If so, how?
2. Would you give your own children more or less freedom than you had as a child?
3. Do people and nations really learn from their experience?

Making plans

1. Do you think people should try to plan their lives or should they take life as it comes?
2. Are children put under too much pressure to achieve high academic results?
3. Do schools do enough to prepare children for real life in the outside world?
4. What more could they do?

1. What qualities do you think are important in a good friend? Well, as far as I'm concerned, some of the most important things are trust and being supportive. What I mean is that a good friend should be someone that you can always depend on and turn to if you need them, and you would do the same for them. For example, if you lost your job, a good friend might help you out by lending you money. They would know that you'd pay it back and that you would do the same thing if they were int the same situation.
2. What kind of effect do you think changes in technology have had on the nature of friendship? Well of course mobile phone and computer technology, the internet and everything have all had a big impact on the way we manage our relationships with other people. They can affect the nature of friendship in so many different ways. For example, on the positive side if you're far away from your friends it's so much easier to keep in touch using the phone, internet or even Skype. On the other hand, a lot of people would say that personal relationships have suffered from excessive use of computers – people are less interested in what's going on around them and spend more time alone on the computer.

• Well, as far as I am concerned, ... = In my view
• What I mean is that ... = Let me explain
• For example, ...
• On the positive side / negative side ...
• On (the) one hand ... , but on the other hand ...