Ielts jeremy Chiron Ideas and Examples for ielts speaking

A Sports Competition
Tell me about a sports competition that you have seen or taken part in.
You should say:
what the competition was and when it took place
if it was popular with other people in your family/country
where and when you played or watched it
and say how you felt when you saw or took part in this sports competition
1
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How important is it to provide sports activities at school?
2. Why do some young people want to play sports professionally?
3. How important is good luck and hard work in sporting success?
4. What are the benefits for a country of holding a major international event like
the Olympics?
5. Why do some people avoid challenges?

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23 Art
Proverb
：
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
=What is beautiful to one person may not be beautiful to others.
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Sample Answer:
A Famous Sculpture
A Work of Art You Have Seen or Heard about
A NationalArt Form
A Performance You Enjoyed Watching
A Movie You Recently Watched
Practice
：
Something You Made by Hand
A Family Photo
Key Words
Amazing=stunning
impressive=spectacular=remarkable
Beautiful=gorgeous
creative=imaginative=innovative
Carved=sculpted=engraved
fantastic=extraordinary=magnificent
Calligraphy=art of writing=inscriptions
to represent=to reflect=to mirror=to depict

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A Famous Sculpture
Tell me about a famous sculpture.
You should say:
what the sculpture was
who made it
what you thought of it
and explain why it is so famous.
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I don' know much about art but I can try to depict the Terra-
Cotta Warriors of Xi’an
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Famous tourist destination. Emperor had thousands of statues made before his death.
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Each statue is different
＝
unique
＋
life size
＋
carved by hand
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They were found by some farmers who were digging a well
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attracted researchers
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The site is gigantic
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impressive. I would love to go there.
I am not an art expert so I won't be able to tell you about famous sculptures like The Thinker
or the Statue of David
，
but I will try to describe the Terra-
Cotta Warriors in Xi’an. This place has
become one of the most popular tourist destinations in China.
The story goes that the Emperor Qin Shi Huang was afraid of dying. As a result, he decided to
surround his mausoleum with replicas
（＝
copies) of his army. He had up to 7000 statues of Chinese
soldiers and horses created and today you can still see most of them.
Each statue was handmade and great attention was paid to details
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Actually, every single
warrior has a different facial expression and hairstyle. I can't imagine how much time it took for the
artists to create all of them. What is even more surprising is that they are all life-sized statues.
Twenty years ago, all of them were still buried, but some farmers found some pottery as they
were digging a well, which attracted archaeologists' attention.
There are probably hundreds more statues still buried around. I have seen pictures and it looks
like a gigantic pit
（
hole excavation). The site is most impressive. I have never been there, but I
believe that the visit must be worth the long trip
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