Ace The ielts essential tips for ielts general Training Module

Have an opinion!  

 

Now, when you get the idea, how do you prepare for this kind of test? 

Well, you need to have an opinion on wide range of different topics.  

 

I include here a list of most common topics for you to think about. 

Just go over them, think of what do you have to say on those issues, think of which 

words you will use. Then record yourself saying a couple of sentences on each of 

those topics and listen to what comes out. Think of what you could have done better. 

This should get you ready for the Discussion part. 

 

So think about: 

 

 General 

topics 

 

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Main industry in your country now, how it will develop in the future 

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Pollution affecting ecology  

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Popular transportation in your country  

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How to have better public transport 

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How your country has been improved 

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City you are living in, it's advantages and disadvantages 

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Your country's weather, main season 

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Your country's animals, in what ways are they used. 

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Piece of equipment that you consider very omportant, why, how did  

you  start to use it 

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Computers - their advantages and disadvantages, whether people of  

different sexes and ages use them more or less 

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Food in restaurants, why and when we eat there, what are pros and 

cons of eating in a restaurant 

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Celebrities in your country 

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Idols - who chooses them, why copy them, etc. 

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Favorite holiday in your country 

 

 

Household 

 

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Who does the shopping 

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Where do you like to shop and when 

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What do you shop for 

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Who does house works, which work in the most important, why 

 

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About yourself 

 

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How do you like spending your time 

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Favorite movies(films), do you watch them on TV or in cinema 

 

Would you like to act in movies? Why not?  

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Where you like to spend your vacation 

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Study or work, where, what do you like most about your job, what do  

 

you dislike about your job 

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Your future plans 

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Your hobbies 

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Do you think free time is important and why 

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What did you study at university  

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Which subject is your favorite  

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Which subject you don't like  

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What do you want to do in the future 

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Your favorite food 

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Greatest success in your life 

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Design of your apartment, like, dislike, why 

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What room do you like most, what you do there most, what it looks 

like  

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Your favorite sportsmen 

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Favorite TV program 

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Most interesting time in your life 

 

 

Things that were important in your life 

 

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Song 

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Book - what about, how did it influence you 

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Doll or some other toy, who gave it to you, on what occasion, what did  

you do with it 

 

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Friends 

 

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Who is your best friend  

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Where and when did you meet 

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What do you like the best about him/her 

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What have you done together? Explain the reasons of your good 

friendship 

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What do the children think about friendship? What about the adults? 

Compare them 

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Who can not be a good friend of yours? Tell the properties of such a 

person 

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Can people, opposite in personality, be good friends?  

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What do you value and not value in people 

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Friendship through internet, good and bad sides 

 

Traveling 

 

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How can a visitor travel in my country  

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How did my grandparents travel in the past  

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Will the travel method change in the future  

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Traveling in group compared single traveling 

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What kinds of holidays exist  

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Where people prefer to go on vacation  

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Applications that have positive effect on growth of tourism 

 

Toys 

 

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Why boys and girls chose different toys 

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Why toys are good for kids 

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Negative influence of toys, educational side of toys 

 

Music 

 

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What kind of music do you like, 

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Why we should teach music to our kids 

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