Simon’s Advice on Speaking Part 1

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Friday, October 28, 2016 
IELTS Speaking Part 1: 'names' topic 
This is an interesting set of questions from Cambridge IELTS book 11: 
Let's talk about names...
1) How did your parents choose your name?
2) Does your name have any special meaning?
3) Is your name common or unusual in your country?
4) If you could change your name, would you?
Remembering the advice that I gave 
last week
, try answering these questions (aloud) without 
hesitating too much. It's fine to give negative answers or to say that you don't know the answer, but 
you should still explain why. 
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Friday, November 04, 2016 
IELTS Speaking Part 1: 'name' answers 
Here are some sample answers for the 'name' questions that I shared last week. Notice that most of 
these answers are negative ones; it's completely acceptable to answer in this way. 
1) How did your parents choose your name?
To be honest, I'm not sure how they chose it; I've never asked them. I suppose it was just a name 
that they both liked, and maybe they thought it suited me. 
2) Does your name have any special meaning?
It might do, but I don't know what that meaning is; I've never looked it up. Maybe I'll google it later 
today; you've made me curious to find out! 
3) Is your name common or unusual in your country?
Yes, it's quite a common name. I remember that there were two other people with the same name as 
me in my class at school.