Simon’s Advice on Speaking Part 1

Posts in 2017 
Friday, January 20, 2017 
IELTS Speaking Part 1: 'chocolate' topic 
A student sent me the following part 1 questions from a recent IELTS test. How would you answer 
them? 
1) Do you like chocolate? Why / why not? 
2) What type of chocolate do you prefer? Why? 
3) When do you usually eat chocolate? 
4) Do people give chocolate as a present in your country? When? 
Remember that it's ok to give negative answers if you don't like chocolate. Or you could just pretend 
that you do! 
Posted by 
Simon
 in 
IELTS Speaking
 | 
Permalink
 | 
Comments (17)
 

---

Compiled by Diyorbek Hayitmurodov ielts-simon.com 
Page 45 
Friday, January 27, 2017 
IELTS Speaking Part 1: 'chocolate' mistakes 
Here are some of the answers that people wrote below last week's lesson. Can you correct the 
mistake(s) in each sentence? 
1. I like white and milk Chocolate, cause dark chocolate is taste bitter for me, I like sweet one. 
2. I adore all kind of chocolates and the reason behind this interest is that when I was young, my father 
was always giving me chocolate as a prize for the good behavior. 
3. I'd love all types of chocolate, but my favourite one is dark. 
4. I am certain that I detest dark chocolate: it does not exite my palate. 
5. I'm into chocolate just like most people. You know, it is hardly forgotten when you have got access to 
it. 
Posted by 
Simon
 in 
IELTS Speaking
 | 
Permalink
 | 
Comments (13)
 
ANSWERS FROM SIMON:
Here are my corrected sentences: 
1. I like white and milk chocolate because dark chocolate tastes too bitter to me; I prefer a sweeter 
taste. 
2. I love all kinds of chocolate because when I was young, my father used to give me chocolate as a 
prize for good behaviour. 
3. I love all types of chocolate, but my favourite type is dark chocolate. 
4. I hate dark chocolate; I don't like the way it tastes at all. 
("excite my palate" is a phrase that only professional food critics would ever use! It sounds very 
strange in our context) 
5. Like most people, I love chocolate. (the rest of the sentence didn't make sense)