Speaking Practice Test- 7 | Speaking for IELTS PDF Download

Part - 1

The first set of questions, asked almost all students
Q1: May I know your full name? 
Ans: My full name is Kiranpreet Kaur Makkar. (Note: Full name means given name + middle name if any + surname. Most students will speak the name given in the passport, which may not have the surname. So, you must speak your full name in answer to this question)

Q2: May I see your ID? 
Ans: Here is my passport. (Note: open the first page of the passport and show it to the examiner. You don’t need to say ‘Yes’)

Q3: How may I address you? 
Ans: You may address me as Kiran. (Note 1: Here you may even speak your nickname. It just means that while asking the next questions, the examiner will call you by that name. Note 2: Many students start speaking their address here. Here, the word ‘address’ has been used as a verb, which means ‘call’. In other words, the question is - How may I call you?)  

Q4: Where do you come from? 
Ans: I come from Phagwara. It is a small town between Jalandhar and Ludhiana.   

Colours

Q1: What's your favourite colour?
Ans: My favourite colour is red. I have liked it since I was a child. It's a fun, bold, and bright colour.

Q2: What's the colour you dislike? Why?
Ans: I don't like brown. I find it very dull and boring.

Q3: What colours do your friends like most?
Ans: Most of my friends like blue, red, black, and pink.

Q4: What colour makes you uncomfortable in your room?
Ans: In my room, black makes me uncomfortable. I like lighter colours on my room walls as they make my room look brighter.

Q5: What colours do you like?
Ans: I like all colours, but red is my favourite colour.

Q6: What is the most popular colour in India?
Ans: India is a vast country. It is difficult to generalize one colour as the most popular. I think all colours are equally popular, but the three colours of our national flag are the most popular. Green stands for prosperity, saffron stands for sacrifice, and white stands for peace.

Q7: Do you like to wear dark or bright colours?
Ans: I like to wear dark or bright colours in winter, but in summer, I prefer light shades.

Q8: Do colours affect your mood?
Ans: Yes, colours affect my mood. When I see bright colours, I feel energetic, but light shades make me feel calm.

Part -2 & 3

Cue Card

Describe a time you bought something from a street or outdoor market

• When it was
• Where the market was
• What you bought
• And how you felt about it

Ans:

• When it was: I am a shopaholic and I love shopping, especiallyatm street markets. This is because I love to bargain, and bargaining is not possible in big malls and stores. Here, I would like to talk about an item I purchased from a street market in my hometown. Every Saturday, there is a street market in the Model Town area of my hometown. There are about a hundred stalls of all sorts of items.
• Where the market was: About two months ago, I saw a stall with handbags of various brands in the Model Town street market.
• What you bought: I was surprised to see all the branded handbags over there. But when I went closer, I noticed that they were not original; they were copies of famous brands like Michael Kors, Calvin Klein, and Coach. Every handbag was below a thousand rupees. One bag especially caught my fancy. It was a copy of a Michael Kors bag. The seller told me that it was for 1,000, but I bargained and got it for 700 rupees. It is a black bag and big enough to hold my 13-inch laptop. Inside the bag, there are three more bags – one for coins, one for keys, and one for sunglasses. I found it a really good deal.
• How you felt about it: Ever since I bought it, I used it almost every day. Only a true connoisseur can tell the difference between real and fake. My aunt has a similar original Michael Kors purse, and she takes it out only on special occasions. I feel happy that I can use my bag daily without having to worry about spoiling it. Sometimes my mother also uses it when she goes shopping. Although it is faux leather, it is very sturdy and looks like real leather. So, this is the item I bought recently from a street market.

Follow-ups

Q1: What kind of markets are there in India?
Ans: India is a diverse country. All types of markets are found in India. There are malls, supermarkets, outlet malls, street markets, and small street shops.

Q2: Do you think small markets will disappear in the future?
Ans: No, I do not think small markets will disappear in the future because they have their own importance. One has to specially make a plan to go to these big malls which are outside the main cities. Small shops cater to the immediate needs of the people. So, small shops and small markets will never disappear, although they might suffer a decrease in sales.

Q3: Have people's shopping habits changed in recent years?
Ans: Yes, people have started shopping online, and going to small markets and shopping malls has decreased. The recent COVID-19 pandemic has also given a big boost to the online shopping trend, and this change has come around only in the last year or two.

Q4: What are the differences between shopping in street markets and big shopping malls?
Ans: In big shopping malls, the prices are fixed, and people pick up things on their own with no one to tell them about the products. However, in street markets, there is a lot of bargaining, and the products are described in detail by the salespersons.