IELTS Speaking Part 2 / Topics Sept – Dec 2018

Below are IELTS speaking part 2 topics from September to December 2018. These topics have been reported by students in their IELTS test. Remember that there is only one speaking test for everyone. This means GT and Academic students will do the same IELTS speaking test with the same marking criteria. All the topics are for both sets of candidates.

IELTS Speaking Part 2 Sample Topics from British Council

Q) Will I get these topics in my speaking test?
A) There is no guarantee. The examiner has a long list of topics (longer than the list below) to choose from and you can’t predict what you will get. The most you can do to prepare is much as you can.

Q) Why from September to December?
A) This is because in September the examiners get a new list of topics which will be used for about 4 months. It is a long list and only some of the topics are listed below.
I will add more topics to the list below once students have informed me. These topics are not predictions, they are topics reported by IELTS students in their test.

1. an interesting job you would like to do
2. a time you helped someone
3. a time you planned something that later got changed
4. a recent happy moment
5. a useful website
6. a journey
7. a book you recently read
8. something you made by hand for a friend
9. a good law
10. a story you have been told
11. a decision you made with someone’s help
12. a talkative person
13. your favourite animal
14. a foreign language you would like to learn (not English)
15. something you lost that was important to you
16. someone who has visited your country
17. a piece of equipment you had repaired
18. a distance place you would like to visit
19. a place you prefer to study indoors or outdoors
20. a film or TV show that made you laugh
21. your first mobile phone
22. a person you never met but heard a lot about
23. a magazine you like to read
24. a teenager you know
25. a young child
26. a valuable gift you received
27. a competition you would like to take part in
28. a happy event that you celebrated
29. a family business that you know
30. something interesting your friend has done
31. a time you complained about something and action was easily taken
32. something you borrowed from a family member or friend
33. someone actively involved in environmental problems
34. a national flower or plant
35. a childhood friend
36. an important part of your country
37. an interesting thing your friend has done
38. how you learned maths in primary school
39. an item you own that needs replacing
40. something a friend has done that you would like to do
41. the last time you went shopping in a market
42. a skill that takes a long time to learn
43. a beautiful city
44. a journey you made using pubic transport