Speaking Unit 1 (Part2) Mindset 2

Task 1. What do you know about IELTS Speaking Part 2? Choose the correct answers.
1. How long does IELTS Speaking Part 2 last?

3–4 minutes 5–6 minutes
2. How much preparation time do candidates have?
1 minute 2 minutes
3. What does the candidate do during the preparation time?
ask questions make notes
4. Does the candidate ask questions during the preparation time?
Yes No
5. Does the examiner ask questions during the long turn?
Yes No
Task 2. In IELTS Speaking Part 2 you are given a task card on a particular topic. This will
include key points that you should talk about. Then you have one minute to make notes
and prepare your talk.
Read the task card and the statements about note-taking. Then choose the correct answers.
Describe your perfect home.
You should say:

what it looks like
where it is located
what it contains
and explain if your real home is similar to this.
Yes or No?
You should write down every word you want to say.
You should write your notes as full sentences.
You should only talk about the points on the task card.
You should always give examples or extra information about each point.
You can ask the examiner for a different task card if you don’t like the topic.
Task 3. In IELTS Speaking Part 2, you have one minute to make some notes and prepare
your talk.
Read the task card, and then complete the table with words that you can use in your talk.
Use the words in the list.
You should say:

what it looks like
where it is located
what it contains
open-plan lounge
on the waterfront
simple
traditional
residential
central
large terrace
identical
dissimilar
private drive
much the same
what your home looks like: It looks ... where your home is located: It’s
somewhere ...
what your home contains: It has a/an ... and explain if your real home is similar to
this: It’s ...
Task 4. Sometimes you might have a difficult topic and can’t think of anything to say. If
this happens, try to think about each part of the question in more detail.
Read the IELTS Speaking Part 2 task card again. Then complete the notes. Use the words
in the list.
You should say:

what it looks like
where it is located
what it contains
a cellar
country
four rooms
in an apartment block
large windows
lots of things to do
lounge
on the waterfront
one
room for family
small
suburbs
town
traditional
two bedrooms
wood
Your perfect home
what it looks like:

what style it is: modern, …, simple
how many storeys it has: … two, etc.
what size it is: big or …
how the outside of the house looks: …, red front door
what materials it is made from: …, brick, stone, glass, steel
where it is located:
general details: … (urban) or … (rural)
specific details: city centre, …, village
distance to/from other places: …, ten minutes from work, in the mountains, etc.
where it is in relation to other buildings: …, skyscraper, on its own
why it would be located there: peaceful, …
what it contains:
number of rooms: … in total
number of each room: one kitchen, one bathroom, …
what rooms it has: dining room, …, kitchen, bathroom, bedroom
what other things it has: a garage, …, a balcony, a staircase, a gym
why it would contain these things: outdoor space, …
and explain if your real home is similar to this:

what is similar (think about the points you listed above)?
• what looks the same?
• is the location the same?
• is what it contains the same?
what is different (think about your answers to the points above)?

• what looks different (if anything)?
• is the location different?
• is what it contains different?
Task 5. Read the IELTS Speaking Part 2 task card again. Then choose the correct words to
complete the student’s answers.
Your perfect home
what it looks like:

My perfect home would be a huge/high house and it would be three storeys high. It would be
simplistic but colourful/coloured.
where it is located:
It would be located at the seaside/oceanside probably somewhere on an island. You can
suntan/sunbathe, rest, read a book and relax there.
what it contains:
It would contain a big swimming pool. It would also have a seating/seat area where you can
look out onto the ocean.
and explain if your real home is similar to this:

It doesn’t really look as/like my home. I live in a normal flat and it’s not as luxury/luxurious as
my perfect home would be.
Task 6. In the IELTS Speaking test, it is important to use collocations to score well for
lexical resource, i.e. using a wide range of vocabulary.
Choose the correct nouns to complete the collocations.
a tall garden/building/terrace/lounge
a colourful drive/picture/location/pool
a seaside location/building/drive/terrace
a sunny picture/garden
a seating area/terrace/location/lounge
a swimming home/garden/drive/pool
a luxurious picture/home/area/location
a private drive/picture/location/area
a large terrace/location
an open-plan garden/garage/terrace/lounge
Task7. You are going to do IELTS Speaking Part 2. You will need some paper and a pencil.
Listen to the examiner.
You should say:
what it looks like
where it is located
what it contains

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Task 1. What do you know about IELTS Speaking Part 2? Choose the correct answers.

1. How long does IELTS Speaking Part 2 last?

Describe your perfect home.

You should say:

Describe your perfect home.

You should say:

You should say:

Your perfect home

what it looks like:

and explain if your real home is similar to this:

what is different (think about your answers to the points above)?

Your perfect home

what it looks like:

and explain if your real home is similar to this:

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