IELTS Speaking part 2: Describe a party

1. Describe a time that you invited family or friends to have dinner at home or in a restaurant
2. Describe a party you attended before


One of the parties that I enjoyed a lot was the time when I invited my friends to my home for a small Christmas party last year.

Since I was living on my own, we decided to hold the party at my place. Each person would bring one dishes to the party and a small gift to play Secret Santa. Our group has five people, so we have five different foods which all tasted amazing. During the meal, we talked a lot about things that happened recently in our life. We also planned to have a group trip together sometimes in the future. After finishing the dinner, together we cleaned up the house. Here came the funniest part of the night when we played Secret Santa. I wrote down names of all five of us in a piece of paper, then we took turn to withdraw to see whose gifts we would receive. And we had to open the gifts in front of everybody; some of the gifts were very embarrassing but we had so much fun together.

Because we all work full time, it is rare for us to be together like this so often; thus I highly appreciated these moments. After the party, I and my friends all agreed to make it an annual event for our group.

(IELTS Ngoc Bach)

IELTS Speaking Part 2: Describe a historical building

1. Describe a historical building
2. Describe an important plant in your country
3. Describe a place you wanted to travel
4. Describe an interesting part of your country

There are many interesting places that I want to visit in my country. One of them is the Hue Imperial Citadel.

Hue Imperial Citadel locates in Hue, a central city of Vietnam. It used to be the capital of Vietnam during the feudal society for many years. Now it has become one of the most important historical buildings in Vietnam. It is a huge complex with three circles of ramparts: Kinh Thanh Hue (Hue Capital Citadel), Hoang Thanh (Royal Citadel) and Tu Cam Thanh (Forbidden Citadel). The Citadel is a great combination of man-made design and natural environment. Within this walls, people can experience solemnity without losing the tranquility of nature. Standing over 200 years and consisting of more than 100 fascinating architectural works almost remained unchanged, the place represents a rich cultural beauty that everyone should visit to get a deeper understanding of the tradition and classical side of Vietnam.

As a Vietnamese, I feel proud seeing such a wonderful construction since it was accomplished by thousands of worker effort and skill. It is a timeless evidence of how good Vietnamese people were years ago.

(IELTS Ngoc Bach)

IELTS Speaking Part 2: Describe a good news

1. Describe a piece of good news you heard
2. Describe a good law in your country
3. Describe a piece of good news you heard ( from TV or internet)
Today I am going to share with you a piece of good news I heard/ a good law in my country, that is the enforcement of movie ratings law in Vietnam. I first knew about this rule via an article on the internet a year ago. From January 1st, 2017, all movies released in theatres in Vietnam will be classified under 4 categories: General audiences, Audiences from 13 and above, Audiences from 16 and above, and Audiences from 18 and above. Before this, movies shown in Vietnam were only divided into 2 categories: General audiences and No audiences under 16 years old. I think this law is necessary since nowadays, there are many cases reported that children are negatively affected by the movies they watched such as underage drinking, violence or sexual abuse. Besides helping minimize negative impacts on little kids, this law also helps assist parents in the decision making process regarding which movie is suitable for their children. As far as I know, this rule has been introduced in many developed countries like the European countries, US, Singapore, Korea, Japan, Thailand, etc. thus it’s such a progressive action of Vietnam Government to protect Vietnamese young generations.

(IELTS Ngoc Bach)

IELTS Speaking Part 2: Describe a friend

1. Describe a person who has interesting ideas or opinions
2. Describe an intelligent person you know
3. Describe a person you know who helps to protect the environment
4. Describe someone you would like to study or work with

I would like to talk about one of my friends who is very smart; her name is Phuong. She studied in the same high school class with me. Phuong is a fun person to be around with since she always comes up with many interesting ideas. She is also a person who constantly supports environment protection acts. One of her greatest opinions was to convince our teacher to take our class to My Khe beach for camping and while we were there, we could also help clean up the garbage on the beach. In recent years, the beach has been flooded with tourists, thus the beach is always full of litters disposed by them. With the help of our teacher, our class went on the trip as suggested by Phuong. Although we were able to be there for only 3 days, we had such a great time bonding with each other. At the same time, we also did help clean up part of the beach. To our surprise, our action that day somehow raised awareness for people on the beach; some even joined us to pick up the garbage. After the trip’s success, our class all agreed to have such trip every year and we still continued to keep this tradition until now. Thanks to Phuong’s idea, our trip was more meaningful. I felt so lucky to know and study with her.

(IELST Ngoc Bach)

IELTS Speaking Part 2: Describe a foreign language

1. Describe a second foreign language you would like to learn
2. Describe a skill that took you a long time to learn

I would like to talk about a skill that took a long time to learn which is to learn a new language. In my case, that is English. Although it is one of the compulsory subjects at school, I am struggling to master all four skills like an English speaker.

There are many reasons that make it difficult to master. First of all, there is big difference in grammar usage between English and Vietnamese. While Vietnamese grammar is quite simple, English has many tenses and grammar structure to remember. The second reason is about pronunciation. For example, in English we have to really pay attention to the stress on syllable which we do not have in our mother tongue. If we pronounce wrong, nobody will be able to understand us no matter how good our grammar and vocabulary are. Thanks to advance in technology, it is now easier than ever for one to learn English anytime anywhere via internet, phone apps or English centers across our country.

Since English has become very popular nowadays. It is helpful for us to be able to speak English fluently. With good English skill, we have more chances to get better jobs, go study abroad or travel the world.

(IELTS Ngoc Bach)

IELTS Speaking Part 2: Describe a bad experience

1. Describe a time when you made a complaint and were satisfied with the result
2. Describe a time you received terrible service

Maybe because I am not the picky type, I rarely felt upset about anything at all. However, there was one time I got so frustrated with this restaurant service that I almost exploded there.

It happened two months ago on my parents’ anniversary weekend. Our family decided to go to a famous restaurant in town to celebrate this special occasion. We came about 5 minutes earlier than scheduled; one waitress greeted us and showed us to our table. We were all excited as our food arrived. After taking some photos together with the table full of food like usual, we started eating. To our surprise, my sister dropped the chopsticks, with a terrifying look on her face, she trembled: “Look! There was a worm crawling out of the vegetable plate!!!”. I immediately asked to meet the restaurant manager and complained with him about the food. He kept saying sorry to us, constantly explained that this incident had never happened here before. I got so angry that I didn’t even let him explain further. I told him that I would report this restaurant for its unhygienic food preparation. In the end, the manager offered us a new vegetable dish and our bill was on the house that night. Though I was not happy with the incident since it ruined my family’s special night, I was glad that the restaurant manager had resolved our case quickly and reasonably.

(IELTS Ngoc Bach)

IELTS speaking: Describe a famous person

1. Describe a singer that you like
2. Describe a foreign star that you would like to meet
3. Describe a person you wanted to be similar to when you were growing up

I would like to talk about a famous singer whom I really admired/would like to meet since I was small, that is Alicia Keys. Keys is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and philanthropist. She was born and raised mostly by her mother in a tough neighborhood in Manhattan, New York.


I first knew about Alicia Keys through her song named “Fallin’”. At that time, I was struck by her angelic voice and started following her since then. What makes Alicia Keys different from other artists is that her music lyric is always meaningful and uplifting; especially when they are sung through her powerful yet emotional voice. Not only is she a talented singer with 15 Grammy wins through her musical career, Alicia Keys is also a great philanthropist. Keys is the co-founder and Global Ambassador of Keep a Child Alive, a non-profit organization that provides medicine, orphan care, and social support to families with HIV and AIDS in Africa and India. She actively supports the feminism wave, inspiring women all over the world through her songs as well as actions like “Make up free” movement. She has stopped wearing makeup since 2016, even when she attended events in order to promote natural beauty and embracing self-confidence among women in our society.


To me, Alicia Keys is such a good example of modern woman that I want to become in the future. I dreamed one day I would be able to meet her in real life.

IELTS Speaking part 2 - Describe a film

Cue card:
Describe a film that you would like to see in the future.
You should say:
- What the film is called
- What it is about
- How you heard about this film
and why you would like to see it

Answer 

1. What the film is called

I would like to talk about Avatar 2 film, which is a sequel film from Avatar. Avatar 2 is a science fiction film directed by an accomplished director, James Cameron and starring by couple of famous Actors. “Avatar” itself is derived from a genetic engineering creature from other planet inhabitant that can control by human mind.

2. What it is about

I suppose that it will be the same story with previous Avatar film, the Avatar 2 from the news that I’ve ever read will focus on how human colonize a habitable planet named Pandora in order to mine a rare mineral. I guess the story still about how human interact with a local tribe of Pandora named Navi, which sometimes it cause conflict and wars between them.

3. How you heard about this film

I actually big fan of Avatar film, I really want to know how film development especially from internet. I read several website how the director delayed the film production a year ago, I quite feel sad to hear that.

4. Why you would like to see it

This film is interest me because this film will display best special effect and an unimaginable beautiful scene from another planet. And also the story is quite interesting, because I still wonder how human can survive in different planet with full of unexpected animal and humanoid people.

IELTS Speaking Part 2: describe a plant

Describe a plant grown in your country. You should say:
- what the plant is
- where it is grown
- why you like or dislike it
- and explain why it is important to your country.

Sample Answer:
I would like to talk about a coffee tree which is grown more in Dac Lak and Tay Nguyen provinces in the South of Vietnam.

Generally, its average height is from 8 to 15 meters.A coffee tree has small thick dark green leaves.it also has small oval fruits which are to produce coffee beans preferred by many parts in the World.

I like coffee tree because it has many benefits for human beings.First of all, coffee flour helps people get over tiredness and concentrate on their works.Secondly, by dint of drinking cafe, they also enhance their memories.Although, price of it is quite expensive; however, I think that " best is cheapest".So I often spend my money on buying cafe.I get used to drinking cafe in the early morning.It helps me have an effective day.

Coffee tree is an important tree in my country.My nation is the second coffee exporter in the world, only behind Brazil that helps my country get more benefits to develop our economy. Besides, that also makes more jobs to more than 2 million people to increase standard of living. So, coffee tree plays an necessity part in my country.

IELTS Speaking Part 2 - Describe a mobile phone

• Describe something you bought recently.
• Describe a gift you gave or received.
• Describe something you own which is important to you.

Sample Answer: 

I'm going to describe my mobile phone. I bought it in a mobile shop 3 years ago. It's an iPhone 4S, white color and look thin. 

I use the phone to keep in touch with my friends and family, for communication by voice, text and email. It has various features like video, MP3 player, wireless Internet, digital camera and games.It's easy to share photos and music. I use it for almost everything, it even has a calendar that reminds me about appointments. 

My phone is an essential part of my life. It holds my contacts, my photos, my music collection. I've got instant access to my favourite websites. It's like having my whole life in my pocket. I couldn't live without it.

(Source: IELTS Simon)

Ielts Speaking test - Part II - Topic: A Day Off Work

Topic: A Day Off Work

Cue card:

Describe how you would spend a day off, if you were given one at college or workplace. Please say
- How would you feel about it?
- What would you do?
- With whom would you do it?

Answer:

Well, If I were given a day off from work, I guess I would do what I normally do at weekend. I mean, if the holiday were longer, I could probably plan something more special like a trip with my friends or family, but for just one day I wouldn't want to tire myself out.

I imagine the first thing I would do would be to turn off the alarm clock because I wouldn't have to go to work, would I? Then I could linger in bed until whatever time I'd like, have a late breakfast while watching my favorite TV shows.

And because I live on my own, I wouldn't make myself go to all the trouble of cooking, especially when I'm on holiday. Instead, I would just go to my regular cafe near the lake, order a decent lunch, put on some music and drown myself in one of those books that I've always wanted to read but haven't found time to.

In the evening, I could either hang out with some friends or go to the cinema. Actually, there are many possibilities of the things I could do if I had a day off. But most possibly, I would just spend the day catching up on sleep and working on something I haven't finished from the office.

Nguồn: IELTS Trang Bui

IELTS Speaking Part 2 - Describe a restaurant/ cafe/ meals

I have been to many restaurants here in Hanoi, but I am going to talk about Lotteria, a fast food restaurant near my house. The restaurant is surrounded by trees, and it has a large parking area, so it is convenient for us to get there by motorbike.

Inside the restaurant, there is a reception desk on the first floor where guests can make an order.
As soon as we enter the restaurant, the strong and addictive smell really makes us crave for fast food meals/a cup of coffee. The restaurant is a quiet place with a classical style of decoration with wooden tables and chairs. It also has a good air-conditioning system, which is very comfortable for fast food lovers to visit.

The restaurant offers a wide range of choices, from hamburgers to pizzas to chips and cokes. Last week, we went there and ordered a small course of beef and fried chicken. Then we brought it to the second floor where we chose a place to sit having a good view of streets. So, we could eat the meal and watch people commuting on the road.

(I really like spicy food, so I often put some pepper and chilly source on the pizzas, which makes them really hot to eat). 

I usually go to this place every weekend to eat out with my family. There are many reasons why I like this restaurant. Firstly, it has free wifi, so I can surf the internet while enjoy the meals/coffee. Secondly, all the staff members are really friendly, always welcoming guest with a smile on their faces.