IELTS Speaking Part 1: 'accommodation' topic (2024)

Hi Simon,
I've read elsewhere that it is necessary to contain redundant language in every answers to be native and each answers should be in around 30 seconds. What do you think about this?

Posted by:Mai |May 11, 2012 at 10:06

Dear simon
Im new member here.I took IELTS exam 4times so far the first attempt scored 5'5 the 2nd 6 the 3rd 7,4th 6 again.Im so desperate Ihave to get 7 on each.I decided this time to take more time befor I take it again
Can you please help me .iwill follow your steps day by day and I Bought your e.book and already started to read it
please every one help me and give me your advise

Posted by:taliah |May 11, 2012 at 10:53

hi tatilan

Really same situation I faced, this exam sucks my whole life... cant focus on work.. need 7 each urgently..but i dont think so I can... after fighting with this

Posted by:Jay |May 11, 2012 at 11:15

everything will be fine

Posted by:Otabek |May 11, 2012 at 14:55

Posted by:Simon |May 11, 2012 at 15:22

hi Simon again.Thank you for answer to my questions..

please can you tell me which books are necessary for readng...i learn many synonyms from this books but when i gave an exam i cannot make paraphrase therefore i got 5 from reading..

it is necessary to learn many synonyms?
i learned from this book"504 absolutely essentialwords"

Posted by:Khatira |May 11, 2012 at 15:47

Thanks Simon! These are great examples of being short and direct for Part1 questions.

I often tell my students not to waste the examiners' time by using memorized expressions, which can sometimes be annoying and will definitely not help with the score.

Have a nice weekend!

Posted by:Martin |May 11, 2012 at 18:21

Hi Simon and friends,
Today I got my result and it was 6 overall.
While overall it is the same compared to last time (one month and twenty days ago), I have improved a lot in writing band, and it is because I have applied Simon's strategy this time. First time I Just got 5 in writing, and this time my score is 6.5.
Both times I got 7 in speaking and 5.5 in reading. This time I missed 4 questions in the first easiest 20 questions in listening, therefore, I have just got 5 and last time was 5.5.
Actually I am happy because my score in writing significantly increased.
I am going to take another test tomorrow here in Bangor center; I will concentrate more in both listening and reading.
Thanks to you Simon, you are definitely such the best IELTS tutor.

Regards,

HEMN

Posted by:Hemn Merany |May 11, 2012 at 19:14

Hi Simon

Today I took the speaking part of IELTS test and the part one was just like this (but more questions)!! Unfortunately, I didn't check your web site this morning :(

Thank you very much for your good lessons

Posted by:Mahshad |May 11, 2012 at 19:58

AS you said, Simon's website is the best so far.

Cheers,
Juliana

Posted by:Juliana |May 12, 2012 at 10:43

Hi Khatira,

Any book that you use will help; there aren't any special ones that I recommend more than others - they all give you good English practice.

Yes, learning some synonyms and different ways to express ideas is useful.

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Thanks Martin. Enjoy your weekend too!

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Hi Hemn,

That's good news. I'm glad your writing score has improved - from 5 to 6.5 is a fantastic improvement. Good luck with today's test!

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No problem Mahshad. I hope you get the scores you need.

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Thanks Juliana!

Posted by:Simon |May 12, 2012 at 14:40

Hi Simon

I noticed that the examiner was taking some notes when I was speaking. I'm curious what does this mean to me?
Was he writing down what I was doing well? Or I made a mistake?

Posted by:moody |May 14, 2012 at 05:43

hi simon
thank u. you are awesome
God bless you.

Posted by:setareh |May 16, 2012 at 07:40

Hi,SIMON
I've tried IETS exam befor and get 4.5
Can you help me to get exam
Regards

Posted by:Mansoor |July 14, 2013 at 19:09

Im always get 5 band in my speaking becuse of lack of ideas. Long pauses cut down my score.

Posted by:hina |July 22, 2014 at 11:07

I am desperately waiting for my result to be declared .But I m quite despondent about getting an excellent band ! I came to know that 3 hours of IELTS exam is not about how much u know english ,its only about how well u make your strategies right in there !!

Posted by:Raj |February 02, 2015 at 03:34

I dont have any idea of speaking ... Is anyone there to help me???

Posted by:susmita mainali |December 17, 2015 at 07:16

Simon, can you please share the above link once more time, as far now above mentioned links are not working. Please cross check.

Posted by:Ajay Kumar |February 10, 2016 at 05:07

good. thank you.

Posted by:kemunto |July 05, 2016 at 13:02

Hi Simon, could you please help me how can improve my level of speaking ..Now a days specially in this module face a great problem then the other rest of .. I have only few days remaining ...... I am waiting for your feedback to overcome this obstacles .....

Posted by:Nasif |July 27, 2016 at 02:56

Dime body know Witch the higher Score its?, I Will take the test soon

Posted by:Mario |February 01, 2017 at 00:51

Could u plz send me the most important topics for ielts speaking part?tnx in advance

Posted by:Layla wehbe |July 31, 2017 at 21:34

Posted by:Suneel |August 08, 2017 at 20:12

I am taking this test for the first time, but nervous. A little help will do thanks.

Posted by:Williams |March 08, 2018 at 05:45

hy simon.I cant do better in reading ...day by day i feel complicate while doing passage .could you please help me to improve it ... is there any strategy which can help me to improve reading module...

Posted by:karan chhetri |April 20, 2018 at 08:47

I don’t have content, ideas and fluency for speaking. I had twice IELTS, got 5.5 and 6 only. How I can improve my self

Posted by:Dipali sharma |April 29, 2018 at 08:56

Hlo simon.. tomorrow is my speaking so please give me some important topic...

Posted by:Manu |June 05, 2018 at 05:36

Hi Simon

I will be taking my speaking test for the first time tommorow. Any heads up for a higher band score would be greatly appreciated.

Posted by:Mthandazo |September 04, 2018 at 12:30

Hi simon
I have booked my ielts date exam for 11th oct but I am not really good in speaking and reading how can I improve this two in shor time.. please give me some ideas..

Posted by:Anshu |September 26, 2018 at 09:54

Hey,im smaridhi

Im had given 2 times test but won't able to gel 7 band. I practice a lot but eventually got only 6 band.
Please guide me sir.

Posted by:Samridhi sharma |October 05, 2018 at 13:50

Is speaking easy to get 7.0 band?Need some advice my exam is on 13 October

Posted by:Faiq |October 06, 2018 at 11:53

Hi Simon, I really appreciate your diligent work on helping us to improve our IELTs. I have a question for you about Speaking Part 1. I practice speaking on my own and usually speak off the topic Is it ok to blabbing about random things as long as I speak fluently?

Posted by:April |March 19, 2019 at 15:48

Hlw Simmon
I have booked mine date for 1st June but I am really getting problem in speaking and reading ....can you please give me any tips to improve my weakness.
Thank you!
Aarati Acharya

Posted by:Aarati Acharya |May 07, 2019 at 09:41

Hi Simon ,
Plsase help me regarding ielts exam

Posted by:Sejal |August 17, 2019 at 17:37