Useful IELTS Speaking Tips

Are you preparing for the IELTS Speaking exam? If so, you’ve come to the right place! In this article, you’ll find some useful tips that can help you achieve success in your IELTS Speaking exam. These tips range from how to prepare for the exam to how to structure your responses and more. Read on to find out more about these valuable IELTS Speaking tips.

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Essential IELTS Speaking Tips

Read More:  English Phrases and Meanings

IELTS Tips

• Read the instructions properly.
• Use abbreviations according to IELTS guidelines.
• Identify the stress in the number to avoid confusion. E.g.. 90 vs 19
• Practice tests.
• Be aware of different ways of expressing time, Quarter to, half past, minutes to 13 hundred hours.

IELTS Speaking Tips

• Before the exam – practice and listen.
• Use natural spoken English.
• Correct yourself in case of a mistake.
• Extend your answer.
• Use vocabulary.
• Listen to the grammar in the question.

IELTS Writing Tips

Stating Opinion         Giving Examples                       

• According to                 For Example
• me                                    Namely
• I think                            To illustrate
• I believe                         In other words
• I realize                          Like
• In my opinion             As
• It appears that           Such as
• I imagine                     For instance
• I understand             To paraphrase
• In my view 

 IELTS Writing Tips

• Know its basic structure before starting an essay.
• Don’t waste too much time on Task 1.
• Complete both tasks.
• Practice writing.
• Deepen your vocabulary.
• Avoid all informal ways of writing.

Linking Words for IELTS Speaking

Adding more information.

• And
• Also
• As well as
• Another reason is

Time Phrases

• Now                              nowadays
• At the moment          in the past
• At present                   before
• Right now                   then
• These days                 years ago

Linking words for IELTS Writing

For Listing                Giving Example

• Firstly                             For example
• Secondly                       Such as
• Finally                           Namely
• Last but not                 To illustrate
• least                               In other words
• Lastly                            For instance

Useful expressions

• I have

a headache/toothache/backache/stomachache / an earache…

• I have a pain in my back/tooth/head…
• I have a broken/sprained/twisted ankle/wrist.
• I have a cold/runny nose/fever / high temperature / sore throat
• I feel sick. I’m feeling nauseous.
• I have a bruise/cut/graze /wound.
• To catch a cold

Read More:

• IEO Previous Year Question Paper for Class 7 (English Olympiad 2015, SET A)
• IEO Previous Year Question Paper for Class 5 (2013, SET A)
• IEO Previous Year Question Paper for Class 7 (English Olympiad 2017, SET A)
• IEO Previous Year Question Paper for Class 7 (English Olympiad 2014, SET B)
• IEO Previous Year Question Paper for Class 7 (English Olympiad 2016, SET A)