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Band 9 · IELTS Speaking Samples & Topics
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23 topics with Band 9 examples
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What is your name ?
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What kind of music do you enjoy listening to?
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What do you like about the neighbourhood where you live?
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Do you work or study?
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Describe a useful skill you learnt from another person. You should say: what the skill was who taught you how you learnt it and explain why the skill has been useful to you.
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Do you work or are you a student?
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Why might some adults find it difficult to learn a new skill?
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Where are you from?
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What is your favorite food?
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What do you like to do in your free time?
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are you good at memorizing things?
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do you like your home town
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Where do you live?
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What do you like to do at home?
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When do you usually get up in the morning?
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Are you a student or do you work?
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Do you have many friends?
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What do you do in your free time?
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– Which town or city do you live in now?
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