Part 1 — Introduction

Part 1 covers familiar, everyday topics such as your home town, work or studies, family and interests, to help you settle in. Abstract debate belongs to Part 3, the cue-card long turn is Part 2, and describing a graph is a Writing task, not Speaking.

IELTS Speaking is a one-to-one, face-to-face interview between the candidate and a trained examiner. It is not a written essay, not a group activity, and an examiner is always present to ask questions and manage the timing.

IELTS Speaking is a one-to-one, face-to-face interview between the candidate and a trained examiner. A diagram for this topic isn't available yet — the worked example below walks the same reasoning step by step.

• !Read each option carefully — distractors on Part 1 — Introduction are designed to look plausible.
• !Re-check the exact wording of the question stem before committing to an answer.
• !Watch the qualifiers ("always", "only", "except") that flip a correct-looking option.

Answer each from memory — you'll see instantly whether you're right and why.

Run a focused 10-question mini-mock on Part 1 — Introduction and see it stick.