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Describe a Person Whose Health & Fitness You Improved
Learn a Band 7+ IELTS Speaking cue card answer about a person whose health and fitness you helped to improve, with useful vocabulary, idioms and follow-up questions.
IELTS Speaking New Topics September–December 2026: Cue Cards
Explore 38 new IELTS Speaking Part 2 topics for September–December 2026. Practise the latest cue cards and prepare effectively for your IELTS Speaking test.
May to August 2026 IELTS Speaking Part 1 Latest Questions with Answers | All Topics Covered
1. Do you wear a watch? Yes, definitely. Generally speaking, I wear a watch on most days because it helps me manage my schedule and stay punctual. However, occasionally I skip wearing one and simply check the time on my phone. 2. Have you ever received a watch as a gift? Yes, absolutely. I received […]
Talk about a time when you gave advice to someone | IELTS Speaking Cue Card 2026
Talk about a time when you gave advice to someone Vocab/Idioms Advice can sometimes make a big difference in a person’s life. I’d like to talk about a time when I gave advice to a close friend who was preparing for a major examination. At that point in his life, he was under a great […]
IELTS Reading Practice Test 30 | Real Exam Level Questions
READING PASSAGE 1 William Gilbert and Magnetism A) 16th and 17th centuries saw two great pioneers of modern science: Galileo and Gilbert. The impact of their findings is eminent. Gilbert was the first modern scientist, also the accredited father of the science of electricity and magnetism, an Englishman of learning and a physician at the […]
IELTS Reading Practice Test 27 | Real Exam Level Questions
READING PASSAGE 1 Going Bananas A) The world’s favourite fruit could disappear forever in 10 years time. The banana is among the world’s oldest crops. Agricultural scientists believe that the first edible banana was discovered around ten thousand years ago. It has been at an evolutionary standstill ever since it was first propagated in the […]
IELTS Reading Practice Test 25 | Real Exam Level Questions
READING PASSAGE 1 Traditional Farming System in Africa A) By tradition land in Luapula is not owned by individuals, but as in many other parts of Africa is allocated by the headman or head woman of a village to people of either sex, according to need. Since land is generally prepared by hand, one ulupwa […]
IELTS Reading Practice Test 21 | Real Exam Level Questions
READING PASSAGE 1 SOSUS: Listening to the Ocean A) The oceans of Earth cover more than 70 percent of the planet’s surface, yet, until quite recently, we knew less about their depths than we did about the surface of the Moon. Distant as it is, the Moon has been far more accessible to study because […]
IELTS Reading Practice Test 20 | Real Exam Level Questions
READING PASSAGE 1 What are you laughing at? A) We like to think that laughing is the height of human sophistication. Our big brains let us see the humour in a strategically positioned pun, an unexpected plot twist or a clever piece of wordplay. But while joking and wit are uniquely human inventions, laughter certainly […]
IELTS Reading Practice Test 19 | Real Exam Level Questions
READING PASSAGE 1 California’s age of Megafires A) There’s a reason fire squads now battling more than a dozen blazes in southern California are having such difficulty containing the flames, despite better preparedness than ever and decades of experience fighting fires fanned by the notorious Santa Ana winds. The wildfires themselves, experts say, generally are […]
IELTS Reading Practice Test 18 | Real Exam Level Questions
READING PASSAGE 1 LONGAEVA: Ancient Bristlecone Pine A) To understand more about the earth’s history, humans have often looked to the natural environment for insight into the past. The bristlecone pine (Pinus longaeva), of the White Mountains in California, has served this purpose greater than any other species of tree on the planet. Conditions here […]
IELTS Reading Practice Test 17 | Real Exam Level Questions
READING PASSAGE 1 LEISURE TIME IN AMERICA A) As most Americans will tell you if you can stop them long enough to ask, working people in the United States are as busy as ever. Sure, technology and competition are boosting the economy; but nearly everyone thinks they have increased the demands on people at home […]
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