Mat Clark ielts speaking

Uncommon Vocabulary 
Use  Part  One  Topic  9:  Learning  English;  Part  One  Topic  21:  Learning  languages; 
People 6: A teacher who has influenced you. 
Grammar Point 
You need to use mostly past tenses: 
At that time I was studying in the middle school. 
My favourite subject used to be… 
I used to enjoy it because… 
I remember the teacher always used to… 
 
 
Others 4: An ideal job 
Describe your idea of an ideal job. 
You should say: 
What the job is 
Why you would like to do this job  
Whether it would be easy to do this job 
Whether it would be easy to find a job like this. 
Suggestion  
Choose  any  job  that  involves  a  variety  of  activities  such  as  a  travel  guide  or 
journalist. Then you can talk about the travel aspect of the job as well as the job itself. 
Uncommon Vocabulary 
Use the vocabulary from Part One Topic 2a: That you do – your job. 
Grammar Point 
You must use conditional structures: 
I guess my dream job would be something like… 
It would allow me to… 
I would have the opportunity to… 
It might even be possible for me to… 
 
Others 5: Food 
Describe the type of food that you like eating. 
You should say: 
What type of food it is 
How often you eat it 
Why you like it 
Whether this food is popular in your country. 
Suggestion  
Choose  a  ―style‖  of  food  rather  than  one  particular  dish.  For  example,  it  is  much 
easier  to  describe  ―seafood‖  than  ―lobster‖.  It  is  not  easy  to  describe  a  regional  style  of 
Chinese cooking, eg,  Sichuan food, because  most of the  vocabulary  needed for this would 

---

Mat Clark – IELTS Speaking 
 
 
160
 
be  Chinese.  Some  easy  examples  include:  seafood,  vegetable  food,  fast  food,  junk  food, 
home-cooked  food  etc.  Don’t  tell  the  truth.  Don’t  describe  your  favourite  food  –  describe 
any type of food that you can easily talk about for 2 minutes (even if you don’t actually like 
this food).