Mat Clark ielts speaking

1.8. 
Question Type 7: ―Would‖ Questions: 
 
Look at the following questions: 
 
Would you like to move to another city, in the future? 
 
Would you like to change your job? 
 
Would you like to live near the sea? 
 
Would you like to learn another foreign language? 
 
Would you like to be in a film? 
 
What would you like to change about your city? 
 
What would you like to change about your school (school in the past)? 
 
Would you like to change your name? 
 
When  the  examiner  asks  these  questions,  he  or  she  is  listening  carefully  to  one 
aspect of your answer. What do you think is the most important aspect of your answer for 
these questions? 
 
Look at the following example: 
 
"Would you like to change your name?" 
 
"No,  I  don't  want  to  change  my  name.  In  fact  I  think  I'm  really  fond  of  my  name 
because it has quite a deep and significant meaning, and as well as this, my mother chose 
it for me so she doesn't want me to change it. Actually I am sure I will never change my 
name!" 

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Mat Clark – IELTS Speaking 
 
 
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Is this a good answer? 
 
What is good about this answer? 
 
What is missing from this answer? 
 
The  grammar  aspect  of  these  questions  is  very  important.  As  a  basic  rule,  if  the 
question  uses  "would",  then  you  need  to  include  at  least  one  example  of  "would"  (or 
might/could) in your answer. 
 
For  most  of  these  questions,  you  should  use  the  second  conditional  tense  in  your 
answer. In fact the examiner is expecting you to produce an example of this verb tense. 
 
The form of the second conditional is quite simple: 
 
If + past simple, would / could / might + infinitive verb. 
eg:  
If I lived near the sea, I would be able to eat fresh seafood. 
 
If I had the time, I would go for travelling. 
 
 
The second conditional is used to talk about a present or future time, to describe an 
event that is unlikely (hypothetical). 
eg: 
 If I worked in a factory, I would be tired every day! (But I don't work in a factory 
and it's unlikely that I will work in a factory in the future.) 
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