Mat Clark ielts speaking

Uncommon Vocabulary  
Use vocabulary from Part One Topic 44: Museums. 
 

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Mat Clark – IELTS Speaking 
 
 
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Place 14: Your childhood home 
 
Describe your childhood home. 
 
You should say: 
 
 
Where this place is located 
 
 
What type of house it is 
 
 
How long you lived there 
 
What you liked about this place. 
Suggestion 
It is quite difficult to describe city accommodatioin. Is is probably easier to talk about 
a home in the countryside. (Even if you have never lived in the countryside,  you shoud be 
able to describe a typical countryside house.)   
Uncommon Vocabulary 
single-storey  
 
an isolated rural community 
 
 
central 
courtyard 
meadow 
 
 
a typical rustic style bungalow 
 
 
veranda 
thatched roof  
 
 dried grass   
 
 
 
close-knit 
Grammar Point 
Use a mix of past tenses: 
 
I used to live.. 
 
I lived there for 7 years. 
 
While I was living there... 
 
We moved out when I was 11 years old. 
Use present tenses: 
 
My relatives are still living there. 
 
I’ve been back there a few times.