Speaking questions, by topic

These are the question types candidates commonly report after their test, sorted into the topics they belong to. Nobody outside the test room has the actual list, and the wording changes — but the topics themselves rotate slowly, so preparing by topic is what works. Part 1 is personal and present-tense: your home, your habits, your own opinions, answered in two or three sentences. Part 3 takes the same topic and turns it abstract — causes, comparisons, consequences, the future — and expects you to reason rather than describe.

Season note, October 2026: thirty topics added for the Part 1 and Part 3 questions candidates report for September 2026 to April 2027. The pool rotates and older topics still come up, so prepare by topic group, not by list.

44 topics · 968 questions · every one with a tip