Locally generated practice paper · Speaking Part 2
IELTS Speaking — Individual Long Turn
Modelled on the official test format — cue card, one minute to prepare, then speak without interruption.
Prep time
1 minute
Speaking time
Up to 2 minutes
Format
Individual long turn
Speaking Part 2
You have one minute to think about what you're going to say and make notes. Then speak for one to two minutes. The examiner will not interrupt you.
Describe a skill you have learned that you found useful.
You should say:
- what the skill is
- how and when you learned it
- how long it took you to learn
and explain why you found this skill useful.
Your notes
Record your answer
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Microphone level
Prep time — make notes, don't write full sentences
1:00
Recording
Speak for up to two minutes
2:00
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Time's up. Read the self-check below, then go again if you like.
Self-check before you finish
- Did you speak for close to the full two minutes, without long pauses or drying up?
- Did you cover all the bullet points on the cue card, in a natural order — not a memorised list?
- Did you use a range of vocabulary, including some less common or idiomatic language, not just simple everyday words?
- Did you vary your sentence structures rather than repeating the same simple pattern?
- Could a listener follow you clearly, with natural stress and intonation, without needing to concentrate hard?
- Did you keep going even if you made a mistake or lost a word, rather than stopping to fix it or restarting?
The cue card and format follow the structure described in IELTS's official Speaking Key Assessment Criteria and
Speaking Band Descriptors (ielts.org). This is an English Me practice paper, styled after the official test
format — it is not an IELTS product and is not affiliated with or endorsed by IELTS, the British Council, IDP,
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