78 topics
After a cue card about a person
- Alternative tourism and travel habits
- Art and design in modern society
- Art and personal living spaces
- Bargaining, commerce, and consumer culture
- Cafe culture and consumer habits
- Cinema culture and modern entertainment
- Collecting and the value of old objects
- Community service and volunteering in modern society
- Consumer culture and technological advancement
- Consuming and sharing information online
- Craftsmanship in the modern world
- Creative writing and self-expression
- Customer service and local commerce
- Daily routines and modern lifestyle
- Decision-making in daily life and society
- Dietary habits and public health
- Digital connectivity and personal well-being
- Emotional support and interpersonal relationships
- Fashion, identity and consumer culture
- Festivals and cultural heritage
- Fitness culture and public health
- Food culture and culinary traditions
- Food culture and globalisation
- Food culture and social connections
- Friendships and social connections
- Handling pressure and emergencies in modern life
- Handwriting and contemporary communication
- Home improvement and consumer habits
- Human relationships with animals and pets
- Humour and social interaction
- Inspiration and lifelong learning
- Internal migration and city life
- Language learning and global communication
- Leisure time and changing holiday habits
- Listening and interpersonal communication
- Live performance and contemporary entertainment
- Living and working overseas
- Memory, learning, and digital reliance
- Mentorship and acquiring life skills
- Music in modern society and culture
- Music, education, and cultural value
- Nature and outdoor habits across generations
- Neighbourhoods and community relations
- Night shifts and modern working patterns
- Optimism and resilience in modern society
- Organisation and personal habits in modern life
- Outdoor recreation and mental well-being
- Patience and tolerance in modern society
- Personal finance and consumer behaviour
- Photography and visual culture
- Politeness and social etiquette in modern society
- Preserving history and historical education
- Problem-solving and decision-making in society
- Public debate and persuasion
- Public speaking and communication skills
- Punctuality and time management in society
- Puzzles, hobbies, and mental focus
- Reading habits and intellectual development
- Repair culture and consumer habits
- Risk-taking and extreme sports in modern society
- Rural lifestyles and urbanisation
- Science and society in the modern world
- Seeking advice and decision-making in modern society
- Setting and pursuing personal ambitions
- Social gatherings and community celebrations
- Social interactions in shared public spaces
- Strategic thinking and cognitive games
- Stress, calmness, and modern lifestyles
- Swimming and physical fitness
- Technological change and everyday life
- The culture and psychology of gift-giving
- The news media and society
- Traditional markets and consumer habits
- Trust and commitments in modern society
- Urban congestion and driving culture
- Urban transport and sustainable commuting
- Voice and communication in society
- Workplace pressure and modern careers
77 topics
After a cue card about a place
- Adventure sports and indoor recreation
- Air travel and transit hubs
- Architecture and modern working environments
- Art and technology in modern society
- Business tourism and international conferences
- Coastal areas and traditional industries
- Coastal heritage and remote environments
- Coastal tourism and local communities
- Coastal tourism and public spaces
- Coastal tourism and traditional leisure
- Commercial spaces and modern shopping habits
- Community spaces and social cohesion
- Domestic environments and personal well-being
- Eating habits and dining culture
- Escaping modern stress and urban lifestyles
- Food production and consumer habits
- Higher education spaces and learning environments
- Historic monuments and urban heritage
- Human connection to nature and green spaces
- Human interaction with natural landscapes
- Island tourism and environmental conservation
- Leisure, risk-taking, and commercial entertainment
- Live music and local culture
- Local shops and traditional food culture
- Markets, nature, and urban spaces
- Natural landscapes and public recreation
- Natural spaces and outdoor recreation
- Night-time economies and public spaces
- Outdoor events and public arts
- Outdoor recreation and natural spaces
- Outdoor recreation and nature tourism
- Pedestrianisation and public urban spaces
- Preservation and public spaces in modern towns
- Preserving and enjoying natural landscapes
- Preserving heritage and historical architecture
- Preserving historic architecture and urban heritage
- Preserving historical and religious buildings
- Preserving history and cultural heritage
- Public fitness and community sports facilities
- Public green spaces and plant conservation
- Public green spaces and urban living
- Public recreational facilities and community health
- Public recreational spaces for young people
- Public spaces and coastal environments
- Public spaces and community life
- Public spaces and community well-being
- Public spaces and modern learning environments
- Public spaces and street performance
- Public spaces, leisure, and modern relaxation
- Public transport and urban transit hubs
- Public transport infrastructure and urban living
- Reading habits and physical bookshops
- Repurposing historic buildings and urban spaces
- Science education and public understanding
- Shopping culture and consumer habits
- Social spaces and modern community life
- Sports infrastructure and local communities
- Tall buildings and urban development
- The film industry and cinema culture
- Tourism and coastal conservation
- Traditional crafts and commercial tourism
- Traditional crafts and cultural heritage
- Traditional food markets and consumer habits
- Traditional markets and modern food distribution
- Traditional retail and consumer habits
- Transport heritage and preservation
- Transport infrastructure and natural environments
- Urban architecture and public spaces
- Urban green spaces and architecture
- Urban green spaces and outdoor recreation
- Urban green spaces and sustainable living
- Urban observation and city planning
- Urban planning and residential neighbourhoods
- Urban regeneration and public spaces
- Waterways and green spaces in modern life
- Wildlife conservation and natural habitats
- Winter sports and seasonal recreation
70 topics
After a cue card about an object
- Aesthetics and decoration in the home
- Art and visual culture in society
- Clothing choices and consumer habits
- Clothing choices, climate and consumer habits
- Comfort and consumer habits at home
- Comfort and possessions at home
- Comfort, furniture design, and personal spaces
- Comfort, relaxation, and living spaces
- Consumer accessories and cashless society
- Consumer culture and durable products
- Consumer goods and holiday culture
- Consumer habits and product durability
- Consumer technology and product durability
- Cooking habits and modern kitchen culture
- Cooking traditions and protective clothing
- Crafts and decorative objects in society
- Culinary traditions and modern food culture
- Currency, history, and the evolution of payment
- Cycling culture and urban transport
- Dining traditions and entertaining guests
- Domestic spaces and material possessions
- Everyday possessions and modern security
- Exercise equipment and consumer habits
- Family dining and communal spaces
- Fashion accessories and consumer choices
- Footwear choices and consumer behaviour
- Formal dress codes and personal style
- Handmade goods and traditional crafts
- Handwriting and modern communication
- Home fitness and public health trends
- Hospitality and entertaining guests at home
- Household appliances and daily efficiency
- Household organisation and daily routines
- Interior design and decorative items in the home
- Jewellery, materialism, and cultural traditions
- Kitchen culture and food preparation
- Material possessions and daily rituals
- Mobile technology and energy consumption
- Music, technology, and social life
- Nature in domestic and urban environments
- Outdoor leisure and public spaces
- Personal reflection and record-keeping
- Photographs, memories, and preserving the past
- Planning and organising daily routines
- Practical products and outdoor lifestyles
- Practical skills and consumer culture
- Practical tools and self-reliance
- Preparedness and resilience in modern society
- Preserving memories and material possessions
- Product durability and consumer culture
- Reading culture and physical possessions
- Reading habits and physical media
- Sensory design and home environments
- Sleep quality and modern relaxation
- Sound, technology, and modern lifestyles
- Souvenirs and consumer habits while travelling
- Souvenirs and holiday memories
- Study environments and everyday lighting
- Sun protection, personal health, and outdoor living
- Technology and modern eating habits
- Time management and modern sleep habits
- Timekeeping and modern attitudes to time
- Traditional correspondence and digital communication
- Traditional crafts and modern living
- Traditional games and modern leisure
- Traditional navigation and modern wayfinding
- Traditional reference materials and modern learning
- Travel preparation and consumer habits
- Vision health and daily aids in society
- Winter clothing and consumer habits
61 topics
After a cue card about an event
- Agricultural heritage and community traditions
- Amateur performance and cultural life
- Celebrations and marking life milestones
- Charity and social responsibility
- Citizen engagement and urban development
- Commemoration and collective memory
- Communal dining and modern eating habits
- Community engagement and public spaces
- Community events and social cohesion
- Community sharing and reducing household waste
- Competitive leisure and social bonding
- Costumes, identity, and social celebrations
- Creativity and traditional crafts
- Cross-cultural interaction and globalisation
- Culinary culture and learning to cook
- Employment opportunities and the modern job market
- Extended families and modern society
- Family leisure and traditional pastimes
- Family traditions and social celebrations
- Food culture and community events
- Group activities and team dynamics
- Heritage education and public history
- Historic transport and nostalgia in modern society
- Horticulture and public appreciation of nature
- Housing, celebrations, and community life
- Literature and community spaces
- Literature and public literary events
- Marine pollution and coastal preservation
- Mass sporting events and public participation
- Milestones and academic celebrations
- Milestones and family traditions
- Nutrition education and modern dietary habits
- Oral traditions and modern entertainment
- Outdoor dining and social bonding
- Outdoor exercise and public health
- Performing arts in education and society
- Professional networking and business events
- Public art and urban culture
- Public celebrations and collective traditions
- Public celebrations and community events
- Public celebrations and community life
- Public debate and critical thinking
- Public events and community entertainment
- Public festivals and local traditions
- Public health initiatives and civic responsibility
- Public recognition and community contribution
- Recognition and rewards in education
- Recruitment and workplace pressure
- Retirement and changing working lives
- Science education and practical learning
- Second-hand goods and consumer culture
- Social bonding and youth friendships
- Sport and physical activity in education
- Technological advancement and modern society
- Technological innovation and consumer culture
- The performing arts and youth culture
- Traditional performing arts and cultural preservation
- Urban greening and environmental stewardship
- Visual art and modern society
- Workplace communication and leadership
- Workplace relationships and career changes
80 topics
After a cue card about an experience
- Academic pressure and study habits
- Acquiring practical life skills
- Advice and guidance in modern society
- Air travel and modern transit disruptions
- Bargaining, consumer behaviour and local commerce
- Caregiving and community support systems
- Childcare and parenting in modern society
- Choosing educational pathways and institutions
- Commercial fisheries and the seafood industry
- Community arts and personal creativity
- Constructive criticism and personal development
- Consumer electronics and modern dependency
- Consumer rights and product quality
- Consumer rights and service standards
- Customer service and consumer expectations
- Delivery services and consumer expectations
- Digital entertainment and mental development
- DIY culture and consumer habits
- Emergency preparedness and public health education
- Entertaining guests and dining habits
- Environmental responsibility and public participation
- Everyday mishaps and practical problem-solving
- Feedback, praise, and motivation in learning
- Festivals and public celebrations in modern society
- Food culture and culinary globalisation
- Food culture and modern dining habits
- Foreign languages and global communication
- Formal dining and social etiquette
- Gift-giving and social relationships
- Grassroots sports and community cohesion
- Green spaces and botanical conservation
- Green spaces and human well-being
- Healthcare systems and patient wellbeing
- Heritage preservation and tourism
- Human adaptability and coping with change
- Human connection with the natural world
- Humans and domestic animals
- Instructions, manuals, and technical guidance
- Lost property and civic responsibility
- Material possessions and personal responsibility
- Neighbourhood support and elderly care
- Night-time activities and sleep habits
- Noise pollution and community living
- Outdoor recreation and group activities
- Outdoor recreation and healthy lifestyles
- Outdoor recreation and modern lifestyle
- Outdoor recreation in natural water bodies
- Personal appearance and social perceptions
- Personal finance and financial literacy
- Postal communication and digital culture
- Preserving historic buildings and heritage
- Professional training and lifelong learning
- Public celebrations and cultural identity
- Public talks and the dissemination of knowledge
- Public transport and extreme weather conditions
- Public transport systems and travel disruptions
- Recreational sports and active leisure
- Repairing versus replacing possessions
- Risk, adventure, and modern leisure
- Road safety and urban transport
- Rural lifestyle and countryside tourism
- Second-hand shopping and consumer culture
- Severe weather and modern society
- Shared travel and urban mobility
- Sharing living spaces and privacy
- Sharing resources and communal facilities
- Social connections and maintaining friendships
- Street performance and public culture
- Success, celebration, and personal motivation
- Tourism, heritage, and exploring places
- Traditional coastal communities and modern development
- Traditional cooking and modern lifestyles
- Traditional handicrafts and modern consumer culture
- Travel choices and road transport
- Travel disruption and consumer rights
- Travel preparation and time management
- Trends in holiday accommodation and tourism
- Urban gardening and food sustainability
- Urban transport and commuting patterns
- Waterways, recreation, and transport
59 topics
After a cue card about an activity or habit
- Academic collaboration and team research
- Acquiring knowledge and staying informed
- Art and creativity in modern life
- Capturing nature and visual culture
- Changing personal tastes and habits
- Collaboration and teamwork in modern life
- Commuting habits and time management
- Consumer habits and household finance
- Creativity and artistic expression in education
- Creativity and leisure in modern society
- Daily routines and modern lifestyles
- Dance, culture, and community in education
- Digital interactions and interpersonal relationships
- Exercise habits and public health
- Exploring unfamiliar environments and local discovery
- Extracurricular activities and personal development
- Extreme sports and outdoor recreation
- Food culture and shared dining habits
- Food heritage and traditional skills
- Foreign language acquisition and communication
- Hosting and socialising in modern society
- Household waste and sustainability
- Indoor recreation and modern lifestyle choices
- Language learning methods and communication
- Leisure habits and interpersonal connection
- Lifelong mental fitness and cognitive health
- Living environments and modern lifestyles
- Memory and technology in modern society
- Mental exercise and cognitive challenges in modern society
- Mental wellbeing and modern distractions
- Methods and approaches in modern education
- Music education and cultural participation
- Outdoor fitness and urban public spaces
- Outdoor learning and collaborative skills
- Outdoor play and childhood development
- Outdoor recreation and modern lifestyles
- Patience and perseverance in modern society
- Physical activity and modern lifestyles
- Physical challenges and outdoor pursuits
- Physical fitness and modern lifestyles
- Physical well-being and productivity
- Practical skills and home living
- Preserving and teaching history in modern society
- Preserving traditional folk customs in modern society
- Public sports facilities and community leisure
- Recreation, aging, and community well-being
- Recreation, rest, and modern lifestyles
- Sleep habits and modern lifestyles
- Social gatherings and group activities
- Stress management and modern lifestyles
- Technology and modern education
- Technology use and digital well-being
- Traditional dance and social connection
- Travel, leisure, and modern entertainment
- Visual arts and everyday creativity
- Volunteering and social responsibility
- Water recreation and coastal tourism
- Winter recreation and extreme climates
- Youth leisure and lifestyle trends
46 topics
After a cue card about a film, book, song or programme
- Adapting literature for the screen
- Advertising, society and public spaces
- Animation and messaging in modern media
- Audio advertising and media consumption
- Audio media and cultural education
- Audio media and modern listening habits
- Charitable campaigning and media influence
- Consumer choices and digital influence
- Consumer information and online media
- Consumer media and modern domestic habits
- Digital formats and modern storytelling
- Digital media and information consumption
- Digital media and public health awareness
- Film promotion and audience expectations
- Health communication and digital media
- Historical media and public knowledge
- Humour, media, and society
- Informal learning and digital media
- Journalism and the influence of media
- Journalism, accountability and the modern media
- Local business and community media
- Local journalism and community recognition
- Media influence on tourism and travel habits
- Modern television and viewing culture
- Morning media and public mood
- News consumption and digital media
- Online media and learning practical skills
- Online video culture and humour
- Print media and visual culture
- Reality television and public entertainment
- Science communication and modern media
- Sports coverage and live broadcasting
- Technology and youth education
- Television entertainment and modern family life
- The evolution and impact of news media
- The evolution of modern audio media
- The influence of digital journalism
- The influence of opinion journalism
- The power and ethics of visual media
- The power of storytelling and modern audio media
- The rise of digital broadcasting
- Trust and integrity in modern journalism
- Visual communication and public understanding
- Visual media and music culture
- Weather forecasting and the media
- Wildlife media and environmental awareness
41 topics
After a cue card about other topics
- Ambition, career choices, and changing goals
- Ambition, goal-setting, and success in modern society
- Career aspirations and personal development
- Career guidance and professional development
- Communication and connections between strangers
- Consumer habits and financial decision-making
- Creativity and problem-solving in daily life
- Culinary heritage and changing eating habits
- Cultural traditions and modern lifestyle
- Curriculum design and student engagement
- Decision-making and life choices
- Family history and cultural storytelling
- Family values and societal change
- Financial literacy and spending habits
- Goal setting and personal achievement
- Habit formation and modern lifestyles
- History, heritage, and modern society
- Language, thought and cultural identity
- Memory and early experiences
- Mindset, motivation and personal resilience
- Moral values and social behaviour
- Observation and informal learning
- Overcoming adversity and building resilience
- Promises, commitments, and personal integrity
- Public health and lifestyle awareness
- Public health and lifestyle changes
- Public safety and personal risk awareness
- Public speaking and persuasion in modern society
- Rules and discipline in society
- Rules and social conformity
- Scientific awareness and understanding nature
- Skill acquisition and workplace learning
- Skills, education, and future employment
- Success, parental expectations, and personal achievements
- Superstitions and belief systems in modern society
- Time management in modern society
- Traditions and cultural identity
- Understanding complex ideas and education
- Waste management and consumer responsibility
- Work habits and personal efficiency
- Workplace wellbeing and modern pressures
Frequently asked questions
What happens in IELTS Speaking Part 3?+
A four-to-five-minute discussion with the examiner on wider questions linked to your Part 2 cue card. The questions are more abstract: society, comparisons, causes, advantages and the future.
How is Part 3 marked?+
On the same four criteria as the rest of the test: fluency and coherence, vocabulary, grammar and pronunciation. Part 3 is where examiners check whether you can develop and justify an opinion.
Are these real IELTS questions?+
They are original practice questions written by BandLadder in the examiner's style, on themes that come up often. Practise the method, not the exact wording.
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