Todd: Tennessee!
Tenn: Yes!
Todd: We're gonna talk about sports.
Tenn: OK. I'm not big on sports, but.
Todd: OK, well, that's OK. So you, you don't like sports.
Tenn: Well, I like sports but I'm just not an avid, uh, sports watcher. You know I would usually rather watch a movie or some kind of history program.
Todd: Oh, OK. So you're into history.
Tenn: Oh, yes!
Todd: OK. What kind of history?
Tenn: That's a kind of a difficult question. I would say, ah, interested, primarily I interested in ancient and mideval but I also like studying the history of the countries that I have visited it makes it more interesting when I go sight-seeing.
Todd: OK. What countries have you visited?
Tenn: I've been to 26 countries.
Todd: Really!
Tenn: Yeah!
Todd: Oh, OK. Yeah, you can't name them all.
Tenn: The big ones I would say, I've been over a good bit of Europe, ah, Mexico, Peru, I spent almost a year in Egypt and I went to Isreal, Jordan, and now I'm here in Japan. I've been here in Japan for a year and a half. And while I have been here, I visited Korea for about a week.
Todd: OK. Wow. That's a lot so did you do the Pyramids in Egypt?
Tenn: Oh, yes. Actually, I climbed the pyramids.
Todd: Oh, really. Nice. What's it like on the top?
Tenn: Very, very interesting. You can see, ah, it was during the summer so the visibility was rather low.
Todd: Oh, OK.
Tenn: But, to see, we were on The Great Pyramid, and the second Pyramid, Kefron, was right near by, and it is a very different perspective to see it from, interesting to be eye-level, to be on the same level as the top of that second pyramid.
Todd: OK. Wow! So you were in Peru, right?
Tenn: Yes.
Todd: OK. What's the big thing people see in Peru?
Tenn: Machu Pichu.
Todd: Machu Pichu. OK. What is Machu Pichu?
Tenn: Machu Pichu is the ruins of a city that was built by the Inca People.
Todd: OK.
Tenn: Over three...six hundred years ago, and was lost, no one knew what happened to it. until it was recently discovered about a hundred years ago.
Todd: OK. Wow. Nice. Alright, thanks a lot David
Tenn: Sure!
Todd: Or Tennessee.
You should have learnt from these IELTS speaking questions and answers to:
*Stay on topic
Listen carefully to the question and make sure you are answering it. Don't talk about something completely different just so you can talk for longer.
*Extend your answers
Give reasons for your answer. This can be a useful way to extend your responses. Always explain WHY you have given the answer that you have.
*Don't speak excessively
Extend your answers but don't go on too much. This will only mean the examiner will have to keep interrupting you to move onto the next questions.
*Be honest but positive
Try to remain upbeat and positive even if you are saying you don't do things or don't enjoy things you are being asked about. You can always put a positive slant on your answers.