Describe a time you visited a new place.
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- Sep–Dec/2025
- May–Aug/2025
- Jan–Apr/2025
- Sep–Dec/2024
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- Jan–Apr/2022
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Part 1
The examiner asks about you and two familiar topics. About 4–5 minutes.
Your home town
- Where is your home town? (Tell me more about that.)
- What do you like most about it? (Tell me more about that.)
- Has it changed much since you were a child? (Why is that?)
- Would you like to live there in the future? (Why is that?)
Patience
- Are you a patient person? (Why is that?)
- What situations make you lose your patience? (Tell me more about that.)
- Were you more patient as a child or are you more patient now? (Why is that?)
- Do you think patience is an important quality for a job? (Why is that?)
Friends
- Do you prefer having a few close friends or lots of friends? (Why is that?)
- What do you usually do with your friends? (Tell me more about that.)
- Are you still in touch with your childhood friends? (Why is that?)
- Do you think it is easy to make new friends as an adult? (Why is that?)
Part 2
One minute to prepare, then speak for one to two minutes.
Describe a time you visited a new place.
You should say:
- where you went
- when you went and who you went with
- what you did there
and explain how you felt about visiting this place.
Follow-up question after your talk: Would you recommend this place to your friends? / What surprised you most about that place?
Part 3
A broader, more abstract discussion of the Part 2 topic. About 4–5 minutes.
why people travel to new places
- Can you explain why many people prefer to visit places they have never seen before?
- How would you compare travelling with a tour group with travelling alone?
- In general, what do travellers learn from visiting a country very different from their own?
the effect of tourism on local places
- Can you explain why some famous places become far too crowded with visitors?
- What do you think are the advantages and disadvantages of building large hotels in quiet countryside areas?
- Can you speculate on how cheap air travel will change the places people choose to visit?
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