Home / Question bank

Describe a faraway place you would like to visit in the future.

This test has appeared in 9 seasons · 6 reported by test takers

  • May–Aug/2026
  • Jan–Apr/2026
  • Sep–Dec/2025
  • Jan–Apr/2025
  • Sep–Dec/2024
  • May–Aug/2024
  • Jan–Apr/2024
  • Sep–Dec/2023
  • May–Aug/2023

Reported by test takers Forecast only

Take this test with the AI examiner

Part 1

The examiner asks about you and two familiar topics. About 4–5 minutes.

Your home

  1. Do you live in a house or an apartment? (Why?)
  2. Which room do you spend the most time in? (Why?)
  3. What would you like to change about your home? (Why?)
  4. Do you think you will live there for a long time? (Why not?)

Food

  1. What kind of food do you eat most often? (Tell me more about that.)
  2. What is your favourite dish? (Tell me more about that.)
  3. Is there any food you didn't like as a child but enjoy now? (Why is that?)
  4. Do you think people in your country eat more healthily now than in the past? (Why is that?)

Sitting down

  1. Do you spend a lot of time sitting down each day? (Why is that?)
  2. Where do you usually sit when you want to read or relax? (Tell me more about that.)
  3. When you were at school, did you have to sit still for a long time? (Tell me more about that.)
  4. Do you think people today sit down too much? (Why is that?)

Part 2

One minute to prepare, then speak for one to two minutes.

Describe a faraway place you would like to visit in the future.

You should say:

  • where it is
  • how you learned about it
  • what you would like to do there

and explain why you would like to visit this place.

Follow-up question after your talk: When do you think you might go there? / Who would you like to go with?

Part 3

A broader, more abstract discussion of the Part 2 topic. About 4–5 minutes.

why people travel far from home

  1. Can you explain why some people save for years to pay for one long trip?
  2. In general, what do travellers hope to gain from visiting a distant country?
  3. How would you contrast travelling far away with taking short trips close to home?

tourism and the places people visit

  1. Can you explain how large numbers of visitors change a small town?
  2. What could be done about popular places spoilt by the problems tourism brings?
  3. Can you speculate on how people will travel abroad if flying becomes much more expensive?

Test titles follow test-taker reports and each season's forecasts — IELTS does not publish its papers. "Reported" means someone reported meeting this topic in a dated test. The questions are written by us in the format of the real test.