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Describe a time when you taught a friend or relative something.

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

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

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Part 1

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

Your home town

  1. Where is your home town? (Tell me more about that.)
  2. What do you like most about it? (Tell me more about that.)
  3. Has it changed much since you were a child? (Why is that?)
  4. Would you like to live there in the future? (Why is that?)

Saying thank you

  1. Do you often say thank you to people? (Why is that?)
  2. Who was the last person you thanked? (Tell me more about that.)
  3. Did your parents teach you to say thank you when you were young? (Why is that?)
  4. Do you think sending a thank-you message is better than saying it in person? (Why is that?)

Happiness

  1. What usually makes you feel happy? (Tell me more about that.)
  2. Who do you like to spend time with when you want to cheer up? (Tell me more about that.)
  3. Were you a happy child? (Why is that?)
  4. Do you think people today are happier than people in the past? (Why is that?)

Part 2

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

Describe a time when you taught a friend or relative something.

You should say:

  • who you taught
  • what you taught them
  • how you taught it

and explain how you felt about teaching this person.

Follow-up question after your talk: Would you like to be a teacher one day? / Was it easy to explain it to them?

Part 3

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

learning practical skills

  1. Can you describe the ways people usually learn a practical skill such as cooking or driving?
  2. In general, which practical skills do most adults wish they had learned earlier?
  3. What could be done about older people who are left behind when skills change?

teaching as a job

  1. Can you explain why teaching is respected more in some countries than in others?
  2. What do you think are the advantages and disadvantages of paying teachers according to their students' results?
  3. Can you speculate on how the job of a school teacher will change as technology improves?

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