In this tutorial, we will:

* Share advice and tips on how to pass your IELTS Speaking part 3 in the IELTS exam.

* Look at the 4 categories that you are graded on and see what each one means

* Look at some example questions and learn some new vocabulary to use in your responses.

The speaking test has 3 parts and one important thing to appreciate in order to pass your IELTS speaking test is how the examiner will be marking you in your IELTS speaking test.

The four categories you are graded on are :

* Fluency and Accuracy

* Pronunciation

* Grammatical range and accuracy, so that is all the complex grammar structures which we are going to be looking at today

* Lexical range which means how wide your vocabulary is and how easily you are able to use collocations, use synonyms and compound words.

The IELTS Speaking test has 3 parts: Part 1 lasts around 4-5 minutes and is designed as a warm up to help you feel relaxed and get used to the examiner’s voice. You will be asked some questions about your work / studies before a variety of questions about familiar topics such as your family, hobbies, schooling or education, music, festivals or traditions in your country.

IELTS Speaking Part 2 is often called the ‘Long turn’ and is a kind of presentation. You are presented with a cue card which contains a series of questions about a single topic. After a minute to think, prepare and write notes, you will start speaking and have to keep going as fluently and coherently as you can for around 2 minutes.

Speaking Part 3 lasts around 4 minutes you will be asked some more abstract and wide ranging questions relating to the cue card you had in Part 2. To score very highly here in IELTS speaking part 3 you need to master skills which relate to speaking confidently and coherently on a wider range of topical subjects.

* Let’s take a look at some of these subskills starting with comparing and contrasting. This means thinking of similarities and differences. 

Here is a typical Part 3 question: I want you to keep these three key words in your head: Both, but and for example while you listen to these questions.

The topic here is Sport and the cue card for Part 2 was about Describing a sport which you have played in a team. 

P3: Which is more exciting to watch: athletics or gymnastics? Remember the four words (both, but/ however, for example) and listen to this example answer – or even better pause here and write down your own first. 

They are both sporting activities which demand a significant amount of skill and dedication and are usually both started at a young age – especially if you want to become a professional but I think that athletics has a wider appeal and the track races such as the 100m or 200m can be incredibly exciting! For example, in the Olympics, those races are usually the highlight of the athletics competition.

Here’s another example – also sport. 

Is it better to attend a sporting event or watch it on television? Remember those four words and write down your own answer to test yourself now you have had an example. 

Well, I know that watching both live or on TV can be exciting and that fans always make time to support their favourite team or individual sportsman. However, in my country participating in live matches is out of reach for many budgets as the ticket prices has risen dramatically in recent years, for example stadium seats for football matches are ...