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IELTS Speaking Part 1: Colleagues and classmates

The examiner asks questions like these in Part 1. Answer each one aloud in 2–3 sentences, about 20–30 seconds.

Do you get on well with your colleagues or classmates?
How do you usually spend breaks with them?
Do you prefer to work in a team or alone? [Why?]
Have you made good friends at work or at school?
What qualities do you like in the people you work with?

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How to answer Part 1 questions

Answer the question, then add one reason or a short example.
Do not learn answers by heart. Part 1 is about you, and memorised answers sound memorised.
If a question asks why, say why. Short one-word answers cost fluency marks.

Part 1: how long to answer

Part 2 cue cards on the same subject

Describe a classmate or colleague you work well with

More Part 1 topics: Work and study

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