IELTS Speaking Band 6.5 Sample Test with Feedback!

Could you tell me your full name please? My name is kim kim yes it is spelled like m-i-n s-e-o-k k-i-m okay means kim good and you like your name. I think I like my name. My grandfather gave it to me. uh, there were a few as candidates for my names, but one of them was the same as the previous president of Korea, so my grandfather didn't agree, okay, so he said it's better than the other one, so he gave me this name and are you working or are you a student? I am a student in Australia studying university marketing and specializing in marketing.

Okay, do you like your course? Yes, for the course itself, I like it, but sometimes I meet some strange professors or lecturers, but I enjoy my specialization. Okay, tell me what. you do it when you have some free time uh when i have free time i have my own youtube channel so i film with my friend or exo after that i edit those videos and upload them on youtube and uh for daily hobbies i go to the gym to exercise well , could you tell me about your hometown? My hometown is called Tegu, it is located in the southern part of the Korean peninsula and I moved to Seoul when I was six years old, but I still visit there once a year to visit my relatives.

Okay, okay, okay, now we're going to talk about jeans, so do you wear jeans often? uh yeah, most of my pants are jeans, I think after 10 years 10 years I mostly only wore jeans, I think they're very comfortable and almost match. all top clothes, but sometimes I like to wear formal clothes and wear formal pants, I already feel uncomfortable. Okay, yeah, do you like wearing jeans? Yes, I love wearing jeans now. Okay, very good, and why do you think jeans are popular? I think I learned this in my schools and others, I read some articles about it and I heard that jeans were popular when they were first invented and that rich people liked to think that even poor people wore those pants and at first people delicious.

I thought how could those people wear the same clothes as us, but I think that represents that, uh, all the people, uh, from each person's perspective, jeans look good and very fashionable, so I think I'm also part of those people, I guess it's okay and what color jeans do you like to wear? I thought five years ago I only bought black jeans, but recently I bought two very light blue jeans. I thought those colors didn't match me, but as I get older, I don't think so. Too bad, I guess it's okay, and what style of jeans are popular in your country just a few years ago.

Very tight genes were popular, but some people thought it was a bit, I would say, disgusting, when they're too tight, they thought it looks like a sausage, but these. days I think the trend is that slightly loose pants are more popular nowadays, okay, that will help us for the first part of the

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, okay, let's move on to the second part, yes, let's look at this question, okay , so I'll give you, the question, there you go, I'll give you a pen, thank you, okay, now, I'll give you a minute to take some notes and prepare a little bit so you can get off to a good start.

Turns out that's where the minute is, just grab it. pen please thank you thank you so your question is to describe your ideal home so you can get started any time you want. Well, I think that for me the ideal house would be an apartment. I think the reason I chose this shape of house is because. In Korea, because the landfill is small, most people build an apartment for their houses and I have lived in an apartment most of my life, so I think that is why I chose this as my ideal home and I think it should be located close to the public. transportation I think that's the most important thing because let's say I'm studying or I have a job, commuting is the most important thing for me I guess, so maybe close to the bus or subway station would be good and I think for my house Should be.

Firstly, it is cozy, and secondly, it should be equipped with a lot of furniture and other facilities. I would say it's best if there is a gym or pool in the apartment for public use, and for this house, I would say it doesn't have to be. big because I would live there during my 20s, but if I ever get married or have a child, maybe I would move to a bigger apartment and if I can, I would like to live close to Seoul at least since it is the most Korean popular. It's okay, it's okay. last two minutes so we'll stop you there alright alright so you think location is very important for a house location location location yeah yeah you're not a fan of commuting ah yeah it's really hard to be on the subway crowded when everyone is pushing each other, yeah, yeah, it's like a war, isn't it?

Yes, of course, good things, now we move on to the third part. Yeah, okay, so just to get the clock ticking again, so yeah, what do you think? What are the differences between living in the city? and I live in the countryside ah, I currently live in Australia and the city is Canberra and I would say that although it is the capital, it is more countryside than Seoul, I guess because when I leave my room I can see the kangaroos running around. but I think there are advantages and disadvantages of living in the city and in the countryside for the city.

I would say that it is very convenient for everything since everything is already prepared. But I would say that it is very crowded and sometimes you want to be partial, but there are a lot of people around you, so I think it is difficult for you to get to your personal zone, but for the field I think it is very easy, since you want to be alone and want some of your private time. It's very easy for you. just leave your room and walk, but I would say for the countryside, yes, it's opposite the city, uh, everything is a bit uncomfortable, okay, okay, okay and do you think older people prefer to live in the countryside instead of in the city?

Oh yeah. I agree with this statement because older people, especially from the Korean perspective, I have heard many older generations say that after they retire they would like to return to the countryside and run their own farm. I think that's because they care more about their health problem. They want to reproduce in cleaner air and live among nature. I think that's why it's okay and younger people feel different. They wouldn't like to live in the country. I think they want to be exposed to more technologies and a more comfortable life. area, so, as I said before, travel and transportation are very important factors for them and they need to access their field of work very easily.

I think that's why younger people prefer to live in the city and in your country public transport in the countryside is efficient and well connected uh for some of the cities I would say it's well connected but if you go to a very rural, very rural, I would say there is only one bus per hour so I think it's not that convenient compared to the city. Do you think governments should spend more money focusing on cities and smaller areas? I think the government is putting a lot of effort into public transportation because Koreans themselves think that Korean public transportation is very well organized and I think the reason why public transportation is not is that it developed compared to cities because the government thinks it's enough for the countryside yes, good, good, and do you think that these days, because public transportation has improved a lot?

Do you think less people drive their own cars these days? I think it depends. In the older generation age group, they usually feel scared when driving, especially in Seoul, because driving, I mean, the traffic in Seoul is very popular for being conspicuous, but for the younger generations, they can drive and have enough money to afford the effort. I mean buy your own transportation, so whenever you go out, even a short distance, I think you prefer to take your own car. Okay, very good, very good. Yes Yes. Do you think Koreans in general feel that their public transportation could be improved in some way?

I personally take the subway when I go to my workplace and during rush hour it's like being in hell, there are so many people and everyone is pushing each other and I was thinking, living in Australia, I've seen a double-decker subway , So maybe. I thought the Seoul government or Seoul city hall might think about making a double-decker subway or a slightly longer subway to accommodate more people inside, but other than that, I think it's pretty well organized, yeah, good idea, yeah, so let's go. in the comments now, yes it was a good

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, you did well, you are friendly and confident, you spoke fluently, yes I would say your score would be about 6.5, I would say what you would get now to get to 7.0, I think the only thing that's really holding you back is probably just some little grammatical mistakes, you know, so in terms of your fluency was really good, there was very little hesitation throughout the whole process, you were able to speak comfortably and you answered all the questions in the detects very well, very well, as does your pronunciation, very clear, very precise, no real problems to point out, so yes, fluency in pronunciation, very good, quite good, possibly like more than seven, um, obviously , there are some vocabulary issues, let's just point out a couple just to give. some examples you were talking about your name yeah, yeah, um and you said there were some other candidates for your name, like the candidates suggest they suggest to me that people like the presidential candidate would be a different person, but if you're talking about a name, I would say options, there were some other options, but you chose Minson, okay, use the word also disgusting for genes.

I probably wouldn't use that word for gross sounds, it's just a little bit worse, a little extreme in that sense, um. for example when you talk about really bad food you would say disgusting or something that would make your stomach feel sick yeah yeah maybe for that um yeah the word just the word furniture is uncountable so you would never say furniture only. furniture furniture yeah, so you can say a piece of furniture, yeah, very good, um, just a little bit of word work between crowded and crowded, they're actually very similar, you know, but if I was talking about a city, I'd say crowded of people instead of The full pact suggests like if you were in a room, you know, if you're talking about the subway or an establishment, you could say it's filled because everyone's inside, yeah, yeah, so just some little things with vocabulary . there, um, in terms of grammar, yes, the tense is usually fine, but I think what disappointed you is just some prepositions, you know, there are just prepositions missing in a lot of your sentences, for example, you said go to the gym, go to the gym, go. to the cinema you said that degu is in the southern part so you say in the southern part of Korea in the southern part um when we talk about genes, okay, so the theme you were using was it's very comfortable, it's very popular, what should I? will they be, yes, yes, exactly because I know they are one thing, but they are plural, you know, yes, yes, so they are very popular, they are very comfortable, yes, um, and you said that you bought two very light blue jeans, yes, what should I? it will be two pairs yes exactly yes yes yes it is difficult on the spot yes yes two pairs of light blue jeans yes two pairs of yes, in fact the second part yes the second part was quite loud you spoke for two full minutes um bits, I think we were saying "It should be, it should be", but since it's your dream house and if you see in the question there it says "it would be wood", then I would stick with wood in the second part, yes, because it's your imagination.

It would be huge, it would be in Seoul, it would be here, um, not much more there, you once said that most people should just be most people, most people, most people, yeah, some little things and then in the third part, really good, just like I said. a couple of little preposition errors uh a question I started with do you think blah blah blah yeah and you responded with yes I agree so okay you can just say I agree if the question is, you agree, so just one little thing to be careful about? from there, uh, but yeah, I thought it was a really good test, just little grammatical errors.

I'll give this to you later and you can take a look at it. You know, I have something more detailed here, so yeah, if you order it, be a little better yeah okay thank you very much thank you thank you