IELTS Speaking Test // Band 9 // Must Before Your Exam!

Let's begin, this is the oral

test

of the international English language assessment system that will be held on Saturday, March 11 at the Beacon Center number BN 367. The candidate is Sabrine Valanchery and the candidate number is zero zero zero three four zero zero The

exam

iner is Carol Kennedy and the

exam

iner number is 433-816. Good afternoon. What is

your

full name please? My full name is Bryn Bellingery and what should I call you. Oh, you can call me Saba. Can I see

your

ID please? Sarah, yeah, here, okay. thank you now in this first part I would like to ask you some questions about yourself let's talk about where you live where you live in your country I live in Hyderabad which is the capital of Andhra Pradesh in the southeast of India, it is a A very big city, about seven Millions of people live there and is it an interesting place to live?

Oh yes, sir, a very interesting place to live. Hyderabad has a very long history, so there are many ancient forts, mosques and other monuments. There is a very beautiful lake and uh, there are also many wonderful markets and you will live in Hyderabad in the future. Oh yes, I think once I finish my studies here I will return to Hyderabad. My hus

band

is also from Hyderabad so I think we will stay there now. talk about hobbies and interests what hobbies and interests are popular in your country people have many different hobbies in my country. I think the most popular ones nowadays are things like gardening and DIY, which is when people usually men do things for their home.

I think women tend not to have too many hobbies. You can't really call shopping a hobby. I think in the past women used to fill the free time they had with craft activities, but I think sewing anything is so common these days. Reading is still very popular, especially now with new e-readers, and what hobbies and interests do you enjoy? Well, like many people, my work takes up a lot of my time and on the weekends I like to meet up with my friends. friends or I go out with my hus

band

, so I don't have much time for hobbies, but I read a lot, especially history and biography.

I also love collecting art, so I go to a lot of art fairs. I really like colorful abstract art, it really brightens up our homes and what hobbies and interests did you have when you were a kid, my goodness that was a long time ago, let me think I used to collect gears. I think I was about 20 or 25, it was actually silly stuff, but fun for a little kid. I liked to paint and draw, my parents supported me a lot and bought me a lot of oil paints, but I don't really have much talent. I also played the clarinet.

I was in a youth orchestra. I remember one time we played a concert and my reading broke down during the first piece and I couldn't make a sound. Do you think parents should encourage their children to have a hobby or interest? Oh yes, very much. I think it is very important that children have something more than school. Television and computers sometimes a hobby can turn into a very successful career, but even if it doesn't, it can help the child develop as a person as they learn new things and meet new people who share the same hobby.

Now let's talk. About the weather, do you prefer warm or cold weather? I think I prefer cold weather. I know most people prefer warm weather, but it's always so hot in my country that it's such a nice change to feel the gold, of course, in the gold. It's very easy to put on a hat and gloves to keep us warm. Tell me about the weather in your country at different times of the year. India is so big that there are many different climates, so I will only talk about the climate in Hyderabad in general. They have a tropical wet and dry climate, which means that the summers are from March to June, they are hot, over 30 degrees and very humid, sometimes they can reach over 40, which is simply unbearable at the end of summer , the monsoon arrives and it rains for about three months afterwards.

The rainy season is winter, which is quite short, only a couple of months, what time of year did you enjoy the most when you were a child? Well, I think, like most kids, I would say summer, when we had the long school holidays, but I always preferred it. There is something so lovely about spring when everything starts to grow again after winter, you can almost smell it in the air and has the weather in your country changed much in recent years? um, I don't think so, actually, I know that in some countries the weather has been changing due to global warming, but where I live it seems to be the same, just heat and rain.

I have noticed something. In recent summers, when it is very hot, there has been a great shortage of water. I don't remember that happening when I was. younger thank you now I am going to give you a topic and I would like you to talk about it for a minute or two you have a minute to think about what you are going to say and you can take some notes if you want I hope you understand it, yes, but it is your role and pencil and this is your topic. I would like you to describe a gift or present that someone recently gave you.

Well, now you have a minute or two for this, so don't worry if I stop you. I'll let you know when time is up. Could you start talking now? Please, I'm going to talk about a gift my husband gave me last year for my birthday. We had gone to Istanbul for a few days that my husband had always wanted. to go there anyway we had a few days vacation from work and decided to fulfill my husband's dream, as I said before, I am very interested in art and although I had no real desire to go to Istanbul, I was totally captivated by everything . the beautiful buildings and the wonderful arts and crafts there, the Blue Mosque was my favorite building.

From the outside it looks like a typical Ottoman mosque, but inside it is quite amazing, the large windows with the light reflecting off the exquisite blue tiles made was simply stunning. I asked one of the guides about the tiles and she told me they were from Isnic and are still made today. When we left the Blue Mosque, we walked down a pedestrian street full of shops, including some tile shops in one of the shops, the owner told us that the tiles were made on his neck anyway, one of the tiles really me It caught my attention, in fact, it sang to me, it was a fish, four big fish and many small ones, all in different shades of green.

I really wanted to but when we asked the price it was too high, something like 300 US dollars, I obviously knew we could negotiate but it seemed like such a high price that we just left the next night, we went out to dinner for my birthday just as we were finishing dessert . The waiter came over and handed me the most beautifully wrapped gift. I knew it once because it was very heavy and it was the fish tail. So, does this person buy you gifts often? Well, he's good at remembering my birthday and our anniversary, so he usually does.

So buy me something nice, but he doesn't buy a gift out of nowhere. Thank you. He could have the pamphlet, the pencil and the paperback, please, nice. Now you've been telling me about a gift you received that I would like. I ask you some more general questions related to this, so let's talk about attitudes towards gifts. Can you tell me something about how people feel when they receive a homemade gift versus when they receive a store-bought gift? Well, I think it all depends on the person and the gift. When a grandchild makes something for his grandparents, like a bookmark or a clay pot they made at school, then obviously his grandparents will treasure it for the adults.

I think it's a little different, so people are going to give homemade gifts. They have to be of very good quality, why do you say that? Well, when kids make things, it's the thought that counts, but when it's adults doing things, it has to look like the gift is a proper gift and not something they made just because it's cheaper, of course. , the thought still counts and in many ways our time is now more important or valuable than money, so if someone has spent a lot of time making a gift it will mean a lot, but if someone has made some chutneys or pickles or something So. other type of food, then it has to be edible and taste good, so what about store-bought gifts?

Most gifts these days are store boards and there's really nothing wrong with that. I think the important thing with the wooden gift is that the person buying the gift should spend some time thinking about what the other person would really appreciate. It is not good for a husband to go to a perfume store and buy the first perfume he likes. He needs to see what perfume his wife is wearing and to show him that he is her. paying attention to it and do you think that children enjoy receiving gifts more than adults? Yes and no, obviously children love receiving gifts, but children generally receive a lot of gifts.

Children today are spoiled and receive too many gifts, so the more gifts they receive. On the other hand, adults usually have the resources to buy things for themselves, so if they really want something, they can buy it, of course, this makes gift shopping for adults much more difficult, but of course , there are things that we really can't afford or we can afford it but we can't justify the expense. What kind of things are you thinking for women? It could be a perfume or a day at the spa or a new pair of party heels for men generally. something to do with their hobbies or books or CDs Do you think more people get more pleasure from giving or receiving gifts?

Oh, um, this is complicated. Well, I think most people get pleasure from both, of course it depends, we may not get a It is a great pleasure to give gifts to children who we know may not appreciate them, but if we have found the perfect gift for someone we love and know will make them happy, then this will truly fill our hearts with joy. receive a gift of something they don't really want or may feel like it has been bought in a hurry, then this won't really make them feel that good, but if it's something wonderful, then of course they will do it.

To feel fantastic, let's move on to talking about the business aspects of giving. How much do ads influence people when they buy gifts? In my opinion, probably not too much. I mean, most of the ads are for things like cars and household products, which they really aren't. gifts, although many young people like to be given new phones and other devices, so if a parent is unsure which model to buy, they could be influenced by advertising and do you think some festivals have become commercialized as a result of emphasis on buying gifts oh yes, definitely yes, in fact I think it's much worse than that, it's not just that the old festivals are commercialized, but so-called new ones are created just for the sake of giving gifts, can you Tell me more about that?

Yeah, uh, things. like Valentine's Day and Mother's Day, these are not Indian traditions, but suddenly we realize that we have to buy a gift for our spouse on Valentine's Day and while it is good to recognize how important They are our mothers, surely it should be something we do every day, not just once a year when we buy them chocolates. Thank you very much Saba, that's the end of the oral exam, okay, yes.