IELTS Speaking Band 8.0 Mock Test with Feedback

Alright, let's get started, could you tell me your full name? Hello, my name is Min John Kim, but I prefer to be called Kimberly, my English name, yes, it's okay, are you working or are you a student? I'm a student right now, huh. I'm at Kyongyu University in the Department of Tourism and I manage tourism and event management. Do you like your specialty? I like my specialty. It's very interesting, we learn about international conferences and tourism basically, but my favorite part would be the branding and marketing, which is super interesting. Okay, now let's talk about morning time, so do you like to get up early in the morning?

Oh, I'm 100 years old, I sure am a morning person. I would get up around seven so I could do my morning routine, like yoga journaling, so yeah. I'm definitely a morning person. What did you do in the morning when you were younger? When I was younger. Actually, when I was young. I was not a morning person. I always told my mom about 10 more minutes, please, and I just went to bed. in bed, so when I was a kid I didn't really enjoy the morning, yeah okay, and you spend your mornings doing the same things both on the weekends and during the week?

I try to do that. I really like routines. I always like to do the same thing over and over again. again, which for some people or some people might sound a little boring, but for me it's just a way to start the day so yeah, I would definitely keep the routine going well and do you think it's important to have breakfast in the morning? Ah, so, I used to think that it's very important to have breakfast to gain energy for you know what day to start, but to be honest, right now I don't really have breakfast, I just drink coffee, it's a lot easier and I have desire.

I want to spend more time doing something other than breakfast, which is kind of like, I don't know, but yeah, I feel that way. In fact, now we are going to talk about sports programs. Okay, do you like watching sports programs on TV yes and no, it depends on what sports program it is, for example, I really like volleyball, especially Korean women's volleyball, so I would definitely watch it, but except for that, uh no, not really, so it depends on the shows, yeah, and do you like it? to watch live sports games uh if it's like an Olympic event like a big sporting event I would definitely watch it since I'm also studying so it's also like studying but also watching something fun but if it's not like a big event, I wouldn't see it. um okay and who do you like to watch sports games with oh my friends or my family uh I don't think it really depends on who I'm watching it it actually depends uh I like watching it with people who like them sports, so we can cheer on the same team, maybe we can argue, I think that way it's even more fun, yeah, and what kind of games do you hope to see in the future?

I'm not sure about that question, but yes, I would. Again, I went for volleyball since I like it a lot and, um, yeah, volleyball, I'll say yeah, okay, and when you were a kid, you used to play sports, yeah, a lot, so during high school I was an international school in China. I had a lot of activities after noon, so I played soccer, volleyball, basketball, track, I did a lot of sports, yeah, okay, that will do for the first part, so we'll move on to the second part, no doubt, this one is the one that is good, go. there's a pencil for you thank you thank you okay then I'll give you a minute to take some notes you can start that's a minute okay so yeah the second part question is to describe a place in your country or part from your country.

What would you like to recommend to visitors, yes, I would recommend Hyundai, which is located in Busan. Hyundai is basically a beach, it is an area where there are many things to do, for example, swimming, surfing, playing with a beach ball and there are many similar activities. nice cute cafes decorated so it's very good for both people who like to go to the water and those who don't. um, sure it's located in Busan, but I'm not that good at Geographic, so I can't really tell what location it is. It is, but it is somewhere in Busan, you can search on Google Map and I would recommend it.

I would really recommend this place as it is my hometown for example so I really love Busan and it is also a super touristy place where you can see a lot. of new people you can hang out with, it's also a great place to hang out with your friends and family and I have a lot of memories of it there so I have a good feeling that if you go to Hyundai you will have a lot of fun creates lots of good new memories etc so yes Hyundai is definitely a place I would recommend to visitors and I also recommend it to my friends I met in Germany.

They really knew Hyundai since the train they put in the movie is super famous, so they said, "Oh, I love going there" and yeah, then Hyundai would be a great place to visit. Yeah, okay, perfect, so we'll move on to the third part of the

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now, okay. The first question: is it important to take photos when traveling? Oh, I love the photos. I would definitely say that photos are a big part of worrying as taking photos really makes you keep all the memories so even if the worries or the trip ends you can always open your phone and seeing those photos makes you come back to the time when you were having fun so photos videos whatever it is I would definitely do it yeah I think a lot of people should do that yeah and is there any downside to taking a lot of photos?

Yes In fact, I traveled a lot in Europe. Of course, I took a lot of photos, but while you're taking them, you might miss something special that's happening around you, so I think it's about choosing between keeping the memory longer or actually being in that place like right now. , so yeah, yeah, and what do you think people usually do with their photos? They take a lot of things, actually, first of all, they look at them and think about their good memories, but I would also post on social media as it's a big platform right now. I think social media is not just about bragging, but also about telling people new information and sharing good things.

It's nice and can you trust other people's travel diaries on the Internet? It depends on the person or the personality, I think nowadays a lot of people are sponsored by certain similar platform or get a lot of sponsorship so if it is sponsored by someone or something that might make the post not so easy to believe but If it's really personal opinions on it then yes I would trust but yes you would have to look for those who have very good information yes yes and how do you think people get information about new travel destinations these days ?

Oh, actually, I was surprised. how people search for information Normally I would choose Google or like Google Map to get the information, but for example, my friend and many of my friends use Instagram to search for travel information, so they use hashtag to search. For example, when you go to a small country in I don't know Germany, you would search like a small town in Germany, so it's very different today and there's a lot of information. Do you think there is any difference in the way young people travel and the way older people travel, totally. In fact, I'm studying about it right now, so older people would use a travel agent to go to certain places since they have a lot of money.

First of all, it depends on the people of course, but they have a lot of money, they would invest, invest, invest in the agent and see a lot of places, but they would still be on a bus moving together and everything, so they wouldn't care about transportation and everything, but on the other hand, younger people would rather worry about themselves. I'll say if that's a word. um, yeah, so I think there's a big difference. I think so, yes. What do you think is the biggest advantage of traveling alone and not? in a tour group I definitely think if you travel alone you can meet new people, it's easier to access since you're not in a group, you don't have friends around you, so maybe you can ask for help and stuff and in that kind of uh, If that situation arises, you will be able to meet a lot of new people, which is a great opportunity, so yes, perfect, thank you, that will help us, thank you, thank you, okay, let's start, we will give you some

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I would estimate your score today is 8.0. Very good exam. Thank you. Very fluid. I answered all questions well and in detail. That's very positive. There are just some grammatical things. I'll just point out one habit. Think about what you did was use the word, right? You say as if I got up in the morning. I would just have coffee instead of breakfast. Are there many meanings for this word? right?, but wood can be used for past habits, like when I was in In high school I went out with my friends every day, it's similar to what used to be okay in this situation, but in these I would say that normally or usually do it or usually any of these three, but that's how it appeared.

I think in part one and part three, so I would just go through that one, okay, that's one, um another one, okay, it depends on people, it depends on people when you use it, it depends on we mean it depends. of the most unique so it depends on the person it depends on the person it depends on the season it depends on the day yes, so that's a rule we should stick with um well, I asked you who you liked to watch sports with and you said I don't think so it depends on who I watch sports with a better word there would be matters matters I don't think it matters or matters uh who I watch sports with what else what else we have we have a couple of things with plurals when you talked about in the third part take pictures make sure you put your butt there take pictures taking photos is important and I've traveled to a lot of places places a couple of times there um something else with correct plural, new information, so the information is countless now, so yeah, new information. you can say that a piece of information about the information itself is uncountable, uh, another, right, uh, search, okay, search, so with search s-e-e-k we don't have a preposition, so search for new information, but with Luke, yes, look for new information, look for your information, yeah, so there's just a few things, but it's really a good

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, very smooth, answers the question too, so thank you for coming, thank you, very good.