IELTS Speaking Band 9.0 Mock Test with Feedback

Alright, let's start, first of all, are you working or are you a student? I am currently a student preparing to be a student in the United States. I am currently a student preparing to go to graduate school in the United States. Yeah tell me about your major um I actually majored in Biology for undergrad but I was actually a pre-med major so I'm currently preparing to be a medical student yeah and do you like your major? ? Yes, I really love my major, I would definitely say I'm more into the science side than the English and reading side and I really have this passion for helping others and that's why I really want to work in the healthcare field.

What do you do when you have some free time when I have the option to cook and bake, not just to eat myself, but to share with other people and just seeing that smile when people enjoy the food really brightens my mood. Great, now we're going to talk about your accommodation, so do you live in a house or an apartment? I would say that I live in Korea and the United States, so in Korea I live in an apartment, but in the United States I live in a house, so I really know what it's like to live in an apartment. and a house, so yeah, which one do you prefer to live in a house or an apartment?

Definitely a house because just like living in a house, I have my own room, I have a lot more space and having that extra space is something you know better than living. in a small, smaller apartment, look and you would like to change something about your house, let's say since it's not necessarily my house, but my parents' house or my brothers' house, I would say that one thing I would love to change is the interior and the design, um, things are not, you know, I would say they are designed to my taste, but I would love to design it to be a little more cozy and something that suits my style more, okay, now let's go to talk about meeting places, where?

What is your favorite place to meet up with your friends? I think it's a very simple question for me. My favorite place to meet is a coffee shop. It's just that the atmosphere in a coffee shop is much brighter, I would say, and I love the smell of coffee. Listening to good music while you're in... I would say it's an environment where everyone else is moving around, meeting their friends, chatting, and it generally tends to be more of a positive attitude, a positive environment, so That would say it's my favorite place. Meeting at is fine and do you think there are some places that are more suitable for meeting friends than other places?

You definitely know, like I say, I think cafes are a great place to meet people, a great place to meet friends, but maybe somewhere. As if a library wasn't the best option, maybe if you plan to study with your friends, I would say that the library would be a great place to find friends and study together, but not necessarily to meet and talk, is there a difference? between your favorite place to hang out now and when you were a kid hmm, yes, I would definitely say that, when I was a kid, I mostly met my friends in the backyard of our house or on the playground, but now, as an adult, those They are not necessarily the places that you would like to find yourself as an adult, so I would say that there is a big difference in the places where you find yourself because one likes more to go play and have fun with friends and the other likes to have Chat and get to know your friend even better.

OK, perfect. I'll do this for the first part. Now we will move on to the second part. Well, to your question. Well, there's your question. There is a pen for you. Okay, so I'll give it to you. uh, a minute to take some notes and get ready, okay, so that's a minute, yeah, when you're ready, okay, then I'll ask you the question, could you describe an interesting neighbor? Well, I would say the most interesting neighbor. I had the neighbor I had growing up so I lived in a house for 10 years and during that time there is a neighbor and it was basically a family but I would describe most fathers so this father was very extravagant um.

I would see this father or this neighbor always coming in and out of his house in the best dressed suit, but one day his house burned down and it was like something huge, like in all the news in our neighborhood, in our neighborhood and basically Well, luckily No one was hurt, but since the house burned down, they had to rebuild it and took this opportunity to build this Grand Mansion in this small suburban neighborhood. There was a huge mansion with a huge fountain in front of its garden and I was there. Like wow, he's a pretty interesting person.

I am quite showy and somewhat extravagant. And yes, that's what I see. Then it should answer all the other questions. Yes Yes. So I basically met him through his children and his children. uh my daughter and her son were about the same age as me and we didn't do much together, but I would always see him through the front window of my house and then sometimes I would go over to her house and play. with them and once they built their mansion, I was able to go in and see and take a tour of their house and it was quite, it was like a palace.

I would say that they had a movie theater on the third floor and they would love to be very hospitable to their visitors and would show basically everything about the inside, you know, in a way like they would like to show off their riches. I would say yes, okay, perfect, so yes, the real exam examiner stops in two minutes yes, okay, okay, great, so yes, we'll move on to the third part of the

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now, okay , yeah, and the first question in part three is do you think people are familiar with their neighbors these days? Oh, you are with them. neighbors I feel like a lot of people are more the kind of people who keep to themselves than the ones who are actually nice and you know, they go out of their way to introduce themselves to their neighbors, why do you think that's like that? like in today's society, many people are more distrustful of strangers, even if they are their neighbors, people are not willing to be, like going out of their way to be nice to someone to get to know someone, especially since there are so many of them. of crimes and violence and stories about people being hurt by neighbors and things like that, yes, in fact, and do you think that in the countryside it is the same or is it a little different?

You definitely say that in the country it's a little bit more different, um, like thinking about like people who live on farms and tend to be a lot further away, people would go out of their way to say hello to their neighbors and introduce themselves because you know what, Because they are so isolated, they want that human interaction that they desire. meet people and that way you can help each other every time something happens and always be there for each other, okay? How can people improve their relationship with their neighbors if they want to? I would definitely say that first of all. you know, say hello and then once you move into a new place, I would definitely go around the neighborhood and hand them cookies or give them some gifts and just introduce them and say oh, like, about the new tenant or the new landlord. , as usual.

I need help, could you help me? Please help. I'll always be there to help you and stuff like that, yeah, and how do you think people would react to that nowadays? I'm sure you would say oh, like, oh, like you. a stranger, I don't know you, but once they get close to that person, they definitely feel like it's a relationship that can definitely be built and how kids build relationships with other kids in their neighborhood. I feel that it is a very simple way. For kids to build relationships, all they need to say is hey, do you want to play?

Do you want to hang out? Let's go to the playground and play tag or let's go to your house and have something good to eat. Hey, actually I bought this new toy. Do you want to come play with this toy with me? I feel like kids definitely have a better way of building relationships with each other within their neighborhood just by playing and being themselves. Yes, but why do you think that is? It is more difficult for adults to do the same for adults. I would definitely say it's a social and social thing. There is an aspect to it.

The first adults have to be like. I would say that you have that social or social pressure that you have. act in a certain way and so adults tend to be a little bit more careful in a sense when they meet neighbors and they want to do it since they're the adults and they have to take care of their family, especially in a neighborhood, um . I would say it's a little harder for them to establish a relationship, yes, actually, and what do you think are some common problems between neighbors? The neighbors definitely say that if your apartment is first, I have a floor above you and you are below you.

I'm going to hear a lot of sound, so there's a lot of, I wouldn't say noise pollution, but a lot of sound, like if the neighbors upstairs are stomping their feet or playing loud music, that would definitely be a big factor where the neighbors tend to fight and they do not like it. with each other or sometimes, um, things are placed in front of your door, but it's like garbage or garbage, so people tend to fight over things. I say you suspect that, oh, I think that neighbor put that trash in front of my door and you.

They start fighting with them and then leave sticky notes writing passive-aggressive messages to each other, so I would definitely say it's just little things that really bother our neighbors. Okay, perfect, that will do. That's the end of our

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. Okay, thank you, thank you all. sure, yeah, let's talk about the exam, let's give our opinion, um, obviously, very good exam score, 9.0, fluency, pronunciation, grammar, vocabulary, great, um, there are a couple of little things, but I think it's more a slip than anything else you know, maybe it's cozier, brighter. It should be cozier, brighter, yeah, that's it, maybe I, I wasn't sure if you said violence is or should be violence, yeah, countless from time to time, that was really, that was really, it was really good.

I just want to point out a few as good. things that students should try to do well because it was a very good test in the third part we talked about the neighbors with a good conversation and you use three nice expressions. I would like to point out that the first was to keep to themselves, yes, a nice phrasal verb, neighbors tend to keep to themselves these days means not really interacting with other people, yes, the second would do my best to be nice, do my best , another great expression that means to give extra help, yes, and the last one would reach out to their neighbors, another. nice expression, so yeah, these are three examples of phrasal verbs that I think students should really try to do, but that really makes your answer stronger and capable of getting a 9.0.

So yeah, thanks for coming. Very well thank you.