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IELTS Speaking Task Sheets


”Face the IELTS Speaking Exam with confidence”

IELTS Speaking: Advanced


Unit 5: Topic - Work
Units 4-7: Making Long Turns

Week 13: Business


Task: Part 2 Long Turn
Here’s this week’s Part 2 task
Topic vocabulary Describe a business you know that you admire. You should say:
to balance the books
to be self-employed
- what this business is
to cold call - what the business sells
cut throat competition - how long you have known about the business
to do market research and say why you like it so much.
to draw up a business plan
to drum up business 1. Make the talk in your own language first
to earn a living
to go bust
Get a feel for what it’s like to talk about this subject for 1-2 minutes
cash flow without worrying about your English. The key part of the question is the
to go into business with final section, ‘say why you like it so much’. See if you can come up with
to go it alone 2 or 3 examples of what it is about the business you like. For each
to go under example, extend your answer. Don’t just say: ‘They give good customer
to have a web presence
to launch a product service’. Think of an example of when this happened.
to lay someone off
lifestyle business 2. Find the language you need
to make a profit Look through the vocabulary on the left and decide which expressions
niche business
to raise a company profile
could be used in your talk. If you had trouble speaking for 1-2 minutes in
to run your own business (1), use this vocabulary to come up with new ideas. Go to the website
sales figures for definitions of any expressions you don’t understand.
to set up a business
stiff competition 3. Task focus: expressing likes and dislikes
to take on employees
to take out a loan Focus on using a variety of expressions to talk about your likes and
to win a contract dislikes. For example: ‘fond of’, ‘keen on’, ‘a soft spot for’, ‘to be into’.
to work for yourself Go to the ieltsspeaking website for further words and explanations of
Definitions how they can be used:
http://www.ieltsspeaking.co.uk http://www.ieltsspeaking.co.uk/expressing-likes-and-dislikes/
/ielts-business-vocabulary/
4. Make your long turn
Practise your long turn in English. Record yourself. When you listen
back, pay attention to how well you extended your examples and how
much of the vocabulary on the left you included.

Task: Part 3 Discussion


Work with other students and discuss the following questions:
Listen to the students who
 Why do some people decide to set up their own business?
have recorded themselves  What are some of the dangers involved in starting a business?
trying these tasks on the
ieltsspeaking website.
 What are some of things you have to do when running your own
Look for Tes t 13 business that might not appeal to everyone?
h t t p : / / w w w. i e l t s s p e a k i n g . c
o . u k / i e l t s -s p e a k i n g -
practice- tests/ Listen to other students answering these questions. See the link on the left.

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