Ielts speaking strategies

CELL PHONES

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  Do you love cell phones?
  
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  How often do you usually use cell phones?
  
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  Whom do you usually call?
  
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  What kind of stuff do you guys usually talk on the phone?
  
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  Do you enjoy a long talk over the phone with your buddies?
  
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  Have cell phones become a “must-have" for people today?
  
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  Which ones do you prefer, cell phones or landlines?
  
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  Why do you think students are forbidden to use cell phones at school?
  
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  Are cell phones influencing the students’ school life? In what way?
  

COMPUTERS

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  How do you feel about computers?
  
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  What influence do you think computers have on kids?
  
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  Which ones do you prefer, desktops or laptops?
  
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  What are the differences between desktops and laptops?
  
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  Which brand of the laptops do you prefer? Why?
  
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  How often do you usually surf the internet?
  
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  Generally speaking, how long do you surf the internet every day?
  

FASHION & SHOPPING

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  How do you feel about fashion?
  
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  Do you think different people have different opinions about fashion? Why?
  
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  In terms of fashion, do you think only those internationally famous brands are the latest fashions?
  
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  Do you like shopping? Why or why not?
  
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  Where and when do you usually go shopping?
  
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  Do you like to go shopping alone or with friends?
  
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  Where do you usually like to go shopping, online or big shopping malls?
  
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  Do you think online shopping will replace the shopping malls some day?
  
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  What are the disadvantages of online shopping?
  
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  How to improve these disadvantages of online shopping?
  
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  Why the prices of the goods in big shopping malls are much higher than the prices of goods online?
  
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  Why do you think girls like windowing shopping? Don’t you think it is a waste of time and energy?
  
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  What are the differences comparing the clothes the elderly people wear with the clothes the youngsters wear? What are the differences of shopping habits comparing elderly people and young guys today?
  
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  What kind of clothes do you like to wear on different occasions?
  
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  What colors do you love most when you choose clothes?
  
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  Which is more important when you choose clothes, the quality, the design, the pattern or the price? Why?
  
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  Do you think we can judge people by what they wear?
  
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  Do you think we can judge people by the colour of the clothes they wear?
  
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  What role do you think clothes play in your life?