The questions
Asked in this order, in one sitting.
- What makes you laugh?
- Do you make other people laugh?
- Is humour important?
- Did you watch any funny programmes or films recently?
How to answer it
Name a kind of comedy and one example — a show, a friend, a particular sort of situation. Abstract answers about 'funny things' go nowhere. The third question opens onto stress, social bonds and how humour travels badly between languages, which is a genuinely interesting line to take.
What moves the band
- Humour lexis: dry, deadpan, slapstick, an in-joke, it doesn't translate.
- This topic rewards a short anecdote — one sentence of story is fine in Part 1 if you keep it moving.
These are candidate recalls. These are questions reported by test-takers after their exams, not official or leaked IELTS material. Wording varies by test version, location and memory. Use them for timed practice — never as a prediction of what you will be asked.
Practise these next
Know the number. Now move it.
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