IELTS Speaking Part 1: Feeling tired and getting rest
The questions
Asked in this order, in one sitting.
- Do you often feel tired?
- When do you feel tired?
- What do you do when you feel tired?
- Do you think you get enough rest?
How to answer it
Four short questions and a real risk of four short answers. The second one is your opening: "when" invites a time of day AND a kind of tiredness, and distinguishing between the two — physically tired after training, mentally wrung out after a day of meetings — turns a one-line answer into a good one. The last question is an honest no for most people, and an honest no with a reason beats a vague yes every time.
What moves the band
- Tiredness has better words than tired: drained, shattered, running on empty, foggy, dead on my feet.
- Time markers carry the second answer: around three in the afternoon, by the time I get home, halfway through the week.
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.
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