The question
Do you often get bored?
In what situations do you get bored?
What do you do when you are bored?
Is childhood or adulthood more boring?
How to answer it
Do not answer 'no, never' — it ends the topic and leaves you nothing to say for three more questions. Admit to one specific situation (queues, long journeys, meetings that could have been an email) and one thing you do about it. The last question is a comparison, so give a comparative answer with a reason: children have time but no control over it, adults have control but no time.
What moves the band
- Boredom lexis: kill time, my mind wanders, tedious, it drags, I switch off.
- The childhood-versus-adulthood question wants a comparative structure, not two separate descriptions.
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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