IELTS Speaking Part 1: Cars and driving
The question
Do you own or use a car?
How often do you use it?
Is learning to drive necessary?
What do you think about traffic jams?
How to answer it
The set moves from your habits to two opinion questions, and the opinions are where the marks are. On learning to drive, the good answer is conditional on where you live — essential in a village, close to pointless in a city with a metro. On traffic, avoid pure complaint: say what causes it where you live.
What moves the band
- Traffic lexis: gridlocked, bumper to bumper, the rush hour, it's a nightmare at school-run time.
- Necessity language: it's more or less essential, you can get by without one, it depends entirely on where you are.
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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