IELTS Speaking Part 1: Dreams and ambition
The question
Do you often remember your dreams?
What was your dream as a child?
Are you interested in other people's dreams?
Do you want to realise your dreams?
Do you consider yourself ambitious?
How to answer it
The set slides between two meanings of 'dream' — what you see asleep and what you want from life — and candidates lose fluency at the switch. Notice which one each question means and mirror the word back. The childhood question wants a small story, not a job title.
What moves the band
- Sleep-dream lexis: vivid, I only remember fragments, it fades within minutes.
- Ambition lexis: driven, I'd rather be content than ambitious, I've got a five-year plan of sorts.
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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