The question
Do you enjoy shopping?
Do you compare prices before buying?
Do you find it difficult to choose between products?
Are expensive products always better?
How to answer it
Split the answer the way real shoppers do: food shopping is a chore, buying something you have wanted for months is not. The last question is an opinion with an obvious answer, so make it interesting — price often buys durability or a brand rather than quality, and say which.
What moves the band
- Shopping lexis: browse, a bargain, it's overpriced, value for money, I shop around.
- 'Always' in a question is an invitation to disagree partially — take it.
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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