Sunday, February 23, 2014

Vocabulary for speaking

This is an excellent resource for the IELTS and IGCSE speaking tests and for vocabulary development in general, well worth checking out.


There are (currently) 16 pages of vocabulary organised by topic. Each one shows a speaking test candidate answering questions in a speaking test - using a wide range of vocabulary on that topic. The really useful vocabulary is highlighted and for each highlighted word or phrase, there's a definition given at the bottom of the page.


  • Vocabulary 16: Music
  • Vocabulary 15: Towns and Cities
  • Vocabulary 14: People – Physical Appearance
  • Vocabulary 13: Business
  • Vocabulary 12: People – Personality and Character
  • Vocabulary 11: Clothes and Fashion
  • Vocabulary 10: Accommodation
  • Vocabulary 9: Books and Films
  • Vocabulary 8: Health
  • Vocabulary 7: Work
  • Vocabulary 6: Education
  • Vocabulary 5: Food
  • Vocabulary 4: Sport
  • Vocabulary 3: Technology
  • Vocabulary 2: Relationships
  • Vocabulary 1: Holidays 


  • I would say the best way to use these pages would be to read through all the answer (noting down some new words and expressions you'd like to learn) and then use the same questions in a practice conversation with a partner.


    PS please leave a comment once you've had a look - let us know what you think!

    6 comments:

    Unknown said...

    I'm enjoy (the vocabulary 16) music one. It's help me a lot to practice my speaking.

    Anonymous said...

    Hi, I'm Nhu (10I)

    Anonymous said...

    Lisa choose Vocabulary 5 and 16 ( Food and Music)

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    Unknown said...

    Nicole chose Vocabulary 9 ( Films and books)

    Unknown said...

    Vocabulary 13 might be needed for my Business Studies subject.