IELTS Speaking Part 1 topic

IELTS Speaking Part 1: Home

Questions about your home are friendly and descriptive. Use precise vocabulary for rooms, size and location, and add one opinion or feeling to each answer.

Practise home questions now

Home questions

Do you live in an apartment or a house?
Is it a large accommodation?
Who do you live there with?
What is your favourite room in your accommodation?
Is it a quiet or noisy place to live?
What can you see from the windows in your dwelling?
If you could change anything about your house, what would you change?

Sample answers

Do you live in an apartment or a house?

I live in a two-bedroom apartment on the fourth floor of a building in a residential area, about twenty minutes from the city centre. It's not huge, but it's bright and has a small balcony.

What is your favourite room in your accommodation?

My favourite room is definitely the living room, because it gets the afternoon sun and it's where I relax after work. I've filled it with plants, and there's a comfortable armchair by the window where I read most evenings.

Original examples written for SpeakingIELTS. Notice the pattern—a direct answer, then a reason or detail—and use your own true information. Do not memorise them.

Useful words and phrases

a two-bedroom apartment
in a residential area
it gets the afternoon sun
it's a bit cramped
conveniently located
if I could change one thing

Common mistakes

Answering "apartment" with one word.
Overusing "big" and "small". Try "spacious", "cosy" or "cramped".
Forgetting the conditional for "If you could change anything...": "I would...", not "I will...".

Practise it now

Answer each question above aloud in 20–30 seconds, or start a timed session that begins with home and adds two other random topics, just like the real test. Record yourself, listen once, and check your answers with the self-evaluation checklist.

Start a timed Part 1 session