IELTS – SPEAKING – PART 1 – Question Type 2

TYPE 2
Like / Dislike Question

Example: “Is there anything you don’t like about your hometown?”

We should use the common words like like, dislike, love, hate, enjoy … We should use these instead.

Simple Answer: band score 4.0 – 5.0

“I come from HCM City. I don’t like the raining season here. It is really wet and dirty. I have to put on a raincoat when I go out. I feel completely uncomfortable, and it is really dangerous when we ride a motorcycle with a raincoat on. 

• too short and direct answer
• No linking words, phrases, idioms, redundant language
• Structure, grammar and vocabulary are basic.

Try this structure:

• Opening phrase:
  Well, first of all, I’d like to start by telling you that I come from HCM City and I have been living and working here all my life.
• Liking / Disliking phrase:
  I have to say that I’m not so keen on the weather. 
• Introduce a specific type of the topic:
  to be more precise
  To be more specific
  To be more exact
  To be more accurate, I really can’t stand the summer months. 
• Reason
  and I guess this is probably because
  This could / might be because
  This is due to the fact that
  I suppose the reason has something to do with the fact that some days the temperature can get as high as 40 degrees and some other days It rains cats and dogs so it can be extremely uncomfortable if you have to travel on the streets. You had better move in air-conditioned vehicles. If not, you may get deeply wet or sunstroke.
• Another liking / disliking phrase – reason – specific type of the topic – reason.

PRACTICE 1:
Do you like your school uniform?

Do you like mathematics? Why / why not?