‫Here is part one of our vocabulary lesson for ILD speaking today will be learning key vocabulary and
‫phrases that you can use in part one of the speaking test instead of going to the banned descriptors
‫to discuss why vocabulary is so important, we just need to know that we should show a wide range of
‫vocabulary.
‫In other words, we don't repeat ourselves too often.
‫The more advanced and how accurately you can use it, the higher your band score for lexical resource
‫will be.
‫Here is a quick review of what part one in the eye and speaking test looks like it will last between
‫four to five minutes and you will be given 12 questions about you, your life and your home.
‫The examiner will be asking you these questions.
‫Now, there are a number of topics that could come up in part one of the eyüp speaking test.
‫But generally, they are around you, your life and your home.
‫Here is a short table showing you some of the most common topics.
‫And definitely some of these, possibly all of them will come up in your speaking test.
‫It might be an idea to write these topics down and create some short speaking parts with brilliant vocabulary
‫that you can practice talking and speaking with.
‫In this lesson, we'll be looking at key vocabulary and phrases for the first four topics of work,
‫study, hometown and family.
‫That's because these four topics are extremely common in the speaking test, and I guarantee that all
‫of them will come up.
‫And the day of your test, before we move on to this topic, specific vocabulary.
‫I've got a quick exercise for you.
‫I'm going to show you some common Padawan questions and answers that you could also get.
‫The first example answer I give you will be a poor example or something that would score a low band
‫score and then go to ask you to try and choose parts of the answer that you could change and improve.
‫Let's take a look at the question.
‫What kind of food do you most enjoy?
‫And here is my not so brilliant example answer.
‫I like plain foods.
‫The most sandwiches are my favorite food.
‫They are nice.
‫Now, as I'm sure you can clearly see, this isn't an excellent answer.
‫The vocabulary is quite low and there also isn't much of an opener included.
‫So pause the video, especially look at the underlined vocabulary and think how would you improve this
‫answer?
‫Do that now and then I'll show you my better example answer.
‫OK, let's take a look at the better improved example answer, that's a very good question.
‫I usually prefer plain foods.
‫The most sandwiches are my favorite food.
‫They are really delicious.
‫So I've added a conversation filler or conversation opener to begin.
‫And that's something that you should try and do quite often in the speaking test.
‫And change of, like I've added, usually prefer and instead of nice, I've added really delicious.
‫Nice is a pretty boring word and I don't suggest you use it if you can possibly avoid it.
‫Let's take a look at another example of one of these exercises.
‫Are you currently studying or working and he is my low level example answer.
‫Now I'm studying maths at university.
‫It's very hard, but interesting.
‫Take a look at the underlined vocabulary and think how you could up Lavallette.
‫OK, let's see an improved answer.
‫At the moment, I'm studying maths at my local university.
‫It's very challenging, but fascinating at the same time in place of now I've used at the moment and
‫this is my opener.
‫I've actually changed slightly university to local university, and it's important to give extra details
‫in your speaking instead of hard.
‫I've used the better piece of vocabulary challenging and instead of interesting, I've gone with fascinating
‫at the same time.
‫So there are two examples of how vocabulary is really important in the speaking test, and it's also
‫very important to really explain and develop your speaking, just like I've shown you here.
‫Next up, I've actually included some vocabulary for the very first section of your speaking test,
‫and that is as soon as you open the door, it is your introduction.
‫And here are some questions and example answers.
‫And please do note down this language because it's something that you can almost copy and paste and
‫repeat in your Eilts test.
‫So the first question you will most likely get is, hello, could you show me your ID card play?
‫At this point?
‫You can say yes.
‫Here you go.
‫Next up, the examiner may say, could you tell me your full name, please?
‫Now, it's important not to just say your full name for me.
‫I wouldn't say David Gareth Morris and just leave it at that.
‫As with the other sections of the isle speaking test, you need to extend and develop your answers.
‫So here is an answer that you can very much replicate for this question.
‫Of course, my full name is David Gareth Morris, although my friends call me David.
‫Here is another question that you could quite possibly get in that very first introduction phase of
‫the test.
‫How old are you, David?
‫I was born in 1987, on July the 17th, that makes me 30 years old right now.
‫So these three answers I've given you show you some top vocabulary that you can use.
‫And all you need to do for the last two answers is to provide your personal information, to make the
‫answers your own.
‫Now it's time to move on to our topic specific vocabulary.
‫And the first topic is work.
‫The first piece of vocabulary that we will look at is occupation, which is a synonym of another word
‫for job.
‫Let's take a look at the example sentence.
‫My current occupation is customer service at my local restaurant.
‫I'm doing this to make some money whilst I study.
‫A dead end job.
‫This is a job that you won't do forever and has no possible benefits.
‫I must admit I'm in a real dead end job right now.
‫I'll be looking for something better this year.
‫And next up is vocation, vacation means a job that you are very passionate about, being a nurse is
‫my vocation.
‫Since I was young, I've always wanted to help people feel better.
‫And the last piece of vocabulary for work that you can use is profession.
‫And again, it's another synonym for job.
‫A teacher is a respectable profession.
‫My father was a teacher and his father was a teacher to.
‫Let's move on to our next topic, which is today, and the first piece of vocabulary is graduate, which
‫means to finish a certain section of your education.
‫Here is the example sentence.
‫In 2015, I graduated from the famous university in my city.
‫I was studying to be an engineer.
‫And next up is challenging, which means difficult, my final project at college was very challenging,
‫but I learned a lot from it.
‫Assignment means a piece of work given to you from your college or university last year, I had to complete
‫so many assignments I almost didn't have time to sleep.
‫And the final piece of vocabulary is intensive, and it means something that is very challenging, difficult,
‫and there is a lot to do, that ELT's course in town is very intensive.
‫I have to attend 10 hours per week for two months.
‫Let's move on to our next topic, which is hometown.
‫The first piece of vocabulary is bustling, which means somewhere with quite a lot of people and a lot
‫of activities going on.
‫London is a completely bustling city.
‫I loved visiting there over the last three years.
‫Hopefully I can live there soon to.
‫And next up is isolated, which means something very far away from anything else.
‫My hometown is pretty isolated, the closest city is an hour away by car.
‫Now we have suburbs, which is a part of a city or town that is not in the city center, but not a long
‫way away, it might be a place that is popular for people to live and move into the city center for
‫work.
‫I enjoy living in the suburbs, it's still quite peaceful, but only a short train journey into the
‫city centre.
‫And lastly, is neighborhood.
‫My neighborhood is very friendly.
‫We all know each other and spend a lot of time together in our homes and now for the last four pieces
‫of vocabulary for our final topic, which is family, and will begin with close knit, which means a
‫family that is very close and speaks or is with each other a lot of the time.
‫My family is very close indeed.
‫I definitely say we are quite close knit as we see each other.
‫Every day is often used for families when you're describing them and you have a great relationship with
‫your siblings.
‫And that brings me nicely onto the next piece of vocabulary, which is siblings.
‫This is another word which you can use to describe your brothers or sisters.
‫I have two siblings.
‫They are both younger than me, but we get along very well.
‫And supportive means a family that will help you no matter what your decision.
‫My parents are so supportive of me, which I have always been very grateful for.
‫And now our final piece of vocabulary for family, which is squabble, and this is quite simply a synonym
‫for argument.
‫I sometimes squabble with my older sister.
‫It's never a bad argument.
‫And we say, sorry after.
‫There are quite a few pieces of vocabulary that you can use for very common topics in part one of the
‫test, I also highly suggest that at any point during this course, if you see some vocabulary that
‫I use and write down in the examples that you practice using it, that brings us to the end of vocabulary
‫for adults speaking part one.
‫Next step will move onto some more useful vocabulary that you can use in your Eilts speaking test.