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PART 1 – DIFFICULT QUESTIONS

PART 2 – SUGGESTIONS & SAMPLES

IELTS



PART 1 - FOOD• Describe a famous

dish of VN(use VNese first, rightafter that translate or

explain the word inEnglish.)e.g: “Pho” – a kind of hot

noodle soup cookedwith beef.

Or “Banh xeo” whichcan be called

Vietnamese pancake.)

• How can weintroduce thetraditional food toforeigners?+ Through thesystems of restaurants insideand outside thecountries.

+ Through thecultural events wehold. (festival)



PART 1 - FOOD

+ What dish is your countryfamous for?

There are a lot of wonderful dishes(such as…) but the one that canrepresent Vietnam must be “Pho”. It isa kind of noodle soup cooked with beef and served hot in a bowl. Vietnamese

people can eat this healthy dish atanytime in a day and many foreignerslove its flavor / taste too.



PART 1 - FOOD

+ How have eating habits changedin your country in the past fewdecades?

• What to eat (foreign food, fast food, frozen food, canned food…)

• Where to eat (restaurant, office)• How to eat (quickly, alone, not as many

family meals as it used to be)



PART 1 - FESTIVALS

Tet holiday = Spring Festival = Lunar New Year is highly recommended.

How do Vietnamese people celebratefestivals?(Be specific, take Tet as an example)+ Lots of preparation (cleaning up, buying new

things, cooking…)+ Spending time on family activities (visitingrelatives, having family meals, joining fairs…)



PART 1 - FESTIVALS

Tet holiday = Spring Festival = Lunar New Year is highly recommended.

Has it changed over time?Slightly.+ More social activities.+ More sophisticated/ costly in enjoyment.+ New habits formed (e.g.: travel duringholidays, …)



PART 1 - FLOWERS

List of some familiar kinds of flowers:RoseDaisy

OrchidPeach blossomApricot

LotusLilyMarigold (vạn thọ)



PART 1 - FLOWERS

Meanings of the flowersAssociate each type of flowers to some of the features as follows:

+ Love / Loyalty+ Nobility

+ Purity

+ Simplicity+ Natural

+ Religiousness …



PART 1 - FLOWERS

Customs or habits of giving flowers• Occasions

Colorful >< single color flowers (white,purple)

• People (young >< old)



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PART 1 - NUMBERS

Important numbers to remember:+ Numbers related to our personalprofile such as ID no., candidate’sno., student no., password, accountnumber…

+ Numbers related to others:birthdays, telephone no., address…




PART 1 - NUMBERS

Is it easier to remember numbers or images / names?

+ Numbers: meaningless, containmay digits (for quantity and security

reasons), repetitive.+ Images: contain shapes, figures,colors which can easily be associatedwith things or people.

+ Names: have meanings, can beeasily associated with a certaincharacter of a person.




PART 1 - NUMBERS

Some techniques to remember numbers

+ Mechanical technique: repeat thenumber several times / write it out.

+ Mathematical technique: divide itinto groups of 2-3 digit number,associate each group with something

we are familiar



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PART 1 - BIRDS

Some kinds of birds in Vietnam:(both wild and domestic, such as: storks, eagles, seagulls, sparrows,swallows, swans , pigeons, nightingales,parrots, canaries, quails, ostriches, …) Their roles:

+ Provide food (meat, eggs)+ Kill the harmful insects+ Entertain people (pets, circus birds…)+ Maintain the balance of the ecology.



PART 1 - BIRDS

Ex: In Vietnam, many kinds of birds can befound in the wild as well as in farms or households. They are the storks, …..

Their roles:The birds themselves play an indisputablepart to the nature and the lives of people inVietnam. First, they can kill the harmfulbugs, which is very beneficial for the cropsand the farmers. Second, they are also asource of food in forms of meat andeggs…



PART 1 - WEATHER

Tell the difference between climate and weather

Climate (unchanged): tropical, hot andhumidWeather (changeable): cooler or hotter,

temperature, rainy or sunny.



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PART 1 - WEATHER

What kind of weather do you like most?

Weather means: hot or cold, sunny orrainy, the temperature…Ex: Perhaps, I am a bit romantic when

saying that I like rainy days. But onthose days, the temperature is downand it is really comfortable.

How important is weather?

Very important to:+ People’s health+ The crops and plants+ People’s activities



PART 1 - WEATHER

Natural disasters frequently happen in VN+ floods (the South and North)+ droughts (the Central)

+ hurricanes (the Central and North)

Ex: Located in the Eastern South of Pacificwith a long coastline, Vietnam has to facehurricanes and tropical storms very often,especially to the Central of the country.



PART 1 - WEATHER

Impacts and consequences(immediate impacts):+ loss of human lives, esp. fishermen

+ damages to crops, livestock andhousehold property.+ destruction of the infrastructure

(related impacts)+ food supply shortages+ Problems of sanitation and epidemic+ Soil quality change



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PART 1 - COLLECTION

Something that people usually collect:+ Stamps & coins & watches (typical)+ Posters, CDs, DVDs, Toys,… (morerecent)+ Paintings, antiques, wine, cars…(more luxurious)

Reasons for collecting

+ Hobby+ Memory (e.g. of the childhood)+ Status showing



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PART 1 - COLLECTION

Ex: Keeping a collection is a popularhobby and people can collect manydifferent things from the most typicallike stamps or coins to a more recent

like posters, DVDs, toys. The rich canalso collect cars, paintings or antiques.

What do you collect?

- Pick something popular. If not,bring to the past, talk about thecollection you had in your childhood.(shells, dolls, toy cars, pens…)



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PART 2 – TWO PERSONS IN AFAMILY

Pick those who can have bothsimilarities and differences+ Twins

+ Siblings+ Father and son+ Mother and daughter

Show the similarities and differencesin: appearance, personalities,hobbies, habits…



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PART 2 – TWO PERSONS IN AFAMILY

Ex:

The two people that I want to describe inmy talk today are a friend of mine, T andhis father. He was my classmate inuniversity and I used to stay at his housefor the group work.I heard about T’s father from him. Heseemed unhappy with his father as thefather forced him to follow engineeringwhile his interest was arts. And in mythought, his father must have been a strictand unapproachable person. However, onseeing him, I realized that T was actuallyhis father’s copy. They not only lookedsimilar but also as persistent and hard-headed as each other….



PART 2 - CLOTHES

Describe a piece of clothing that youhave bought recently

You should say:• What it is• When and where you bought it• How it looks like

and explain why you like it



PART 2 - CLOTHESVocabulary preparation

PlainCheckedStriped

Gem/ ribbonEmbroidered

Drawn

ClassicNarrow /Wide legs Long sleeves

Short sleeves

V-neckCrew neckWith collar

JacketScarf

Tie

SkirtShortsJeans

T-shirtPolo shirt

Shirt

CLOTHES



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PART 2 – CLOTHES (examples)

…That was a polo shirt with short sleeves.The navy blue of it was nothing specialbut what I like most was the two stripesof sky blue and white on the collar andaround the sleeves.…That pair of shorts was about knee-length with medium legs. I chose the blue

denim because it is not only long-lastingbut also fashionable. The only decorationwas the embroidered patterns on the twoback pockets. They….



Practice

1. Could you tell me the differencesbetween the clothes of men and women?

2. How do young people in your countryspend their money on buying clothes?

3. Why do many people like to buy clothes

of famous brand?4. Do you think that there are relationshipsbetween shopping and globalisation?

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