HomeTown & Home

HomeTown

1-    Where is your hometown ?

2-    Do you like your hometown ?

3-    Do you often visit your hometown ?

4-    What is your hometown like ?

5-    What is the oldest pace in your hometown ?

6-    What is there for a foreigner to do or see in your hometown ?

7-    How could your hometown be improved ?

8-    Has your hometown changed much since you were a child ?

9-    Is there good public transportation in your hometown ?

10-   Do you think your hometown is a good place to bring up children?

11- Is there anything you don't like most about your hometown ?

12- How has your hometown changed in recent years? Do you like these changes ?

13- What tourist attractions are there in your hometown ?

14- You prefer living in a house or a flat ?

15- What is the environment like around your flat ?

16- Which is your favorite room in your house/flat ?

17- Do you prefer living in a big city or in the countryside ?

18- What do you think to be done to make your hometown a better place to live in ?

Home

1-    Where is your home     ?

2-    Do you live in a house or a flat ?

3-    Do you live with ?

4-    Are there many rooms in your home ?

5-    What your favourite room ?

6-    How are the walls decorated ?

7-    What would you change about your home?

8-    Do you plan to live there in the future ?

9-    What facilities are there near your home ?

10-  What is your neighbourhood like ?

11-  Do most people live in houses in your country ?

Home town vocabulary and ideas for IELTS

One of the topics you are most likely to be asked about in part 1 speaking is your home town. This lesson gives you some vocabulary and ideas to help you along. You will also find a download version of this vocabulary and a quiz to test yourself.

Talking about quality of life

These ideas should help you discuss what you enjoy/dislike about your home town. Remember to try and give examples/reasons to extend your answers.

notes

“the rat race” is a nice idiom for the fast pace of modern city life where no one has the time to sit back and enjoy life

Areas of a city

If you are asked where you live, you should try and be precise.

Means of transport

Adjectives

You will of course need some adjectives too. You should note how I use “fairly” “really” and “quite” to qualify these adjectives