Can you go off topic in IELTS speaking part 2?

by api

Today is my ielts speaking test.

In part 2 I made a mistake. I have been given a topic on the place where you go to read.

The answer would be library, but I talked about my aunts home where I used to go for reading. I think its cannot fulfil the question requirements.

How will it affect my band?

Will my score be affected if I went off topic in IELTS speaking part 2?

by Pratik
(India)

I did not speak for 2 minutes. I did a mistake in round 2 topic given to me is about article that i read in a magazine. But I told her about article I read on Internet. Will it effect my score.
I was fluent during entire exam. But she rephrased her question in part 3.

Did I go off topic and how will this affect my IELTS Speaking score?

by Paolo
(Italy)

Hi, i had my speaking exam this morning.

In task 2 probably i went out of topic. The question was talking about an event that was making me noise. I did not realise at the moment and i spoke about a friend of mine that left the soccer field and then we cannot play football because we were in odd number and we were angry with him.

I thought 'noise' like 'nuisance', is it correct or did I go out of topic?

If i went out of topic, how can this mistake influence my band?

I think part 1 and 3 were okay, with a good pronunciation and fluency.

Which is probably my final assessment in speaking?

Also:

1) task 1, task 2 and task 3 have the same value? There will be a medium of the three different band?

2) if my band is: listening 5.5, reading 6, writing 6, speaking 5,5. What will be my final score? 5,5 or 6?

Thank you!

I didn't stay on topic

by arslan ali
(pakistan)

I want to know I have done my speaking test yesterday and my topic was:

"What's the indoor games you played as a child"

Yes I have covered all the question but I just forgot she asked me about childhood.

I said all the scenario I play that yet and in end I just talked about as a child as well but examiner stopped me I think I one mint can it be affect my band???

Plz answer

Off topic...Speaking part 2

by sar
(india)

Speaking part 2! Off Topic

I was asked to describe about a place where there is lot of water:

- Where is it?
- Why do you like it?
- What other people usually do there?

Unfortunately, I think I spoke off topic about some things.

I mentioned about a hilly region where there is lot of rivers and fresh water source, and people here do cultivation and such, with help of these water sources.

But now i think, beaches and other sports activities are the answers to this cue card.

Would like to know if this is fine or that I have misunderstood the question?

How likely am I to get band 6, considering part 1 and part 3 were fine.

Can we ask the examiner to change the speaking topic in the 1-2 minute talk?

by Vikz

Is it possible to ask the examiner to change the topic on which candidate has to speak for 1-2 minutes.

Did I answer my IELTS speaking part 2 correctly?

by RSF
(Colombo)

Hello IELTS Buddy,

I have just finished my speaking test.

For the section 2 I got a subject "you are planing to organize a very first out door activity"

The questions were:

What, where and what equipments etc."

I was explaining a birthday party that I'm planing to organize for my friends.

I explained that it will be my first out-door activity for my office friends and will be hosted in beach area.

Somehow I think I managed to cover all the question until the examiner stopped me.

So when I checked internet for the Outdoor activities there are lot relate to win surfing, mountain climbing etc.

Further, in 3rd section there were questions about physical fitness.

I think I have got the second question's topic wrongly :(

But do you think, that they will considered B'day parties organized in outdoor as an outdoor activity. If they do not what portion of marks I will be loosing for the damage? :(

Look forward to hearing your advise on this regard.

Thanks,
Ranga

Should I have spoken about different things in the IELTS long-turn?

by Hoppy
(Lagos)

I did my speaking test yesterday, I did very well in section 1 and 3 but my task response for 2 is what I'm not comfortable with.

I spoke for a minute and was asked what I do when I want to relax and I mentioned going to the cinema, gym and doing shopping. But I think that's not a good response because there were better options like swimming and listening to music.

I was nervous that's why I couldn't give the right options am terribly worried because I'm aiming for a band 7. Pls advice me.

Misunderstanding the part 2

by Irfan malik
(India)

I had test today... In 2nd part the question was about giving a gift to someone recently... But my mistake I said about a gift I had given in my school days..

I covered all the 3 questions about the gift,. But examiner asked me to stop before 2 Minutes...

Please let me know will out effect my band...

I spoke off topic - can I still get band 5?

by joe
(chennai)

I finished my speaking test today 4th October. Think part 1 and 3 did well.

Part 2 they asked me about paid worker but I spoke about servant maid it was totally out of topic. Will I get at least band 5. Really worried.

Content wrong in part 2

by Mama

My ielts speaking test completed yesterday, in task-2 i misunderstood the topic and i spoke fluently but content of my speech was different,can i still hope to get 6 band in speaking?,my task 1 and task 3 were gone really good. I am only worried about task 2 due to this reason which mention above.

Are shoes clothes?

by Love gill

Hello.. Yesterday was my speaking test.

I was given the topic 'talk about a clothing item someone gifted you'.

I spoke about shoes that I got as a birthday gift. I spoke very fluently and my discussion was also strong but i think i have gone off topic. Please tell me if shoes are a clothing item.

Will my band score be cut... Thank u

National instead of local news

by Adam chu

Hi,

I made a off topic answer for speaking part 2. The examiner asked me about interesting local news, but I answered a national level news.

Today was very important test and I am very sad that I missed. I need at least 5.5.

Do you think this can strongly affect mu score?? Do you think I can achieve my score if I answered part 1 and 2 well?

A Short Journey

by milan
(surat)

In speaking part 2 it was a question about short journey u disliked and i spoke a short journey i'm disliking to go often. I was good at speaking but this mistake was happened. What will be the effects on band?

An Interesting or Unusual Thing

by Sumit
(India)

In my speaking exam, my cue card was interesting/unusual thing you did recently.

I spoke on donating blood. Is it ok or is it going to cost me?

Sharing Something with Someone

by hamshan
(india)

Today is my ielts speaking test.

In part 2 I made a mistake. I have been given a topic on sharing something with someone.

I talked about my decision to share with my sister which field of study I have to choose in future. I think it cannot fulfil the question requirements.

How will it affect my band?

An interesting neighbour

by Manasa
(Chennai, tamilnadu, India)

I was asked about an interesting neighbour in speaking part 2. But I just explained about one of my neighbour and didn't talk anything about how she is interesting. I am so worried. Do thus effect my band score. Please reply me soon.

Thank you

A country song

by Happy

During my speaking test task 2 topic round I was asked to talk about a country song of my favourite and why do I like it?

I answered by saying that I like 'rock a bye baby' and the reason I like it is because of its soothing music and also the meaning of the entire song which takes me back to my baby days.

My kids I enjoy that song so much that we play it all nights to listen to it's wonderful background music. It might not be a 100% country song but we could call it a country cousin for sure.

Do you think this would make me loose my points?

Just asking. Thanks

Role or Rule?

by Naw

hello,

I had my speaking test today. I wasn't sure if part two was to talk about a 'role' or a 'rule' u had at school.

I ended up talking of being responsible of the class for a month and how each student did that. Is that considered off topic? And do I get low score for doing that?

I look forward to hearing from you,
Regards.

Talking About Family in IELTS Speaking Part 2

by Shahrooz
(IRAN)

Hello

Regarding Speaking Part 1, talking about your family, what one should talk about? His/her first family sisters, brothers, parents, or if the person is married, about his / her married life and family wife/husband/ children. Or Both?

Spoke about Hotel

by Fatima
(Abu Dhabi)

Hi,

I had my speaking test today and I was asked about public buildings in part 2 of the speaking test. I thought public buildings were just any normal building that have made me astonished by its set up and all.

So I answered with "A hotel". And then after I finished the lady said you talked about a hotel, but public buildings are libraries, museums and all. This was just when I finished my 2 minutes talk.

May I know will this effect my score significantly?

Was my Part 2 Talk Off-topic?

by Chi
(Vietnam)

Hello everyone! I need some help. Yesterday, I came across this question:

"Describe a time when you had a problem with using your computer".

However, my answer was about a time I accidentally damaged my laptop. Basically, I broke my laptop by unintentionally kicking it while I was asleep on my bed, then I proceeded to get it fixed.

Is this a major off-topic situation? How much would it affect my Speaking band score?

IELTS Speaking Part 2 Off Topic

by vaibhav
(Surat, Gujarat, India)

Hello,

today, I completed my IELTS speaking test.

In test part 2 they asked me to describe a thing I did that helped to learn language but I described them how I taught language to someone.

So I think it was totally off topic so it would affect my speaking score.
And I read IELTS blogs where they say if go off topic no worry because examiner just check your fluency, punctuation, grammar, lexical resource and cohesive devices...so based on this they did not check task response...

based on this it will affect my speaking score or not?

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