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Welcome to the IELTS speaking test.
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In this first part of the test, I would like to get to know you better, so I'll be asking you some questions about yourself.
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First of all, let's talk about bargaining.
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What do you think of bargaining?
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Well, I think bargaining is what most people do on a daily basis when they do some shopping.
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And for me, having a good bargaining skill is an indicator of being good at you know balancing expenses
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and calculating do Vietnamese people bargain yeah we absolutely do especially
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when we go shopping at the market for clothes for example because you know unlike other big retail outlets
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shops at the market normally don't have a fixed price for items
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and they usually would mark up the price significantly two or three times higher in order to make profits
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so in order to make a score a good deal people have to haggle a little bit
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and how do you bargain well it's not hyperbole to say that i'm not able to bargain at all
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Actually, sometimes I can't evaluate if an item is overly expensive.
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It's just that I don't know how low I should go in order to reach a reasonable price
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so that both parties are happy.
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Now let's talk about studying mathematics.
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Do you like math?
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Absolutely no. I've had this deep -seated hatred for math ever since I was a little girl.
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You know, I just realized that I don't have a knack for numbers and figures.
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Is math difficult for you to learn?
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A hundred percent.
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I mean, back in school, I always found it hard to wrap my head around math problems because,
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you know, maybe natural science subjects are not my forte.
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Do you like to use a calculator?
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Well, it actually depends.
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If it's a complicated math problem or a situation
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when I have to give an immediate response to an adding or multiplying of numbers,
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I would definitely go for a calculator
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but sometimes I do prefer to do mental arithmetic you know
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because I I think at some point it helped me to train my brain muscle
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so that I can have a sharper mind thank you let's move on to talk about happiness
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so what do you do to stay happy well I have to admit that I'm a bit of a spontaneous person so
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So there's no formula to happiness for me, but I actually feel good
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when I hang out with my friends at our favorite coffee shop or eat good food and work out.
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Can you stay happy all the time?
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I don't know about other people, but for me, it's not possible for us to stay positive all the time because as adults,
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you know, we have responsibilities to shoulder, we have relationships to maintain and personal problems to solve
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so life gets in a way and that's why we may feel stressed out
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and a little negative sometimes is it important to be happy definitely I mean there's no point in working
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so hard going out and meeting a lot of people
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but then at the end of the day you come home feeling drained
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and empty and you may have no motivation to carry on with life
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so it's really crucial that you find something fight joy in the things
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that you do to keep going thank you now let's move on to part 2 of the test
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I would like you to describe a time
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when it was important to tell your friend the truth so
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when i first looked at the topic card the very first time that sprang to mind was
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when i was in uni a few years back
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and the person i had to break the news to was
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my bestie who basically grew up in the same alley with me
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so as you can guess we go way back luckily at
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that time we made it to the same college
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so we made a promise to choose the same major so
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that we both can go through all this uni's crazy assignments and projects together.
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Needless to say, we were super excited.
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And then after one year of study, we finally got to choose our major.
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But I changed my mind as soon as I studied the curriculum carefully
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because I realized that what we intended to choose didn't really suit me and that I wanted to go for another way.
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At first, I was afraid to tell her the truth because I didn't want to break the promise with her
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and I was also afraid that it would be a deal breaker for our friendship.
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But on second thought, it would be unfair for her if I kept hiding the truth from her.
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So I finally decided to break the news to her.
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You know, contrary to what I expected, she wasn't mad at me at all.
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Instead, she told me how proud she felt of me
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because I could figure out what I want to do with my life
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and that I would always have her love and support.
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so the moral of the lesson here is
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that you should never hide the truth from your loved ones
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because they are the ones who will always willing to listen and understand you no matter what
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thank you now let's move on to part three of the test in this part
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i'll be asking you more general questions related to part two
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so first of all do you think
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we should tell the truth at all times well generally speaking it's advisable to tell the truth whenever you can
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because the consequences of lines that lines bring about can be detrimental
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but it's not always the case I mean you can also tell lines when you don't want hurt other people's feelings.
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For example, when a girl wants to break up with her boyfriend,
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she may come up with thousands of excuses like she doesn't have the time for the relationship
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or that she want to focus on her future.
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But in fact, what is going on is that she has a change of heart
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but she just doesn't want to break the boy's heart how do you know
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when others are telling lies I guess there's a variety of ways in
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which we can spot if the person is telling the truth
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or not and one of which is to listen to their tone of voice
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because we have a tendency to speak in higher pitch
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when we're telling lines so we may detect a person by their tone of voice
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and another way is to maybe look at their facial expressions I mean
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if the person is not an actor
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or actress you may can always you may always see a like small changes in nuance of expressions
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and that tells that proves that the person is not being honest
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and why is it easier to tell the truth to strangers than to friends
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or family well to my mind this can be attributed to a few reasons
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but the most obvious one is
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that it would be less embarrassing to tell strangers the truth especially your problems
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I mean we always want to create an image of
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that independent individual with strong mentality who can always manage things on our own
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so sometimes we we may think that telling are the ones closest to us
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that were in trouble is a sign of weakness and yeah that is one reason I can think of right now.
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Thank you.
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This is the end of the test.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “IELTS Speaking 7.5+ Full Test”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: truth, math, break, test. This video has 99 sentences and 1275 words to shadow. The speech runs for 8:56. The speaker talks at a steady 143 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 86% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
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| bargain noun | /ˈbɑːɹɡən/ | An agreement between parties concerning the sale of property; or a contract by which one party binds themself to transfer the right to some property for a… |
| math noun | /mæθ/ | Arithmetic calculations; (see do the math). |
| tone noun | /ˈtəʊn/ | A specific pitch. |
| happiness noun | /ˈhæpinɪs/ | The emotion of being happy; joy; elation. |
| stranger noun | /ˈstɹeɪnd͡ʒɚ/ | A person whom one does not know; a person who is neither a friend nor an acquaintance. |
| calculator noun | /kæl.kjə.leɪ.tɚ/ | A mechanical or electronic device that performs mathematical calculations; (now usually) an electronic one specifically. |
| topic noun | /ˈtɑpɪk/ | A subject; a theme; a category or general area of interest. |
| sharp adjective | /ʃɑɹp/ | Terminating in a point or edge, especially one that can cut or pierce easily; not dull, obtuse, or rounded. |
| complicated adjective | /ˈkɑm.plɪˌkeɪ.tɪd/ | Difficult or convoluted. |
| lesson noun | /ˈlɛs.ən/ | A section of learning or teaching into which a wider learning content is divided. |
| carefully adverb | /ˈkɛɹf(ə)li/ | With care; attentively, circumspectly. |
| moral adjective | /ˈmoɹəl/ | Of or relating to principles of right and wrong in behaviour, especially conforming to principles of rectitude. |
| actress noun | /ˈæk.tɹɪs/ | A female who performs on the stage or in films. |
| formula noun | /ˈfɔː.mjʊ.lə/ | Any mathematical rule expressed symbolically. |
| muscle noun | /ˈmʌs.əl/ | A contractile form of tissue which animals use to effect movement. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| come up with verb | To manage to produce, deliver, or present (something) by inventing, creating, thinking of, or obtaining it. | |
| figure out verb | To come to understand; to discover or find a solution; to deduce. | |
| go out verb | To leave, especially a building. | |
| go through verb | To travel from one end of something to the other. | |
| stress out verb | To become stressed. | |
| work out verb | /ˌwɝk ˈaʊt/ | To calculate. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- First of all, let's talk about bargaining.
- What do you think of bargaining?
- Is math difficult for you to learn?
- Do you like to use a calculator?
- Can you stay happy all the time?
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 17 contractions and reduced forms, such as don't, didn't, doesn't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “th” sounds: math /mæθ/, mathematics /mæθ(.ə)ˈmæt.ɪks/, cloth /klɒθ/, arithmetic /æɹɪθˈmɛtɪk/
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: sharp /ʃɑɹp/, friendship /ˈfɹɛn(d)ʃɪp/, crucial /ˈkɹuː.ʃəl/, motivation /ˈmoʊ.tə.veɪ.ʃən/, facial /ˈfeɪ.ʃəl/
- Long words — get the stress right: calculator /kæl.kjə.leɪ.tɚ/, complicated /ˈkɑm.plɪˌkeɪ.tɪd/, motivation /ˈmoʊ.tə.veɪ.ʃən/, mathematics /mæθ(.ə)ˈmæt.ɪks/, curriculum /kəˈɹɪk.jə.ləm/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like bargain, math, tone.
What is the Shadowing Technique?
Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.