2023-03-06 20:30:31
#Speaking
Where are you from?
I'm originally from a small village in the north of the country, but my family move here to the city when I was very young.
Where do you live?
At the moment I'm living with some friends, here in the city.
Is it an apartment or a house?
I'm sharing a rented apartment with some friends. It's in an old apartment block in the central district here in the city, on the 7th floor so its got a tremendous view. We've known each other since we were at university so it works out well and we all get on together.
What kind of accommodation do you prefer?
Well, I like where I stay at the moment, but ideally I'd like to have my own house someday in the future, with a garden. I prefer a house because normally you have more space. I would also like to live in a quieter neighborhood as the city centre can be quite noisy sometimes.
In your country do people use boats?
Yes, there are all kinds of boats, for personal use and commercial use. They're very common on the coast.
What do they use boats for?
Lots of businesses use boats, or ships, to transport their goods to other countries and I have several friends whose families have small boats for using in their leisure time, mainly at weekends, they go fishing or diving or sometimes just to sail around the coast and visit one of the many fishing villages that you can find.
What would you do with a boat?
I think I'd do the same as most people here, go fishing and diving, take my friends along with me, maybe take some food and drink with us and have a picnic or sail round the coast and explore a bit.
Would you shop online or in a store for a boat?
I'd probably do some research online first, you know, about different models and specifications, and then go to a dealer and actually look at any boat that I was interested in. Obviously I'd want to take it for a test drive and make sure that I like it before buying it. If I found a boat I liked and wanted to buy then I would try to find it at the best price so maybe I'd buy it online or maybe from a local boat dealer depending on the best price I could get.
Part 2
Talk about an interesting website you have come across recently.
A couple of months ago I found an interesting site while I was looking for help to prepare for the IELTS tests, the site is by the British Council and is called Take IELTS. I think it is a good site and I found it when I was searching for resources to practice for the exam.
It has lots of helpful information, IELTS practice tests and videos of IELTS candidates giving advice and tips about how to do different things in the test. It's very comprehensive and there are even full IELTS preparation courses online if you pay a subscription charge. The site helped me learn all about the format of the exam, the different sections and skills that are tested and I got to see lots of examples of the types of questions that are used in the IELTS test. Before I started to prepare for the exam I didn't really know anything about it. None of my friends had done it before and there weren't any preparation courses that I could attend because I work a lot and couldn't make the schedule of the classes. I think I learned most about the IELTS test from that website, even though I found some other sources for material and information on the internet also.
After spending quite a lot of time on the site I had a very good idea of what was involved in the IELTS test and what skills I needed to develop. It was very informative, but I wish they had some more videos of the actual IELTS speaking test showing real people doing the interview. I found some videos like that on YouTube and I thought they were very informative and helped me learn more about what to do during the IELTS speaking test. Overall though I think it's one of the best sites that I came across while looking for IELTS resources.
P.S These are not my answers IELTS with Soniya
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