Category: IELTS Speaking

Books are an essential part of life, providing us with knowledge to do things and have a great career. Although books seem inevitable part of our lives, there are many who are never able to afford a book. No matter what, it is books that help us in transforming world and more important improving ourselves. Let us have a look at some of the questions on the importance of books that might be asked in IELTS speaking.

Do you read many books?

Yes, I love reading books, especially Hindi Literature. I love reading Premchand and Harivansh Rai Bachan. I am also interested in reading more about Indian culture.

Did your parents read to you when you were a child?

My parents have never liked my idea of reading books, novels especially, so I don’t remember they reading books to me. But, yes they always you to tell me the stories of various books they had read like the vedas and the other cultural books.

We all eat food, we all need it to survive but then do we eat only raw food. No! We need cooked food for our daily energy requirements. Cooking is something we all do. It might be making small things like may be maggie or some delicacies like Dosa. Let us today have a look at some of the questions related to cooking that might be asked in IELTS speaking section.

How often do you cook?

I am working woman and currently living with a friend in a new city. Initially we did not cooked, but now we are cooking daily.

How good are you at cooking?

I would say, I am just fine at cooking. I can surely cook food for myself or two other people but not for a huge bunch of people. Neither do I know how to cook the great delicacies that my mother can cook.

What are some things that you can cook?

I can make chapatis, dal, sabzi, i.e. the daily meal. I can cook Paneer, Pulses, and any other kind of vegetable.

What dish or food are you best at cooking?

I really make great fried rice. My friends and family love it.

Do you think you can cook better than your mother?

No, definitely now. My mother is a great cook and there are times when even I cannot eat the food that I have made because I love my mother’s food so much.

Who is a better cook, your mother or your grandmother?

I never had any experience of eating my grandmother’s food, but I think my grandmother must have also been a great cook because my mother had learnt a lot about cooking from my grandmother.

Are cooking shows popular in your country? Do you watch any cooking shows?

Yes, they are. There are so many of them out there and people, especially woman and males interested in cooking, do watch them. Some of the popular shows include are by Sanjeev Kapoor, Ranvir Brar,Vikas Khanna,Madhur Jaffrey. For some reasons, people in my country are fascinated by cooking. There are so many people who enjoy it and love learning more about it. No, presently I am very busy working and juggling life between job, play and life. But, surely very soon I will look forward to learning more about cooking.

What is the hardest thing to cook?

For me, the difficult thing about cooking has to be definitely making chapattis. It is such a long process. You need to make sure that the dough is prepared well because if the dough is not good, there is not chance of making great chapattis. Then, the frying pan should be properly heated, not less not more. Also, to ensure that the shape is important. I think lot of love and patience goes into making chapattis.

What are some of the advantages of cooking your meals at home? How about the disadvantages?

Cooking meals at home brings with it lot of advantages. Firstly, it ensures that the quality of food is good, because you know what you are putting in. Even more, it is very precise, according to your taste. For example if some one does not like salt, he or she has the choice of not adding it. Also, one can cook, using their own recipes, the same things in different way.

But, it is not so easy as well. Cooking means time, patience and the love for it. One needs to take care of what are the things that are available, what are getting over. Then you have to do your own dishes. Also, if you are not a great cooking, initially having your own food could be very troublesome.

 Is it important for husbands to know how to cook?

I think yes. It takes away the monarchy of woman in the kitchen. Even more, it strengthens the bond between the husband and wife. A woman when eats the food made by husband would definitely love him more. Because, it shows that the man treats her equally and respects her.

Does your father cook?

Yes, my father is a great cook and we often get to taste his delicacies.

Who is the best cook you know?

I would go for my mother. It is not about comparing her with those big cooks out there, the love that she puts in for cooking our food and the love with which she serves us, it is beyond anything else.

Would you like to be a chef? Why?

Not now, for sure. Had it been sometime back, may be. Because at that time I had not decided on my career. But, now I have found my love in writing, so cooking won’t be possible. But, I really do admire cooks because it is a great job and if you are able to fill someones appetite, there is no better thing to do.

If you had your own personal chef, what meal would you ask for most?

I would have gone for south Indian most of the times, because I really like eating them. And, if I had a personal chef, I think I would have talked out what are the things that are healthy and I should eat and would have gone for them.

How hard is it to become a chef? What do you have to do to become a chef?

I believe there is nothing called hard or soft. If one has the passion to do something, it is not a big deal to be either a chef or anything else for that matter. However, too an extent, yes this job is not seen with lot of respect initially, especially for males and requires lot of persuasion to be able to do it. There is lot that needs to be studied and then cooked.

To be a chef, one needs a degree in Hotel Management and then a burning desire to be a great cook.

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Habits change into character. Now, this is something powerful. Something that can change the way we lead our lives, ain’t it?  Let us today have a look at some more questions related to habits, that might be asked in iELTS Speaking Section.

How can you develop a good habit?

In my opinion, the only way to develop a good habit is by repetition. One needs to do the thing again and again, until it becomes a habit, until it comes out naturally. One needs to be prepared for tough times, rough times, when one feels like giving up, one needs to have a support system to move them forward.

If someone makes an annoying sound what do you say?

In my case, I would say, depends on my mood at that point of time. If I am normal, not pissed off at anything, I would ignore it, annoying sounds rarely irritate me. However, if I am annoyed over something, I might just ask the other person to keep shut.

How can we get rid of bad habits?

I think lot of patience and perseverance is required to leave a bad habit. One need to tell oneself why they want to leave the habit. And steps to avoid doing the habit need to made every moment. Just before doing it, one needs to tell themselves that they are better off without the habit.

I think reminders can be of great help in getting rid of bad habit. Like, if someone is addicted to smoking, a wallpaper that smoking is bad for health can help. Or, a self written note on the cigarette packets kept at home, of the ill effects of smoking might also be of help.Even more joining with those people who are trying to leave the same habit, helps leaving it more easier. Because in moments when the person becomes weak, it is the support group that tends to help the person in moving ahead from the habit.

Which bad habit do you think would be the most difficult to get rid of? Why?

I think smoking is that one habit that is most difficult to get rid of. Because, by the time people think about leaving the habit, they already become so much acquainted with it and so much habitual to it that leaving the habit is very difficult.

Which good habit do you think would be the most difficult to develop? Why?

For me, getting up early is that one habit that is becoming very difficult to develop. It has been for such a long time that I never thought about getting up early, that doing it in a consistent manner is that one thing I have been trying for so long. Also, by the time I complete my work and think off sleeping it is already quite late in the night, making it more difficult to get up early.

Which habit is the most important for parents to set as an example of for their children?

I think the habit of saying truth is very important for parents to set an example for their children. We need to tell the world that although truth has the longer path, it is the only one that prevails and that can be done only with the help of parents.

Do you cut people off in the middle of there stories and conversations?

No, I rarely do that. For most part I try to understand the other person story or point of view but when I realise that no matter what, the conversation is not going to lead us anywhere I tend to cut off the conversation.

Are we be born with our bad habits? Or do we acquire them from the environment surrounding us?

Definitely not. We as humans are born with nothing except the body. It is through practice and the environment that we get, that children develop habits. For example, a person who grows up in a family where the mother is beaten off and there is no respect for females tend to be disrespect women in his later lives. Of for example, some one born in a family where drinking and smoking are very natural and obvious things to do, will more likely adopt these habits in his or her life, than the peer.

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