Colours # Speaking Section

This is not an easy topic to have on speaking part of IELTS because most students don’t have a good vocabulary for colours. Let’s first begin by focusing on the vocabulary for colours.

Let us begin.

Blue – You must be knowing the colour blue but then do you know the different shades of blue??

Let us look at how to use the vocabulary in the common questions.

One of the common question for this topic is what is your favourite colour?

You need to answer directly but add a little more to show that you are willing to answer. So, you can say I just love sky blue, particularly sky blue. It is so soothing and relaxing.

OR

Oh definitely turquoise. I have even painted the walls of my room that colour and most of my clothes are that colour too.

To expand the answer, you can either tell why you like the colour or what is the importance of the colour in your life.

Note – you can even add intensifiers such as so, really, particularly, remarkably, unusually, absolutely etc. This helps you to modulate your voice and show the intensity by which you like the colour.

Let us look at some of the other kind of questions.

Do you prefer light or dark colours?

I think, given the choice, I’d choose dark colours. I’m particularly (intensifier) fond of deep blue as it reminds me of blue moon and gives me a sense of security. So, I usually wear dark blue when I have to go attend a meeting or something important.

Were colours important to you when you were a child?

Not really. When I was younger, I didn’t have any favourite colour and liked almost all of them. With clothes, anything that suited me or my mother thought looked good in me, I used to wear them.

To get high band in IELTS you need to have a good command over tenses and also a good grasp of vocabulary.

So, go on, don’t just know the colour also get to know the different shades of the colour and express accurately.

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