IELTS speaking
RAPID FIRE: An exercise to see how able a candidate is to respond to questions of all types, tenses and sizes in an examination condition.
Set six
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How it works.

• All are Part three discussion questions.
• There are fifteen questions per head out of the 20 given.
• Questions touching all tenses and tones
• Firing questions one after the other.
• Observing how the candidate responds to and answers.
• Identify problem areas
• Notify them at the end
• Make the candidate feel that it is responding to questions that matters
• It is not making impressive high sounding language exercises.

Questions:
1. What changes do you seen in ornaments today?
2. What do you look for when you select a gift for a child?
3. Entertainments are costly now. Why?
4. Do you think traveling faster is important today?
5. Why is it good to have a little sense of humour?
6. How do you select a friend? ‘
7. Is it good if everybody happens to have their own vehicles?
8. Being able to speak in English is very important today. Why?
9. What are the reasons for man-animal conflict?
10. What do you mean by eco tourism?
11. What is responsible shopping?
12. Is cross culture communication useful?
13. Media explosion is harmful. Do you think so?
14. Do you think newspapers will be there tomorrow?
15. Why is modern society called materialistic?
16. How good is nuclear family in your opinion?
17. Eating out is very common today. Why is it so?
18. What makes a person different from another person?
19. Who are more dependable: boys or girls?
20. How does reading help people?

• That is the end of this firing exercise:
• Failed questions need to be explained
• Problem-shooting is important
• Stronger aspects need to be appreciated
• Motivate the candidate to do well by practicing.
• Make a band marking according to the performance.
Goodluck