Updated Oct 22, 2018
How To Use This Website
Basically, this website has three sides –
a) An archive of the previous real topics and questions that have been used in the Speaking test. I have collected these questions from 2006 to September 2018. You can see this archived information by clicking on the links below.
b) Some notes that I have written about some of the questions.
c) A lot of other information, advice etc. to help you prepare for the Speaking test, including how to improve your real spoken English. Go to the drop-down menu on the left side of the front page to find that information.
The drop-down-menu on the front page is this ...
Past Speaking Test Questions
Information about the Speaking test topics and questions from 2006 to now is shown below. Most of these topics are now retired but some of them have come back into the test and are being used again now.
Part 1
Previous Part 1 Questions (by date)
Index of Past Part 1 Topics (the same as above but written to show the topics)
All Part 1 Questions (Questions collected according to topics)
Parts 2/3
Go to Index Page 1 of this index to see the Part 2/3 topics that were introduced into the test in late 2005, in 2006 and in early 2007.
Go to Index Page 2 to see the topics that were introduced into the test in late 2007 and in 2008.
Go to Index Page 3 to see the topics that were introduced in 2009.
Go to Index Page 4 to see the topics that were introduced in late 2009, 2010 and in early 2011.
Go to Index Page 5 to see the topics that were introduced from 2011 to May 2012
Go to Index Page 6 to see the topics that were introduced from May 2012 to Sep. 2013
Go to Index Page 7 to see the topics that were introduced from Sep. 2013 to Sep. 2014
Go to Index Page 8 to see the topics that were introduced in 2015
Go to Index Page 9 to see the topics that were introduced in January & May 2016
Go to Index Page 10 to see the topics that used from Sep 2016 to Dec 2016.
Go to Index Page 11 to see the topics that used from Jan 2017 to Apr 2017.
Go to Index Page 12 to see the topics that used from May 2017 to Aug 2017.
Go to Index Page 13 to see the topics that used from Sep 2017 to Dec 2017.
Go to Index Page 14 to see the topics that used from Jan 2018 to Apr 2018.
Go to Index Page 15 to see the topics that used from May 2018 to Aug 2018. The topics that were new in May are still in use.
Go to Index Page 16 to see the topics that used from Sep 2018 to Dec 2018. These are the current topics.
(Old) Notes for Some Part 1 Questions
(Now the notes are written on the same page as the questions.)
QUESTION_NOTES_PART_1_PAGE_2.htm
QUESTION_NOTES_PART_1_PAGE_3.htm
QUESTION_NOTES_PART_1_PAGE_4.htm
(Old) Notes for Some Part 2/3 Topics & Questions
(Now the notes are written on the same page as the questions.)