Finishing or "Rounding
Off" Part Two IELTS Speaking Test
After
your two-minute talk the examiner might ask you one or two very basic questions
about your Part Two content. Examiners call these questions "rounding
off" questions. For example, in Part Two your topic was "Describe
your favorite form of public transport." Let’s say you described buses. After
you have finished talking, the examiner might ask questions like:
Are the buses cheap in your city?
Did you travel to the test today by bus?
These
simple questions are used to close Part Two of the speaking test. You DON’T need
to give a complex answer to these questions. This is the only time in the
speaking test when you should give simple answers. It would be line to answer:
Yes, about 2 yuan for a single journey.
No, actually I came by taxi.
The
examiner will want to move on to Part Three as quickly as possible - so do not
try to give long responses to these questions.
In
some situations the examiner will not ask these questions and will move
straight to Part Three.
Do
not worry if the examiner does not ask these questions - it means that the
total timing for Part Two has reached 3 minutes. This is usually a positive
thing because it means your Part Two talk was quite long.
