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Select correct statements about the first section in Speaking part.

The duration is 4-5 minutes.

The duration is 6-7 minutes.

Test takers answer examiner's questions.

Test takers present themselves in a monologue.

The section involves speaking about general topics like work, family, hobbies.

The section if focued on work-related subjects such as professional goals and achievements.

Section 1 is also known as Introduction or Interview. Test takers are asked about familiar topics such as home, family, work, studies, hobbies and other general topics.

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IELTS

IELTS (International English Language Testing System) is the world's most widely accepted English-language proficiency test for non-native speakers. It scores you on a 0–9 band scale across four sections — Listening, Reading, Writing, and Speaking — with a band score for each and an overall average.

Universities, employers, and immigration authorities in the UK, Australia, Canada, and New Zealand use IELTS bands to set their language requirements (typically 6.0–7.5 for university; 5.0–6.5 for skilled migration). Knowing the test format is half the battle — most candidates lose points to format unfamiliarity, not language ability.

IELTS Speaking

The Speaking section of IELTS is an 11–14 minute face-to-face interview with an examiner, in three parts: short personal questions (4–5 minutes), a one-to-two-minute monologue from a task card (after a minute's prep), and an abstract discussion of related themes (4–5 minutes). It's scored on four criteria: fluency and coherence, lexical resource, grammatical range and accuracy, and pronunciation.

The biggest score boost comes from showing range: idiomatic vocabulary, mixed tenses, complex sentences, and clear pronunciation. Most candidates lose points by playing safe — short answers, simple grammar, repetitive vocabulary.