The section 3 is also known as Discussion. It lasts for 4-5 minues. The examiner and the test taker discuss questions generally relating to the subject which they have already spoken during Long turn. This section involves speculating and discussing more abstract ideas.
IELTS
If a university or visa application has ever asked you for an IELTS band score, you know the stakes are real: the same English you've been speaking comfortably for years suddenly has to fit a specific format and produce a specific number. Failing isn't usually about your English — it's about not knowing the test.
IELTS (International English Language Testing System) is the most widely accepted English-language proficiency test worldwide. Four sections — Listening, Reading, Writing, Speaking — scored 0–9 per section and overall.
IELTS Speaking
If the thought of talking to an examiner for 14 minutes in English makes you freeze — you're not alone. IELTS Speaking is the section most candidates fear, and the one where simple preparation strategies pay the biggest dividend: knowing the format, having ready-to-go phrases for the task-card prep minute, and practising stretching answers beyond two sentences.
The Speaking section of IELTS is an 11–14 minute face-to-face interview: warm-up questions, a 1–2 minute task-card monologue, and an abstract discussion. Scored on fluency and coherence, lexical resource, grammatical range and accuracy, and pronunciation.