Mat Clark – IELTS Speaking
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Uncommon Vocabulary
Aspiration
Desire
motivated
have big ambitions
build castles in the air (idiom)
a dream come true (idiom)
Grammar
Point
Use mix of tenses, especially future and conditional tense:
Ever since I was a kid I have had the desire to ...
I have never been the kind of person to build castles in the air.
It would really be a dream come true if I could ...
I really hope that I will be able to ...
Others 12: An important invention
Describe an important invention before the age of computers.
You should say:
What the invention is
How it has changed people's lives
Why you think it is important
Whether it is still used today.
Suggestion
There are many possibilities for this topic, but remember the topic card states that the
invention must be "before the age of computers". Easy options include: the telephone,
the jet aircraft, the generation of electricity or gunpowder.
