IELTS Life Skills – A2 Speaking and Listening 20 minutes

The following information shows the focus of the IELTS Life Skills – A2 Speaking and Listening test and the types of tasks that you may need to complete.

Focus

• listening and responding to spoken language, including straightforward information, short narratives, explanations and instructions
• communicating information, feelings and opinions on familiar topics
• talking with one or more people in a familiar situation, to establish shared understanding about familiar topics.

Tasks may include the following:

• describing
• giving opinions
• giving personal information
• stating preferences
• commenting
• asking for information or descriptions
• agreeing and disagreeing
• explaining, giving reasons or justifying
• deciding
• suggesting
• selecting
• comparing
• prioritising
• planning
• persuading

Link to British Council examples:

https://takeielts.britishcouncil.org/sites/default/files/ielts_life_skills_a2_sample_test_a.pdf

https://takeielts.britishcouncil.org/sites/default/files/ielts_life_skills_a2_sample_test.pdf