← Essay library

IELTS Speaking Part 2 — sample answers

Tell me, how do you usually keep in touch with your friends? · Band 5

A real IELTS Speaking Part 2 answer scored Band 5 by AI — question: Tell me, how do you usually keep in touch with your friends?. Read the transcript, then get your own speaking graded.

Band 5.0

Prompt: Tell me, how do you usually keep in touch with your friends?

Vex: Ah, another traveler on the path to English fluency. I'm Turna. Tell me, how do you usually keep in touch with your friends? Assuming you have friends, of course.

You: Yes. Vex: Ah, assuming you have any, of course. Go on.

You: Oh, one. You can't talk now? Vex: Yes, please. I was just asking about your friends. Go on.

You: all of the youngsters have their own PCs. I mean the computers. So yes we sometimes just hang out together. Vex: Ah, so it is a digital gathering, then. How... modern. Do you ever manage to find time for face-to-face interactions?

You: dialogue face to face, I mean. And of course, we go to some restaurants to have dinner or lunch together. Vex: A nice balance, though perhaps your stomach is also doing some talking at those restaurants. What kinds of things do you discuss when you're gathered together?

Read IELTS Writing tips on the blog →