IELTS SPEAKING PART 2: DESCRIBE A TV SHOW

IELTS SPEAKING TOPIC PART 2: A TV SHOW - SAMPLE ANSWER

In this lesson, you will review speaking part 2 tips, learn some key vocabulary and study a sample answer for an IELTS speaking part 2 question related 'A tv show'.

01 IELTS Speaking Part 2 Tips

Use an opener.
Answer the question by paraphrasing.
Use different tenses/structures.
Include fluency markers and linking words.
Use some less common vocabulary (as seen below)

02 Useful Vocabulary

all-time favourite – favourite in your whole life.
device – a thing (often electrical) like an Ipad
encounters - meets
foes – enemies
a variety of – many different kinds of
all the way through – from start to finish
addicted – something you struggle to give up/stop
idolised – to admire or revere
in the face of danger – when in danger
hilariously funny – very very funny
spin-off series – a TV show connected in some way to another TV Show
humorous - funny
give ‘something’ a watch – to try out/ watch for the first time

03 Model Answer

Describe a TV show you watched as a child

You should say.

What it is about?

When you watched it

Why it was special to you

Ok…although I don’t remember everything about my childhood, I do remember watching my all-time favourite TV show, Stargate SG1. So I’m going to talk about that. I was only around 9 years old and the show was on TV twice a week on the SCI-FI channel. I used to get so excited when a new episode was released that I wouldn’t be able to stop thinking about watching it all day during schooltime.

Stargate SG1 is a Sci-fi tv show about a team of people who travel to other planets through a ‘Stargate’, a device that allows humans to travel between planets. On their way the team encounters a large number of friends and foes and learn a variety of interesting lessons about humans' place in the universe.

The show has well over 200 episodes in 10 seasons and I’ve watched the show 5 times all the way through! You could say I was a little addicted to it for a while. Each episode is about 40 minutes long with a couple of advert breaks (interspersed throughout the story. My favourite character was Colonel Jack O’Neill who was the leader of SG1 and whom I idolised for a long time for his bravery and fearlessness in the face of danger, not to mention he always had a moment in the episodes which was hilariously funny.

There was also a spin-off series titled Stargate Atlantis, which was also a fantastic show and one that I’ve watched more than a few times. What made the Stargate shows great was their ability to be both serious and humorous at the same time. I’d highly recommend anyone who likes SCI-FI to give Stargate a watch.

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