IELTS Speaking Part 2, 3 sample: Talk about your favorite TV program

Have you ever eagerly awaited the time slot when your favorite TV program would air? Have you ever binge-watched, not missing a single episode of a certain television show? If so, when you come across the topic "Talk about your favorite TV program" in the IELTS Speaking Part 2 exam, it must be a piece of cake, right?

However, to achieve a full score on this task, you need to have a specific outline, great speaking ideas, and the ability to flexibly use high-scoring sentence structures and vocabulary. Check out the article on the topic "Talk about your favorite TV program" below to effectively practice for the Speaking test at home!

I. Sample IELTS Speaking Part 2: Talk about your favorite TV program

1. Cue card: Talk about your favorite TV program

Talk about your favorite TV program/ Describe a TV program which has made a strong impression on you. You should say: 

• what kind of TV program it was (e.g. comedy, romantic etc);

• when you watched this program;

• what the TV program was about.

And explain why this TV program made such a strong impression on you.

2. Outline: Part 2

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3. Sample Speaking: Talk about your favorite TV program

Below is a sample IELTS Speaking Part 2 answer on the topic "Talk about your favorite TV program", written by the teachers at PREP. Check out the article below to effectively practice IELTS Speaking at home!

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When it comes to a TV program that I deeply remember, I’d say that “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire” is the one. It’s a game show where people try to beat a trivia challenge for a grand prize worth hundreds of millions in VND. I hardly watch it nowadays, but it used to be that new episodes were shown every Tuesday evening.

In the program, there was a different contestant being featured every episode. Sometimes, there would be a special episode where public figures get to compete, but most of the time, it was just ordinary people like you and me. The contestants had to answer questions about practically every topic under the sun, which made preparation almost impossible. If somebody answers correctly, the reward will grow, but the difficulty also increases with each question.

You could not afford to slip up because you instantly lose with just one wrong answer. When that happens, some of the prize money will be gone too. Anybody who sat in the contestant chair, which happened to be called the “hot seat”, was under a tremendous amount of pressure.

This program was able to leave an indelible mark on me as it was so hard to win the grand prize. As far as I recall, no one’s ever taken on the final question successfully. But thanks to watching it, I’ve been able to learn so much. Now I can talk to other people about basically anything.

Below are some high-scoring vocabulary words used in the IELTS Speaking Part 2 sample answer on the topic "Talk about your favorite TV program":

• Trivia (n.): general knowledge, facts

• Grand prize (n.): the top prize

• Contestant (n.): a participant in a competition

• Public figure (n.): a well-known person

• Ordinary (adj.): normal, typical

• Practically (adv.): essentially, virtually

• Slip up (v.): to make a mistake

• Instantly (adv.): immediately

• Tremendous (adj.): extremely large or great

• Leave a mark (v.): to have a lasting impact

• Indelible (adj.): impossible to forget

Note: This IELTS Speaking Part 2 sample can also be applied to other similar topics such as: Talk about a TV programme you enjoy watching, Talk about a programme you learned something from, Describe your favourite TV programme, Talk about a TV programme you like, etc.

II. Sample IELTS Speaking Part 3: TV

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PREP FOR IELTS · prepedu.com | Topic TV | IELTS Speaking Part 3

1. Do you think most people watch TV for education or for entertainment?

In my opinion, it’s entertainment that drives people to turn on the TV. There are so many programs to satisfy that demand, from TV films to reality shows. Over half of all TV channels these days are made for entertainment, while only a very few are truly informative. I think if somebody needed education, TV would be the last place to look for it. 

• Drive sb to V (v.): to motivate or urge someone to do something

• Satisfy (v.): to fulfill, to meet the requirements of

• Reality show (n.): a television program featuring real people in real situations

• Informative (adj.): containing useful information

2. Should TV play a role in educating children? How?

Yes, I think TV should play a role in broadening children’s horizons. Children have a lot of free time so they will inevitably spend some of it watching TV. The role might be tiny, but it’s still a role. Parents can make TV into a tool that helps their kids by restricting children’s daily watching habits to informative channels, besides the made-for-kids ones. 

• Tiny (adj.): very small

• Restrict (v.): to limit or control

• Made-for-kids (adj.): designed or intended for children

3. How do you think TV viewing habits change as people get older?

The first thing I can think of is that people tend to watch news reports more as they become older. With age comes a need to learn about the state of the world, so many people will tune into news channels more. Reality shows are also popular with the older demographic because they’ve been marketed as “real people doing real things”. 

• Tune into sth (v.): to switch to or start watching/listening to something

• Demographic (n.): a particular sector of the population

• Market (v.): to promote or advertise something

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