IELTS Speaking Part 1 Sample Answers Band 9 – Topic: Phone Apps

Model Answers for IELTS Speaking Part 1 Topic: Mobile Apps / Phone Apps

1. What kinds of apps do you often use? / What mobile apps have you recently used?
Sample Answer 1:
Well, like anyone else, I use social media networks on a daily basis (daily) to communicate with people who have similar interests with me. In addition, these platforms also help me to keep up-to-date with what is happening in the world at the moment.

Sample Answer 2:
Well, some social network apps like Facebook, Instagram and Zalo are three apps that I use most at my free time. I use them to stay in touch with my friends and co-workers.

2. What kinds of apps would you like to have in the future?
I guess my future preference is health-tracking apps. Because of the increasing risk of physical as well as mental health problems, I want to monitor my health, checking in with an app to make sure that everything from my diet to my workout regime is on the right track (doing or thinking the right​ thing).

3. What’s the most popular app in your country?
That’s definitely Facebook. Some people use Facebook so excessively (much more than is necessary or reasonable) that they do not talk to each other. For example, whenever I go to a coffee shop, it’s really common to see a couple checking their newsfeed rather than talking to each other.

4. What was the first app you used?

Sample Answer 1:
If my memory serves me right, the first app I used was a mathematics game. This app is not only entertaining but also educational. It helped me to improve my academic performance pretty much, particularly in math.

Sample Answer 2:
That’s a hard question because I cannot remember exactly which was the first app I used as it’s been years since I first used a smart phone. However, I think one of the first apps I installed was Google. You know, the help of Google in our lives is significantly important.

5. Do old people in your country like to use apps?
I would say no to this question. The elderly are usually reluctant to use smart phones because having weak eyesight becomes a hindrance (sth that delays or prevents progress) for using these phones. Therefore, it is kinda obvious that apps on smart phones are not preferred by the elderly (the old people).