Speaking for IELTS Part 2 Top Tips - Make sure you can talk for 2 minutes without repeating yourself - Use a range of different sentence types, including at least one complex sentence - Use a range of vocabulary, including some less common words and phrases - Avoid using fillers such as 'um' and 'er' - Speak at a natural pace and volume - Remember to include the question in your answer - Practise with a stopwatch to time yourself Talk about a place near water that you visited recently. - What and where is this place? - When and with whom did you go there? - What did you do there? Speaking for IELTS Part 2 - A place near water you visited About a month ago I went to Lake Superior with some friends for the weekend. It’s the largest lake in North America, and I think it’s the biggest fresh-water lake in the world, although I’m not one hundred percent sure if I remember that correctly, but it is enormous, and it even c