IELTS SPEAKING TEST, NEWSPAPERS

Do you read newspapers?

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• Not really!
• Newspapers are so expensive these days! I get one every now and then, but I usually just read the gossip columns or the back
• pages to catch up with the football results. I'm not all that interested in current affairs and politics bores me rigid!

How do you prefer to learn about news events?

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• I subscribe to an online news site. It means I can use my
• smartphone or laptop to access the latest news and I get sent
• updates when there is some important breaking news.

How do you share personal news with friends?

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• I use social media like everyone else. Sometimes, I meet up with
• them in a local café to catch up on their news or talk things through with them over a cup of coffee.

Do you like hearing your friends' news?

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• Well, it depends....
• If we haven't seen each other for a while, we have a lot to talk about and I enjoy hearing about what they've been up to.
• But most of the time they just want to gossip about other people!
• I find that quite boring.