Hello, lovely.
I'm Maria, and my name is Rory, and we are the host of the IELTS speaking for Success podcast, the podcast that aims to help you improve your speaking skills as well as your listening skills.
Along the way, we started this podcast to give you a look at how a native super english speaker would answer some of the most common IELTS speaking questions using gorgeous grammar and high level vocabulary for a high score.
Band nine score.
Rory, where are you?
Well, was that a band nine answer?
No, I'm all over the place.
Aw, well, that's a shame.
I have a present for you, though.
Oh, give it to me.
Here you are.
Thank you so much.
That's so sweet of you, Rory.
That's okay.
Shall we talk about giving gifts today?
Absolutely.
In ielts speaking, part one, they can ask you questions about presents and gifts.
Rory, do you enjoy giving gifts?
I like making people happy, but I'm not sure those two things are synonymous.
Sometimes you can just do a nice thing for someone or pay a compliment, and that's enough.