Answers and an explanation for each question appear once you add this activity to your own library.

IELTS Speaking Part 1 • A1 Foundation

🎒 Classroom Objects & Locations

Build your foundational vocabulary, master essential spatial prepositions, and build confidence answering real speaking questions.

📌

How to use this lesson

👨‍🏫 For Teachers

1. Use this 20-minute lesson for warm-up and guided speaking practice.

2. Check student answers by listening to their recordings and reviewing AI score metrics.

🧑‍🎓 For Students

1. First, study the words and basic sentence patterns in Module 1.

2. Next, record your answers to the 6 speaking questions in Module 2 and compare with model answers.

Module 1

Build-Up: Words & Patterns

Learn the words and short sentences before you speak.

A cheerful, neat school desk viewed from above, with a colorful school bag, two wooden pencils, an eraser, a blue notebo

Study desk: bag, pencils, eraser, notebook, and ruler

1 Vocabulary Check

You use this thin wooden tool to write and draw:

____ a. a pencil ____ b. a shelf ____ c. a bin

2 Vocabulary Check

You use this straight plastic or wooden object to measure and draw lines:

____ a. scissors ____ b. glue ____ c. a ruler

3 Vocabulary Check

You use this small rubber piece to remove pencil marks from paper:

____ a. a board ____ b. an eraser ____ c. a crayon

4 Fill in the blank

Complete the sentence with the correct item name:

"It has many pages. We use it in English class."

You write notes and exercises in a ____ (word...)

5 Vocabulary Check

You use this sharp cutting tool with two handles to cut paper:

____ a. scissors ____ b. glue ____ c. desk

🔗

Matching: Classroom Phrases & Meanings

Match each collocation on the left to its simple English meaning on the right:

Action Phrase

Cut paper

Throw trash

Write for the class

Keep a book in its place

put in the bin

____Cut paper____Throw trash____Write for the class____Keep a book in its place

write on the board

____Cut paper____Throw trash____Write for the class____Keep a book in its place

put on the shelf

____Cut paper____Throw trash____Write for the class____Keep a book in its place

cut with scissors

____Cut paper____Throw trash____Write for the class____Keep a book in its place

💡

Key Sentence Patterns: Expressing Location

Position Statement

The ... is in / on / under ...

Example: "The ruler is on the desk."

🔊 Listen model

Asking Location

Where is ...?

Example: "Where is my pencil?"

🔊 Listen model

Nearby Object

The ... is next to ...

Example: "The notebook is next to the bag."

🔊 Listen model

Module 2

Speaking Part 1: Real Practice

Answer these 6 questions out loud and record your voice.

Question 1 Spoken test response

"What is in your school bag?"

Scoring criteria:

Fluency and Coherence

Lexical Resource

Grammatical Range and Accuracy

Pronunciation

[Bài tập luyện nói]

💡 View Model Answer (16 words) ▼

"Well, in my bag, I have a blue notebook, two sharp pencils, and a small ruler."

• in my bag: inside my school backpack

• a blue notebook: a book for class notes

• two sharp pencils: pencils that write well

• a small ruler: a short stick to measure

Question 2 Spoken test response

"Where is your bag now?"

Scoring criteria:

Fluency and Coherence

Lexical Resource

Grammatical Range and Accuracy

Pronunciation

[Bài tập luyện nói]

💡 View Model Answer (17 words) ▼

"Well, right now, my school bag is under my desk, next to my feet on the floor."

• right now: at this moment

• under my desk: below my desk

• next to my feet: by my feet

Question 3 Spoken test response

"Who is next to you in class?"

Scoring criteria:

Fluency and Coherence

Lexical Resource

Grammatical Range and Accuracy

Pronunciation

[Bài tập luyện nói]

💡 View Model Answer (16 words) ▼

"Well, my best friend Nam is sitting next to me today. He's really nice and funny."

• my best friend: the friend I like most

• next to me: by my side

• He's really nice: He is a kind person

Question 4 Spoken test response

"Do you have a pencil or a pen today?"

Scoring criteria:

Fluency and Coherence

Lexical Resource

Grammatical Range and Accuracy

Pronunciation

[Bài tập luyện nói]

💡 View Model Answer (16 words) ▼

"Well, to be honest, I have both today. There's a black pen and a red pencil."

• to be honest: I tell the truth

• both today: the pen and the pencil

• There's a black pen: I have a black pen

• a red pencil: I have a red pencil too

Question 5 Spoken test response

"Where do you put your books at home?"

Scoring criteria:

Fluency and Coherence

Lexical Resource

Grammatical Range and Accuracy

Pronunciation

[Bài tập luyện nói]

💡 View Model Answer (16 words) ▼

"Well, I put my books on the shelf in my bedroom. It's next to my bed."

• put my books: keep my books

• on the shelf: on a shelf for books

• in my bedroom: in my room

Question 6 Spoken test response

"Is your classroom big or small?"

Scoring criteria:

Fluency and Coherence

Lexical Resource

Grammatical Range and Accuracy

Pronunciation

[Bài tập luyện nói]

💡 View Model Answer (17 words) ▼

"Well, it's not very big, but it's really bright with ten wooden desks and a large board."

• it's not very big: it is a little small

• it's really bright: it has a lot of light

• ten wooden desks: ten desks made of wood

• a large board: a big board for the teacher

A cozy, bright school classroom with wooden desks, a large whiteboard on the wall, a neat bookshelf with colorful books,

🎉 Fantastic effort! Review your recording scores, listen to the model sentences, and repeat aloud for natural spoken fluency.

Speaking: Classroom Objects & Prepositions

🎒 Classroom Objects & Locations

How to use this lesson

Build-Up: Words & Patterns

Matching: Classroom Phrases & Meanings

Key Sentence Patterns: Expressing Location

Position Statement

Asking Location

Nearby Object

Speaking Part 1: Real Practice

"What is in your school bag?"

"Where is your bag now?"

"Who is next to you in class?"

"Do you have a pencil or a pen today?"

"Where do you put your books at home?"

"Is your classroom big or small?"

Related lessons

Grammar: Classroom Objects and Prepositions

Reading: The Story of the Pencil

Vocabulary: Classroom Objects and Places

Writing Practice: Classroom Objects and Places

Class activity: Speaking Game: Friend Bingo (Friends and people)

Class activity: Room Describe and Draw Activity (Home and rooms)