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1. IELTS SPEAKING FUNCTIONS 1
PAUSING VOCABULARY
It is important to remember that you will only have a limited amount of ‘thinking time’ during
the Speaking Test. The examiner can only assess what you say; not what you are thinking!
The following phrases may help you to buy some time.
 Every time you use one of the phrases, tick the relevant box.
Adapted from: Dominic Cole’s IELTS Blog Available online at: www.dcielts.com
When you need to think about the question…
Let me see…
That’s an interesting question…
Where should I start? Well,
I’ve never really thought about that before…
I don’t know a lot about this, but…
That’s quite a tough question to answer. I need a couple of
seconds to think about that….
When you forget a word / how to express something…
I’m not sure if this is the right way to put it, but…
Sorry, it’s on the tip of my tongue…
(when you need a couple of seconds to think of a particular word)
Sorry I’ve forgotten the word in English, but….
When you realise what you’ve just said really wasn’t good…
Let me try and rephrase that…
What I am trying to say is…
Or to put it another way…
When you want to add something else…
And I should add that…
I almost forgot to say that…
But there is also something else to consider…

2. 1. Oh, that's an interesting question.
2. Actually,
3. You know, I am not an expert in art, but I suppose that...
4. I'm not really sure what I think about that, but…
5. I've got mixed views on the issue of ….
6. In fact,
7. Well, on the whole I tend to think that...
8. To be honest,
9. The way I see it is that…
10. Oh, that's a difficult question.
11. Well, let me think about it
12. When it comes to me, I believe that…
13. As a matter of fact,
14. The key thing is, ….
15. Now, let me think how I can put this…
16. I've never thought about it, but I could say that…
17. That really depends on the situation...
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