24 Common Topics for IELTS Reading & Writing
Look through the following list of common IELTS topics. Do you have opinions about them? Could you discuss them in an essay or in a conversation?
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Animal Rights: testing on animals, vegetarianism, zoos
Cities: urbanisation, problems of city life
Crime: police, punishments/prisons, rehabilitation, capital punishment
Education: studying abroad, technology in education, education in developing countries, higher education, home-schooling, bad behaviour, corporal punishment, single sex education, streaming (grouping children according to ability)
Environment: global warming, impact of humans on the environment, solutions to environment problems, waste/rubbish, litter, recycling, nuclear power
Family: family size, working parents, negative effects on children, divorce, care for old people
Gender: gender and education, gender and work, women’s and men’s role in the family
Genetic Engineering: positives, negatives, genetically modified foods
Global Issues: problems in developing countries, how to help developing countries, immigration, multi-cultural societies, globalisation
Government and Society: what governments can do, public services, censorship, video cameras in public places
Guns and Weapons: gun ownership and possession, police and guns, nuclear weapons, armed forces
Health: diet, exercise, state health systems, private healthcare, alternative medicine, stress
Housing and Architecture: state housing, old buildings, modern/green buildings
International Language: English as an international language
Money: money and society, consumerism
Personal Development: happiness, success, nature or nurture
Sport and Leisure: professional/competitive sport, sport salaries, sport and politics
Tourism: positives, negative effects on environment, future of tourism
Traditions and Modern Life: losing traditional skills, traditional customs
Transport: traffic problems and solutions, public transport, road safety
Television, Internet and Mobile Phones: positives and negatives, Internet compared to newspapers and books
Water: importance of clean water, water supply, water should be free, bottled water
Work: same job for life, self-employment, unemployment, work/life balance, technology and work, child labour
This is the topic list that I recommend. It's a good idea to print this list and try to work through it.
