雅思口语分为三个部分，部分考官会进行自我介绍，并就考生熟悉的话题进行询问。第二部分，需要考生就答题任务卡上的问题进行陈述。第三部分，会对第二部分中出现的话题进行双向讨论。
雅思题库1月至4月、5月至8月、9月至12月各为一轮换周期，所以1、5、9 这三个的口语题目会进行更换。换题季会将口语题库中的一些老旧话题删除并新增一部分的话题代替。一般更换幅度为30%-40%左右，也就意味着大部分的题目是没有更换的。
Part 2 的话题通常来说分为人物、地点、物品、事件四大类别，考生可以尝试准备一些共用语材，根据内容的相似性将语材运用到不同的话题中。常见的题卡主题如下：
人物类
1. Someone you would like to spend time with
2. An old person you respect
3. a person who is good at his/her job
4. A school friend
5. a teenager
6. a family you are familiar with (not your own)
7. A person you helped
8. a well-known person
地点类
1. A tourist attraction
2. Workplace
3. a place with a lot of water
4. a city you visited
5. Cafe or restaurant
6. a place for shopping
7. a garden you’ve been to
物品类
1. A book you recently read
2. A game (not sport) you played when you were a child
3. A photo
4. A good law in China
5. Some interesting news
6. A special gift you gave to another person
7. An organization
8. A show/performance you watched
9. Something that you don't know but would like to learn
10. A white lie
11. an important letter that you received
12. TV program
13. second foreign language
14. a website
15. handicraft you made
16. holiday postcard or email you received and that you liked
17. a film you watched recently
18. a magazine you like to read
19. an interesting animal
20. an electrical appliance that is useful to you
事件类
1. an environmental problem in a place that you’ve been to
2. family event (birthday party or wedding)
3. A recent change in your life
4. A sport (physical activity) you played when you were a child
5. some good advice you received
6. occasion when you were late
7. project or homework assignment
8. an enjoyable event
9. a time you helped someone
10. a visitor to you home (how you entertained him/her
