Ielts Speaking Part 3 Model Answer Famous People/Celebrities

This post talks about an IELTS speaking question and model answer about celebrity/famous people.

There are lots of phrasal verbs and idioms in the answer, which will help it to achieve a high band score for lexical resource (vocabulary)

Try answering the question yourself before you look and see how I have answered.

Question

Do you think the media is putting too much attention on famous people? (Opinion question)

Model Answer

I guess being a celebrity is a double edged sword and it’s all part of the fame game. On one hand, celebs rely on media attention to maintain and increase their fan base in-order to sell books, movies or hit records. If they have a movie to promote, it is likely you will have to embark on a media tour, doing interviews on TV and for magazines and attending premiers.

However, all the attention from the media can have a negative effect on people’s mental health, which could contribute stress, anxiety and depression. Unfortunately, bad news sells papers and magazine, so if you don’t want your dirty laundry aired in public, you should stay out of the public eye.

Linking phrase/Discourse marker

On one hand (idiom) – Introducing one of two opposing ideas

Grammar

If they have a… (conditional)

Vocabulary

Celebrity (celeb) (n) – Famous/well-known person

Double edged sword (idiom) – Has 2 sides or 2 faces

Fame game (n) – The process of being famous

Premiers (n) – First showing of a movie

Media (n) – Mas communication TV/Radia/Magazines

Dirty laundry aired in public (idiom) – Showing your worst things in public

Public eye (idiom) – Being famous

So that’s my model answer for an I

ELTS speaking part 3 question for celebrity. Which phrasal verb or idiom will you use in your answer, let me know in the comments.

The PPF method will work well when talking about a person in IELTS speaking part 2.

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