雅思考官在口語考試中必定涉及的兩類問題是：
1) Have things changed? (情況改變了嗎?)，或者Have things always been the same? (情況一直是這樣嗎?)，以及Have things been the same since you can remember?(自從你記憶以來，情況一直都沒有變化嗎?)
2) Will things change? (情況是否將會改變?)例如，在談到考生家鄉(xiāng)的旅游業(yè)時，考官就會問：Have things changed in the last ten years? 或者How have things changed since you can remember? 考官還會問及考生家鄉(xiāng)旅游業(yè)將來可能的發(fā)展趨勢：How do you think things will change? 或者What do you think will change?
雅思口語考試側重這兩類問題的提問，其目的在于：
首先，任何事物都處于不斷的發(fā)展和改變之中，唯有變化才能使世界得以延續(xù)和發(fā)展。同時這也是人類思維發(fā)展的規(guī)律。英語就是透過動詞形式的事態(tài)變化來表示事物的發(fā)展。在雅思口語中，考官需要了解考生是否能正確、熟練地運用英語動詞時態(tài)表達思想。其次，考官還要測檢考生運用恰當?shù)姆绞絹磉M行推測和想象的能力，考查考生除了描述事實和現(xiàn)象之外，能否從不同的角度，以不同的方式來談論問題，尤其是對問題或時態(tài)的過去和未來趨勢作出合理的想象和推測。
接下來，我們就從語言表達形式的角度來看看考生應該如何應對這兩類問題：
1) 回顧過去：Have things changed?
此類問題一般出現(xiàn)在考試的第一部分，而且也經常以變異的形式出現(xiàn)，如：
Have things always been the same?
Have things been the same since you can remember?
考生應特別注意此類問題的正確回應方法。我們可以用以下幾種方法解答：
a)已經發(fā)生的變化：what has changed
b) 目前的情況：how things are now
c) 回顧過去的狀況：how things used to be / 到現(xiàn)在為止的發(fā)展情況：how they are/have become by now.
例如：
問題：How has your hometown changed in the last ten years?
利用時態(tài)(tenses): Traffic has increased, pollution has been reduced, the economy has improved, etc.
利用對比詞匯(comparatives): There is more traffic, the pollution is lower, people spend more money, etc.
對比之前和現(xiàn)在的情況(compare past and now): There used to be little traffic but now there is a lot, the pollution used to be terrible but now it has improved, the economy used to be weak but now it is much stronger, etc.
因此，總體上，考生主要用tenses, comparatives和compare between past and now三種形式回答問題。然而，需要小心的是，在回答when的問題時，考生就得改用過去時did。
例如：
問題：Has the government done anything to promote tourism?
答案：Yep, they’ve started advertising, etc.
問題：When?
答案：They started 10 years ago.
2) 展望未來：Will things change?
此類問題一般都會出現(xiàn)在口試topic的最后一個部分，考官想透過更有難度的問題，測試考生的語言能力是否能更上一個層次。
首先，展望未來，測試將要發(fā)生的種種情況并不只是簡單地使用未來式就可以了。談到未來時不僅是要談到將要發(fā)生的事情，而且更主要的是指：
我們________某情況將要發(fā)生或出現(xiàn)：
l 認為(think)
l 假設(suppose)
l 期待(expect)
l 愿望(hope)
l 希望(wish)
而這些帶主觀臆測性質的動詞，其后面的搭配形式并不是一成不變的，可以有不同的搭配形式。例如：
第一種：I think or suppose (that) something will happen.
第二種：I expect and hope that something will happen.
第三種：I expect or hope to do something.
真實回答：
第一種：I think/suppose (that) I will go abroad to further my studies.
第二種：I expect/hope (that) I will go abroad to further my study.
第三種：I expect/hope to go abroad to further my study.
而就wish而言，首先必須明白wish和hope并不是同一概念。差別在于hope表達的是可能實現(xiàn)的愿望，而wish表示這個愿望不太可能實現(xiàn)或根本就與事實相反。比如：to make a lot of money(賺很多的錢)是只能hope做到的事情，但是to win a million dollars at the lottery(中彩票贏100萬)就是不太可能實現(xiàn)的wish, 它在用法上表現(xiàn)為下面的形式。
a) We (you,etc.) wish that something would or could happen in the future.
b) We (you, etc.) wish that something were different from what it is now.
真實回答：
a) I wish I could make a lot of money. (But I don't think I do or will.)
b) I wish I were very rich. (But this isn’t so)
上述幾個主觀推測性動詞的用法可以歸納如下：
We (you, etc.)……
l think that something will happen.
l suppose that something will happen.
l expect that something will happen/ expect to do something.
l hope that something will happen / hope to do something.
l wish that something would happen/ were different.
因此在回答雅思口試中常出現(xiàn)的Do you think things will change? How?之類的問題時，考生就可以用下面的模式回應：
This will change, and then that will change and so on.
當讓，比較單調的東西很容易給人留下呆板的印象，但這是正確使用語言的前提和基礎，考生只要把這些模式化的表達熟練說透，才能進入靈活、隨意表達的境界。所以‘熟能生巧’，說的是這種語言表達的運用規(guī)矩。還可使用一些變異形式，比如I expect that, I suppose that或者hopefully, presumably之類的表達，考生使用這些比較有新意的句子，可以給考官留下更好的印象。
1) Have things changed? (情況改變了嗎?)，或者Have things always been the same? (情況一直是這樣嗎?)，以及Have things been the same since you can remember?(自從你記憶以來，情況一直都沒有變化嗎?)
2) Will things change? (情況是否將會改變?)例如，在談到考生家鄉(xiāng)的旅游業(yè)時，考官就會問：Have things changed in the last ten years? 或者How have things changed since you can remember? 考官還會問及考生家鄉(xiāng)旅游業(yè)將來可能的發(fā)展趨勢：How do you think things will change? 或者What do you think will change?
雅思口語考試側重這兩類問題的提問，其目的在于：
首先，任何事物都處于不斷的發(fā)展和改變之中，唯有變化才能使世界得以延續(xù)和發(fā)展。同時這也是人類思維發(fā)展的規(guī)律。英語就是透過動詞形式的事態(tài)變化來表示事物的發(fā)展。在雅思口語中，考官需要了解考生是否能正確、熟練地運用英語動詞時態(tài)表達思想。其次，考官還要測檢考生運用恰當?shù)姆绞絹磉M行推測和想象的能力，考查考生除了描述事實和現(xiàn)象之外，能否從不同的角度，以不同的方式來談論問題，尤其是對問題或時態(tài)的過去和未來趨勢作出合理的想象和推測。
接下來，我們就從語言表達形式的角度來看看考生應該如何應對這兩類問題：
1) 回顧過去：Have things changed?
此類問題一般出現(xiàn)在考試的第一部分，而且也經常以變異的形式出現(xiàn)，如：
Have things always been the same?
Have things been the same since you can remember?
考生應特別注意此類問題的正確回應方法。我們可以用以下幾種方法解答：
a)已經發(fā)生的變化：what has changed
b) 目前的情況：how things are now
c) 回顧過去的狀況：how things used to be / 到現(xiàn)在為止的發(fā)展情況：how they are/have become by now.
例如：
問題：How has your hometown changed in the last ten years?
利用時態(tài)(tenses): Traffic has increased, pollution has been reduced, the economy has improved, etc.
利用對比詞匯(comparatives): There is more traffic, the pollution is lower, people spend more money, etc.
對比之前和現(xiàn)在的情況(compare past and now): There used to be little traffic but now there is a lot, the pollution used to be terrible but now it has improved, the economy used to be weak but now it is much stronger, etc.
因此，總體上，考生主要用tenses, comparatives和compare between past and now三種形式回答問題。然而，需要小心的是，在回答when的問題時，考生就得改用過去時did。
例如：
問題：Has the government done anything to promote tourism?
答案：Yep, they’ve started advertising, etc.
問題：When?
答案：They started 10 years ago.
2) 展望未來：Will things change?
此類問題一般都會出現(xiàn)在口試topic的最后一個部分，考官想透過更有難度的問題，測試考生的語言能力是否能更上一個層次。
首先，展望未來，測試將要發(fā)生的種種情況并不只是簡單地使用未來式就可以了。談到未來時不僅是要談到將要發(fā)生的事情，而且更主要的是指：
我們________某情況將要發(fā)生或出現(xiàn)：
l 認為(think)
l 假設(suppose)
l 期待(expect)
l 愿望(hope)
l 希望(wish)
而這些帶主觀臆測性質的動詞，其后面的搭配形式并不是一成不變的，可以有不同的搭配形式。例如：
第一種：I think or suppose (that) something will happen.
第二種：I expect and hope that something will happen.
第三種：I expect or hope to do something.
真實回答：
第一種：I think/suppose (that) I will go abroad to further my studies.
第二種：I expect/hope (that) I will go abroad to further my study.
第三種：I expect/hope to go abroad to further my study.
而就wish而言，首先必須明白wish和hope并不是同一概念。差別在于hope表達的是可能實現(xiàn)的愿望，而wish表示這個愿望不太可能實現(xiàn)或根本就與事實相反。比如：to make a lot of money(賺很多的錢)是只能hope做到的事情，但是to win a million dollars at the lottery(中彩票贏100萬)就是不太可能實現(xiàn)的wish, 它在用法上表現(xiàn)為下面的形式。
a) We (you,etc.) wish that something would or could happen in the future.
b) We (you, etc.) wish that something were different from what it is now.
真實回答：
a) I wish I could make a lot of money. (But I don't think I do or will.)
b) I wish I were very rich. (But this isn’t so)
上述幾個主觀推測性動詞的用法可以歸納如下：
We (you, etc.)……
l think that something will happen.
l suppose that something will happen.
l expect that something will happen/ expect to do something.
l hope that something will happen / hope to do something.
l wish that something would happen/ were different.
因此在回答雅思口試中常出現(xiàn)的Do you think things will change? How?之類的問題時，考生就可以用下面的模式回應：
This will change, and then that will change and so on.
當讓，比較單調的東西很容易給人留下呆板的印象，但這是正確使用語言的前提和基礎，考生只要把這些模式化的表達熟練說透，才能進入靈活、隨意表達的境界。所以‘熟能生巧’，說的是這種語言表達的運用規(guī)矩。還可使用一些變異形式，比如I expect that, I suppose that或者hopefully, presumably之類的表達，考生使用這些比較有新意的句子，可以給考官留下更好的印象。