IELTS Speaking Part 2: useful vocabulary

 Here's a list of useful vocabulary from last week's 'journey' description.

First, some collocations:

• took a journey, made a journey
• a bad journey
• a peaceful trip, a quieter trip
• a half-empty train
• a prepaid ticket
• an available seat
• loud voices
• the station concourse
• football fans
• a big match
• find a seat
• noisy fans, excited fans, friendly fans, good-natured fans
• a comfortable seat

And some nice phrases for stories:

• I'll never forget this particular time
• something happened that I wasn't expecting
• It was a (Sunday) morning
• I was due in (London)
• But my first surprise came when...
• I was still wondering about this when...
• Suddenly I realised what was happening
• Luckily I managed to
• In the end, I just...
• All in all, it wasn't (a bad journey)
• I would have preferred
• Even so, (I made sure that...)

Try using some of the phrases above when telling your own stories.