Law and Crime: IELTS Speaking Part 3 Sample Answer

In IELTS Speaking Part 3, to answer IELTS examiner’s questions in a natural and fluent way, you should focus on one idea only and then expand that idea into a long meaningful sentence using grammar patterns and vocabulary, which can help you get Band 8.0+ for IELTS Speaking.

Let’s practice it with some easy questions about an interesting topic: Law and Crime.

Speaking Part 3

1 Are police officers popular in your country?

No, most people here think police officers are corrupt or incompetent. People don’t trust them and avoid going to them if they can help it.

2 Do people like being a police officer in your country?

I guess this profession is still popular because being a police officer puts you in a position of authority. I’m not sure if it pays well, but I don’t ever see police officers complain about their salary so it must be OK,  I guess.

3 What qualities should a police officer have?

Police officers should be upright. They should care about fellow citizens and strive to uphold justice and equality. And I can’t stress this enough: they should go after bad people instead of regular people.

4 Why some people prefer to be a lawyer?

People generally think of lawyers as intelligent. Being a lawyer usually comes with a high salary and practicing law gives people the knowledge and resources to protect themselves legally.

5 Do you think that people in your country obey the law all the time?

No, certainly not. Many crimes are reported on newspapers and television. They appear very frequently. In fact, I see them every week. Traffic violations, sexual harassment and school violence have been on the news recently.

Vocabulary

• Corrupt: having or showing a willingness to act dishonestly in return for money or personal gain.
  Eg: Don’t corrupt a child’s mind
• Incompetent:  lacking the qualities needed for effective action
  Eg: No one is born incompetent
• Authority: the power or right to give orders, make decisions, and enforce obedience.
  Eg: The authority will take care of the notice
• fellow citizens: people living in this country
  Eg: The politicians claimed that they love their fellow citizens
• Violations: Disobey
  Eg: Violation of rules is an offense
• sexual harassment: behaviour characterized by the making of unwelcome and inappropriate sexual remarks or physical advances in a workplace or other professional or social situation.
  Eg: Sexual harassment is a crime

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