🦀 Want to sound more like a native speaker? In the IELTS speaking test, when answering questions, you can make your response longer by explaining why you made certain decisions or behaved in a particular way. And one way to explain this is through contrast or comparison with what someone else did or didn't do. For example, you want to say you worked hard to live an affluent life. To extend your answer, you can say something like "When I was a child, my family could only afford basic thi...