IELTS Cue Card

IELTS Cue Card/ Candidate Task Card 194 with Model Answer: Describe your favourite family tradition. You should say: what the tradition is when it occurs what you do and explain why it is your favourite tradition. [You will have to talk about the topic for one to two minutes. You have one minute to think about what you're going to say. You can make some notes to help you if you wish.] Model Answer 1: I was born and brought up in a Muslim family in Malaysia and found that my family follows different tradition related to Islam and my country. Obedience to the superior is the tradition of my family and I think this is a great virtue as well. Most of the people follow the similar tradition as well across the country.

IELTS Cue Card/ Candidate Task Card 191 with Model Answer: Describe a funny text message you have ever received. You should say: what it was about who sent it to you when you received this message and explain why you think this was a funny text message. [You will have to talk about the topic for one to two minutes. You have one minute to think about what you're going to say. You can make some notes to help you if you wish.] Model Answer 1: Sending text messages instead of making phone calls is annoying to me, and I think it wastes time. But I enjoyed a text message from one of my friends and that text message was sent to me marking my birthday.

IELTS Cue Card/ Candidate Task Card 188 with Model Answer: Describe a traditional meal you enjoyed recently. You should say: what the meal was where you ate this meal what occasion it was and explain how much you enjoyed this meal. [You will have to talk about the topic for one to two minutes. You have one minute to think about what you're going to say. You can make some notes to help you if you wish.] Model Answer 1: Singapore is the country where people of different races and nations come together and pass their days. As a result, the foods of the country are also featured with variations. I have tested two of its traditional foods and the tastes are splendid!

IELTS Cue Card/ Candidate Task Card 182 with Model Answer: Describe a film/movie that you watched and did not enjoy. You should say: what the film/movie was when you watched it who you watched it with and explain why you did not enjoy it. [You will have to talk about the topic for one to two minutes. You have one minute to think about what you're going to say. You can make some notes to help you if you wish.] Model Answer 1: I like watching comedy movies most than any other movie genres and try to watch at least a movie in a day. I watched ‘Sex Tape’, a comedy movie of 2014 and was highly frustrated.

IELTS Cue Card/ Candidate Task Card 180 with Model Answer: Describe a photograph that you remember. You should say: what is in the photograph how old it is who took it and when and explain why you remember this photograph. [You will have to talk about the topic for one to two minutes. You have one minute to think about what you're going to say. You can make some notes to help you if you wish.] Model Answer 1: Last month I was assigned to clean the personal library of my father, and there I found a photograph of mine where I was sitting in the middle of my grandparents.

IELTS Cue Card/ Candidate Task Card 178 with Model Answer: Describe a hotel you have stayed in. You should say: where it was why and when you stayed there what facilities it had and say whether you liked or disliked staying in this hotel. [You will have to talk about the topic for one to two minutes. You have one minute to think about what you're going to say. You can make some notes to help you if you wish.] Model Answer 1: I went to attend a seminar at the City University London and stayed at London City Hotel. That was a great experience for me as I have never been out of my native city, Paris.

IELTS Cue Card/ Candidate Task Card 177 with Model Answer: Describe a TV documentary you watched that was particularly interesting. You should say: what the documentary was about why you decided to watch it what you learnt during the documentary and explain why the TV documentary was particularly interesting. [You will have to talk about the topic for one to two minutes. You have one minute to think about what you're going to say. You can make some notes to help you if you wish.] Model Answer 1: Owing to my occupational engagement, I am unable to manage much time to enjoy television documentaries but in last December of 2015, I had watched a documentary on becoming an astronaut.

IELTS Cue Card/ Candidate Task Card 174 with Model Answer: Describe a house/apartment that someone you know lives in. You should say: whose house/apartment this is where the house/apartment is what it looks like inside and explain what you like or dislike about this person’s house/apartment.   [You will have to talk about the topic for one to two minutes. You have one minute to think about what you're going to say. You can make some notes to help you if you wish.] Model Answer 1: My maternal uncle lives in a large house in Noida, in India. The house is considered as one of the splendid edifices of the modern architecture in his locality.

IELTS Cue Card/ Candidate Task Card 171 with Model Answer: Describe a paid job you or someone you know ever did. You should say:     - what the job was     - how you/this person found this job     - how long  you or this person worked in this job and how you feel now about this job.  [You will have to talk about the topic for one to two minutes. You have one minute to think about what you're going to say. You can make some notes to help you if you wish.] Model Answer 1: Last week my father asked to clean the garden before our house and paint the wooden wall as well. I was paid for the job.

IELTS Cue Card Question 169 with Model Answer: Describe a song you like. You should say: what the song is who is the singer how often you listen to it and explain why you like this song so much. [You will have to talk about the topic for one to two minutes. You have one minute to think about what you're going to say. You can make some notes to help you if you wish.] Model Answer 1: The song is known as ‘Shape of My Heart’. The song is by Sting, an English rock musician who is most popular for the song Desert Rose.

IELTS Cue Card Question 167 with Model Answer: Describe a website you often visit. You should say: what type of website it is how often you visit this website what services or information it offers and explain why you think this website is useful.   [You will have to talk about the topic for one to two minutes. You have one minute to think about what you're going to say. You can make some notes to help you if you wish.] Model Answer 1: This is the age of technology. The Internet is one of the important aspects of technology and websites are the entrance to the vast virtual world. I have visited www.youtube.com.

IELTS Cue Card Question 165 with Model Answer: Describe your favourite season. You should say: what season it is what the weather is like at that time of year how that season is different from other seasons and explain why it is your favourite season.   [You will have to talk about the topic for one to two minutes. You have one minute to think about what you're going to say. You can make some notes to help you if you wish.] Model Answer 1: Usually, there are four seasons in South Africa, namely - summer, winter, fall and spring. To me, spring appears as the best season. It usually lasts from September to November each year in the country.

IELTS Cue Card Question 164 with Model Answer: Talk about your favourite colour. You should say: what colour it is how this colour is different than other colours how you feel about using this colour and explain why this is your favourite colour. [You will have to talk about the topic for one to two minutes. You have one minute to think about what you're going to say. You can make some notes to help you if you wish.] Model Answer 1: The world is filled with colours. Everything we see is colourful and usually, people are attracted to bright coloured things. I also have a preference regarding colour and that is white.

IELTS Cue Card Question 162 with Model Answer: Describe a small and successful company. You should say: where it is how you know this company who runs this company and explain why you think it to be a successful company.   [You will have to talk about the topic for one to two minutes. You have one minute to think about what you're going to say. You can make some notes to help you if you wish.] Model Answer 1: ‘Unique Design’ is a website designing company headquartered in Delhi. This is a small IT firm that mostly deals with the designing of a website and provides other web related necessary services.

IELTS Cue Card Question 161 with Model Answer: Describe something you would like to do if you were given a day off. You should say: what you will do where you will do it what you will need to do it and explain why you will need a day off to do it. [You will have to talk about the topic for one to two minutes. You have one minute to think about what you're going to say. You can make some notes to help you if you wish.] Model Answer 1: Day off is a rare thing for me due to my occupational engagement. I am a gymnasium instructor by profession and thus I have to remain busy round the week or month.

IELTS Cue Card Question 159 with Model Answer: Describe a gift you bought for others that took you a long time to choose. You should say: what it was who you gave it to how you chose it and explain why you spend a long time choosing it.   [You will have to talk about the topic for one to two minutes. You have one minute to think about what you're going to say. You can make some notes to help you if you wish.] Model Answer 1: t was simply a set of tablespoons and forks that took long hours for me to find out. I noticed the spoons at the residence of one of my maternal uncles and asked him about the location where he bought from. But he replied that he had no ideas about the spoons and forks as he received them as gifts. In fact, it was a set of finely made spoons covered with simple designs. The spoons arrested my attention as those were different from the ordinary spoons. The medium-sized silver spoons were a bit heavier than the ordinary ones. The spoons were

IELTS Cue Card Question 156 with Model Answer: Describe an electronic machine you want to buy. You should say: what it is how you knew about this machine what specific features you want from it and explain why you want to buy this machine. [You will have to talk about the topic for one to two minutes. You have one minute to think about what you're going to say. You can make some notes to help you if you wish.] Model Answer 1: The computer is one of the latest inventions and we cannot do a day without the help of computers. It is a must in our life and I want to have a laptop computer for me as I have to travel to different places for my occupational purposes.

IELTS Cue Card Question 108 With Model Answer: Describe a lake, a river or a sea you like to visit. You should say: where it is when you usually visit it what you do there and explain your experience visiting this lake, river or sea.   [You will have to talk about the topic for one to two minutes. You have one minute to think about what you're going to say. You can make some notes to help you if you wish.] Model Answer 1: Passing moments by the side of a lake is highly interesting and the moments are enjoyable during the evening hours. I usually sit by the Lough Neagh, located in Northern Ireland. The lakes in the Republic of Ireland are commonly termed as Lough and Lough Neagh is the largest lakes in the country with the span of 151 square miles. This is a freshwater lake and the sides are well decorated for the visitors. The depth of the lake is around eight feet but the deepest part of the lake is about 80 feet. The lough reaches to the River Bann and in some

IELTS Cue Card Question 106 With Model Answer: Describe an indoor game you have enjoyed playing in your free time. You should say: what the game is how you learned to play it where you have played it and explain why you have enjoyed playing this game.   [You will have to talk about the topic for one to two minutes. You have one minute to think about what you're going to say. You can make some notes to help you if you wish.] Model Answer 1: Games and sports have always attracted me but I like the indoor games more than the outdoor ones. I usually play chess in my free times and enjoy it more than any other indoor games.

IELTS Cue Card Question 104 With Model Answer: Describe a family business you know about. You should say: what kind of business it is how you first heard of this business what the family does for this business and say why you think it is a good family business.   [You will have to talk about the topic for one to two minutes. You have one minute to think about what you're going to say. You can make some notes to help you if you wish.] Model Answer 1: Many of the poor and marginal level people have changed their fortune wheel by business and when they engage their family members, the business grows more for different reasons. Mr Rafael Sabitano is my neighbour and owns his restaurant which is his family business too. He has owned the business from his father and been continuing with his family members. Mr Sabitano has engaged his brothers to run the restaurant located at a corner of Rue de la Huchette. Though there are lines of restaurants on the street, his rest