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A club or association you have been involved

IELTS Cue Card/ Candidate Task Card 418 with Model Answer: Describe a club or association you have been involved in your school or college. You should say: what type of club or association it was how long you have been a member what you did as a member and explain what you enjoyed about it. [You will have to talk about the topic for one to two minutes. You have one minute to think about what you are going to say. You can make some notes to help you if you wish.] Model Answer 1: When I was studying at a senior high school, I joined my high school debate club, and today, I would like to talk about that here. Prior to joining that debate club, I had watched many debates on the television, which I generally liked for the most part, but never really thought of being a part of a debate team, simply because I was nervous about speaking in front of the public. So, when my parents pushed me to join my high school debate club, apparently because I was doing too little extra-curricula

A class rule that you liked in your school/college

IELTS Cue Card/ Candidate Task Card 339 with Model Answer: Describe a class rule that you liked in your school/college. You should say: what rule it was who imposed this rule how you felt about this rule and explain how this rule helped the class. [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: Thank you very much for the opportunity to let me talk about a class rule that I liked. The rule was about being punctual, that is, being present at the class at the right time and never being late. This was a great rule that I liked in my school days in Nha Trang – a big city in Vietnam. This habit helped me a lot to be punctual in everything in my later stages. The rule of being punctual was imposed by the school authority and every single class teacher and administrative officer in our school followed it religiously. It was a privat

A memorable event from your school days

IELTS Cue Card/ Candidate Task Card 243 with Model Answer: Describe a memorable event from your school days. You should say: what class you were then what event it was why it is still memorable and explain how you feel about this event now. [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: To everyone, school days are considered as the best days of their life and they remember the memories for the rest of their life. I also have numerous memories of my school days and I miss the day when I got caught for school bunking.

Subject that you think should be removed from school

IELTS Cue Card/ Candidate Task Card 228 with Model Answer: Describe a subject that you think should be removed from school education programmes. You should say: what the subject is which grade it is taught in why you think it is unnecessary for children to study it and explain what you would replace it with. [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: Presently the education system is experiencing some unusual changes and most of the times the students of different levels are to be the sufferers. Research methodology is one of the subjects that should be taught at college level and thus it should be discarded from the school education programmes.

Describe an art and craft activity you did at school

IELTS Cue Card/ Candidate Task Card 226 with Model Answer: Describe an art and craft activity you did at school. You should say: what it was what you did for this activity who you did it with and explain how you felt about this activity. [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: Introduction: In my school, we used to have regular art and craft classes, which were always exciting for me. One of the activities that I particularly enjoyed was making paper mache animals. I am so excited to have the opportunity to talk about it. I would also like to thank you for this great topic. What it was: The activity involved creating paper mache animals from scratch using newspapers, water, and glue. We were given a choice to make any animal of our choice, and I decided to make a lion. What you did for this activity: Firstly, we were ask

Describe a science subject that you learned in high school

IELTS Cue Card/ Candidate Task Card 198 with Model Answer: Describe a science subject that you learned in high school. You should say: what subject it was who taught you this subject what you learned from it and explain how this subject helped you in your life. [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: In my school days, I was fond of the science courses and took pride in that with my cousins as I knew more than them on space-issue. Space Science was the favourite subject of mine in school and now still I am attracted to the subject.

Describe a rule you did not like in school

IELTS Cue Card/ Candidate Task Card 192 with Model Answer: Describe a rule you did not like in school. You should say: what it was how others thought about this rule have you ever violated this rule and explain why you did not like this rule. [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 days of school were best in my life but I could not comply with one of the rules and that is attending at the assembly in the early hours of the day. Serangoon Garden Secondary School is highly strict over the issue.

Describe someone you know who is a good teacher

IELTS Cue Card Question 74 With Model Answer: Describe someone you know who is a good teacher. You should say: who this person is how you know him/her what kinds of subjects they teach and explain why this person is good at teaching.   [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: A teacher is a person who is a guide and fatherly figure for all the students. Mr Emanuel Robertt is an English literature teacher at the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University where I am studying now. Mr Emanuel Robertt has long been teaching English literature courses at Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University located in Port-Elizabeth. He is famous in the university for his special skills in making the lessons clearer to the students. Moreover, his teaching style is also attractive and he can keep the class under his complete control when de

Describe a school you have studied in

IELTS Cue Card Question 72 With Model Answer: Describe a school you have studied in. You should say: what its name is and where it is how long you have studied in it what did you like/ dislike about it and describe how you feel now about studying in this school. [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 school is the formal place to learn about everything. In my childhood, I studied Charterhouse School in Johannesburg till my late primary. When I lived in Johannesburg with my parents, they admitted me to the Charterhouse School and there is completed my primary education before leaving Johannesburg. I passed my childhood in the school and could remember that we did lots of fun during the classes. It was fun for me to run on the field and play games with my classmates and friends after the school hours. Moreover, th

Describe a subject that you didn’t like in your high school

IELTS Cue Card Question 51 With Model Answer:  Describe a subject that you didn’t like in your high school. You should say:  what the subject was who taught that subject why you needed to study it And explain what the main reason for you not to like 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: Education is the process to enlighten people and in the course of time, their studies people are to go through some books, texts and subjects. But in most of the cases, they do not prefer many of the subjects for some mysterious reasons. When I was in my high school, I also had to undergo different stress over my studies and I was afraid of one subject – Mathematics. It was the subject that I could not like in my high school and even in the current days of university era, I do not prefer doing mathematics. I actually do not u