IELTS Cue Card

IELTS Cue Card/ Candidate Task Card 315 with Model Answer: Describe your favourite pastime activity. You should say: what it is why you enjoy it how long you have it as a pastime activity and say why this is your favourite pastime 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: Thank you very much for this great topic, and I would be elated to share my favourite pastime activity with you. I love to collect stamps- various kinds of postal stamps that are. Some people find it very difficult to believe that I have this hobby as an adult as they consider it a childhood hobby. In fact, I started collecting stamps when I was only 8 or 9 years old, and the memory is still very lucid to me, and I still enjoy this hobby of mine. Around that time, my grandfather went to the UK and brought gifts for all of us. My share of this

IELTS Cue Card/ Candidate Task Card 314 with Model Answer: Describe a situation when you waited for a bus or a train. You should say: when it was where you were how long you waited and explain how you felt about 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: A few weeks ago, I had to wait for a bus to reach my university, and it was a horrible experience for me. For this topic, I will describe the situation and my experience with it. I had a class to attend at the university at 3:30 in the afternoon that day. So I left home at around 2:10 pm and walked to the bus stoppage which was a walking distance from my home. It usually takes 5 to 10 minutes for a bus to arrive and another 25 minutes or so to reach my university. But on that eventful day, nothing went according to plan! I waited for more than 35 minutes and not a singl

IELTS Cue Card/ Candidate Task Card 313 with Model Answer: Describe a challenging profession you know about. You should say: what profession it is what challenges it involves if you want to be in this profession and explain why this is a challenging profession.   [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.]

IELTS Cue Card/ Candidate Task Card 312 with Model Answer: Describe a story that is popular in your country. You should say: what it is how you heard it what lesson or moral it teaches and explain why possibly this is a popular story in your country. [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: Telling lies is never appreciated and a mean vice. To prevent people from lying to each other a good number of stories are found across my country. The story of a "Tiger and a Cowhand" is such a popular story, and I would like to talk about it here. The story is about a young cattleman who used to tell lies to other people for no apparent reason. To him, it was an entertaining act to make others fool by telling them outrageous lies. The story was, perhaps, taken from the short moral stories of legendary Greek fabulist Aesop.

IELTS Cue Card/ Candidate Task Card 311 with Model Answer: Describe a fruit that is popular in your country. You should say: what it is how popular it is whether you like it or not and say why possibly this is a popular fruit in your country. [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: Greece - my beloved country is also a land of diversity. People here love to eat various types of fruits after almost each of their daily meal. And a large number of fruits is available all around the country, and most of them appear in different seasons. Watermelon is one of the very popular seasonal fruits that is loved by all. For this nice topic, I would like to talk about watermelon which is very popular in Greece. Watermelon is widely available during the summer season and it is perhaps one of the top three favourite fruits in my country

IELTS Cue Card/ Candidate Task Card 310 with Model Answer: Describe a new year celebration that you still remember. You should say: when it was what you did who was with you and explain how you celebrated this event.  [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: Usually, the new year is celebrated amid great festivity in Australia. Many people get out of their homes to witness this grand event and welcome the new year with great expectations and renewed hope. I can remember such a celebration to welcome 2017. I was an undergraduate student at the University of New South Wales in Sydney back then. Thank you for this nice topic, and I will describe the event now. Since we were supposed to graduate from the university before 2018, we thought it was our last chance to enjoy the new year celebration as classmates in Australia. We k

IELTS Cue Card/ Candidate Task Card 309 with Model Answer: Describe an experience you have had with a type of foreign food. You should say: when you first ate it where you ate this food how you felt about it and say if you liked or disliked 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: Usually, I do not prefer to eat outside food as I believe homemade food is far more nutrient and hygienic. But when I travel to a different city or an entirely new country, I try outside food as cooking at home is no longer an option then. Almost a year ago, I went to Mexico to attend an international conference where I tried a variety of food. For this topic, I will describe my experience with Mexican food in Mexico. I attended the conference in September last year in Tijuana as a representative from my university. I flew to Mexico city firs

IELTS Cue Card/ Candidate Task Card 308 with Model Answer: Describe something you do to help others. You should say: what you do how long you have been doing it how you started doing it and explain why you think this is helpful for others. [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.]

IELTS Cue Card/ Candidate Task Card 307 with Model Answer: Describe a sport that you would like to learn to play. You should say: what sport it is how you plan to learn it how difficult you think it would be to learn  and explain why you would like to learn to play this sport.   [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 for this great topic and the opportunity to let me talk about a sport that I would like to learn to play. Well, I love to take part in different indoor sports and games, and I am considering learning "table tennis" soon. It is an excellent sport, and it requires a set of skills to play well. In my view, table tennis is an exciting sport, and it is a good way of doing daily exercise as an extensive amount of movement is required to play it. I am planning to learn it at the university wher

IELTS Cue Card/ Candidate Task Card 306 with Model Answer: Describe a natural calamity that you fear or you are afraid of. You should say: what it is why you fear it how it affects people’s lives and explain how you think the damage of it could be reduced. [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: We often fall victim to natural calamities, and many of us are afraid of such natural catastrophes that can wreak havoc. Personally, I fear earthquakes as I have seen the devastating impacts of the earthquake at an early age. An earthquake is a natural disaster that may occur at any time and claim lives and damage properties on a large scale. In my country, I think earthquakes are more frequent than any other natural disaster. When it appears with a high magnitude, it damages properties and ends people's life to an extent that

IELTS Cue Card/ Candidate Task Card 305 with Model Answer: Describe a gift you once gave to a child. You should say: what gift item it was who you gave it to on what occasion you gave this gift and explain why you chose this gift.  [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 couple of months ago, I attended a birthday party of a child who lives with her parents just opposite my apartment. I was invited as a guest at the party that celebrated the 5th birthday of the child. I bought a gift for her marking the occasion. For this topic, I'd talk about this event and the present that I gave to this child. After much consideration and several attempts at different gift shops, I finally purchased a Lego set for the birthday girl. The Lego pieces came in a large box, and it contained at least a hundred and fifty Lego pieces.

IELTS Cue Card/ Candidate Task Card 304 with Model Answer: Describe a game you play on your cell phone/mobile phone. You should say: what game it is how long you have been playing it what type of game it is and explain why you play this game on your cell phone/ mobile phone.  [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: Playing games on a mobile phone is interesting and entertaining, and with the development of technology, mobile phone users, nowadays, have a wide range of options to choose a video game of their preference. So, I often play games on my smartphone. I will describe one of my favourite games here that I've been playing for a while on my mobile phone. The name of this game is "Sniper Assassin", and it is a popular game in terms of its userbase and active players. I learned about this game a couple