Describe a city you have been to and want to visit again.: IELTS Speaking Cue Card

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Where is it?
When & why did you visit there?
Would you go back?

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Cue 1:Where is it?

Begin with a brief introduction of the city, including its geographical location.
Mention any notable landmarks or features that make the city unique.

Example

The city I want to talk about is Jaipur, located in the northern part of India, in the state of Rajasthan. It is famously known as the Pink City due to its distinct pink-colored buildings and rich cultural heritage.

Cue 2:When & why did you visit there?

Provide details about your visit, including the time of year and the duration of your stay.
Explain the reasons for your visit, such as tourism, family, or work.

Example

I visited Jaipur last year during the winter holidays for about a week. I had always wanted to explore its historical sites and experience the vibrant culture, especially the famous Amer Fort and Hawa Mahal.

Cue 3:Would you go back?

Express your feelings about returning to the city, highlighting what you would like to do differently or explore further.
Mention any specific experiences or places you missed during your last visit that you would like to see.

Example

Absolutely, I would love to go back to Jaipur! I want to visit the local markets to shop for traditional handicrafts and try more of the delicious Rajasthani cuisine, which I didn’t get enough of during my last trip.

Conclusion

Summarize your overall feelings about the city and your desire to return.
Reiterate the unique aspects that make the city special to you.

Example

In conclusion, Jaipur holds a special place in my heart due to its stunning architecture and rich traditions. I look forward to revisiting and immersing myself in its beauty once again.

Following this structure will ensure you cover all the essential points while providing a clear and engaging response to the cue card topic.

Tips to answer this Cue Card

1: Vague Descriptions

Using vague language can make your answer less engaging. Avoid general statements that don't provide specific details about the city.

Tip

Include specific landmarks, cultural experiences, or personal anecdotes to make your description vivid and memorable.

2: Ignoring the Cues

Not addressing all the cues can lead to an incomplete answer. This may result in a lower score for coherence and relevance.

Tip

Structure your response by clearly answering each cue: location, visit details, and your desire to return.

Overly Long Responses

Giving excessively long answers can lose the listener's interest and make it hard to follow your main points.

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Be concise and focused. Aim for clear, structured responses that cover all points without unnecessary elaboration.

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Describe your favourite food at a traditional festival or a special event in your country

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Anonymous student Band 7.5

Pitampura Test Centre, New Delhi

Answer

I like to taste different types of cuisine. Here I would like to talk about my favorite dish at my traditional festival of Onam which is Sadya. Sadya is popular in my city. We are experimenting these cuisines on Onam festival day. Onam is a famous festival in my city. All family members get together in my home and we make a delicious Sadya. There are many ingredients includes that Sadya. Moreover, we make a big feast that day as well as we create a lot of memories together and we wear that day the traditional dress called Sari and men wear the Dhotis. That festival is really important to us because the whole day we are conducting different kinds of games at our homes and all the family members came together. It's a memorable day in my life. This is the festival. We are making the Sambar and Aviyal. These all the kinds of foods are making with the vegetables.

Talk about a toy you liked in your childhood

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Anonymous student Band 8

Sector 34 Test Centre, Chandigarh

Answer

The toy which I liked in my childhood was a panda doll, which makes me pleasant and makes me more blush. The pandas are the most beautiful creatures of the world, which looks gigantic and has pooshy cheeks and they are like stars in the clouds and they dream in me. Furthermore, these have been given by my father. My father is a very very beautiful artistic person, who makes me think of that. Every day you will face every difficulties and make you suffer and move forward. Pandas are always seen in Japanese countries. It is my lifelong dream to visit a Japanese country and click a photo with the original pandas, which makes sounds better.

Describe a time you were in a place where you didn't know the local language

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Anonymous student Band 6.5

Whitefield Test Center, Bengaluru

Answer

As India is a very large country full of diversity, so there are many places which have their own language and speak their native language. The place which I visited and I didn't know about their language was Leladakh, which is about 300 km away from my hometown and it is a very good place as it consists of different kind of trees, animals and have many scenic views and I visited over there last year in summers as it was the best time to visit because it has many, it was cold over there and we had summers in our area so it was the best time to visit over there and I went over there with my whole family.

Describe a time when your friend damaged something you owned

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Anonymous student Band 7

Begumpet Test Centre, Hyderabad

Answer

When I was a kid, I had a little pencil box which had these four buttons which gave the pencil box an operative use. When you press the button, the box would open up. When you press the second button, a little part of it would slide out. Basically it was just a little electronical and a fun thing to have and I owned it when I was in 6th. One day after break, I was standing and talking there with one of my friends and another friend of mine was running through the hallway and accidentally she pushed my shoulder and my pencil box hit the ground and it broke into multiple pieces to the point that it was not functional anymore.

Describe a book you recently read

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Anonymous student Band 7.5

CBD Belapur Test Centre, Navi Mumbai

Answer

It Ends With Us is a book I read recently. It's by the author Colleen Hoare. It's mainly a story about two teenagers, Atlas and Lily, and how they just handle their life going through high school, adolescence, and just domestic violence at home. Both of them come from very, very different families. However, they have one common determining factor between them, which is domestic violence. The abuse that they've seen their moms go through is just insane, and they connect through that on a different level. They're actually in the same high school, but they never speak to each other until Atlas actually crashes into an empty house next to Lily's villa. When Atlas is homeless and he doesn't have anywhere to go, he just comes and breaks into the house next to Lily's, and Lily helps him with all the daily necessities like clothes and food, medicines and stuff. Furthermore, their friendship blossoms into love, but it doesn't really fructify as Atlas has to leave. This book really gave me a lot of knowledge about domestic abuse and how to deal with it.

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Band 6

Hi, I want to describe about the city named Montreal in Canada. This city is the capital of Quebec province. I visited this city in 2022 as a part of an internship program at University of Montreal. This city is a unique amalgamation of the European or French culture and the modern American culture. The city is full of giant churches and beautiful vintage structures that resembles the architecture of medieval Europe or the medieval Europe architecture and of course, beautiful churches and it's culturally, you know, very rich but at the same time it has a modern infrastructure to cater the needs of the corporate and to uphold the standards of being a metro city. Montreal is famous for a lot of cuisine, a lot of French cuisine specifically and of course the language that's widely spoken there is French and as an English speaker, I did find some difficulty coping up with the billboards and other things but it was all fine. I would definitely love to visit this city again if ever I get a chance and the reason behind it is the clean environment over there, good weather as compared to other Canadian cities, it's not too cold and of course the food which is the best thing.

Band 6

Okay, so Mumbai. Mumbai is the city which is located in the state of Maharashtra. I visited this city in the year 2022 because of my NEET exam which I had to give and I feel that that city is very beautiful. It not only includes the greenery, the beaches but also multinational companies as well as the high floors building, the lavished and the furnished buildings as well as homes of the people. Mumbai city is very clean and is very beautiful including all the scenic views and also the beaches. The beaches are very much clean, the gardens are clean, the people in Mumbai are good and well mannered. I do like to visit Mumbai again and I am planning to move to Mumbai for my Diwali vacation which is going to be in the next year and I am going to stay to my aunt place who also stays there. I am looking forward to enjoy my grateful time of my vacation by going to the beaches and to the gardens as well as there are many libraries which I have heard like the most famous library of the Mumbai is the Asiatic library which is situated or located in CSMT which is Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Sharmilesh.

Band 6

I went to the city known as Hyderabad which is the capital city of Telangana. We enjoyed a lot by visiting lots of places like Charwinar, Birla Mandir and Vandrala. I do visited it because there is a surgery going on for my grandmother and after completion of the surgery we went through metros and seen the beauty of the city. I would like to visit it again and again because of the cool nature of the weather as well as the activities available over there. Most frequently there are multiple sources of entertainments like skiing, boring etc. which made me get a curious nature to visit there.

Band 6

The city I visited recently is Hyderabad, it is on my last weekend, I went for Hyderabad on my workshop, for my workshop, I really loved it, the views and the climate is mesmerizing, I love the people over there, there are diverse, I love the diversity of people over there and I also love the various kinds of food over there, I would love to visit again when I am free, along with my family.

Band 6

In the last few, like before few years, I had a trip to a city called Jabalpur which is located in the center state of India, Madhya Pradesh. So me and my family had planned a trip to visit that city and when we reached there, so it was a time of Navratri which comes in the winter. So once we reached there, the energy I saw for celebration of Navratri, it was so high and beautiful, people were celebrating, all the streets were filled with lights and energy and joy and love. Also, the second thing I loved the most was when I was having a tour around the city like in the various places such as Beda Ghat, Tilwara Ghat and Bargi Dam or Chausastyagini Devi. So these places were very quaint, very nice, very clean and also the Narmada river, she was so cold and very beautiful but very dangerous also, including boating, they had water sports and boating and etc. And also the thing I loved the most was the people, they were so friendly, there were no scamming us, there was no looting us, they were very nice and we enjoyed our time there with minimal expenses. So the city was overall quite very beautiful and I would really seek for a chance to go back there with my family or with my friends and spend some time there, spend some peace time there and also there was so much greenery around us and the sanctuary was so beautiful, animal sanctuary was there, it was so beautiful and I would love a chance to go back there.

Band 5-6

Yeah, so recently a city which I visited was Mumbai, it was a great city because you know I am a trader basically, I trade the Indian stock market, so the stock exchange is in the Mumbai, the BSE, Bombay Stock Exchange in Mumbai, it has wow, it is just so wow I would say and also you know the streets in Mumbai are busy, it is every time the busy streets, I see many a times when I just went to roam the city, I saw the streets being very busy there, also I would say that the streets in Mumbai or Mumbai itself is a very happening place, I mean you can get to you know talk with, make some random friends there, I mean it is very easy to make friends in Mumbai, also you can connect to various strangers in Mumbai and do anything you want you know and I would say it is a must visit place for me and if I get, I have also been to Mumbai in my childhood, in past I have just recently went to Mumbai and in future if I get a chance to visit Mumbai, I would definitely visit Mumbai because of the stock exchange there, also the streets being busy in Mumbai and it is also very happening place I would say, lot of, also there are many beach side places in Mumbai where you can have a lot of peace by the beach side, you can just relax there, also there are many activities you can do in Mumbai where in the beach side you can you know have speed boats, you know paragliding and many more, so this is what I would say.

Band 5-6

A city I have been to and want to visit again is Mumbai, it is located in India, I visited it many years ago and I was fascinated by its vibrant energy and diversity, the iconic gateway of India and marine drive left a lasting impression on me, what could I loved most was the local street food especially vada pav and pav bhaji, despite being a blustering metropolis, it has a charm that feels welcoming, I don't love to explore more of its culture, history and perhaps watch a Bollywood movie premiere there, it is very exciting to go again and again to visit that place.

Band 5-6

So, when I was in class 8th, I visited Switzerland and it is situated in, it is a country basically and it is situated in Europe, the continent, Europe, the continent, and I had saw the snow falls. My phone is lying there. No, it must be lying there. No, it is lying there. No, it is lying there. No, it is lying there.

Band 5-6

Describe a city in a word, a city is full, a city is very big, a city is very small, a city is very small, a city is very big, a city is very small, a city is very small, a city is Pune, Pune city is a very developed city, I was going to holidays, and I visited Raigar fort, Srinivari fort and Srinivari vada, popular temple is Srimad Devdottar Shethal bhai, and very interesting place, and I will go next month, which is to, I will go next month, which is to Pune, yes I want to visit again, because this city is very beautiful, and very interesting place, this city is nearby fort, like Raigar fort, Srinivari fort, Srinivari vada, etc., Pune bus ticket is very less, Pune bus ticket is very less, Pune junction is very big, Pune is inside a very popular college, like PCMC college,

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