arrow back icon Top Answers

Describe a countryside area that you have been to: IELTS Speaking Cue Card

You should say

  • Where is it?
  • When and why you went there?
  • Who you went there with?
  • And explain how you felt about it.
Show all 79 answers

Cue 1:Where is it?

  • Begin by mentioning the name of the countryside area and its location in India.
  • Describe some notable features of the area, such as its natural beauty or landmarks.

Example

The countryside area I visited is called Coorg, located in the southern part of India, in the state of Karnataka. It is known for its lush green hills, coffee plantations, and stunning waterfalls.

Cue 2:When and why you went there?

  • Mention the time of year you visited and the occasion for your trip.
  • Explain your motivation for choosing this particular destination.

Example

I went to Coorg last summer during my vacation in June. I wanted to escape the heat of the city and experience the serene beauty of nature, as I had heard so much about its picturesque landscapes.

Cue 3:Who you went there with?

  • Talk about the people you traveled with and your relationship to them.
  • Share any special memories or activities you enjoyed together.

Example

I traveled with my family, including my parents and my younger sister. We had a wonderful time exploring the coffee estates and trekking to the Abbey Falls, which brought us closer together as we shared laughter and created lasting memories.

Cue 4:And explain how you felt about it.

  • Express your emotions and thoughts about the experience.
  • Mention any lasting impressions or lessons you took away from the trip.

Example

I felt incredibly relaxed and rejuvenated during my time in Coorg. The fresh air and beautiful scenery made me appreciate the simplicity of nature. It was a refreshing break from my busy life, and I returned home with a sense of peace and a desire to explore more of India’s countryside.

Conclusion

    Example

    In conclusion, my visit to Coorg was a memorable experience that allowed me to connect with nature and my family. It reminded me of the beauty that exists outside the hustle and bustle of city life, and I hope to visit more countryside areas in the future.

    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 and informative. Avoid general statements that do not provide specific details about the countryside area.

    bulb icon

    Tip

    Include specific features of the area, such as landscapes, activities, or local culture, to create a vivid picture for the examiner.

    2: Ignoring the Cues

    Failing to address all the cues can lead to an incomplete answer. This may result in a lower score as it shows a lack of structure in your response.

    bulb icon

    Tip

    Make sure to systematically answer each cue, such as location, time, companions, and feelings, to provide a comprehensive response.

    Overly Simple Language

    Using overly simple language can limit your ability to showcase your English proficiency. This may not impress the examiner and could affect your score.

    bulb icon

    Tip

    Try to use a variety of vocabulary and sentence structures to express your thoughts more clearly and effectively.

    calendar icon

    IELTS Cue Cards asked last week

    Reported by Leap students who gave IELTS

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

    Reported by

    Anonymous student Band 7.5

    location icon

    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
    anonymous person icon

    Reported by

    Anonymous student Band 8

    location icon

    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
    anonymous person icon

    Reported by

    Anonymous student Band 6.5

    location icon

    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
    anonymous person icon

    Reported by

    Anonymous student Band 7

    location icon

    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
    anonymous person icon

    Reported by

    Anonymous student Band 7.5

    location icon

    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.

    All Answers

    Here are all the answers by real-users practicing speaking for IELTS Cue Cards on our IELTS Prep App.

    Band 6-7

    Well, there are many occasions when I get chance to visit countryside areas, but here I would like to talk about a specific time when I visited there and I enjoyed a lot. Two weeks ago, I had a holiday from my college, so I had plenty of time, so I decided to visit to my friend's farmhouse. Actually, my friend Aman is living in a countryside area in his farmhouse, so I went there to celebrate his birthday. Although it was my first visit there, I really enjoyed it because he lives in a countryside area that is quite peaceful and a refreshing area. There are a lot of things that were appreciated by me, like greenery and excess of fresh and free vegetables and fruits. So I really enjoyed all these things because as a citizen of our city, we normally don't have such kind of things. We always are surrounded with noise and other kind of distractions, but that area was quite a peaceful area. I went there alone and I went there alone because I just want to spend some quality time with him. The place, and if I talk about the look of place, the place was looking like a heaven. I never seen such kind of place in my entire life. But when I see that place in a reality with my friend, I just go blind for a while because I have no idea. I have no words to express my excitement, express my satisfaction that I got from that area.

    Band 6-7

    Traveling is a beautiful essence of life. As any person would love to travel with his family, I travelled back a year ago to the beautiful city of Puri. It is located in the state of Orissa and part of India. In Puri, I visited the famous temple of Jagannath Puri. It is one of the four dhams. It contains a peaceful and divine motion which satisfies the need and provides the people with the inner peace that they require. Apart from the Jagannath Puri temple, there are beautiful resorts as well where people can come together, have beautiful outings. This is an underrated place. This place is very similar to Goa where people love to come and I would say the same benefits can be provided in Puri as well. The beaches here are very beautiful. A lot of people have started to come here to play water sports. I also played a water sport in which I was kept inside a tyre and I was made to float on the Bay of Bengal. Bay of Bengal is the sea that is associated with Orissa. The food here is very delicious. It is known as prasadam. The prasadam contains bunch of rice, peas presented in the form of dal. It also contains lentils. This together makes it an auspicious food for people like us who follow the tradition. I would love to come back here to the beautiful city of Puri in Orissa and I hope it would become more popular.

    Band 6-7

    I've been to this very beautiful countryside in Ireland, a place named Donegal. It's a very small town and they have beautiful castles and it's surrounded with greenery. I would say it's almost like three hours away from Belfast, which is one of the biggest cities in Ireland. And I went there twice. I went there in November last year and in August this year. I went to just enjoy my time, have a little vacation and I really enjoyed being in the countryside surrounded with greenery and lots and lots of beautiful landscapes, very ecstatic and eccentric landscape in the whole Ireland. And I wonder why most of these artists would go to Ireland to paint. I could see the resemblance in the paintings and the scenery very clearly. I went there to meet my friend who lives there in Donegal town. I was staying with him at his house and I was also working in his farms, surrounded with lots of horses because he's a horse breeder. So it was really beautiful and rejuvenating for me to be surrounded with a lot of greenery, surrounded with nature, a lot of fresh air, plenty of fresh air comparatively to Delhi. I really felt at peace. I felt that this is where I belong because I have always been craving for a beautiful countryside because I've always lived in a city and it's a good getaway for me to travel that far and to experience all those things that we have never experienced.

    Band 6-7

    There have been a lot of times that I have been to countryside, but I have never really been to a farmhouse. So there was this one time when I visited a farmhouse. It was during my 10th standard summer holidays. So it was located on the outskirts of the country. So basically it was in a small village where we went. It was a very beautiful place. It was located in such an area that there was greenery all around it. And why I went there was because it was my relative's birthday. And we were, since we are very close friends, we went there to celebrate the birthday and spend a good weekend there. So all the friends and family gathered during that time and it was a great experience. We went on Saturday and came back on Monday morning so that everyone can get back to their work. So as soon as we reached there, first we went to the pool and all of the cousins and friends, we went to take a nice shower in the pool. And after that, we went and had snacks. By the time we had snacks, our parents were discussing and talking about the future. And since they were talking and towards the end, all of us sat down together and by night we had a bonfire night, which was great. All of us sat and, you know, listened to music, we sang a lot of songs with our family. It was a really nice time. It was like a quality family and friends bonding time, which gave me insights into how good it was.

    Band 6-7

    A countryside that I visited recently was a colony park. I went there for picnic with friends and relatives and I visited there during the winter season around the month of December. The park was a very beautiful place, it had a big pond at the center. Also saw some local farmers farming alongside the park, they were mainly farming for sunflowers and rice. Also in the pond there were group of people who were fishing and there were many kinds of fishes that were swimming inside the pond. The pond also had a facility for boating which can be utilized by buying a ticket and getting on it and pedaling it. The place is very beautiful and the natural scenery around the park is very romantic. I would certainly like to visit again in the place. With my friends there was also a field for playing football, a football ground where I think we can go for playing matches along with the local kids that were practicing there. It is very ideal place for picnic in a big group, ideally those who come from office it is very reachable by road from Kolkata city by Kallani Expressway and people living in Kolkata can visit this place and go back to home in the same day without any hassle.

    Band 6-7

    So, recently I have been to the countryside which name is Rishikesh. It basically is the part of Uttarakhand and Uttarakhand is a state of India which famously known for its mountain range, Himalayan mountain range and beautiful rivers. And in the Uttarakhand, basically the Ganga, Yamuna and other rivers are originated from the Himalayan range. So, I went to Rishikesh for my holidays in the last December and I have been with my friend. I have been with my friend which is a long time friend and the experience I had there, it was unreal. So my motive was to do river rafting. Basically I have never tried river rafting. So, I wanted to try so badly and I did try the river rafting but the temperature was so low during the winter season because I have been to December time and it was so cold. The temperature was around 1 to 2 degree Celsius and yet we did the river rafting. The river flow was so high and it was my first time doing the rafting but yet it was so difficult to do the raft. But eventually we managed to do the rafting and we enjoyed a lot. Eventually, we even dive into the water for some time and we were in the water for 10 to 20 minutes in the freezing water.

    Band 6-7

    As a travel enthusiast I really love to travel every place but today I would like to talk about a beautiful countryside I really have been. It was two months before I went with my husband to Munnar. It's a beautiful village filled with greenery as well as scenic road and I loved all of the tourist attractions there and moreover I enjoyed the beautiful calm weather. I really it was a really a wonderful trip. I unwind my stressors also it it gave me a sense of relaxation. So in future if I get an opportunity definitely I want to revisit the place again and I can I want to escape from the hustle and bustle of the city. So definitely I will choose to go to Munnar because I work in and live in a rush area but I love to travel to countryside to soothe my mind also mentally and physically fit. Also I really enjoyed the local cuisine I got from this place so that was really tasty and and more energetic

    Band 6-7

    I vividly remember I went Kanyakumari during my post-graduation studies and it is in Tamil Nadu. It's a very beautiful spot. It's actually a place where Swami Vivekananda did his meditations and it's named as Kanyakumari. It's a very pleasant visiting spot surrounded by the sea. There are three oceans, Bay of Bengal, Indian Ocean and Arabian Sea mixed there and the store is very high. So, I went there with my uncle and that's it.

    Band 6-7

    I visited a countryside when I was in 4th grade. The name of the small village was Khedi which was located 10 km from a town called Jalgaon. I had gone there as a school trip. My classmates, teachers and my principal accompanied me on that adventure. There were endless farms and it was evident that the most common occupation of the villagers there was farming. We saw 5 farms in total. Majority of the crops grown were bananas, cotton, maize and lemon. It was a really fun experience. The village air and atmosphere was so clean and fresh that it was something novel for us city kids. I would recommend taking your kids to a countryside early on so that they can experience a simple and nature friendly living. The kids of the village were really excited to see us and seeing their enthusiasm lifted our spirits. We had good food at their houses and played variety of games which were very new for us. It was an awesome experience and I am grateful for our school for taking us there. Thank you.

    Band 6-7

    Recently, I visited my grandparents in the countryside. They are living far away from my town. So, basically, every time I went there, I can feel like I went back to the old eras. Less traffic, less people, very peace and calm and quiet. They have a big plot of agriculture land. So, every day, me and my grandpa go to the field and pick some vegetables. And they have two cows. So, we will just feed them, have a relaxing breakfast. So, every year, I will go and meet them because they are staying in the countryside. That's my favorite destination. If I am a traveling person, I will travel all around the world. But I will always look forward to go to my grandparents' house. And every year, I will make sure that once in a while, I will visit them. It's like a ritual for me to untie from all the city traffic and all to be connected to nature. And they have great food also. And every local, authentic, fresh nature food. So, grandparents' house.
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
    ielts logo

    Get the IELTS Prep App

    Star rating icon

    4.2

    1M+ Installs

     app download banner image

    Get the app link on your phone

    +91

    Or download app from

    google play storeapp store
    master ielts speaking ad