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Describe A Crop You Are Familiar With: IELTS Speaking Cue Card

You should say

  • What crop is it?
  • How you became familiar with it?
  • What do you like or dislike about it?
  • Explain why this is important for your country.
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Cue 1:What crop is it?

  • Begin by naming the crop and providing a brief description of it.
  • Mention its significance in agriculture or daily life.

Example

The crop I am familiar with is rice. Rice is a staple food for a large part of the Indian population, especially in states like West Bengal and Punjab. It is grown in flooded fields and requires a warm climate to thrive.

Cue 2:How you became familiar with it?

  • Share a personal story or experience related to the crop.
  • Explain how this experience helped you learn more about the crop.

Example

I became familiar with rice during my childhood when I visited my grandparents' village in Punjab. They owned a small rice farm, and I spent my summer vacations helping them with planting and harvesting. This hands-on experience taught me about the hard work that goes into growing rice.

Cue 3:What do you like or dislike about it?

  • Discuss your personal feelings towards the crop, both positive and negative.
  • Provide reasons for your likes and dislikes.

Example

I really like rice because it is versatile and can be prepared in many ways, such as biryani, pulao, or simple steamed rice. However, I dislike that it requires a lot of water to grow, which can be a challenge in areas facing water scarcity.

Cue 4:Explain why this is important for your country.

  • Highlight the economic and cultural significance of the crop in India.
  • Mention its role in food security and employment.

Example

Rice is extremely important for India as it is a major source of food for millions. It contributes significantly to the economy, providing livelihoods for farmers and workers in the agricultural sector. Additionally, rice is an integral part of Indian culture, featuring in various festivals and traditions.

Conclusion

    Example

    In conclusion, rice is not just a crop; it is a vital part of our lives and culture in India. My experiences with rice farming have given me a deeper appreciation for this essential crop and its role in our society.

    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 unclear. It's important to provide specific details about the crop to engage the listener and demonstrate your knowledge.

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    Tip

    Use descriptive words and examples to explain the crop, such as its appearance, taste, and uses.

    2: Ignoring Personal Experience

    Failing to share your personal connection to the crop can make your response less interesting. Personal stories help to create a more engaging narrative.

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    Tip

    Include a brief story about how you first encountered the crop or a memorable experience related to it.

    Neglecting Cultural Importance

    Not discussing the crop's significance to your country can weaken your answer. It's essential to highlight its role in culture, economy, or nutrition.

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    Tip

    Research and mention how the crop contributes to your country's agriculture or local traditions.

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    Although it's not a cup of tea to know about all the crops and preserve some good plants, I came to know about this crop when I was a kid. My father brought me a crop named as a mango tree when I was a kid. I spent so much of time to preserve that crop, preserve that plant and make it grow properly. It requires so much of sunlight and water. It also takes more time than any other plant to grow. It requires to be protected this plant from children, monkeys and other insects. We also provided some pesticides free urea so that it can have a proper growth. Emergence of this crop was not as easy as estimated by us. It took one year more than the estimated year. It usually provides us sweet mangoes during summers. It takes so much of small bits to raise on each and every branch of this tree. The tree's trunk usually gets deep inside under the root. It's quite easy to say that it gives a lot of sales and fruits to us. However, it's not so easy to preserve and grow for this plant. In so many countries, they prefer to import mangoes from India so that they can earn so much of love and profit by sharing it. However, in my country, it is very beneficial to export this product so that we could earn lakhs of rupees.

    Band 6

    A crop that I am familiar with is rice. I first saw rice sown on field when I visited my mother in her university. She is a biotechnologist and works in an agricultural university. They do a lot of researches on different kind of crops and so rice is one of them. In addition to rice there are multiple crops that are planted in rows of agricultural fields. I personally like rice because I really like eating rice. It pairs with a lot of dishes. Rice is a major crop in India. Most of the population depend on it as it is a basic food item. You can pair it with anything. Most of the Indian dishes actually go great with rice. It can be a side dish, it could be a complete meal in itself. Rice crop usually requires a lot of water because I have seen it first hand how difficult it is to actually do the farming of rice. I have a lot of respect for the farmers who grow rice. It is incredibly difficult. It depends on a lot of weather conditions. If it rains too much then it can go bad. If it doesn't rain then you will have to rely on other irrigation methods to provide adequate supply to rice because rice does require a lot of water to grow. I just really enjoy that my mother is a biotechnologist so I get to experience a lot of farming of different types of crops.

    Band 6

    There are many crops with whom I am familiar with but main crop is rice which is also known as Rabi crops. It is grown in rainy season because it needs a lot of water to harvest. In my hometown there are many people whose lifestyle are dependent only on farming. So they grow crops such as wheat and rice. In rice we have to make a block of the field. We have to protect it from every ants so that water can't go out of it. Then it is filled with water and we have to keep it for 2-3 days so that land should be fertile and very clayish. Then we by our hand put the crops one by one to the soil and we wait for 3 months so that it can grow. In our hometown we don't use any pesticides and fertilizer. We just use normal products such as cow dung etc. so that it grows very naturally and should have their benefits. There are many other crops also which I am familiar with such as mango tree, guava tree and many other crops also.

    Band 6

    The top that, there are a various, there are a number of crops that are grown in my country and there are different types of methods to grow the crops as well. Almost each and every crop or vegetation that we eat is grown in a distinctive way. But the most staple one which is commonly used in my household and I am sure it is preferred all over the world as well and especially in my country would be potato. Potato is one of the most commonly consumed food item. You can convert potato into different forms, different meals and except one drawback of it having that it has carbohydrates to it which may not be a very positive thing for people who plan not to gain weight but it converts into very savoury food items and it also has distinctive types. I believe one of them is sweet potato as well. All in all the crop that my favourite is and the one that I am familiar with is potato. For more information visit www.fema.gov

    Band 6

    A crop with which I am familiar with is bitter gourd. Though I have never been to any farm to see a large scale production of bitter gourd, but my mom who loves farming at home has grown many types of vegetables and bitter gourd is one of it. The thing I like about bitter gourd is that it has many many many health benefits. Also it helps to your skin conditions also. And the thing I did not like about it is its taste. As the name suggests, it's bitter. It's really very very bitter. Though my mom cooks it in such a way that it tastes a little bit sweet just by adding sugar to it. Also,

    Band 6

    It is a lentil crop named as rajma or kidney beans. I became familiar with it when I was of 7 years as I used to visit in the fields with my grandfather around the months of April and May. While he used to plough the fields with the help of ox, he also used to sow the seeds of kidney beans. I actually really like this particular lentil because I just love eating it specially in our home. It is prepared on every Sunday specially in the lunch. So yes I enjoy eating it and I am very fascinated by the process of actually preparing or making it. So I am very very thankful for my grandfather that he actually made me. Thank you.

    Band 6

    The crop that I am familiar with is rice and the reason why I am familiar with rice is because when I was a child I visited a paddy field and due to that experience I knew how that crop grows and it is important for our country because in India 70% of the population relies on agriculture, agriculture is their main occupation and hence rice is a crop that is rich in carbohydrate so it is really important for providing nutrition as well as it is cheap in cost so it is affordable for the poor people of the country also so hence rice is the most important crop which is required for our country.

    Band 6

    I am going to talk about the crop named wheat. When I was kid, I always go on the farm with my grandfather. And I saw one day, he was farming some seeds. And I asked him, what is it grandpa? He answered, it is wheat seeds. After I came to know that, how the wheat is grown in the farm. In the winter, he said, it is seeded for 3-4 days. And after, it is watered alternate days, day after. And it is continued for 6 months. After the crops were grown, they stopped watering the farmland. And when all crops become dry through the sunlight. They were later harvested through the harvesters. It is very good for our health to eat from the wheat. And the chapatis are varied. And it has also many use in other bakery items and in grocery shops. The thing I most unlike about wheat is. The crops, when they were dry, are very rough. It can harm your hands when you are plugging them bare-handedly. So, the best way to plug or to harvest is from the harvester machines. Which you can take on rent. Especially from the...

    Band 6

    From my childhood, I grew up in a farmer's family because my father is a farmer and we have our own land and agriculture tradition, so the crop which is coming traditionally from my ancestor is a paddy, still now we are growing paddy in my native place, so the paddy is a most important crop I can say because everyone has to have food, especially in our countries like India, we are fond of rice, in our meals, we will be having two times a paddy like rice, so paddy is a very important crop I can say, it has its own significance and importance. I like everything about paddy because it is a most wanted crop and which will fulfil a hunger, which will provide a person to be full not to be hungry, but one thing I dislike is during summer days, it is very difficult for a farmer to maintain and harvest the paddy because it needs water, so during summer if no water is there, lack of water can cause damage and spoil the crop, so that I dislike the most because I have seen my father struggling with the paddy during summer days, so other than that it is very significant and we will worship it as a god because it is a food which we

    Band 6

    The crop which I am most familiar is the groundnuts. I have more influence to groundnuts because I usually visit my village during my summers and during the summers and the start of rainy season this crop is actually grown. So this crop takes two months to give out the groundnut and this is most preferred in black soil lands and the more crop comes from Andhra Pradesh which is my native and this takes up the larger, people grow this in the larger area or the wide range like they grow in the large area and the groundnut has lot of benefits and it is used in a different ways. The first one is the groundnut oil extraction where people dry the groundnuts and take it to the machines where this groundnuts are, groundnuts are crushed and the pure groundnut oil is brought and it is used in various places for preparing food. It is used in food items. I love this crop because you can actually eat it in different forms, you can roast it, you can directly eat, you can directly eat, you need not roast it or anything, you can directly have it and what happens is everything has its own taste, you feel a different taste when you roast it, when you eat it.
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