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Describe a crowded place you went to.: IELTS Speaking Cue Card

You should say

  • When & why did you go there?
  • Who were you with?
  • How did you feel about the place?
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Cue 1:When & why did you go there?

  • Start by mentioning the specific event or occasion that led you to visit the crowded place.
  • Explain your motivation for going there, such as a festival, a concert, or a special sale.

Example

I went to Connaught Place in Delhi last Diwali because I wanted to experience the festive atmosphere and do some shopping. It’s a popular spot during the festival season, and I was excited to see the decorations and enjoy the lively vibe.

Cue 2:Who were you with?

  • Mention the people you were with and your relationship to them, such as friends, family, or colleagues.
  • Describe how their presence contributed to your experience of the crowded place.

Example

I was with my close friends, Priya and Aman. We decided to go together because we always enjoy shopping and exploring new places as a group. Their company made the crowded environment feel more fun and less overwhelming.

Cue 3:How did you feel about the place?

  • Share your initial feelings upon arriving at the crowded place, whether it was excitement, anxiety, or curiosity.
  • Reflect on how your feelings changed as you spent more time there.

Example

At first, I felt a bit anxious because of the huge crowd and the noise. However, as I got into the spirit of the festival, I started to enjoy the energy around me. The vibrant lights and the laughter of people made it a memorable experience.

Conclusion

  • Summarize your overall impression of the crowded place and its significance to you.
  • Mention any lessons learned or memorable moments that stood out during your visit.

Example

Overall, visiting Connaught Place during Diwali was an unforgettable experience. It taught me to embrace the chaos of crowded places and appreciate the joy of celebrating festivals with friends. The memories we created that day will always hold a special place in my heart.

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: Lack of Specific Details

Avoid giving vague answers without specific details about the crowded place. This can make your response less engaging and informative.

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Include specific details like the location, time of visit, and activities happening to make your answer more vivid and interesting.

2: Ignoring Emotional Response

Not expressing how you felt about the crowded place can make your answer seem flat. Emotions add depth to your response.

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Share your feelings about the atmosphere, whether it was overwhelming, exciting, or enjoyable, to create a more personal connection.

Neglecting to Mention Companions

Failing to mention who you were with can miss an important aspect of your experience. Companions can influence your feelings about the place.

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Briefly describe who you were with and how their presence affected your experience to provide a fuller picture.

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Band 6-7

Well, I am a hodophile person and I like to explore different kind of places and today here I would like to describe a crowded place which I recently visited. It was none other than a famous illustration of India named as Shimla. Well, I went there on my recent birthday last month with my family to celebrate my birthday. Well, Shimla is not stone through away from my house and it took us almost 3 hours of travelling to reach Shimla and after reaching we did a different kind of activities. Firstly, we were very shocked that there was a lot of crowd present in Shimla due to winter and there is and we also saw snowfall occurring there and first of all we went to the mall road of Shimla and after reaching there we start searching for accommodation as we decided to spend almost 2 or 3 days in Shimla and after searching an accommodation we get freshed up and start exploring the Shimla and after reaching, moreover after that we went to the mall road and there we did horse riding and after doing horse riding I went to the famous bazaar of Shimla named as Lakd Bazaar and from there I bought a different kind of gifts for my family and my friends and after that we went to a cafe of Shimla and there we had our first meal and I am a pizza lover so I ordered a pizza for myself and my friends ordered a different kind of things like pasta, french fries etc. and after having a meal we went to the other side of the Shimla to explore it more and we also went to the Jakku temple which was very famous in the Shimla and all in all this is the only crowded place.

Band 6-7

The crowded place I have recently visited is Thirupathi Ezhumalai temple. So, this place was very famous in southern part of Tamil Nadu. And people are so fond to go to Thirupathi temple. So, I had visited many times Thirupathi temple. The last time when I went, it was so crowded. I went with my family and my mother. So, unfortunately what happened is, during the Balaji visit, we all had scattered and somehow we managed to find my husband and kids. But, so long I was not able to find my mother. So, it was around 4 hours from 8 am to 12 pm. I was searching her. Meantime, she was also looking for us. She went to the parking lot and she was checking the car whether we have reached the car. Again, she came back by boat to the temple and was searching us. So, we got very tired. I could not even get energy to search her again. I just waited and sat in a place where people were sitting near the pond. So, I asked my husband to go and announce in a mic

Band 6-7

The crowded place which I am going to talk about is the church which is there in my hometown and I being a Catholic teacher, we have to do our duty during the Christmas time into the churches which are there in the school amenities and we have to perform our duties every year during the festive season of Christmas. So I have to go there to fulfill my duties and also I really enjoy being around Jesus and it's a very holy place for me although I being a Hindu but I don't believe in all these things. I believe that we should follow all the traditions and it's a very religious thing to follow all the customs of other religion as well. And I went there with my husband and son and of course because we were having our duties so my all colleagues and the staff members, all the office staff and the teaching staff, primary, seniors, everybody was there in the church. Some of them they were having their duties at the time and some have done their duties and they were enjoying themselves. After I have completed my duty, I went to the fair and I enjoyed in between so many Christians and see what their tradition is and I also found very pleased and it was a very happy moment for me. And whenever it's a festive time, we all should enjoy ourselves, leaving behind all our tensions and worries and we should encourage everyone to enjoy and to light up their mood and focus more on the future and to forget about the past. So I went to church.

Band 6-7

Recently I went to a Camden market in London. I actually went there on New Year. But later I realized I shouldn't have gone because there is enormous crowd over there and everyone is like chilling, enjoying, dancing on the floors. But we went there for shopping. There were many stores and shops but everything is everywhere is everywhere people only. There is an enormous crowd and further more I want to talk about the firework show. The firework show is impressive and I am planning to go there daily I mean every year. The main event over in the Camden market is the New Year event. As we know New Year is very special for everyone. There are many many special events conducted over there for the people that came from tourists. There is a tattoo center, there is a firework show, there is a dancing competition and we can have a lottery selection or many lottery shops. There is wandering, gaming zones, music shows, live bands, shopping, clubbing. There are many many many management skills and live music. We can enjoy everything over there and the main street is enormously crowded with so many tourists and local people. And I wish I would go there every year to enjoy my New Year and I am very happy I have been there.

Band 6-7

So, in the winter of 2023, I went to my first concert ever. I'm not usually the kind of person who goes into events like these because I'm really not comfortable with the idea of being in crowded places, but this particular concert was held in the outskirts of Bangalore, so I was not anticipating it to be as crowded. I was wrong about it and I'll tell you about it more, but basically it was a concert where there were different stages, so there was a wide variety of artists that were playing and different genres of music as well. I was particularly drawn to this one band called The Yellow Diary, which I had recently started listening to, and being a fangirl, I just wanted to experience their music live. And a lot of my friends were going there for different artists as well, so I just jumped in on the bandwagon and I went there and it was really rainy and on top of that, it was really crowded as well, so my expectations of the crowd level were very low, but it turns out that not a lot of people were bothered by the rain and many of them bought the passes as well. I did end up feeling a little bit claustrophobic and anxious because of the sheer amount of people in that small space, but when I started to focus on the music, it gave me a really nice, immersive feeling and since I don't really go to concerts that often, it was a new and exciting experience for me. So overall, I felt like it was something that I should have done.

Band 6-7

So, I went to Chandni Chowk to purchase new books in Nahi Sadak. I bought my books and I was going back to the metro station when this incident took place. So, I was going in front of a Parathe Wali Gali in Chandni Chowk. My phone was in my bag and some pocket pickers come and open the chain of my bag and took out the phone. I knew that my phone has been picked up, took away from me but I caught them and told them please give my phone back to me and he said no, I don't take out your phone from your bag. You can start walking away from me and I said no, I know that you took the phone from my bag and I hold him and I pushed him to the wall and I said give me my phone otherwise I'll take you to the police and he didn't listen to me. So, I grabbed him from his collar and took him to the police station. I handed him over to the policeman and they said please give his phone back to him and he said no, I don't carry your phone. So, we took him to the Sarai Rahola police station for investigation. I write down the FIR from my name and my phone number and then his mother came out in the front of police station and said please take this phone, he has stolen the phone from you. His friend first took the phone from me and went other side and his mother said his friend took the phone, please take your FIR back and leave my son. I do appreciate the beauty and the heritage site of the Chandni Chowk but I didn't really like the place at all because of the pocket pickers. The food was amazing, the Gurdwaras and the Mandir was like heaven but I still don't usually go to Chandni Chowk after that incident.

Band 6-7

In the modern era, finding the least people or the least crowd in Bangalore is very difficult. I would like to say Bangalore is always a crowded place due to its vast varieties of population in a versatile way. The population here is never-ending and it's a non-stoppable process. So I always feel population keeps growing and places keep crowding. So once I had visited a concert which was in PS University, which is in a close proximity to my house where the college had invited me for the concert because we were an alumni of the college. Initially when I went, there were just around 200-200 people around 4 o'clock in the evening but then as time went on around 6 o'clock, the people started gathering and there was too rush. On the other hand, this field basically had a capacity of 2,500 people but the people there were almost 3,000, so almost there were 1,000 people in addition. So this basically did not add any valuable insight because they did not follow the rules and regulations of the college which was a little awful about and I felt a little hostile about people who actually managed and the volunteers who couldn't control the people. The minute we were there in the crowd, we were not able to enjoy the concert of Alan Walker as there was too crowded, as we did not find place to stand, it was so sophisticated and also we always thought of leaving but then there was no place to leave as well. On the other hand, I always feel instead of having a big crowd, they could have managed people with certain limited amount of prizes.

Band 6-7

It was my recent trip with my college friends. I went to Kashi, it is a sacred place of Lord Kashi Vishwanath. It was very crowded. It seems very crowded every day in every season because of the heritage they have been maintaining over there. It is one of the, it is the place where everybody will have this in their wish list to visit. This is the place everybody will have in their wish list to visit.

Band 6-7

Last year, my friends and I had visited a place called Goa in southern part of India which we had been planning for centuries to come. This vacation was a mini vacation. It was a getaway plan as we were finally rid of all the studies and the exhaustion from work. We wanted to be free and have time talking to ourselves and getting to know each other better. But as soon as we dropped down to the flight in Goa, we acknowledged that there were so many people who wanted to do the same thing as us. Although we were slightly disappointed at first due to the overcrowding, we decided that it would not be a bother to us because we were there for fun and not anything else. As soon as we reached our hotel which was trafficked with the people coming right in after us, we decided to go to the beach and watch the sunset to cool off our heads. As soon as we reached the beach, no matter the amount of people that were there, we felt free and alive. And this is because all of us are truly multiple bodies one soul. All of us enjoy sunsets, the sunsets.

Band 6-7

Today, I would like to discuss a popular shopping mall in Ahemdabad that is constantly, constantly crowded. It's called Alpha One Mall and is located in western part of the city. These seven-story malls built around 20 years ago, mostly were dedicated to parking. Inside you will find a store carrying major global brand, popular food joints and cinema. Weekends are the busiest time here as a folk flock in where they are free from work. It is a location where no one gets bored since there are so many things to do such as playing games, watching films, dining at their favorite place and so on. My first visit to Alpha One Mall was during the winter when I was accompanied by my sister. We had heard very good review about this place with some claiming it has one of the finest malls. So, we decided to visit that mall. Upon arriving, we were instantly captivated. The weekend vibes was electrified with everyone seemingly as a thrill as we were. Also, there were Diwali sales with attractive discount offer at most of the store. So, we got some new things at excellent price. We lost track of time and spending a good five hours exploring the offerings of spring. Now I am frequently visited to this mall and spend the majority of my shopping there. Overall, the experience was truly enjoyable. I look forward to revisiting the mall on the quieter day to experience it without the bustling crowd.
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