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Describe A Dinner You Really Enjoyed: IELTS Speaking Cue Card

You should say

  • When was it?
  • What did you eat?
  • Who were you with?
  • Why did you enjoy it?
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Cue 1:When was it?

  • Start by mentioning the specific date or occasion when the dinner took place.
  • Provide some context about why this dinner was significant, such as a celebration or a special event.

Example

The dinner I really enjoyed was on my birthday last year, which was on the 15th of March. It was a special occasion as I was turning 25, and I wanted to celebrate it with my closest friends and family.


Cue 2:What did you eat?

  • Describe the dishes that were served during the dinner, focusing on the flavors and presentation.
  • Mention any special or unique items that made the meal memorable.

Example

We had a lavish spread that included my favorite butter chicken, fragrant biryani, and a variety of Indian breads like naan and roti. For dessert, we enjoyed a rich chocolate cake that was beautifully decorated, which made it even more special.


Cue 3:Who were you with?

  • Introduce the people who were part of the dinner, highlighting their relationship to you.
  • Share a brief anecdote or memory about the time spent with them during the dinner.

Example

I was surrounded by my closest friends and family, including my parents and my best friend from college. We shared lots of laughter and reminisced about our college days, which made the evening even more enjoyable.


Cue 4:Why did you enjoy it?

  • Explain the emotional aspects of the dinner, such as the joy of being with loved ones.
  • Discuss any particular moments that stood out to you during the dinner.

Example

I enjoyed the dinner not just because of the delicious food, but also because of the warmth and love that filled the room. One of my friends surprised me with a heartfelt speech, which made me feel truly appreciated and loved.


Conclusion

    Example

    Overall, that dinner was one of the most memorable experiences of my life. It was a perfect blend of good food, great company, and cherished moments that I will always treasure.


    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: Being Vague About Details

    Candidates often provide very general answers without specific details. This can make the response less engaging and informative.

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    Tip

    Include specific details about the dinner, such as the exact date, the dishes you enjoyed, and the people you were with to create a vivid picture.


    2: Neglecting Personal Feelings

    Some candidates forget to express their personal feelings or opinions about the dinner, which can make their response feel flat.

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    Tip

    Share your emotions and thoughts about the dinner, explaining why it was special to you and how it made you feel.


    Rushing Through the Answer

    Candidates may rush their answers, leading to incomplete thoughts and a lack of coherence in their responses.

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    Tip

    Take your time to organize your thoughts and speak clearly, ensuring you cover all the cues in a structured manner.


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    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

    Last night I had a dinner with my family. We went to a cafe named as Cafe Vink in Kerkatuma, New Delhi. Their meals were so good and their food and mocktails they served is also very very nice and tasty. We ate white sauce pasta, mushroom pizza, chicken tikka and noodles, manchurian. The manchurian is so delicious and the mocktail they served is also very very nice and very refreshing. I had tried lemonade there with watermelon and mint flavor and my family also tried some mocktail. My brother tried one cocktail with red wine. So everything was so perfect there.

    Band 6-7

    The dinner I enjoyed the most is the one which I had during the last Christmas Eve. The menu included varieties of meat that is pork, beef and chicken and also it is having seafood varieties like the crab and the prawns and as the desserts various fruits which is being cultivated in our own home that include dragon fruit, apple, oranges, strawberries, pomegranate and finally ice creams with various flavors. I had this fantastic dinner with my family and the friends. It was very memorable with sharing a good food that filled the stomach and a good chatting among the family members and also in between playing games. I would like to get much more dinners like the same in future as these are the memories we create together and which can boost the family relationship.

    Band 6-7

    The dinner I really enjoyed last time was a couple of weeks back when we were celebrating as my family came together which is quite a rare thing because as my father is a doctor he is usually busy though he took out some time to spend time with us to be with us and I was the one who prepared the dinner in the dinner menu I was confused between preparing a starter and a main course or what exactly has to be prepared but I decided to prepare a biryani a chicken biryani it takes around like an hour or so to prepare and my family loves it whenever I prepare biryani and starters I prepared some snacks veg snacks because one of my cousin is vegetarian so that's what I prepared for my birthday event was nearby so it was called like a pre-birthday celebration kind of however some of my cousins were not present and we were missing them so we gave them a video call we called them on video and teased them by showing all the menu what we prepared what I prepared we had a great time we played so many games my younger sibling had so many games she planned and then we had such a great time together and we loved we loved the time spent together and we went on outing as well

    Band 6-7

    Since many people enjoy a hearty chicken biryani or something aromatic basmati rice, I love to eat chicken rice whenever I cook myself at my home or some in my relatives' home. I just love to cook chicken rice because it's aromatic, tender chicken and a blend of so many spices and the combination of layers and textures make it a satisfying meal. I just love to eat this meal whole day because it gives me a satisfaction that I can eat without any tiredness. So yeah, I just love to eat chicken somewhere I can eat outside or even I can eat at my home, but I prefer most of the time I cook at my home because I can taste my things that I can eat and what times and what of masalas I want.

    Band 6-7

    So the best dinner that I ever had was on my birthday which was on April 17th and it was a hefty dinner that I had which consisted of carrot halwa, besi bile bath, veg pulao and many more variety dishes, signing off with a beautiful wonderful ice cream. All my family members had come and gathered on my birthday and it was really special for me because this is the last birthday that I will be celebrating with my family members and I would be moving abroad next year. So finding the reunion of all of my family members after a long time brought happiness into everyone's face and it was lovely to spend such priceless moments with everyone of them after a very long time. And the cherry on the top of the cake was my husband and me who were in long distance as well. He surprised me by coming over the call and spending the entire day with us.

    Band 6-7

    Food is an indispensable part of every human being's life. I had a countless meals on various wonderful occasion in my life. But here I am would like to talk about an unusual meal or dinner I enjoyed in my life. It happened approximately two years back, I had visited my cousin's house. I went there to congratulate him because he passed the engineering exam with flying colors. The next day of my visit, he took me to a restaurant and to enjoy the meal together. Even though the food over there was not the budget friendly, the restaurant was famous for its offering the visitors satisfactory and enjoyable eating experience. There were a wide variety of foods. My friend ordered one Mexican burrito. It was an outstanding food I ever ate. The main thing was the food served was it's it was surprised me and to see the presentation was very awesome. Moreover, the fantastic aroma was coming from it. The food was considered me as the food was with red beans, some capsicum cauliflower and some cheeses and other things. It was similar to our Punjabi chapati but it's more than better than that. Honestly, I didn't have hear about this um this food item even before so I'm really

    Band 6-7

    I got married last year and I shifted abroad after my marriage. So, it was that I was able to come to my parents' house once a year. When I returned back to visit my parents, we had dinner together. And it was a really special day for me because I was seeing them after one whole year. My mom specially cooked food for me. It was this specific dish named as curry, which is prepared in a way which includes spices, which are our traditional spices and it is to be eaten with rice. So, that day when I ate the food along with my family, it felt like all the time I was with them and I never left them. That dinner was really special for me and it will always remain close to my heart because now that I am married, if not I get every day to eat food with my family. My mother, she fed me with her own hands and so the food almost felt like I was eating some heavenly thing made by the God itself. It was a really good experience and I wish that I have the experience more often, but it is not possible for me to come all the way here again and again. But that day will be always a memorable day in my life and I will not forget the day I had dinner with my parents and my whole family. So, it will always stay close to my heart.

    Band 6

    Yesterday I had my dinner and it was so good, it was so touching because I've been eating out from so many days and I was craving for homemade food, you know, it was something I really wanted. And yesterday night my mom cooked me dal rice. Oh my god, I had dal rice with mango pickle and some papadums.

    Band 6

    I had enjoyed my dinner last week and I had for my dinner a biryani with kebab and I adore this food a lot and I had this with my parents and my siblings and some of my family members. I enjoyed eating biryani and kebab because I too adore eating biryani and kebab a lot and I am a foodie so I love to. I love eating, I adore myself while having, I also cherish the moment. I also feel happy spending time with family at my dinner time and I had a lot of memories created with them and I spent a lot of time after few months because everyone will be having their own schedule, busy schedule so last week we had a holiday so we all spent our time together and we had a very good dinner and it was a memorable dinner for me and my family. We enjoyed a lot and I also really enjoy my cuisine because I am a kind of person who enjoys eating whatever cuisine it is. It might be Indian or it might be Italian, it might be some other also. I enjoy all the kind of cuisines, dishes and especially a desert. I am a desert lover. I adore a desert a lot.

    Band 6

    Last Saturday, I just went to a restaurant for dinner with my husband and I ordered a chicken keema lasagna and I tried it, it was like very delicious, why because one layer has a lasagna sheet and was covered with chicken keema, loaded with cheese and again the lasagna sheet and the chicken and the cheese, the top layer of that dish was like amazing, the tarkin, the melted cheese with those crusts over it, it was like amazing and it was like very appetizing and I took lots of photos and then I started to have my first bite, first spoon of the dish and I was like mind blown, why because it was like words, I couldn't express the taste of the food which I tasted the last Saturday with my husband, it was like phenomenally good.
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