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Describe a favorite thing you own.: IELTS Speaking Cue Card

You should say

  • What is it?
  • How did you get it?
  • How do you use it? Why is it your favorite?
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Cue 1:What is it?

  • Begin by clearly identifying the item and providing a brief description.
  • Mention any unique features or qualities that make it special to you.

Example

My favorite thing is my vintage guitar. It’s a beautiful acoustic guitar with a rich, warm tone and intricate woodwork that makes it stand out.


Cue 2:How did you get it?

  • Share a personal story about how you acquired the item, whether it was a gift, a purchase, or something else.
  • Include any emotions or significance related to the acquisition.

Example

I got this guitar as a gift from my father on my 18th birthday. He knew how much I loved music, and it was a dream come true for me to receive such a special instrument from him.


Cue 3:How do you use it? Why is it your favorite?

  • Explain how you use the item in your daily life or during special occasions.
  • Discuss the emotional connection or memories associated with it that make it your favorite.

Example

I play my guitar almost every evening after work. It helps me relax and express my feelings through music. This guitar is my favorite because it reminds me of my father and the countless hours we spent playing together.


Conclusion

  • Summarize the key points about the item and its significance in your life.
  • End with a personal reflection on how it has impacted you.

Example

In conclusion, my vintage guitar is not just an instrument; it’s a symbol of my passion for music and a cherished connection to my father. It brings joy to my life and serves as a reminder of the beautiful moments we shared.


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: Avoid Being Vague

Giving unclear or general answers can make your response less engaging. Specific details help the examiner understand your connection to the item.

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Use descriptive language and provide specific examples about the item, such as its features or a memorable experience related to it.


2: Don't Rush Your Response

Speaking too quickly can lead to unclear pronunciation and missed details. It may also make your answer sound less thoughtful.

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Take a moment to think before you speak. Practice pacing your speech to ensure clarity and allow time for elaboration.


Avoid Overly Simple Answers

Providing short, simple answers may not showcase your language skills. It can limit your ability to demonstrate vocabulary and fluency.

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Expand your answers by including reasons, feelings, and anecdotes related to the item. This will enrich your response and engage the listener.


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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

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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

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Whitefield Test Center, Bengaluru

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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

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Begumpet Test Centre, Hyderabad

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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

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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.

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Band 6-7

So my favorite thing that I own is my Apple Airpods. It is a Bluetooth earbuds. I bought it 2 years back on my birthday because there were other earbuds available in the market as well. I chose Apple Airpods because I have an iPhone. So the user interface of Apple Airpods is very convenient and it integrates very well with my iPhone. I use my Airpods primarily to listen to music, watch movies and have phone calls. The Airpods that I have is a white color and it is the second generation Airpods. But even after using for 2 years, it has not yet worn out. My Airpods are very convenient to use even with my other Apple devices as well. It integrates very well. It connects very fast. Thank you.

Band 6-7

My favorite thing in the whole wide world has to be my soft toy. I was gifted my soft toy by one of my uncles when I was about four years old. I named him Kittu. I don't exactly remember why and how I named him because I was really, really young. But I just, I don't have siblings. So because I don't have siblings, I've always had this fear of missing out on sibling relationships. But in a very weird way, having Kittu, which is my soft toy, I think just in a very strange way, kind of made me feel like I had someone, except my parents, who I could talk to, who I could sleep at night with, cuddle with, who I could, who could just be my sibling in some sort of way. Additionally, one of my biggest, biggest fears in life is losing Kittu. I think he's just been my companion ever since he came to my life. He's my best friend. Moreover, I honestly don't think I could live a day without him, even if I go on vacation and I leave him at home. I still feel like, you know, like, oh my god, I should have gotten him here with me, like wherever I'm on vacation. But yeah, I, he's just been my companion and my best friend, and I think that's never gonna change.

Band 6-7

My favorite thing is my mom's sweater. I borrowed it from her at her last times, which she spent with us on her hard, full time. I would use it to have a great hug feeling when I am in my low times, when I am in my difficult times, when I get to remember her. If I had a very bad, bad, bad day, and I have no one to speak about my day, I just grab her sweater.

Band 6-7

so the favorite thing I own would be my laptop which I got as a birthday gift from my parents in my 21st birthday so I think it is my favorite thing only because not only because of the services it provide but also because I really like the aesthetic of it like how it looks it has a clean sleek look on it and the best thing I would say about it is that I get to play a lot of games like growing up I always had a fascination towards game plays so I always wanted to play games on like PCs or laptops or computers but I didn't have one so my parents decided to get me one so now I can like play games watch game plays and also can like watch movie and yeah like stream games with my friends it is a very fun experience as I can also do my academic related works on my laptop like sending emails to my professors writing repos or making a word file anything like that like recently I have made a list of universities I wanted to apply for my master's application on a word file which is a bit difficult to make on your phone so a laptop or a PC is necessary to make that so yeah a few facilities like that are very beneficial for me as a student and also like I get to enjoy a lot of services it provides

Band 6-7

Being a sports player, I always strived to participate in competitions and play different types of sports. I have been playing sports since my childhood and one of my favorite sports is badminton. I have taken professional classes for it and I have been practicing for it day and night. That is something that I have been doing dedicatedly and once I was in class 11th and I got selected for the state tournament. That is when I was going to represent my state Maharashtra in the nationals. I was very happy but the man who did all of these things for me was my father and he was very proud of me. He made sure that I do have everything properly, I do have a pair of good shoes, excellent equipment and at that point of time he gifted me my own badminton racket and that was something which is very special for me and has a special place in my heart. I was just so mesmerized by looking at the racket, it was so beautiful and it was so strong. The racket was a very expensive one and the power that the racket had was everything. Now after 4 years I still have that racket and I still have the same amount of love and respect for that racket because I won my tournaments with that racket and that is something my father has gifted me so I will be keeping it with me for the whole of my life. The racket is very special because my father gave it to me and I am very happy and I am very much blessed that my father is someone who is also interested in sports as I am and I have a father who motivates me to do everything I like.

Band 6-7

As an artist my most prized possessions are my colors and as of now my most favorite object is my Bristol Gotch painting because it has a wide range of color shades and it goes very well with my artistic style. I treasure it even more because it was the first thing I brought with my own money. I got the color from an art store where I went with a friend of mine who also happens to love art and it was the perfect color consistency which complemented my art style well. I mostly use the color to paint cards or even make paintings to give to people on their birthdays or on Christmas gifts or any other special occasion. I like it even more because I can use my artistic skill to make a personalized art for a person whom I love to show gestures that I care for them. It can be also my way of showing my love and appreciation for them and I should say because it is true art that I show appreciation to others.

Band 6-7

For me, the most favorite thing I own would always remain my mobile, which is an iPhone 14, I got it on my 21st birthday. Being from a middle class family, I always dreamt of having an iPhone, and surprisingly, my dad wanted to gift me an iPhone when I turned 21. I was pretty excited about the gift, but I didn't put a demand of which particular model I wanted. Even though I was obsessed with iPhone 14 as it was latest in the market, and the color blue it offered was just spectacular, I just loved it. But I could never put forward this wish of getting a latest iPhone. I was okay with getting an older version of iPhone, but surprisingly, my father opted for the iPhone 14 in blue, that too with his own will. I was surprised with the phone through a video call because I was having my final exams during that time, so I couldn't visit back home, but surprisingly, my father just gave me a video call in the evening at 5 showing me the new mobile he got for myself. It was a really special gift for me and will always be close to my heart. I love it because of various reasons, being the operating system it has, I've always been fond of clicking photographs, and I just believe that iPhones have the best camera, and the picture quality I get from it is just amazing and I absolutely love it. I get pretty kisses from my phone everywhere I go, and I just love the experience of having an iPhone. I really love my device, and I thank my dad every single day for giving me such an amazing gift. I don't know what else can I have gotten. I'm really blessed to have such parents.

Band 6-7

So, one day, a friend of mine gifted me this miniature doll of a character in the Harry Potter series. It was the miniature of a character named Ron Weasley. I think that is the most favorite thing I own right now. One, because everybody knows that I am a die-hard fan of Harry Potter and I am basically a nerd when it comes to fantasy books. So, that being the reason, he suddenly gifted me this miniature doll out of nowhere. I asked him for the reason and he said that the doll reminded me to him and that was the most happiest thing I've heard and I didn't quite expect this. That being said, the reason I was completely flabbergasted on seeing this present. I think that is one of the few possessions I have of Harry Potter merchandise and I quite adore it. I have kept it on my showcase as a showpiece and I used to show it to everyone around me and I feel so happy every time I look at it because it reminds me that there are people who care about you and, you know, when you own something, it sort of serves as a memoir of the event or of a special moment and this is one of those things that I quite cherish and I'm sure I will keep it safely till the end even if I have to give everything else. And that's why I say that that's...

Band 6-7

Well, I was a technical initialist from a very early age. I was captivated by computers and programming since my schooling days. So for programming one needs to have a PC or a laptop to work on. It was last year when I bought a laptop and I am proud that I made the decision to buy it. I consider that laptop has helped me in many aspects of my life as career, personal development and gaming too. The primary reason why I bought the laptop is for focusing on my career perspectives as I want to become a software developer. Also at that time I was getting a good deal out of it as the laptop was available on a 30% discount. I felt extremely happy and lucky because of that laptop I started learning a few programming languages which are going to decide my future and also the laptop came in handy during the lockdown phase.

Band 6-7

Well, since my childhood to this present time, I have received numerous favorite things from my near and dear ones. However, although sometime my experience was not up to the mark, but majority of the time I was over the moon. However, today I would like to talk about a special thing which was my favorite and I owned recently. I vividly remember on my 20th birthday, my father gave me a bicycle as a gift. As I said him that this bicycle is my favorite and I wanted to buy it and he gave me on my birthday as a gift. I was over the moon and I hugged my father very tightly. So it was my dream come true moment because I wanted it since I was in 9th standard and this bicycle is very special and very important for me because I saw an ad on a TV television and also my friends all suggested me to buy that one. So it has a special place in my heart. Apart from this, my mom also gave me a mobile phone as a gift. So these two things are very important and also mobile phone was also my favorite. So both are very favorite to me and it has a special place in my heart because it's a gift from my parents that I would never forget in my life. So that is, these are the things which I favorite things that I own and I still have in my home and I will never miss this or I never lost this.
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