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Describe a film that made you laugh: IELTS Speaking Cue Card

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  • What is the name of this movie?
  • When did you watch it?
  • Who did you watch it with?
  • Why did it make you laugh?
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Cue 1:What is the name of this movie?

  • Clearly state the name of the movie and provide a brief context about it.
  • Mention any notable actors or the director to give more information.

Example

The movie I want to talk about is '3 Idiots', a popular Bollywood film directed by Rajkumar Hirani. It features Aamir Khan, R. Madhavan, and Sharman Joshi in lead roles.

Cue 2:When did you watch it?

  • Specify the time frame when you watched the movie, such as the year or season.
  • You can also mention if it was a special occasion or just a casual viewing.

Example

I watched '3 Idiots' during the summer of 2020, right after the lockdown was lifted. It was a casual movie night with my friends.

Cue 3:Who did you watch it with?

  • Mention the people you watched the movie with and your relationship to them.
  • You can add a little detail about how their presence made the experience more enjoyable.

Example

I watched it with my college friends, who I hadn’t seen in a while. It was great to catch up and share laughs together while watching the film.

Cue 4:Why did it make you laugh?

  • Describe specific scenes or dialogues that you found particularly funny.
  • Explain how the humor resonated with you or reminded you of personal experiences.

Example

The movie made me laugh because of its clever dialogues and hilarious situations. One scene where the characters try to sneak into a college exam had me in splits, as it reminded me of our own college antics.

Conclusion

    Example

    In conclusion, '3 Idiots' is not just a comedy; it also delivers important life lessons. Watching it with friends made it even more memorable, and I often find myself revisiting its funny moments.

    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: Giving Vague Answers

    Avoid providing vague or general responses. This can make your answer less engaging and informative, which may not impress the examiner.

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    Be specific about the movie's title, plot, and your personal experience to create a more vivid picture.

    2: Neglecting Personal Connection

    Failing to explain why the film made you laugh can weaken your response. Personal connections make your answer more relatable and interesting.

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    Share a specific scene or moment that made you laugh and explain why it resonated with you.

    Rushing Through Details

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    Take your time to elaborate on each cue, ensuring you provide a well-rounded answer with clear details.

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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.
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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.
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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 >7

    LIKES One film that really made me laugh was The Hangover, a Hollywood movie. I watched it a few months ago when I was feeling a bit stressed from college assignments and I wanted to relax with something light hearted. I watched it with two of my close friends at my own house. We decided to have a movie night and one of them suggested this film because she had already seen it and it was hilarious. She wasn't wrong. The film is about a group of friends who go to Las Vegas for a bachelor party and wake up the next day with no memory of what happened the night before. The story unfolds as they try to piece everything together. It's full of unexpected twists and ridiculous situations like finding a tiger in the bathroom or accidentally stealing a police car. What made it so funny for me were the absurd situations and the deadpan reactions of the characters. The timing of the joke was perfect and even the background details made us laugh like subtle expressions of small things in the scene that you might have missed if you're not paying attention. Overall, the movie gave me a good break and made me laugh out more than once. I even watched it again later just for fun. This was all about the film that I watched and it was really amazing experience that I had watching this movie and I would recommend others also to watch this movie as it has the perfect twists and turns which will really take you over to all of them.

    Band 7

    A movie that made me laugh would be Rasha's. There are two more movies after the initial film that was released. I watched it while I was quite young and I watched it with my parents. It's a very big hit within my family, so we've watched it multiple times with the family. I've also watched it multiple times with my friends to kind of, you know, share the humour. It features Jackie Chan and I can't quite remember the other actor that stars in it. But it has a lot of humorous exchanges and humorous dynamics between the two characters. It's also a comedy and action film, which is another genre of films that I like. So it was two genres mixed into one, so there was absolutely nothing for me to not like.

    Band 7

    The film that made me laugh is Good News. It is a Bollywood movie starring Kareena Kapoor Khan, Akshay Kumar, Diljit Dosanjh and Kiara Advani. The film released in 2019 but I watched it just a week ago as I wasn't aware of the film until two weeks ago when my friend suggested me to watch it to improve my mood. I watched it alone at my home at night with a cup of popcorn and I enjoyed the movie. Furthermore, the silent and funny nuances added along with the dialogues and Akshay Kumar's beautiful way of making us laugh just with his expressions were commendable. Overall, the movie was light hearted. It is about in vitro fertilization and it's the first movie made on in vitro fertilization. Coming from a science background, I resonated with the idea of the movie. The director has done an amazing job on the plot making sure that all the characters have equal roles. I found it funny because the whole plot is actually a serious storyline but the dialogues and funny instances with cute references of other movies made me feel engaged throughout. The person who made me laugh the most was definitely Akshay Kumar because the way he speaks itself is funny and I love it.

    Band 7

    One of the most hilarious films that I have ever watched is Hera Pheri, a classical Bollywood comedy that still makes me burst into laughter no matter how many times I have watched it. It was released in early 2000 and has gained a cult status because of its iconic characters and witty dialogues. I first watched it a few years back with my cousins during summer vacations and let me tell you, from the very first scene to end, we were wiping our tears with laughter. The film revolves around three main characters, Baburao, Shyam and Raju, who were constantly caught in ridiculous situations while trying to make money. The whole cast is extremely talented with a great dialogue delivery skill. Their dialogues were naturally funny and even a serious person would start laughing. Now, what makes Hera Pheri so special is clever writing and comic timing. There is no unnecessary drama. Moreover, the comedy flows originally through misunderstanding, miscommunication and sheer stupidity of characters, which exactly make it a timeless laugh riot. I also love that it doesn't rely on vulgar jokes or cheap humor unlike today's comedy movies. So in a nutshell, Hera Pheri isn't just a movie, it's a mood, it's a stress buster and a pure comic gold. No matter how I feel, I know I can watch this film and end up with a bright smile on my face.

    Band 7

    The film that made me laugh was Three Idiots, which was a Hindi film, probably released in the year 2010. And the lead role was played by Aamir Khan and Kareena Kapoor, along with Madhavan, Paumanirani and Raju Rastogi, if I'm not sure. So, it was such a lovely film, you know, I was simply mesmerized watching that film, which made me laugh instantly and couldn't control my happiness watching that film. For the first time I watched that movie was in probably 2013 or 2014, I don't remember the year actually. But once I watched that film, I became a huge fan of that film, probably I have watched around that movie for over 100 times, if I'm not wrong, you know, I just love that movie. And also, what made me connect to that movie was about the true friendship, the emotions and the tragedies happened in that movie. In that film, what I admired the most was the direction and the screenplay made by Rajkumar Hirani, the director. So, he was simply top-notch in his direction and overall, I would rate that movie 5 out of 5. You know, I don't think that kind of movie can be remade in the near future, I would probably say that would be a once in a lifetime film.

    Band 7

    The movie I have watched and made me laugh and rolling down is a Korean film called Waikiki. It is a great film and I never regretted watching the movie. I was in my home and my family members wanted me to pick a movie. I randomly selected the movie. It was such a spectacle and the theatrics were amazing. The storyline and the comic timing of actors is incredible. Although this movie was short it was hilarious. I never experienced such kind of film making from India or from Korea. It is a must watch movie. I never had an epiphany that movies can be this comical. It was during lockdown. We were bored out of our minds and watching this movie had made our day. We were discussing about the movie and recalling all the scenes even after many days. I suggest all the people who like comedy movies to watch this movie Waikiki. It is a great 90 minutes of my life I ever had.

    Band 6-7

    There are number of movies releasing every week in India in English, Hindi or other vernacular languages. They range from action, thriller or science fiction to comedy, romance, history and even art. I often go to watch movies in different theatres in my city. The film that I would like to talk about today is PK that made me laugh with my family at multiplex near my house. It is the story of an alien who comes to earth with a group of other aliens and gets stunned, furthermore, he loses the only device with which he can communicate with his spaceship. The movie follows his story as he tries to find that device in every possible way. In the process, he makes many people of different religions question their blind religious beliefs and fantasies. PK manages to do all this in a classic, enduring style, underpinned by the childlike innocence. The role of PK is essayed brilliantly by Aamir Khan, who is known as a perfectionist in the film industry. In the movie, Anushka Sarma plays the role of his friend Jaggu and eventually his unrequired love interest. He essayed the role of a journalist who helped PK conceive and find the device. The interest of PK was that people on the planet had no concept of clothing, religion and verbal communication.

    Band 6-7

    I'm a big fan of watching movies, and I really like to watch movies during my free time. But one of the films that made me laugh very hardly was a movie called C.I.D.M.O.S.A. And I watched it when I was in first standard as far as I remember. And it was a very funny genre movie. And it's a movie about a man, a common man trying to become a police officer. But he couldn't end up well and he just became a C.I.D. That's the main theme of the movie called C.I.D.M.O.S.A. And the actor's name was Dilip. And he is one of the leading and the best actor of Malayalam industry. And I watched it around at my home. And every time when it comes on TV, I watch it fully. And I really enjoy watching that movie over and over again because it has a lot of fun, a lot of jokes. No matter the age, everyone can laugh and enjoy the movie. It's that kind of movie that even kids, even adults, even everyone can enjoy that movie. That's why I love not only me, I think everyone who watched that movie will never forget that movie. And his acting level, not only him, his co-actors are also very good at jokes, making fun. And that's all. That's the film that made me laugh.

    Band 6-7

    One of my favorite film is Nanban. It is a Tamil film. I watched it long years back. I watched it with my family. We all together for one weekend and we decided to watch a film. So we came to one conclusion and we chose a film Nanban and we played it in our home. We all just watching and it made us so laugh and also it made us think because the film is based on college students and friends. How they spend their college and how the education system is in our country, that kind of film. That film has a good sense of humor. It makes us think and it makes us laugh and it is a very relaxing to watch a film.

    Band 6-7

    The movie's name is Bhaagam Bhaag. It's a Bollywood movie and I still remember I watched it during my summer vacations of third grade with my parents and my family and my grandparents all together. And the movie is really funny because, well, there are so many instances where there's humour. There's so many scenes where the protagonist is committing a mischief and it involves his neighbours and everybody else around him. And the entire movie, the protagonist is basically just running for his life, like literally. And from the police or the neighbours or whether it's the people he borrowed money from. And all in all, it's a really funny movie. Also the dialogues are written such that they tend to make you laugh. They are packed with snarky humour and he's making all these silly jokes every while and then. And even the second male lead is kind of like protagonist friend and they're committing all these mischiefs and it's really funny. And I think it's a very light movie. The kind of movie you want to watch when you have a bad day. It will give you a good laugh and it feels good, you know, after that.
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