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

You should say

  • 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

    Rushing through your answer can lead to missing important details. This may cause your response to sound unstructured and incomplete.

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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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    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.
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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 6-7

    I am a movie buff and like to watch a lot of movies. I used to go to movie theatres and watch most movies on the big screen. But recently streaming platforms like Netflix, Prime Video and Hotstar etc have such big collection movies that I rarely go to the movie theatres. Recently I have watched La Pata Ladies which is a very funny and good movie in my sense. Because it shows some certain funny and chaotic situation that happens as a family and police try to find the missing woman. I really like it explore the themes like gender roles, marriage, traditions and societal expectations in a humane manner. I watch these movies because I really like the trailer. I watch it with my one of friend which is very close to me. Also the movie is directed by Kiran Rao and this is her second movie as a director. I love her first movie also some other movies in which she was assistant director. Aamir Khan has co-produced the movie. He has also been my favourite actor. I knew anything coming from him would be good. The main actors in the movie are all newcomers. I had no idea about them before I watched the movie. All of them impressed me with their acting skills. I would also like to include that the movies also play a very important role in our lives to stay entertained. Also it feels very good when we watch movies like this.

    Band 6-7

    One of the movies that has genuinely made me laugh so far is Marley and Me. I get it, most of the people of my age and even adults think that it's one of the most emotional movies out there because of how the dog dies at the end of it. But in my opinion, I think that the classic humor that that movie has, it's something really natural and not a lot of movies have it nowadays especially because of how even the directors and producers are just obsessed with getting views or obsessed with making money. But there are still some authentic creators who really pour their heart and soul into the work just so they can come out with the perfect version of a movie or it can be a TV show as well. And so I think the movie Marley and Me is really a classic in terms of humor and just to sit back and relax.

    Band 6-7

    Recently, I got an opportunity to watch Tourist Family in theatre. It is a wonderful comical family movie. In this movie, there is a family who comes from Sri Lanka as a refugee to Tamil Nadu. There are totally four members in this family. A father, a mother and two sons. This movie follows up how the family is trying to integrate into their new found home and how the society is treating them. Each of the family members are extremely nice people. They are very good at their heart and they are always ready to help others. Initially, many of the neighbours think they are from Kerala due to this language difference. Though they also speak Tamil, their way of speaking Tamil is very different from the dialect of Tamil spoken in Tamil Nadu. This gives the appearance that they are from some other states. At last, police actually comes in searching for them. At this time only, the neighbours realise that they are from Sri Lanka. But due to their good nature of heart, the neighbours decide to protect this Sri Lankan family and act as if all this neighbourhood is from Sri Lanka.

    Band 6-7

    Well, I have watched many movies related to the comedy and I am a fan of watching movies. Now here I would like to talk about a movie which made me laugh. The name of the movie is Golmaal Junior. The movie is directed by Abhishek Bachchan and the main actor of the movie is Akshay Kumar which plays the important character of the movie and this movie moves around the three characters, the name is Ram and Shyam and the third one name is Akshay. In that movie, they are very good friends.

    Band 6-7

    Many movies entertain and make us laugh whenever we see them. I am very fond of seeing comedy movies in my life. And till now I have been seeing many of them. Many movies made me laugh but today I would like to tell you about the film which I have seen many times. Fir Hira Feri starring Akshay Kumar, Sunil Shetty and Paresh Rawal. I first watched it on TV when I was 12 years old. While I was having a dinner, I watched and after seeing this movie, I couldn't control my laugh which eventually caused me a stomach ache. The first time I watched it with my family members, as I was having dinner at that time and the scene where all three main characters were arguing with each other, my whole family laughed at that scene. After that, I watched this movie many times and I enjoyed it again and again as it has great content and a good sense of humour. Basically, in this movie, several scenes made us laugh. From Akshay Kumar's dialogues to Paresh Rawal's funny arguments, each scene was well scripted with everyone he meets. In the climax, where all the characters go into the circus and make cures, it was hilarious to watch them. So in the end, I have recommended many of my friends to watch this movie and I think this movie is one of the best comedy movies made in India till date.

    Band 6-7

    So, I watched a lot of movies, but today I would like to consider 3 idiots. It is one of my favorite movies that I watched when I was 10 years old. And I watched this movie with my family members. And I found it interesting because it tells us about the engineering students, what they feel, how they reach to their IT in college. And after that, what problems they faced and what they can face. And I watched it with my family because my father also loved watching movies. And at that time, my father suggested me and also gave me a movie to watch. At that time, I didn't like to watch movies, but when I started watching, it made me more interesting and enjoying. There are 3 characters in the movie. Like Aamir Khan and I forgot the both characters' names, but their film name was Rancho, Raju and Farhan. Farhan belongs to a middle class private family. And Raju belongs to a very low class family. And Rancho is from a very rich type of family. And they are just doing some silly things to make us laugh. And Rancho is a free type of guy and he just wants to learn things. And if some professor removes him from his class, then he sits in the other class. He just came there to just gain the knowledge. And after watching this movie, I was impressed by their bonding scenes and collaborations. And those funny scenes that made everyone laugh. And from that day, I watched this movie about 8 to 10 times. And in the most of the time, I just watched some funny scenes of that movie in a proper YouTube video. That's the movie that I watched and I really enjoyed.

    Band 6-7

    The film that made me laugh is Phir Hera Pheri. I watched it when I was 16 years old and since then I have watched this movie for like hundreds of times. Three major characters are Akshay Kumar who plays the character of Raju, Paresh Rawal who plays the character of Baburao Ganpatra Wapte and Sunil Shetty who plays the character of Shyam. The story lies about how these three were rich in the start of the movie but then falls to a scam where a lady comes to their house and tells them to invest in a scheme where she will double their money in just 21 days. But after 21 days she disappears with all their money and this movie revolves around their pursuit of trying to get their money back. It is proper hilarious comedy. I first watched it with my family with my mom and my sister and it was a very wonderful experience. Also how beautifully ended the movie and they left a loophole that the third part the sequel of the movie will be coming and Hera Pheri 3 is about to come. I love the role of Paresh Rawal. He was very good in this movie and he has some of his iconic dialogue. Those dialogues are in Hindi and you will only understand when you listen to it. But I truly can watch this movie any time of the day. These have some iconic dialogue and it will always freshen up my mind.

    Band 6-7

    So, one film that genuinely made me laugh out loud is Three Idiot, a popular Indian comedy-drama directed by Rajkumar Hirani. I watched it couple of years ago during the New Year holiday with my family and I still remember how much we all laughed throughout the movie. The movie revolves around the lives of three engineering students and their journey through one of India's most competitive colleges. While the storyline touches on serious issues like academic pressure, parental expectations and education system, it presents them in an incredible, humorous and relatable way. What really made the film memorable was clever use of wits, sarcasm and quirky characters that brought life to every scene. I watched it at home with my parents and younger brother. Normally, we don't all enjoy the same type of movie but this one had everyone in stretches. The dialogues were hilarious and the time of joke was perfect. I especially loved the character Chatur who over the top seriousness and broken Hindi speech during a classroom presentation become one of the funniest scene I have ever watched. We kept rewinding that scene because we couldn't stop laughing. Another reason it made me laugh because the situation was so relatable and exaggerated at the same time like student trying to cram at last minute, teacher using outdated methods. What stood out to me was how the film used comedy not just for entertainment but to deliver powerful message about following your passion instead of blindly chasing grades or expectation. It was both funny and throughout provoking which is rare combination we can experience in nowadays in film stunt industries.

    Band 6-7

    Okay, I would like to talk about this movie whose name is Andaz Apna Apna which is a Bollywood movie. It has great actors who are widely and popularly known as the biggest stars in India. This whole movie just cracked me up for two hours and it's a must watch for everybody at least once in a lifetime. This movie has also got two big actresses whose names are Karishma Kapoor and Raveena Tandon who played hilarious roles in the same. And the movie is all about the silliness of all these actors who got confused with every little thing that happens in their life. However, they all fall in love with each other and made the movie more interesting. And the kind of twist this movie has got will actually make you laugh hard for at least those three hours when you are watching this movie. I would strongly recommend this movie to everyone if they really want to have a good time with their friends and family because the movie is a family movie which can be watched with any member or any friend of yours. It's a very comfortable movie. Moreover, the movie has no vulgar scenes and it's a decent movie to watch with anyone you want. And the number of twists the movie has got are quite, you can say, hilarious and they will make you laugh at every 10 minutes. I believe that these kind of movies should be made more often in India. Moreover, the kind of acting these actors did were quite natural and you would not believe that these kind of big actors can actually do some funny roles. So it's something everybody should watch.

    Band 6-7

    So, I am absolutely stunned by a brilliance of the human imagination by a Hollywood movie called Interstellar. Such a movie creates different types of perception in human's mind which help them to explore creativity. In that movie, a human explore time, space and the depiction of the human imagination and the time concept near the black hole and everything about the space is pretty much realistic. Scientist even figure out that many of the things were very correct in that and also it is one of the greatest movie of all time. I watched it on Netflix with my brother last evening and I got to figure out that such movies are very rare. It was funny too at the medium of the part when the daughter had funny interaction with her dad but at the same time this actually depicts the beyondness of human mind and show that there were many things that are happening right now and that is just beyond human mind.
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