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Describe a letter you have received in your life.: IELTS Speaking Cue Card

You should say

  • Who sent to you you & when?
  • What was it about?
  • How did you feel about it?
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Cue 1:Who sent it to you & when?

  • Begin by mentioning the sender of the letter and your relationship with them.
  • Include the date or occasion when you received the letter to provide context.

Example

The letter was sent to me by my grandmother on my birthday last year. She always writes to me on special occasions, and I cherish her words.

Cue 2:What was it about?

  • Summarize the main content of the letter, focusing on key themes or messages.
  • Mention any specific anecdotes or personal touches that made the letter memorable.

Example

In the letter, my grandmother shared her fond memories of my childhood and expressed her pride in my achievements. She also included some family recipes that have been passed down through generations.

Cue 3:How did you feel about it?

  • Describe your emotional response to receiving the letter.
  • Reflect on the significance of the letter and how it impacted your feelings towards the sender.

Example

Receiving the letter made me feel incredibly loved and appreciated. It reminded me of the strong bond I share with my grandmother and filled me with nostalgia for my childhood days.

Conclusion

  • Summarize the overall impact the letter had on you.
  • Mention how such letters contribute to maintaining relationships.

Example

In conclusion, this letter not only strengthened my connection with my grandmother but also reminded me of the importance of family ties. It’s a treasure I will keep forever.

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 Detail in Responses

Providing vague answers can make your response less engaging and informative. It's important to include specific details to paint a clearer picture for the examiner.

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Tip

Use descriptive language and include specific examples or anecdotes related to the letter to enhance your response.

2: Ignoring Emotional Impact

Failing to express your feelings about the letter can make your answer seem flat. Emotions add depth and connection to your story.

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Reflect on how the letter made you feel and share those emotions to create a more compelling narrative.

Rushing Through the Cues

Skipping over the cue prompts can lead to an incomplete answer. Each cue is designed to guide your response and ensure you cover all aspects.

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Take your time to address each cue systematically, ensuring you provide a well-rounded answer that fully responds to the prompts.

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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.
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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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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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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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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

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Band 6-7

I am going to say about a letter which I received from my friend. The letter which I received from my friend was for an invitation to his housewarming function in his village. He wrote me a letter saying the invitation for me and my whole family in the letter and he conveyed his regards from his parents to our parents calling for the invitation to his home and having us.

Band 6-7

so I would like to talk about one very important letter that I received in my life which is the admission letter from my college that is Birla Vishwakarma Mahavidyalaya so this letter I received from my college when I was passed my 12th grade and wanted admission in this college it's very difficult to get admission in this college so I gave some exams and passed that exams prepared very excellently for that also now this admission letter I received was I would say like a year back and since then after receiving that admission letter I felt relieved that you know I have secured a spot in one of the most prestigious colleges in my country the admission letter contained details like my name address phone number 12th grade results 10th grade results and also congratulating me about securing a spot in bachelors in civil engineering in BBM college

Band 6-7

I would love to describe this situation, an experience from my past where I received a letter from my son. It was actually a Christmas letter and it was time to finish. Previously I was residing in Kutmala and later I moved to a city area named Srinagar because of some personal issues. Although I lived in Kutmala, my relationship with my friends remained the same. And one of my friends sent me this letter. This letter which is actually got some writings on it. I vaguely remember that I was crying and that's what those two messages were. So, first time I wrote a letter with my name on it. So, it made me feel touched and I was so glad that I received this letter. So, there's a little writing on the letter and it addressed to my greatest friend, Jack Bernice. And he wished me a very successful love for my future. So, it was quite an unforgettable experience for me and quite a joyous experience. I always send letters to my friends or messages to my friends and this is the first time I wrote one back. Yeah, it is a precious experience for me. I was delighted to receive that letter and I even stored my personal memory.

Band 6-7

My friend sent me a letter on my birthday. It was made by her and it had cute little small messages in that which described my qualities and she is quite artistic. She made it using quilling and it was beautiful. I still have it and whenever I open it, it still mesmerises me with the moment when she gave it to me. She is my best friend and I remember I think she gave it to me on my 18th birthday with few gifts with it. In addition to it, she sent me a message on WhatsApp, a huge lengthy message where she described more about me. I think that was the most heart touching, warm gift I would have ever got. That letter still makes me happy and make me think that how beautiful and how beautifully a person can give what they meant to from their heart to the person they love. I think there is no words which can describe that gift.

Band 6-7

The most important letter I received in my life was from my girlfriend who lived in Pune when I was living in Delhi. In this day where technology is as fast as it is, receiving a letter from a loved one can be humbling and a calming experience. This letter was not only important to me because it was from my girlfriend but because I love physical gifts and she not only just explained how she's doing but she also mentioned how she is feeling. The letter was detailed of her experiences of how she has been doing and how she is missing me over these past few months. The letter was a beautiful surprise to be delivered by the postman on a random weekday. It is one of the most kindest gestures anyone has ever done to me. That's why it is one of the most beautiful letters I've ever read in my life.

Band 6-7

so basically it was a letter from a friend from a very close friend and his name was Amar and he said he wrote me this letter as we were apart after my after our high schooling education we were about three to four years in a distance and thereafter he wrote me this letter like how he feels how he feels about not discussing anything about our life and anything about our in future career career decision he asked me in in this letter he asked me about like what to do like he was at the time he was doing his graduation and he was asking for a he was asking just for a suggestion like what to do after my graduation at the time he was doing BCA and he was asking for me like what to do after this course so like I was I was very grateful that he wrote me this letter and it was about one year earlier and I really feel I really feel very grateful that he wrote me this letter and I told him that to choose whatever his heart tells him and to choose whatever the career to to search in the internet what are the careers career options and to choose wisely like what he will do and what will be the future in the next 10 years

Band 6-7

Recently, I have received a letter from my sibling, my sister. She has written that she is doing well in her studies. Actually she lives in a hostel where all the students stay while studying. She probably desires to get good scores, that's why she is living there, so she sent me. She is just trying to comfort me that she is fine. She has written very well in the letter. She was sharing her experiences of hostel that she goes.

Band 6-7

So, the letter which I received was a love letter from my ex-girlfriend and I was studying in my second year and it was around 2023. So when I finished my college at 4.30, I was usually going to my football ground for my after-college practice. So I was watching her and she was standing there for me and waiting for me till from 4 o'clock. My best friend told me that and when I met her and she just gave me this love letter and told me that she actually proposed me on that day and I was like, yeah. And I received the letter and when I opened it and it was such a warm, it was a wonderful feeling I got at that point as she just wrote how she felt when I met her, when I speak with her, when she just brilliantly told about me to me and what makes me special to her eyes and that's a eye-opening for me as how a girl which I just spoken, which I just speaking for just one month and she thinks about me and it really opened my eyes about how my character was and how she feels when I was with her. And also I was in the college ground at that time and everyone was watching us and I didn't get any shame or something because at the end of the day she just wants to tell what she felt about me and it's one of the best feeling I had in my college days where there is this girl who is not speaking with me on a regular basis but she has something for me in his heart and in his mind and she just wrote about me in beautiful words which I can't explain, which I can't tell you how I felt on the first time. Everything, the words, the sentences, the words she chooses, everything is at immaculate maturity and I really liked it.

Band 6-7

A letter is a piece of paper people use to communicate, to convey their feelings. A letter can be formal and informal. I received an informal letter from one of my friends back in standard 8. The letter was sent to me from my friend on my birthday. It contained his feelings expressed in a beautiful way. He talked about friendship and he talked about how good our friendship was and how much it means to him. Reading the letter, I felt warm and it was very thoughtful and considerate of him to convey his feelings through a letter. Nowadays letters are less used. People rather text a message or just convey it directly. Letters are a sweet way of conveying your emotions, your feelings and one can treasure it for as long as he or she wants and it stays a whole lifetime.

Band 6-7

I got a letter from my school, the principal sir has sent me the letter, the letter is about my promotion letter, I am promoting from TCT to PCT and all of sudden this gives me a surprise, it was a wonderful or you can say I am so excited and just wanted to enjoy that moment, it was just for me a wonderful experience and I am just going to enjoy with my family and celebrating this moment with my family, my salary is also going to increase because I am promoting, this time I just wanted to enjoy the moment, I want to celebrate my happiness with all others, I have thrown a party to my staff and all the other members, they are also congratulating me saying that you also deserve it, you got it, now it's the right time to show your potential and to improve and to get success in your career, it also have a responsibility also comes that I have to handle and do more hard work to do and it's also a challenging for me to handle for higher grade students, how to tackle, it's a new experience for me and I have to prepare for that, it's just like that a new phase of life is going to start and I have to plan according to that and prepare myself how to do that.
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