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Describe a movie you watched recently: IELTS Speaking Cue Card

You should say

  • When and where you watched it
  • Who you watched it with
  • What it was about
  • And explain why you watched this movie
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Cue 1:When and where you watched it

  • Start by mentioning the date and location where you watched the movie.
  • Include any relevant details about the environment, such as whether it was in a theater or at home.

Example

I watched the movie 'Chhichhore' last Saturday at a local cinema in my neighborhood. It was a cozy afternoon, and the theater was almost full, which added to the excitement of the experience.

Cue 2:Who you watched it with

  • Mention the people you were with and your relationship to them.
  • Share any interesting anecdotes about your time together during the movie.

Example

I went to see the movie with my college friends, Riya and Aman. We hadn’t met in a while, so it was a great opportunity to catch up and reminisce about our college days while enjoying the film.

Cue 3:What it was about

  • Give a brief summary of the movie's plot without revealing any spoilers.
  • Highlight the main themes or messages that resonated with you.

Example

The movie revolves around the lives of a group of friends who navigate the ups and downs of college life. It beautifully portrays themes of friendship, resilience, and the importance of not giving up, which really struck a chord with me.

Cue 4:And explain why you watched this movie

  • Share your motivation for choosing this particular movie.
  • Mention any recommendations or reviews that influenced your decision.

Example

I chose to watch 'Chhichhore' because I had heard great reviews from my friends and read about its inspiring storyline. I was also in the mood for a light-hearted yet meaningful film, and this one seemed perfect.

Conclusion

  • Summarize your overall impression of the movie.
  • Mention whether you would recommend it to others and why.

Example

Overall, I thoroughly enjoyed 'Chhichhore' and found it to be both entertaining and thought-provoking. I would definitely recommend it to anyone looking for a feel-good movie that also delivers a powerful message about life and friendship.

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 Vague Descriptions

Using vague language can make your answer unclear. It's important to provide specific details about the movie to engage the listener and demonstrate your language skills.

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Tip

Include specific scenes, character names, or memorable quotes to make your description vivid and interesting.

2: Don't Rush Your Response

Speaking too quickly can lead to unclear pronunciation and missed details. It may also make it difficult for the examiner to follow your thoughts.

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Tip

Take your time to think about your answer and speak at a moderate pace, pausing briefly between points to enhance clarity.

Neglecting Personal Connection

Failing to explain why you watched the movie can make your response feel incomplete. Personal connections add depth and interest to your answer.

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Tip

Share your reasons for choosing the movie, such as recommendations, reviews, or personal interests, to create a more engaging narrative.

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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.
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 7

The most recent movie I watched was the Avengers Endgame from the Marvel Universe. Ever since I started watching movies from the Marvel Universe by the Russo brothers, I fell in love with the way they write the story and the way they draw the audience into the theaters. I personally loved the setting and the theme of the movie. I also have an affection towards the cast. Robert Downey Jr. being my favorite as Iron Man. I grew up watching all these superstars and I have a nostalgic feeling towards how they portray themselves in the big screen. The movie was thrilling and amazing to watch. It was a once-in-a-lifetime experience. Though Avengers Endgame marks the final movie in the entire franchise, I was proud to be a part of it.

Band 7

Recently, I watched Pushpa 2 The Rule, the sequel to the blockbuster movie The Pushpa The Rise. It is an action-packed Indian film, which included Allu Arjun and directed by Sukumar. This movie is highly anticipated and I was really excited to watch it. I watched Pushpa 2 in the theater on the weekend with my friends. Since I enjoyed the first part, I was eager to see how the story continued. The film picks up from where the first part ended and follows the Pushpa's journey as he rises to power despite facing a bigger threat from his enemies, including the police and the rivalry gangs. The movie is filled with intense action sequences and dramatic confrontations and powerful dialogues. Allu Arjun's performance was once again outstanding and his iconic style made the character even more memorable. One of the things I loved about Pushpa 2 was the cinematography and background music, which was made action scenes even more thrilling. The dialogues were powerful and the storyline kept me engaged throughout. The famous mannerisms and attitude of Pushpa Raj were also a major highlight of the film. The fight sequences were choreographed brilliantly, making it a visually stunning experience. Overall, I really enjoyed Pushpa 2 because of its engaging storyline and powerful actions. And Allu Arjun's incredible performance, the way he portrayed the Pushpa character with confidence and attitude made the movie unforgettable. If you are a fan of action movies, I would definitely recommend watching it. These are the scenarios, however, I really enjoyed Pushpa 2 because of its engaging storyline and powerful dialogues.

Band 6-7

The recently watched movie was On Pavam, which I watched like couple of weeks ago in a theatre. So, it is a movie about a husband trying to be perfect to his wife before the marriage, so she accepts him as her husband. While wife being a feminist, without actually knowing the meaning of feminist, they are trying to be like woman empowerment, woman overpowered like that. So, after marriage, they are showing their real selves to each other, so that's when a problem starts for both of them. They don't want to put up to the others, like husband being normal from the perfect image he created, he is showing the normal human being nature. While wife being not, as a wife, her duty is to cook, clean and so on, but she refuses to do that in name of feminist. So, the fight breaks, while it keeps on happening, then after a while, his wife gets pregnant. Without knowing it, he laid hands on her and the baby wasn't born due to that, like aborted due to that. So, she applied a divorce in a court, so they have to fight over it for both of them, like he doesn't want to leave her and divorce her. So, after a while, they come together. This is a really nice movie, I say, it will be fun to watch with family and friends.

Band 6-7

So, the recent movie that I watched was Jolly LLB 3. I watched it with my family. It is a movie about how two lawyers fight against the crime that is existing in our world. It depicts how those two lawyers helped a poor lady fight a rich politician's son who had used corruption and his powers to get their land and deny them from their rights. This movie depicted how our society is growing right now, how the richer are getting more rich and the poor are getting poorer. This showed how all the wealthy people are using their wealth in a wrong way and exploiting the poor people by giving them wrong expectations and taking wrong advantage of that.

Band 6-7

So, I recently watched a movie from the Harry Potter franchise. Specifically, the third part, which is the Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. I was quite bored at home and there was nothing to do, so I thought watching a movie would be nice. So, I was alone and I watched it on, I guess, Netflix. Yeah, and the movie was quite nice. Some people say that it is one of the best of the Harry Potter franchise. And yeah, because, you know, there are many, many scenes in which it is just utterly awe-inspiring, I guess. The movie was literally about the Prisoner of Azkaban, as the title says. And how the Golden Trio, Harry Potter, Hermione and Ronald, saves the Prisoner of Azkaban because he was innocent. And then he turns out to be Harry's godfather, which was quite a turn in the movie. And that was all about the movie, actually. And a significant point in that was Buckbeak. It was a hippogriff and Hagrid, their wildlife teacher, taught them that. And then Buckbeak was also going to get executed, but Harry and Hermione saved him by using Hermione's time-turner. It is a device that makes you go into the past. Yeah, so that was all the movie about.

Band 6-7

So, a movie I recently watched was Das Wunder von Bern and I saw it yesterday night in my room and I binge watched it completely for two hours and the movie was basically about the 1954 World Cup between Germany and Hungary, the final that they played and it was a story of how a player made a country come back from two goals down to three to up. The movie showed a very good amount of qualities that a player can have and how one can incorporate those in our own lives too.

Band 6-7

I recently watched this movie called the scent of a woman. I watched it at home along with my friends on the TV. I liked this movie a lot mainly because of the plot. The plot revolves around a blind old war veteran who lost his eyes in an accident and parallelly there's another college kid whose name is Charlie who comes from a financially poor background and the story goes like this boy named Charlie needs financial help to continue his college because of which he takes on this part-time job of looking after this blind man for a week when his family goes traveling and during his time taking care of this blind man he realizes a lot of things and he learns a lot of things from the blind man and Charlie is also at a crossroads in his life hits himself as he's confused between a few things that's happening with this life and during his experience with the blind man he realizes a lot of new things which later on help him get clarity about what he wants to do and helps him clear his confusion as well and also the blind man had also given up on quite a few things in life and because of Charlie he gets back hope to live a happier life

Band 6-7

Last weekend, I went for a movie known as Kantara. I went with my friends. This movie is all about history, war and a little bit of mythology story. It was a very interesting one to watch. It kept me intrigued till the last scene and there were a lot of spoilers and there were a lot of new twists and turns in this movie. It's a story about a king who is in search of the known as the heaven which is located in the forest and about how the king tries to kill all the tribal people and how he tried to get all their goods and there is a gist of mythology like the stories which are influenced from the great Mahabharata and Ramayana. It is amazing to watch and it's a one-time watch. I feel so. And more about that, the cinematography of the movie is brilliant. There have been use of VFX and editing but it looks like real rather than being edited. There are a lot of fighting scenes in the movie and there are a lot of lessons to be taught in the movie like you shouldn't be greedy or you should respect the time or you should respect other people and it's a great movie overall.

Band 6-7

Recently, I watched a rockstar movie with my friend. The movie was about love and an artist who wants to be a rockstar. At starting, he faces a lot of failures in his life and then he gets consulted with his big brother and then he starts focusing on himself and he tries to become a rockstar. Then he learns a lot of methods of singing and music and all. In between, his love story has been also shown in the movie which is very sensitive and covers a very soft part of the movie. It has successfully connected the whole audience with the movie, aligned us with the story, hooked us with the story. There is no boring part in the story. I watched this movie because a lot of my friends have recommended me to watch this because they think that my life story belongs to that character's story in the movie. So that's why I watched this. I would really wish everyone to watch this for once who is into the movies and artists and art and you know, feeling of sensitive love and as well as I can also relate with this movie because I am also with the singing background and acting and modeling. So that was very heart-touching movie for me. Despite it, from the perspective of a director and from perspective of the technical judgment of a movie, the shots were taken very cinematically which was very keen and deep compliment.

Band 6-7

Yes, certainly. The movie I recently saw and the movie which inspired me was a movie called Jerry Maguire. It stars Tom Cruise along with Britney Spears. It's a movie. It's a movie about a guy who's a sports analyst. He analyzes sports and is more like an agent to sports. Sporty. He's a sport. Yes, certainly. I recently saw a movie named Jerry Maguire with my cousins on a cousins night out. So we had planned to watch a movie but we weren't able to decide on one thing. But I suggested to watch Jerry Maguire starring Tom Cruise who is an excellent actor and he even mentions that it is one of the favorite movies. The movie is about a man, a sports agent to be precise, who loses everything overnight because he decides to wake up and tells the reality of the sports community which is not liked by everyone. Everyone appreciates him but no one is ready to join hands with him which results in him losing a lot of clients. At that difficult period he decides to leave the company he was working with and when he asks everyone no one is ready to work with him because he's losing many clients. Furthermore, an employee who was working in the same company loves his idea and ideology even the school of thought behind the process and joins him later which results in them falling in love together. The reason I watched this movie was because it was firstly it was suggested by many friends of mine. Secondly, I personally found it very interesting and inspiring.
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