Describe A New Store Shop In Your Town City: IELTS Speaking Cue Card

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  • Who this person is?
  • When did you study/work with this person?
  • What did you do together?
  • What did you do to become successful?
  • Explain how you felt about studying or working with this person.

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So I am a graduate in pharmacy okay I studied my bachelors in pharmacy and graduated in the December 2025 so I had a friend from school he and I decided to study together that is we were in the same age so we had plans of studying and moving into the field of pharmacy I decided on taking B pharmacy while he decided on taking D pharmacy which is diploma in pharmacy it is basically a 3 year course and you get your registration license after you are done with your studies that is after you are done with your 3 year program so what I had to study an year extra but he got his license immediately after his 3 years of education so he opened a pharmacy that is a medical store in my town city and he named it Aastha medicals so this medical store is different from the others because you get to choose the products on your own okay it is a very big store and it is just like a supermarket you get to choose the products not the prescribed medicals only the general medicines like you know yeah general medicines that are available you know without the prescription so all those things were kept in the racks and you get to see around the store and you get to pick them only with the help of an assistant so that is a very new concept especially here in India so I found it very interesting and I found his idea and his thinking process to be very unique and I think people might come out with the same ideas in the future so hoping to see a better India soon

Follow up questions


What do you think about the concept of self-service in pharmacies?
I believe the self-service concept in pharmacies can empower customers to make informed choices about their health. It allows them to browse products at their own pace, which can lead to better understanding and selection of over-the-counter medications.

How do you think this new store will impact local competition?
This new store might encourage other pharmacies to innovate and improve their services. It could lead to a healthier competition where stores focus on customer experience, product variety, and pricing, ultimately benefiting the consumers in the town.

What challenges do you think this store might face?
One challenge could be educating customers about the self-service model, as many might be accustomed to traditional pharmacies. Additionally, ensuring the availability of a wide range of products and maintaining quality service will be crucial for its success.

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The new store which has recently opened near my house is the Trader Joe's. It's very vibrant and has a lot of variety of items in it. As in the States, we have a lot of different communities staying, Trader Joe's caters to all the items needed to different community requirements, may be Asian, American, Spanish, French. It has different types of cheese, different types of veggies. The most appreciative part of Trader Joe's is the, I would just say the sales person over there are very friendly, they greet people, they help the people to find a required item. They have exquisite variety of exotic fruits and vegetables and it is, it is always buzzing with people, be it on a weekend or in daylight or in weekdays. So most, the most fun part about Trader Joe's I would say is they also have these sales which makes the item very, which makes the objects to buy or vegetables to buy in a very reasonable and cheap rate. They also provide different types of cards and card points wherever we go and buy stuff from them. Again I would like to

Follow up questions


What do you think makes Trader Joe's different from other grocery stores?
Trader Joe's stands out due to its unique product offerings, friendly staff, and a focus on community needs. The store's vibrant atmosphere and the variety of international items cater to diverse tastes, making it a favorite among locals.

How important is customer service in a store like Trader Joe's?
Customer service is crucial in stores like Trader Joe's. Friendly and helpful staff enhance the shopping experience, making customers feel valued. This personal touch encourages repeat visits and builds a loyal customer base.

What types of products do you usually buy from Trader Joe's?
I usually buy a mix of fresh produce, unique snacks, and specialty items like different cheeses and exotic fruits. Trader Joe's offers a variety of organic and healthy options, which align with my preferences for quality food.

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A new store that has recently opened is right opposite my house and I feel really lucky that it is right near my house that I can go anytime to the store to buy stuff because I am a huge candle, essence, aesthetic lover so firstly that shop as you enter you get all the different aromas of different candles and incense sticks and diffusers so as you enter on the left you have a whole stand with various candles which have different scents that are made with different various waxes and they are all naturally made they don't put any synthetic chemicals so that's one thing that I really like because it's not necessarily bad for the health next you continue down the line and you have another section of handmade notebooks and pencils and small keychains and these are so beautiful with the cover page being drawn by hand and the pages of the notebook the paper also has been made by hand and is not the regular paper we find in other common shops that we go to the pencils too are made out of recycled materials and then as you turn right next you have a row full of reed diffusers and in this section they have four different scents one is the lotus another is koloi another is I forget the two other scents but you can test them and you can buy whatever you want

Follow up questions


What do you think makes this store unique compared to others?
This store stands out because it focuses on natural and handmade products. The absence of synthetic chemicals in their candles and the use of recycled materials for their notebooks and pencils reflect a commitment to sustainability, which is increasingly important to many consumers.

How do you think local shops like this impact the community?
Local shops like this foster a sense of community by providing unique products that reflect local culture and creativity. They also support local artisans and encourage sustainable practices, which can lead to a stronger local economy and a more engaged community.

Would you recommend this store to others? Why or why not?
Absolutely! I would recommend this store because it offers high-quality, unique products that are environmentally friendly. The inviting atmosphere and the ability to support local artisans make it a great shopping destination for anyone who appreciates aesthetics and sustainability.

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I want to talk about my friend, my childhood guy who was with me when I was in a primary school and we were together from primary to secondary and to even going to college together and to the university as well and one day we decided to open a shawarma restaurant which is basically an Arabian dish which basically wraps up the non-veg like the chicken or the mutton in the roti and then we serve those to the customers to make them happy and so we have also tried their shawarma in multiple places and then finally we decided okay we will also open a shawarma restaurant and around like 3 years ago when we were around 19 years of old age and 19 years of age we have decided that we are going to be opening a shawarma restaurant near the Asif Nagar which is close to Maidipatnam and then we have opened it for like basically it took us around 3 to 4 months to conserve the restaurant and once we have opened the restaurant in order to put the customers to the restaurant to have the shawarma and other food as we have also putted some of the juices or some of the you know freshness drinks which a customer can have while having the shawarma so in order to pull the customer to the restaurant we have decided that we put a combo offer where the customer is also having the shawarma as well as some freshness like some juice or some type of you know soft drink etc and then it worked and now we have successfully running the business and I am also like the part time doing that I am like 30% partners in that restaurant and he is handling around 70% and he is taking care of almost everything and yeah that's what I am talking about so we are very happy with the thing that we have done and

Follow up questions


What inspired you to open a shawarma restaurant?
We were inspired by our love for shawarma and the joy it brings to people. After trying various shawarma places, we felt we could create our own unique version that would satisfy our customers and share our passion for this delicious dish.

How do you attract customers to your restaurant?
We attract customers through combo offers that include shawarma and refreshing drinks. Additionally, we use social media to promote our restaurant and engage with the community, offering special discounts and hosting events to draw in more visitors.

What challenges did you face when starting the restaurant?
Starting the restaurant came with challenges like managing finances, sourcing quality ingredients, and ensuring consistent taste. We also had to learn about marketing and customer service, which were new areas for us, but we overcame these challenges through teamwork and dedication.

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In my society, my neighbor has started her own business to make some, to help her family financially. She started a kirti hall, in which she, she, Okay, so a lady runs with Dhaka, who is this person? So, my neighbor, who is with the Dhaka, she is older than me, but good bond. Sometimes, I help. Wanted to become successful, commercialize. Our product. I help her. I am doing that. Maybe, she is. I know a young lady, who is, who is my neighbor. She is quite older than me, but we have really good bond. We share a really good friendship from last five to seven years. However, she is a student in past some years. But, recently, she started her own business to help her family financially. Rather than getting a part-time job and making a limited income, she thought to be having her own business and make a abundant income and make her family also financially able. However, she is very vivacious and amicable person. When she started, I don't think that we could ever be succeed in this business. But, she make me to realize that everyone can do whatever they want. But, the thing needs to be some struggles and some sacrifice. Thank you for watching.

Follow up questions


What challenges did your neighbor face when starting her business?
She faced several challenges, including securing initial funding, understanding the market, and managing her time between studies and the business. It was tough for her to balance everything, but her determination and support from friends helped her overcome these obstacles.

How do you think her business impacts the local community?
Her business has a positive impact on the local community by providing unique products and creating job opportunities. It also inspires other young entrepreneurs to pursue their dreams and contributes to the local economy by keeping money within the community.

What qualities do you think are important for someone starting a business?
Important qualities include determination, resilience, creativity, and good communication skills. Additionally, being adaptable and willing to learn from mistakes is crucial for navigating the challenges of entrepreneurship.
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Band 6-7

So I am a graduate in pharmacy okay I studied my bachelors in pharmacy and graduated in the December 2025 so I had a friend from school he and I decided to study together that is we were in the same age so we had plans of studying and moving into the field of pharmacy I decided on taking B pharmacy while he decided on taking D pharmacy which is diploma in pharmacy it is basically a 3 year course and you get your registration license after you are done with your studies that is after you are done with your 3 year program so what I had to study an year extra but he got his license immediately after his 3 years of education so he opened a pharmacy that is a medical store in my town city and he named it Aastha medicals so this medical store is different from the others because you get to choose the products on your own okay it is a very big store and it is just like a supermarket you get to choose the products not the prescribed medicals only the general medicines like you know yeah general medicines that are available you know without the prescription so all those things were kept in the racks and you get to see around the store and you get to pick them only with the help of an assistant so that is a very new concept especially here in India so I found it very interesting and I found his idea and his thinking process to be very unique and I think people might come out with the same ideas in the future so hoping to see a better India soon

Band 6-7

The new store which has recently opened near my house is the Trader Joe's. It's very vibrant and has a lot of variety of items in it. As in the States, we have a lot of different communities staying, Trader Joe's caters to all the items needed to different community requirements, may be Asian, American, Spanish, French. It has different types of cheese, different types of veggies. The most appreciative part of Trader Joe's is the, I would just say the sales person over there are very friendly, they greet people, they help the people to find a required item. They have exquisite variety of exotic fruits and vegetables and it is, it is always buzzing with people, be it on a weekend or in daylight or in weekdays. So most, the most fun part about Trader Joe's I would say is they also have these sales which makes the item very, which makes the objects to buy or vegetables to buy in a very reasonable and cheap rate. They also provide different types of cards and card points wherever we go and buy stuff from them. Again I would like to

Band 6-7

A new store that has recently opened is right opposite my house and I feel really lucky that it is right near my house that I can go anytime to the store to buy stuff because I am a huge candle, essence, aesthetic lover so firstly that shop as you enter you get all the different aromas of different candles and incense sticks and diffusers so as you enter on the left you have a whole stand with various candles which have different scents that are made with different various waxes and they are all naturally made they don't put any synthetic chemicals so that's one thing that I really like because it's not necessarily bad for the health next you continue down the line and you have another section of handmade notebooks and pencils and small keychains and these are so beautiful with the cover page being drawn by hand and the pages of the notebook the paper also has been made by hand and is not the regular paper we find in other common shops that we go to the pencils too are made out of recycled materials and then as you turn right next you have a row full of reed diffusers and in this section they have four different scents one is the lotus another is koloi another is I forget the two other scents but you can test them and you can buy whatever you want

Band 6

My town is open a new store, this owner is my best friend and he opened a new store last week, my friend progressive for your career and open a new store and start to business, her store is a very big and her facility is a very superb.

Band 6

A new store shop which opened in my hometown is Bikaner where all type of fast foods and sweets we can buy. As it is opened by my friend, we studied together from nursery class and he and his parents decided to open a sweet shop near our house because there is no sweet shop who give good food and good quality food and in reasonable price. So they decided to open a sweet shop overall the sweet shop was very decent place and decorative. The locality and area was also very good. The proper seating is provided and proper cleanliness and all the quality measure is taken by them.

Band 6

One of the new stores in my city which have come is a gaming center which is opened by one of my close friends. The name of the shop is Glitch which is a very innovative name, I love the name so much. And it is basically a gaming store in which in the lower part there are all the PS5s. This was the time when PS5s were not available, since he got them, his shop was a hit from the start. And also on the upper portion there are multiple gaming PCs which is my place to be because I usually game with my PS5 in my house because I have, moreover it is such a positive place I don't know why because it is my internal love of games, maybe because of that. Because whenever I go there it is a good feeling for me and because a lot of gamers are there, I meet many people who love the things which I do personally and I can communicate to them about those things and furthermore it is a place where I can sit for hours and just game there and do many things. I even have a, they even provide a fridge in which there are multiple cold drinks, milkshakes which I can go and buy from them which is very convenient for me as I don't have to go outside and shop for it and yeah it is a very good experience all in all. And the people there are lovely, I love to talk to them, the shop, the one who runs the shop I know him personally and after the gaming is over we go outside and play cricket, everything is well balanced basically and yeah I love to be there with them.

Band 6

A new store in my town that I really have started to cherish is a bookstore that has opened up right next to my house. It has a variety of books from fiction to autobiography. It has everything covered. It even offers school textbooks for children and college-going students. This store has massive bookshelves arranged neatly in rows and each row contains a different topic like there are shelves for fiction, for autobiographies, for young adult. There is a different shelf for different genres and it's very easier to locate the book you're looking for because even in the genres they are arranged alphabetically. The best part about this bookshop for me are the nooks and corners in the bookstore where one can enjoy reading the books. You can just pick off your favorite book from the shelf and sit there and read in silence. It's a very cozy little spot where you can enjoy your slow-paced readings and nobody's gonna disturb you. There is a membership fee for like taking a book and you can even purchase it if you want but the membership fee makes it really affordable for students and people on a budget to afford different kind of books.

Band 6

hey how are you I'm fine I'd like to tell you that a new store has opened in our city and that is really fantastic yesterday I wanted to buy some clothes as I have to go to my maternal uncle's house so I went there and I purchased some clothes and it was really a surprise for me when I met the store that shopkeeper that was my old classmate and I was really happy to find him there and we talked too much we talked about our past about our classes our time we spent together and as I visit that shop that was really awesome the collection was there was really out of the out of the box and all the things I found fantabulous I wanted to and and as he was my classmate the person gave me a very good discount also and I

Band 6

There is a new shop opened quite few months ago in my town, it's a bakery. I reside in a rural area so there is very rare bakeries around in my sub-district. So this cake shop owner Nitin, he is one of my old classmates, he had a roadside land so he utilised it for a bakery and he also had a wish to have a business, so his bakery has so many cakes, various types of desserts, then sweets and also he kept various day to day items which are useful for people and convenient for them to buy it from there instead of going to another village or another town just for that. Furthermore this bakery has been very successful because people nowadays are bridging the gap between the rural and urban areas, they are also celebrating birthdays, they are also having some good times when they have to purchase some sweets for good occasions, good omens. So they usually prefer this bakery over going to another town for buying or purchasing other things. Because it supports the locals of course, then it is also convenient to buy from the nearest shop instead of going to other shops. In terms of quality it is also good, in terms of affordability it is very good. So I totally believe that, his shop is kind of new but also growing as a business, he also further develops.

Band 6

In fact, growing up in a suburban area, i.e. Gundapur, we didn't have much exposure to many supermarkets and malls. But once I got to Mysuru, which is a fair big city, I was exposed to various kinds of shopping. I first time visited a particular tekkal lawn, which newly opened at that time, when I was in college. So when it started, we were so excited. Every outing we used to visit this particular shop. In the tekkal lawn, there is number of sports utilities that are available. I particularly fond of the collection of cricket bats and balls that have been always my favorite. Additionally, the cycles in the tekkal lawn are my favorite. I even asked my friends to get me a cycle during my childhood, but they rejected.
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