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

You should say

  • 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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Cue 1:Who this person is?

  • Introduce the new store by mentioning its name and type, such as a clothing store, grocery store, or electronics shop.
  • Share a brief background about the store, including its owner or the concept behind it.

Example

The new store I want to talk about is called 'Trendy Threads', a clothing boutique that opened recently in my town. The owner, a young entrepreneur named Priya, has a passion for fashion and wanted to create a space that offers stylish yet affordable clothing for young adults.

Cue 2:When did you visit this store?

  • Mention the time frame when you first visited the store, such as the opening day or a specific month.
  • Describe the atmosphere during your visit, including any special events or promotions.

Example

I visited Trendy Threads on its opening day last month. The atmosphere was buzzing with excitement, as there were decorations, music, and even a small fashion show to showcase the new collection.

Cue 3:What did you buy there?

  • Talk about the items you purchased and why you chose them.
  • Explain how the products met your needs or preferences.

Example

I bought a couple of trendy tops and a pair of jeans. I chose these items because they were not only stylish but also comfortable, perfect for my casual outings with friends.

Cue 4:What did you think about the store?

  • Share your overall impression of the store, including the layout, customer service, and product variety.
  • Mention any unique features that stood out to you.

Example

I was really impressed with the layout of the store; it was spacious and well-organized. The staff were friendly and helpful, which made my shopping experience enjoyable. I also loved the unique collection of accessories they offered, which complemented the clothing perfectly.

Cue 5:Explain how you felt about this store.

  • Express your feelings about the store and whether you would recommend it to others.
  • Mention any plans to return or explore more of their offerings.

Example

I felt really happy about discovering Trendy Threads. It’s refreshing to have a local store that caters to our fashion needs. I would definitely recommend it to my friends, and I plan to return soon to check out their new arrivals.

Conclusion

    Example

    In conclusion, Trendy Threads has quickly become one of my favorite shopping spots in town. It not only offers great fashion choices but also supports local entrepreneurship, which I truly admire.

    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 Specific Details

    Avoid vague descriptions of the store. Providing specific details about the store's location, products, and atmosphere makes your answer more engaging and informative.

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    Tip

    Include specific examples, such as the types of products sold or unique features of the store, to create a vivid picture for the listener.

    2: Ignoring Personal Experience

    Failing to share your personal experience with the store can make your response less relatable. Personal anecdotes help to connect with the examiner.

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    Tip

    Share a memorable experience you had at the store, such as a purchase or interaction, to make your answer more personal and engaging.

    Overly Simple Language

    Using overly simple language can limit your score. It's important to demonstrate a range of vocabulary and grammatical structures.

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    Practice using varied vocabulary and complex sentences to express your thoughts, which will show your language proficiency.

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    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.

    Band 5-6

    I have seen many showrooms in cities, but in our cities there is no available of shops. Nowadays many new shops are constructed and they are launching in main cities. Recently one Jackie showroom has been came to our hometown and they are planning and they planned and they constructed. In the past I haven't seen there is no one showroom in my hometown. I would like to travel to another home, another city to buy new clocks, but nowadays it is not easy for me. And these Jackie showrooms have lot of different types of various collections and full like superb one and which we follow the trendings. So it provides lot of things to do and this by keeping Jackie showroom in my town, they will provide some employment to the people who are in my hometown and in another hometown. So it is the best place. I think in the future many showrooms will come and new shops will be open in my city and my city will be developed and by improving our facilities. So it is the best thing I haven't seen till now. I mean I think one thing is lack of is that there is no facilities in the past and now. So eventually they are coming because of they have opportunities and to do this type of things in our city.

    Band 5-6

    And I want to know, I just want to mention about my friend who is Swetha, she is a fashion designing student and she completed her fashion technology course in my college and she is my, I belong to competition department and she is from fashion technology department and we both are from same locality, so we used to go to college together and I came to know about her that she started a business that is she started a small store shop in my city for, the works of she started to do is clothing business, initially she started to stitch and then later she start to sell those through social media platforms like she started to give those her dress free in the, in free course to the famous influencers to promote her shop and at that moment she met a famous influencer and I know her personally that influence, I know that influencer personally and we both got connected and we just gave her material of her cloth that she stitched in the cotton, cotton material and she just promoted the, that dress and later everyone start to buy from her and after getting exposed to this cotton world, she later started to work on hand, hand works like a zari works, embroidery works, those embroidery which got bigger success in her production by which she started a small shop stitching for cotton kuthis and tops, later she got developed and she got

    Band 5-6

    In my hometown, there are many different types of new shops that are open, or stores that are open. But one of my friends, Hamad, he is very close to my heart, and he tells about me, there is one shop, an electric shop, that is open in our hometown. We both were friends in the past. We were in the sixth class, and now we are in the first year. And we both were good friends. He is my best friend. And he tells me, there is a shop open in our hometown, near by the street shop, famous street shop. We both want a gaming headphone, because we both were playing games in our free time. We also want a phone case cover. And he tells about that he is having a good case cover for a headphone. And we both go and walk into the street, and we see the shop. We both go there, and afterwards, we are taking a good advantage of those, because those store owners are giving an opportunity of 50% off on a whole thing, because they are open till now. And there was any other reasons, like we checked a lot, many cases of headphones, and we connected with our phones, and try new, new games with them, because we check sound qualities and the qualities of a noise. There was a noise cancellation headphones, like the headphones was very good or comfortable to my ear. There are many other things I also did. They provide us a very good facility. Their service is very good. They provide sweets and drinks for me and my friend. And overall, the service is very good, and their product is very good. And we also checked the case. I bought six cases from them, because the case is one of the hundred rupees only, and we have a thousand rupees, four hundred I've spent on headphones, and we take six covers for them.

    Band 5-6

    Hi, this is Revati and I am here to talk about a new store that is Zubio that is currently open in our city and it's quite successful in some other areas like Varanbakkam and nearby areas especially when it comes for a sale and currently I visited it a day before and there was no specific collections in this branch of Lakshminagar and all the colours were quite fade and then most of the collections are in green colour and white. There are no attractive designs over there and especially there was no sale when I went a day before and but most of the people put Instagram dreams like very attractive sale, buy two and get one free and very cheap quality over there. I think there should be some more improvement and with some good quality of the materials and it's quite costly too. Compared to west side it is cheap but it is not worth for the quality given and I think we should improve the quality of the material and get some more collections. It's quite very faded colours are there so it will be appreciative if they can give some more beautiful colours, different colour combinations and different materials with some more good quality.

    Band 5-6

    Well, in these days there are a lot of shops and shops, buildings are made by humans. Well, in these days, a diverse country, developing country, stores, malls, buildings made by humans. Well, India is a diverse country, there are multifarious store, malls as well as buildings are made by humans in these days in different places. Today I would like to talk about a new store. It is situated in my hometown and my aunt opened this cloth store in my hometown. And it opened in the last few years ago. As well as my aunt is very confident and also have a lot of communication skills. They can easily handle to customers without any difficulty. My aunt also known every person which have a lot of shops in my hometown. In addition to this, my aunt always send update related to clothes on social media such as Instagram, WhatsApp and also there are many different groups on the different apps. So they can easily handle to cloth store. I would like to work with her because with the help of her I can easily increase my communication skill and also increase my confidence with the help of this work.

    Band 5-6

    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

    Band 5-6

    Hello, good morning Shmaila. How are you? I am excited to describe a very fantastic news. You can say it's a breaking news. You know, there is a shop in Maldore. There is a new shopping store called Gold Souk. It's a beautiful shop. You ever try to visit, just inform me. We will go there together. And you see lot of varieties are there. By the way, are you interested to join me today? I am free after 4 pm. And then we explore more new things, more new products. And furthermore, if you join me, there is an offer for you. There is also in that store, there is also a free coffee. By the way. And we enjoy together coffee and explore more things. And I think so if we just do window shopping, that is also not bad idea. So let's decide. And send me your confirmation. If you are ready to join me. And then we will explore more and more new things. And if the price is low or there is, you know, sometime opening offers are there. Or sometime buy one get one free. So I hope so that is also very nice. What do you think about it? When you listen my audio message, just reply me. And I will be ready 4 o'clock. And soon pick you at sharp 4, 4.30 approximately. And then we will enjoy together.

    Band 5-6

    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.
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