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Describe a photo that you enjoy looking at: IELTS Speaking Cue Card

You should say

  • What the photo is?
  • When and where it was taken?
  • What is shown in the photo?
  • Why you enjoy looking at it?
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Cue 1:What the photo is?

  • Begin by describing the photo clearly, mentioning its subject and any significant details.
  • Use vivid language to create a mental image for the listener.

Example

The photo I enjoy looking at is a beautiful landscape shot of the Himalayas. It captures the majestic snow-capped peaks under a clear blue sky, with a lush green valley in the foreground.

Cue 2:When and where it was taken?

  • Provide context about when and where the photo was taken, including any relevant details about the occasion.
  • Mention any emotions or thoughts you had during that moment.

Example

This photo was taken last year during a family trip to Manali. We visited in the summer, and I remember standing on a hilltop, feeling a sense of peace and awe as I looked at the breathtaking view.

Cue 3:What is shown in the photo?

  • Describe the elements in the photo, such as people, objects, or scenery, and their significance.
  • Share any interesting stories or memories associated with the elements in the photo.

Example

In the photo, you can see my family members smiling and posing together, with the mountains towering behind us. It reminds me of the fun we had hiking and exploring the area, creating lasting memories.

Cue 4:Why you enjoy looking at it?

  • Explain the emotional connection you have with the photo and why it resonates with you.
  • Mention how it makes you feel or any lessons it reminds you of.

Example

I enjoy looking at this photo because it brings back wonderful memories of our family trip. It reminds me of the beauty of nature and the importance of spending time with loved ones. Every time I see it, I feel a wave of happiness and gratitude.

Conclusion

    Example

    In conclusion, this photo is more than just an image; it represents a cherished moment in my life. It inspires me to appreciate nature and the time spent with family, making it a truly special photo for me.

    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: Being Vague About the Photo

    Candidates often give unclear descriptions of the photo, which can confuse the listener. Specific details help create a vivid image in the examiner's mind.

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    Tip

    Provide clear details about the photo, including colors, subjects, and emotions it evokes to make your description more engaging.

    2: Ignoring the Context

    Failing to mention when and where the photo was taken can lead to a lack of context. This makes it harder for the examiner to understand the significance of the photo.

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    Always include the time and place of the photo to give your answer more depth and context.

    Rushing Through Your Answer

    Candidates often rush their responses, leading to incomplete answers. This can prevent them from fully expressing their thoughts and feelings about the photo.

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    Tip

    Take your time to think and structure your answer. Use pauses to emphasize important points and ensure clarity.

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    A photo that I enjoy looking at is a picture of my cousins and I. It was taken during our childhood when we were playing. We were at our aunt's house for a barbecue party. It was a birthday bash of my uncle. While the elders were gossiping and barbecuing, we decided to play soccer. While we were doing that, one of my aunts came up to us and asked us to pose. We posed with a soccer ball in her hand. One was laying down, one was standing behind the other and one was holding the soccer ball. It is a really interesting picture as behind us we could see one of my uncle and aunt holding hands and having their own moment. On the other side we could see my cousin elder brothers barbecuing and talking to each other. Moreover, behind us we could see my grandparents talking to each other. Both of them were engaged in some of their past talks that we could overhear. However, the picture is really close to my heart as it has shown a lot of moments in one frame and I have gotten it framed and hung it in my room. I like to look at it mostly all the time whenever I'm in my room. I like to remember that moment. It is really overwhelming.

    Band 6-7

    A photo I absolutely love is definitely with my parents. I adore this photo because it is one where I am an infant and both my parents are holding me. It just makes me so happy to look at it because everybody is young and happy. The baby is really cute which is me. It was taken in a hotel room after I was born. It's one of my mother's favorite pictures too. In fact, I even have it printed into a Polaroid shape and I have it in my wallet at all times. It's honestly one of my favorite things to look at. Whenever I am feeling really low or sad, I always take a look at it and it makes me easily like very happy again and gives me a new energy to start my day. Whenever I am feeling like I am not good enough, I just look at it and remember how many hopes my parents had for it and for me and how lovingly they were looking at me. So that just adds a ton of energy into my body.

    Band 6-7

    There's this one photo on my camera roll of this picture that I took in Kashmir in 2022 when my family had visited the city. We had gone to the city to sightsee and just do touristy things and I used my phone to take a picture of this mountainside where water was flowing down and in the distance on top of the mountains you could see snow. That picture captured so many different colors, several shades of greens, blues, the mountaintops had those snowy flurries and it was all captured in one picture and I in fact submitted that photo for a photo competition and got second place and actually got a prize for that. That picture could be used as a poster or a wallpaper and is definitely worth printing out and putting up on a website because it was genuinely that good and there was so much greenery and nature that you don't see in main cities in that picture and I want to revisit that picture because it's been a while since I've been in a place where there's so much nature and the vibrance of that photo brings me joy every time I see it. Every time I see that photo I just want to go back into that moment and see that mountainside and possibly even see the snow or go into the snow and what's one thing is that you could see snow in the middle of July. July is the season where there's no snow but there was snow on top of a mountain so that's quite interesting seeing such a summer scenery but with snow as well and honestly that picture is one that you don't get to take pictures of like all the time you don't get you only get one shot you only get one picture you can't capture the same frame again every picture is different you understand.

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    Looking at one photo which is coming to my mind is ours, that is me and my better half, my husband. So very quickly I felt nostalgic looking to that photo. That particular photo or picture takes me to the particular time when we were newly married and went for very first vacation I remember and the picture was taken by our driver. It was the mountain full of snow, the green maple leaf trees and much more than what I can say in words. So that particular photo brings everything in one minute before my eyes. That's the pretty, very pretty, very nice thing of photos.

    Band 6-7

    There are many types of photos that I enjoyed while looking, but today I would like to talk about a photo that my friend had captured a year back when we visited a remote place near a river bank namely Sabarmati and this place was very very picturesque and it is full of natural garden, full of garden and the environment was very beautiful and calm. This place was very culturally rich as there are many different types of stone statues of ancestors and it is historical place. So when we reached there my friend took a picture of the river at the time of sunset and the photo was very beautiful because it has birds flying there and it was very scenic and it represents the nature very beautifully. So I loved that image and as I am a natural lover I like to see such type of image that my friend has captured, moreover it was very majestic and I loved that image so much.

    Band 6-7

    The picture I really love looking at is me when I was a child. So these pictures, while re-watching them, they will give me a touch with my memories. And I love watching them because they made me realize how my childhood was and how happy I was at that time. So these pictures were taken in small photo booths. At that time, photo booths and photographies or photoshoots were not that popular. When I was a child, my parents tried to take some of the pictures and keep them as a frame in my house itself. So seeing them, I have realized that I have gotten a lot of change from that time to this time. At that time, the editing was also very vibrant. That I was being in between a garden or in the middle of any beautiful backgrounds that are provided by the editor. And also, the pictures looked too nice and the smile was too beautiful at that time, I thought. So it was those photos of my childhood I really love looking at. And I don't have a lot of photos, which nowadays people tend to take photos of their child for each month of the year. From 4th to the 12th month, they are keeping a photo to make a memory to the future of the child. So it is very nice to keep things like that, that will help us to keep in touch with our memories. And some of the photos of mine are like something which I...

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    I would like to tell a experience which I had in the Ramoji film city which is located in Hyderabad so basically the photo is of mine and it was clicked at Ramoji film city in the Bahubali sets so there was a movie called Bahubali which is a very famous movie and the leading star is a prominent actor called Prabhas and he played the role as Bahubali in the movie so it was an incredible experience when I was at Ramoji film city. I used to always look at the photos in the Bahubali sets and I used to feel so happy and motivated by seeing the equipments which has been used there in the movie so those equipments are placed in the sets of Bahubali so we can take a ticket and watch it over there and we can click photos with those characters and the equipments and vehicles which has been used in the movie in the time of shooting so I like it because the character is always close to my heart and that character plays a very vital role in everybody's life there is lot of moral takeaways from the character called Bahubali and it was really good experience at Ramoji film city so whenever I see whenever I look at the photo I just remember about all this experience which I had over there and Bahubali is one of the favorite movie and like in the recent times for the Indians so yeah that's it.

    Band 6-7

    A photo that I really enjoy looking at dates back to when I was a little kid. It's just me and my grandfather sitting in that picture with tons of apples, like around 10-12 apples, just scattered around the place and I'm holding 3 of them in my hands, struggling to hold 2 actually and biting into one. It was taken in my grandfather's home which is so nostalgic and calming. I love to revisit it every now and then, it brings up a lot of memories to the surface and it also is very peaceful and quiet to just be there. Obviously, things are not as they were in that picture, I do not have my grandfather anymore with me and so I really like to look at the picture again and again to revisit the memories that I've made with him over the years. I find them so special and I've always been so so fond of him growing up because he was really really kind to everybody I've ever known or seen him interact with. Growing up I also really liked apples but once I became like a proper adult, I started not liking apple as much anymore so it's just a nice reminder that when you're a child your preferences and your choices are so different than when you're an adult and looking back at old pictures, specifically this picture, it's a constant reminder of how things keep changing and how nothing is ever constant and that is why I really like looking at pictures that make me nostalgic.

    Band 6-7

    I am really happy that you asked me this question. I am really excited to talk about this particular photo. This photo is of my sister's wedding. It was one of the most memorable and loving incident in my life. The photo has myself, my parents and my sister and her husband. My sister's marriage happened 4 years back and this marriage was the greatest day of my sister's life when she met her soulmate. In this photo, everybody in my family is looking very pleasant and happy. It's a perfect photo, in fact. On the one hand, the quality of the photo is what I loved. The photo is of good quality and the resolution and pixels are excellent in this photo. On the other hand, the memory behind this photo is what instilled the amount of happiness inside me. The wedding happened very well. All the particulars of the wedding was also handled with utmost care and affection towards the experience. Furthermore, I respect the cameraman who took this great photo for me. I have framed this photo in a bigger size from a good studio and I have hanged it in my wall at the home. To talk more about this particular photo, everybody were in their best appearance with really fancy clothes.

    Band 6-7

    I would like to talk about a photo which I love to see and enjoy while seeing it. It is a photo about a scenery sculpture which is very unique and it was designed in young 18s, early 18s and it was made by a painter named Jahaman Mohoke Alamba. It shows a photo where a sculpture is standing and there is a very beautiful pyramid behind it. It is a scenery of a desert area where a sculpture is standing and the pyramids are behind it. I was stunned by looking how the Egyptian architect was there and how did he painted it so well that whenever I see it, I enjoy it and I am glazed with it. It has a very unique type of paint which is not made normally. It has to be made almost 50 years it takes it to be made. It is the photo which always stuns me and this is the experience which I always share.
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