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Describe a place in a village that you visited.: IELTS Speaking Cue Card

You should say

  • Where is it?
  • When did you visit?
  • What did you do there?
  • How did you feel?
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Cue 1:Where is it?

  • Begin by mentioning the name of the village and its location, such as the state or region.
  • Describe the surroundings briefly to give a sense of the place, including any notable landmarks.

Example

The village I visited is called Khajuri, located in the heart of Madhya Pradesh. It's surrounded by lush green fields and has a beautiful river flowing nearby, which adds to its charm.

Cue 2:When did you visit?

  • State the time of year or specific occasion when you visited the village.
  • Share any personal reasons for your visit, such as a festival or family gathering.

Example

I visited Khajuri last summer during the monsoon season. It was a family trip to celebrate my grandmother's 80th birthday, which made the visit even more special.

Cue 3:What did you do there?

  • Highlight the main activities you engaged in while in the village.
  • Include any interactions with locals or experiences that stood out to you.

Example

During my stay, I helped my family prepare traditional dishes, visited local farms, and even participated in a folk dance during the village festival. It was a great way to connect with the culture.

Cue 4:How did you feel?

  • Express your emotions regarding the visit, focusing on positive feelings.
  • Mention any lasting impressions or lessons learned from the experience.

Example

I felt a deep sense of joy and contentment being surrounded by nature and family. The warmth of the villagers and their hospitality left a lasting impression on me, reminding me of the importance of community.

Conclusion

  • Summarize your overall experience in a few sentences.
  • Reflect on what you took away from the visit and how it impacted you.

Example

Overall, my visit to Khajuri was a memorable experience that strengthened my bond with my family and roots. It reminded me of the beauty of village life and the simplicity that often gets lost in the hustle of city living.

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: Vague Descriptions

Using vague language can make your answer less engaging and informative. Specific details help the examiner visualize the place and understand your experience better.

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Tip

Include specific details about the location, such as landmarks, scenery, and unique features to create a vivid picture.

2: Ignoring the Cues

Neglecting to address all the cues can lead to an incomplete answer. This may result in lower scores for coherence and task response.

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Tip

Make sure to answer each cue clearly and in order, providing a well-rounded description of your visit.

Lack of Personal Feelings

Failing to express your feelings about the place can make your response less personal and relatable. Emotions add depth to your answer.

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Tip

Share your feelings and thoughts about the visit, explaining why the place was special or memorable to you.

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Band 6-7

so the recent village that I visited is Bhambiva and it is very near to the town or a city known as Radhak. It is the village that I hail from and basically it's my mother's village. She has been born and brought up there. I went there in the last summers and it was really joyous to go there. I enjoy all my holidays and my leisure time whenever I get some because it is just 15 minutes away from my home in Radhak and it has been really refreshing to go there. We usually went there by car and it is located just 15 to 20 minutes away from our home. If I talk of the village it has mainly two schools that are the high schools and a school for girls itself that is it is a girls school itself which is really near to the house that I live in. Around the home we have a great view of lakes and a temple which in the evening is lightened. The home there also encounters very open and spacious things for us to do and it is really refreshing to go there. Moreover if I talk of the streets and the streets and the walls around there they are really artified and have many lights around them. Also the village has bigger playgrounds to play volleyball but I feel that some equipments should be added down there and the opening of new parks should be emphasized on. However there are a lot of temples around the home and in the market side areas also and it is such a good thing to move and go there. Also many times when I went

Band 6-7

So, my village name is Satana Nampur. It's located in Maharashtra state. So, it's located on the bank side of the river. My village is full happening, has a happening vibes. In my village, there are many things to explore. The culture of the culture, the people, the diversified atmosphere of the colour of people. The trends are not there. Technology development is a lot in my village. In my village, I see cows, buffalos, etc. Farming is a key aspect there. So, during the farming stages, all the shades of colours are seen inside the farms. I have many students. I often visit my village twice a year. One is during winter vacation and one is during summer vacation. So, I love to stay in my farm where I am able to explore farming, plant trees and perform various cultural activities. During the festival seasons also, there are different vibes in my village. People dress up in their traditional attire. I also love to wear traditional attire. So, the famous event in our village is the bullock cart race. It takes place during the month of March. So, in that race, the bulls of various competitors participate and run behind them. The winner of the bullock cart race is given a prize of 1 lakh rupees. It seems to be a huge amount for the people staying there. So, that's the thing. The atmosphere and the surroundings are very pleasant and blissful.

Band 6-7

Well, it will really take my heart and soul to talk on this topic because I remember the last time I visited a village was my grandmother's home which is located in Bihar. There is a village which is known as Tikari. It's quite famous place because there is a story like there was a king who was known as Tikari, his name was Tikari actually and there is a fort also in his name. So that's quite interesting village and I remember the last time I visited, I think it's been more than two years. I was in my hometown that time. So there was a function, it was something ritual related to festival and we all cousin met together that time and we went to our grandmother house and there was a place actually in that particular village. It was a pond and there was a temple near that pond and when I was kid, I remember my grandmother used to tell me a story which was horror and it was something related to that pond area. So me and my cousins, we just wanted to explore that, we should check in that is there really any ghost there or not. So me and my all cousins, we went to that place just to analyze that if the story is real or not and we did photo shoot a lot and it was really interesting.

Band 6-7

Recently I have been to my grandmother's village, which is named Eluru. There I have visited to many places, but one place that attracted me is a temple, which is situated in middle of the cornfield. The temple four sides are surrounded by cornfields and I visited the temple during my summer vacation. There I did plenty of things, which I am very much happy that I have done them. I prayed to the God in the temple and talked to many relatives of mine, which I have never met in my life. The offerings, which were being made to God, were distributed to devotees to eat as a prasad. I felt very much ecstatic and refreshing going to a place, which I have never been to and interacting with many people, who had same mindset just as mine and enjoying with them, felt very much relaxed. That feeling is something I am very much proud of and I felt cherished for having moments like that. To experience these moments, you need to be very much lucky and I feel that I am very much grateful.

Band 6-7

I would like to talk about a village I recently visited. Firstly, I add some points to this. I must admit that this is a beautiful place that is attached to this. Once I was traveling to Murali with my friends. We spontaneously visited Attapadi village. It is located at the center of Palakkad. It is a beautiful village filled with lot of greeneries and hills. Moreover, it is a small hill station in Palakkad. Further, we experienced the rural life of tribals and experienced their traditional food. It was a mouth-watering. Also, they are living in a small huts made with grass and mud. As a result, we can experience the freshness inside the hut. At that moment, I felt I was walking on the air. Most of the locals are working in the coffee and tea plantation. Although, windmill are also a famous tourist spot in Attapadi. We spent almost one day with them. We went for fishing with the locals. It was an amazing journey in my life.

Band 6-7

I would like to describe the village I visited recently that is Nidagatta which is located in the suburbs of the Chikmagaluru district of Karnataka. As we enter the village the first place that we come across is the Hanuman temple which has a history of over 70 years and as we move on just opposite to the temple we have another temple that is dedicated to the late freedom fighter that is Mahatma Gandhi. This temple was built commemorating his visit during Dandi March in 1915. Apart from these the village is designed so that it supports the caste stratifications. The so-called lower castes are housed outside the borders of the village and the so-called upper castes reside inside. On the other hand the village has a small bus stand just beside the entrance arc of the village and we also get to see small shops selling fritters during evenings. Apart from this one major thing to highlight is that this village will hold weekly fairs selling all the necessary requirements for the villagers.

Band 6-7

Unfortunately, I don't have a village that belongs to my family, but I have a friend that fortunately has a village. So he offered me to come along with him to his village in Ratnagiri, which is about 500 kilometers from my residence. So we went to his village through his car in this season of monsoon. As I am a content creator, I love to create content about various things. My next topic was, of course, village, the serenity of a village, the breathtaking views about the sea. In Ratnagiri, it has a beautiful beach called Guhagar, where I shot my content and everything was so close to nature that I could feel the purity in the air, the air, the food, the wind, everything, everywhere just rejuvenated my brain and helped me to de-stress all the cluster of thoughts I had in my brain. I used to wake up by the chirping of birds and I used to sleep to the calmness and peacefulness of the night. The night was quite deep and intense, which helped me to gain my confidence again by giving a sound sleep. In a village, the food is nothing to be ignored. The food is so pure, so organic that it helps a human or helps anyone, even for animals for that matter, to grow in a way that is physically and mentally fit. I was so sad to leave the village because from that pure, serene air without any noise, coming back to the city, which hustles and bustles throughout the streets and so much of noise of construction, was really sad. I loved the village life and I hope to settle down there.

Band 6-7

The place that I visited recently in my village is a Durgama Dalit temple. I went or I explored it during my summer holidays when I was in home for a vacation and secondly I tried to explore all the village more but I tried to understand the incarnation, resemblance of that particular deity and I tried to understand the most, what can I say, the most impossible literature that was inscripted on the walls of the temple, the priest helped us in order to understand the inscriptions that are there on the walls of the temple and we offered a prayer to Lord Durga deity and after the completion of the puja I can feel a sense of pleasantness in my mind, I feel pleasured and I feel very calm as far as I was present in that temple. After completion of the puja we stayed there for some time, however the priest says a lot of details regarding the temple, who has constructed it, who helped to place a deity, who acts as a treasurer for the temple and who are working as a president and who are working on the development of the temple and I feel such a pleasure to visit the temple, it was a great pleasure.

Band 6-7

The place that I recently visited in the village is a temple town located in the southern part of Kanyakumari which is along the coastal lines of Tamil Nadu. I visited this place along with my mother where I went with her to worship the lord. It is believed that there is this one deity whose history dates back to centuries back and it is believed that when we worship and have faith in belief, whatever we do in our career or in our life, it really reflects, it happens, it comes true. So that's the reason I visited this place along with my mother and it was very nice. I felt very rejuvenating and energizing. I had got the time to spend quality time along with my mother. It was very nice. This village is a circular settling around the temple. It's an ancient temple, ancient town. So, yeah. So, thank you for watching. Bye.

Band 6-7

As an individual who was born and brought up in a metropolitan city, I have never been to a village but I have seen many photographs and videos of villages, of my friends or colleagues, hence I have some picture of how I would describe a village and that would be, it comprises of many open fields in which there are practices like irrigation and cultivation of crops for their self-consuming and commercial purposes as well, then there would be a much cleaner air because in contrast with the city I live in, the air quality index is very high and that is very hazardous to the people who are living here but I assume that the environment and the air that is offered in a village is much cleaner and the food is less adulterated in village and the people are more on a nicer side because in cities there is a very hectic schedule of people and that affects the mind of the individuals who are living here but village people have a more calm sense.
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