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Describe a place you would like to visit.: IELTS Speaking Cue Card

You should say

  • Where is it?
  • What are the main attractions?
  • How do you know this place?
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Cue 1:Where is it?

  • Begin by stating the name of the place and its geographical location.
  • Mention any specific reasons why this location appeals to you.

Example

I would love to visit Kyoto, Japan. It is located on the island of Honshu and is famous for its classical Buddhist temples, as well as gardens, imperial palaces, and traditional wooden houses.

Cue 2:What are the main attractions?

  • Highlight two or three key attractions that make this place special.
  • Explain why these attractions are significant to you or what you hope to experience there.

Example

One of the main attractions is the Kinkaku-ji, or the Golden Pavilion, which is a stunning Zen temple covered in gold leaf. I am also excited about visiting the Arashiyama Bamboo Grove, as I have always wanted to walk through those towering bamboo stalks and feel the tranquility of nature.

Cue 3:How do you know this place?

  • Share how you became interested in this place, whether through travel shows, books, or conversations.
  • Mention any personal connections or experiences that have influenced your desire to visit.

Example

I first learned about Kyoto through a travel documentary that showcased its rich culture and beautiful landscapes. Additionally, a friend who visited last year shared amazing stories and photos, which made me even more eager to experience it myself.

Conclusion

  • Summarize your feelings about visiting this place and what it means to you.
  • Reiterate your excitement and any plans you might have for the future regarding this visit.

Example

In conclusion, visiting Kyoto would be a dream come true for me. I am excited about immersing myself in its culture and history, and I hope to plan my trip in the next couple of years.

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 less engaging and informative. Specific details help the examiner understand your thoughts and make your response more vivid.

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Include specific landmarks, cultural aspects, or personal experiences related to the place to create a clearer picture.

2: Don't Rush Your Answer

Speaking too quickly can lead to unclear pronunciation and missed details. It may also give the impression that you are unprepared or anxious.

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Take a moment to organize your thoughts before speaking and maintain a steady pace to ensure clarity.

Neglecting Personal Connection

Failing to explain why you want to visit the place can make your answer feel impersonal. Personal connections make your response more relatable and interesting.

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Tip

Share a personal story or reason for your interest in the place to engage the examiner and add depth to your response.

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I like to taste different types of cuisine. Here I would like to talk about my favorite dish at my traditional festival of Onam which is Sadya. Sadya is popular in my city. We are experimenting these cuisines on Onam festival day. Onam is a famous festival in my city. All family members get together in my home and we make a delicious Sadya. There are many ingredients includes that Sadya. Moreover, we make a big feast that day as well as we create a lot of memories together and we wear that day the traditional dress called Sari and men wear the Dhotis. That festival is really important to us because the whole day we are conducting different kinds of games at our homes and all the family members came together. It's a memorable day in my life. This is the festival. We are making the Sambar and Aviyal. These all the kinds of foods are making with the vegetables.
Talk about a toy you liked in your childhood
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The toy which I liked in my childhood was a panda doll, which makes me pleasant and makes me more blush. The pandas are the most beautiful creatures of the world, which looks gigantic and has pooshy cheeks and they are like stars in the clouds and they dream in me. Furthermore, these have been given by my father. My father is a very very beautiful artistic person, who makes me think of that. Every day you will face every difficulties and make you suffer and move forward. Pandas are always seen in Japanese countries. It is my lifelong dream to visit a Japanese country and click a photo with the original pandas, which makes sounds better.
Describe a time you were in a place where you didn't know the local language
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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.

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Band 6-7

I would like to talk about Wayanad, one of a countryside location in Kerala, which is in the southern part of India. I have been there once with my family on a vacation. The main attraction was that we lived in a tree house where the experience was fascinating. When we woke up, we got the feeling of crisp air and the chirping of birds, which was refreshing. And the next advantage was we could see the view from the room, which was a landscape, which was a little more beautiful in the golden hour, which was mesmerizing. And then we had an opportunity to witness the elephant on its natural habitat, which is roaming on there, which was the experience was surreal. And then next, we got an opportunity to experience the natural delicacies of Wayanad, which was delicious and we could also know about their culture from first-hand experience. We also got an opportunity to view the river nearby, which was a picture-perfect view. We spent some time, which was tranquillite and we wish to go there again and I would definitely recommend and I would visit with my family.

Band 6-7

Well, the place that I'd like to visit would be Spain. Because Spain is the most attractive place all over the world, in my opinion, personally, I like Spain because of its party, and the language, the culture, the education, the lifestyle, everything about Spain is marvellous. Well, Spain is located in Europe, right, and it is quite famous for the parties and beaches as I mentioned before, right, and on the other hand, I personally like to visit Spain because from last couple of years, I've been learning Spanish, right, and that got me interested to know about the language, about the culture, about all the churches that are still building, that are still in construction from last over 100 years, so I would definitely would want to be there so that I can see how they all are managing to do everything. And also, the language is very romantic, right, and well, the main, the key I got interested in Spanish after the movie I saw, which was Your Fault, Culpa Mía. So after the movie, I got to know that Spanish is a language where everybody could speak in a way which is completely different from any other language, that is Italian, English, Hindi, Punjabi, because that is a language of love according to me. And yeah, that pretty much all about Spain, I would like to say, and yeah, that is my dream to be there once.

Band 6-7

Hello, so my favorite place is Mumbai and I am longing to visit the place. I would like to visit Mumbai because of its highest attraction spots and its skyscrapers and its buildings and the center of Bollywood. Mumbai is located in the heart of Maharashtra where it is the capital of Maharashtra and it is located at the seashores. Usually it was called as Bombay. Mumbai has actually told to be built over seven islands by dumping land over it but according to myth and mythologies it is a city from the beginning. It was ruled by the Marathas and followed by the Britishers and now it has been the capital of India by producing large number of economic growth and it has been a key for all the bankers and the shareholders where the share market is present. The dearest attractions in this spot are Gateway of India, Taj Hotel where 2611 attack happened and now it has been the costliest hotel of India. Then Chhatrapati Sivaji Terminus, all around Mumbai it has been a very big famous stock and the most busiest place. I would like to visit this place because my grandfather's brother-in-law was actually from Mumbai when it was previously known as Bombay. He lived in that place, he managed many garment factories there and he has been one of the wealthiest man in Mumbai and many Hollywood people have settled in Mumbai and big shots like Ambani and other people also have settled in Mumbai. So visiting that place provides me peace when you go for a walk in the marine drive and it also suits me when I eat the pav bhaji and vada pav of the Mumbai. Mumbai has been the best place to visit at the time of spring and in the autumn seasons where you can see a lot of people in the marine drive having a good time and lot of tourists attracted during the summer times. Usually Mumbai has been known for its proven terrorist attacks and many other illegal activities where Bandra, East Andheri, West Andheri, all these places come under illegal places and Kamendra Puri where prostitution happens a lot.

Band 6-7

I would like to visit a place called Dharamshala, located in the district of Kangra in Himachal Pradesh. This place is a very beautiful place with a phenomenic view of mountains and greenery, and such a large stadium which is called Dharamshala International Cricket Stadium, and teams which sit there to play international matches against India, and this place is called a sports hub as there is also a synthetic athletic stadium in front of cricket stadium, where people usually do their athletics, and international athletes of India also work there in the SI Sports Authority of India, and this place has a great altitude of around 2,000, which help athletes to boost their oxygen as while working on such a high altitude, they not only gain their endurance capacity, but also a speed and power which help them to improve their activity. This place is quite close to my heart as once I visited and I never wanted to leave it, because it is such a charming atmosphere with a peaceful, and there is also one waterfall which is very charming and interesting to approach, and such a great view of nature and biodiversity helps me to act as a stress buster, so whenever I get a chance, I will never miss a boat to reach there. This place also has facilities and various types of fruits and vegetables are also grown there. One of the best is leeches.

Band 6-7

This is an interesting topic for me because I always have a dream of visiting a country called Dubai which is a United Arab Emirates. So Dubai is always my dream destination for my vacation because since my childhood I have been hearing about Dubai because one of my cousin stays there and he used to talk a lot about Dubai. So it's always my dream to visit Dubai because of its tourism attractions. So my biggest and the most favourite thing I wanted to do once I reach Dubai is like I want to try their desert safari and I want to always go and visit their Miracle Garden which is full of flowers because I am so fond of flowers and the nature greenery and all. Apart from the tourism and natural greenery, the Miracle Garden is of a Moridwar technology because all Dubai, we all well know that Dubai is scared of, has a scarcity of water. But the technology over the Miracle Garden gives it an immense tourist attraction because all the flowers in the desert are grown with little water which they recycle again and again. So apart from Miracle Garden and desert safari, there are many other places which attracted me or which made me excited and you know it made me curious and I wanted to explore more of Dubai because of many other reasons such as food, their culture, the way they follow the rules, regulations, traffic and all. Because since I am hearing a lot about Dubai from my childhood, it's always my dream destination and it's my dream that one day I need to visit Dubai and I want to explore every single part of Dubai, try skydiving, paragliding, everything. I am so eager to wait.

Band 6-7

I would like to visit Goa because it is in a southern side of India and it's coastal area. I would like to go Goa because there are multiple beaches, there are religious temples, we can do their parties, we can celebrate birthdays, so this is a very natural place and I like natural elements in my life, so I would like to go to Goa and it's my native place also. Their regional language is Kothni, their favorite food is chicken, fish and rice dosa, these are their favorite food, they speak Kothni and Malwani language, most of the people are there by religion is Christian, we can get a car and we can roam around whenever we want, they give us car on a rent, their drink specialties are vodka and beer, Goa is nearby Mumbai, so Mumbai people can both...

Band 6-7

It is my dream to visit United States of America, especially the New York City. I would love to visit. There are many attractions to look around the city. I would love to visit the Statue of Liberty, the bull statue. Also, I would like to visit the zoo, which is situated in the countryside of New York. It is just 20 minutes distance if you catch a train to reach at the stop. There you get to see wildlife, safaris are available for people like us. I would really like to spend my summer vacation with my family to New York. Also, the weather is really chilly over that time. I think Black Friday is going to come, so we can shop many things on a discounted price. One of my dreams is to buy a coach, so if I get a good deal, I can just go for it. I can purchase the same from Mr. They will be having a huge discount on the Black Friday days. I saw this on the newspaper, the ad which I saw on the newspaper.

Band 6-7

This is a very interesting question and I am so much relating with this because I am very close to nature and the serene beauty attracted me so much and I find this topic very fascinating as it attracted me so much. Thank you for giving me such a wonderful question. So the place that I described you would like to visit so the place that I like to visit is the place or the hill station of Palampur. It is in the mid of western Himalayas surrounded by Dholadhar ranges. Along with that it has beautiful tea gardens that fascinate the tourists and along with that the major attraction of this area is CSIR Tulip Garden. It is one of its own kind. As Tulip Gardens has Tulip Gardens developed by CSIR IJPT it is a research based lab and along with that it is surrounded by Dholadhar mountain ranges. Besides this the tea gardens or the Vaati estate specifically is was established in 1857 when the time of Britishers. It is a beautiful tea garden surrounded by serene tea plantations and in the mid of these tea gardens there is a beautiful or eye catching restaurant open there which has a variety of dishes or along with that they also serve Himachali Dham. Along with that this place is full of tracks and one can go for hiking on their weekends. Moreover one can enjoy snow clad mountains along with that. In addition to this if we talked about quiet places or tranquility among us in now a days people are more.

Band 6-7

A place I would like to visit will be my native place. Currently I am staying quite far away from my native place. It's almost about 1600 km away from the place where I stay currently. My native place is actually in Kerala which has lush gardens, greenery, sea touch and several other attractions. The best part about my native place is the place has been developed in a natural way. It's mostly untouched by the new era of science or new era of buildings. There are hardly any skyscrapers or huge buildings. You can mostly see thickly packed buildings and old style housings over there. I would always prefer that place because of my relatives, my parents, my brother and all the people whom I know stay over there. So visiting the place always gives me joy and pleasure. It also happens that most of the festivals, any cultural activities or family get togethers are being conducted in Kerala rather than in my place, in the current place where I stay. So once I go over there, hardly I come to know how the...

Band 6-7

Yes, I love traveling because it gives me chance to explore new cultures and cuisines. For example, last year I visited Bangkok, Thailand and really enjoyed the street food and vibrant markets. I prefer visiting natural places like mountains or beaches, one of them my favorite trips way to Bali, Indonesia, where I enjoyed the beautiful beaches and the peaceful atmosphere. One city I really enjoyed visiting was Paris, France. I went there two years ago with my family. We visited many famous landmarks like essential tower, Eiffel tower, the northern treasure, one of the highlights of the trip was trying French cuisines, especially croissants.
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