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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.

Describe a time when your friend damaged something you owned
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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

The most awaited place I want to visit is Lonavala. Lonavala is a hill station located nearly 50 km from Pune and 50 km from Mumbai. This hill station is very much famous for its greenery and natural beauty. I am waiting to visit this with my friends this year end. Usually we will be going to book one hotel in which we used to get the recommended dishes and place to relax with the time of this year end season. There are various fun activities available in Lonavala to visit. In which we are planning to visit Imajika, its an amusement park in which there are roller coaster rides along with various waterfalls also. This can be a really incredible place where we can visit and get the knowledge on about. I would love to know about this event. There are 3 factors which are allowing me to visit this place is the availability as it is a sunny winter days are going on it is very much seen that we can visit them in this season.

Band 6-7

Well, I visited many places in my life, some are historical places and some are beautiful places. But today I would like to talk about the time when I visited a beautiful place. It is Chandigarh. Chandigarh is situated in Haryana and Punjab, capital, it is also capital of both cities. First time I want to visit this place for my passport appointment. That time I attract to see the beauty of this place because there are number of reason. Firstly, there are traffic system is very good and it is only smoke free country. Because there are number of eminent places such as Rock Garden, Rose Garden, Alante Mall, etc. It is also Sukhan Lake, there is a big man-made lake and also in the city more facilities are available such as transport facility, health facility, medical facility, education facility, etc. But now…

Band 6-7

Well, today I would like to discuss on a place where I would like to go in future. So the place is Fort Kochi which is located in the district of Ernakulam, Kerala. I have heard about this place from my friends who had visited there before. So the main attractions of this place is that it has a beautiful beach with a breathtaking view of the sea and also the place has many small small boating facilities so that we can enjoy boating in the sea. The main attraction of this tourist place is that there is one fisherman's net where they used to, this net is used to catch the fish so that we can lively see the fisherman catching the fishes also we can buy those fishes from them and the other attraction is the Big B house which is filmed in a Malayalam movie called Big B which is a famous house in Fort Kochi. These are the main attractions in Fort Kochi. Also we can see a British cemetery so the architecture of this cemetery is very unique and it is very years old so I would like to go there with my family and friends so I think this will be a good place.

Band 6-7

So one of the places I really want to visit is Nepal. So recently I learned about Nepal that skydiving there is really really famous. Even one of the world's hardest skydiving is in Nepal. The best thing about the skydiving in Nepal is you get the view of Mount Everest. There is a very beautiful view, surroundings full of mountains, you are between the mountains and you get a very clear view of Mount Everest. But the main thing is you can do the skydiving only once a year. It's open only I think in December and only for a week. It's one of the toughest skydiving in the world which is open for really very less time. So you have to apply for a very long time. And the cost is around 1,50,000 in which you get almost 5 trials with the trainer and one trial is alone and after this you get an A++ certificate which means you can do skydiving in the world anywhere which is the best part. And the experience is really mind-blowing. Also Nepal is a very beautiful place like it's a very peaceful place. You get to see many monasteries there, you get to see a very beautiful wildlife there, nature is really calm and surrounding is really beautiful. You get to see a lot of Buddhists there. It's a place with a lot of Buddhists and the food is also really amazing. You can have some specialty foods like Siddhu. You can have Siddhu.

Band 6-7

I would like to visit the place Ooty which is situated in Tamil Nadu and I really like that place because it is it is literally a place which has a lot of mountains, hill areas and it was a very mesmerizing place actually it is very natural connected place it's weather is very beautiful I like to experience the weather over that place and also there are a lot of rivers and it has a very cold climate and also it is near to my city so that I can travel to the to that place very easily a lot of animals is there it also has a forest and a lot of animals is in the in the forest I really believe that it is very entertaining to see a lot of animals animals especially monkeys I love monkeys and monkeys are main attraction of that place I I think and also I I you know I came to know about this place by my friends and also some by some from by some traveler vloggers that I seen in YouTube and I watched their videos I by seeing videos that videos I really got excited to see that place because I want I love natural very much I wanted to see place which is which is more connected to nature and I I think that this place is this place is very connected to nature and one of the traveler vloggers said that it is very budget-friendly place also so that we can only need a little amount of money to see there and we can you know everything over there like food and everything we can get it over a very cheap price actually so that I prefer to go there and also Ooty is near to Kerala I am living in Kerala and near to Kerala it is a border of Kerala and Tamil Nadu actually and so it is very easy to travel there within one day we can visit there

Band 6-7

One of the most favourite destinations that I would like to travel is Andaman and Nicobar Islands, which is in the southern part of India and the reason why I want to visit that place is because of the main tourist attractions, which I have heard from my friends and relatives who have already been there. Andaman and Nicobar is famous for its pristine clean waters, the beautiful nature, the evergreen forests, limestone caves and especially the adventurous spots that are available there. I am particularly keen to experience scuba diving, deep sea diving, air sailing, parasailing etc. And I plan to go to Andaman and Nicobar Islands maybe in the upcoming year. I understand that the ideal time to go to Andaman and Nicobar is between April to June because the weather is perfect at that time. It's neither hot nor cold. Since it is an island, there is a mixture of mountains, hills, plateaus and rivers and seas. That is what makes it a complete package for any tourist. There are a couple of beaches which are very much famous. For example, the Radhanagar beach has forests on one side and white sand, which is the main attraction. I look forward to visit the Radhanagar beach. Whenever I travel with my parents,

Band 6-7

The place I would love to visit would be Kashmir, India. Kashmir is known as the heaven on earth. I would love to visit Kashmir because it has vast range of mountains. The scenery of the mountains are very beautiful. I really love to visit Kashmir once in my life. Kashmir has been top of my list since I was a kid. I saw Kashmir on various news channels, TV and movies. The main attraction of Kashmir are the places known as Sonmarg and Gulmarg. In the winter times, there is a heavy snowfall in Sonmarg and Gulmarg. Kashmir is a very popular tourist attraction destination. From Kashmir, you can go various places like Bangas valley, Gores valley to see the very beautiful stars. The mountains of Kashmir are very huge and humongous. Kashmir is a very peaceful place to visit. I love to visit Kashmir because the culture of Kashmir is very nice. People offer variety of food and I love to visit Kashmir because people are very nice. Kashmir has mainly three main regions, Sonmarg, Gulmarg and Betaw valley. Betaw valley is one of the most beautiful valleys you can ever imagine. It has water, ponds and many other things. I want to do horse riding as well because Kashmir is basically a hilly region and horse riding is one of the main aspect of visiting Kashmir.

Band 6-7

I think I would really like to visit this lake called the Dawki Lake in Meghalaya. It's one of the natural marvels in India, I would say. It's like I said, it's in the northeastern state of Meghalaya, in the forest areas particularly. So, it's basically known to be the clearest water body in India and the water is absolutely pristine. So much so that you can actually see the shadow of the boat right on the river bed. So, from what I have seen it to be, I think it's a place where you can have this quaint vibe and you can feel really peaceful and the beauty of nature over there is just unmatched. So, I actually found out about the lake from my friend Varunavi who has recently visited it. So, she was telling me about this lake and she showed me a lot of pictures from her visit as well. Ever since then I have been talking about wanting to visit it with other people from my friend group and I think social media just hears you ever since I have started talking about it. My social media feed is filled with images and videos and experiences of people who have been there. So, I am really looking forward to a trip to Meghalaya somewhere in the next summer.

Band 6-7

Nandiline is a place in Bangalore and it is quite good place for trekking means the students the people from Bangalore who are tired from their hectic schedules usually go for trekking every weekends and the place is known for it's beautiful nature. The place is known for it's beautiful environment the mountains are just above the clouds and you can touch the cloud and that's the beauty of that Nandi hill. Just trekking, just seeing the sunrise, the clouds and the whole scenario of Nandi hill is the real beauty.

Band 6-7

Well, this is a fantastic topic for me because I love to explore new things, new places because traveling helps me to find myself and connect with my soul. It is very helpful for me. And if I would like to talk about Meghalaya, Meghalaya, this is the very beautiful city and this is located in east side of India and this is the most beautiful city in my India and I love to visit this city because I heard about Meghalaya, a lot of things. I read a lot of articles about Meghalaya and for online platform where I saw a lot of reviews. Travelers used to say some reviews about their trip, what are the beautiful country, beautiful city and their sceneries, their greenery look is amazing and their houses build a new architecture and their people are so humble, they talk very less but very polite, their side food is sea food because this is the only river area, so there is find a river, fishes and other non-veg things.
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