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Describe a road trip you would like to go on.: IELTS Speaking Cue Card

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  • When & where would you like to go?
  • How would you like to go?
  • How would you feel about it?
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Cue 1:When & where would you like to go?

  • Start by specifying the destination and the time of year you plan to go.
  • Mention any specific landmarks or attractions you wish to visit during the trip.

Example

I would love to go on a road trip to Ladakh during the summer months, ideally in June. The breathtaking landscapes and serene lakes have always fascinated me, and I want to explore places like Pangong Lake and Nubra Valley.


Cue 2:How would you like to go?

  • Describe the mode of transportation you prefer and why it appeals to you.
  • Include details about who you would like to travel with and how that enhances the experience.

Example

I would prefer to travel by car, as it gives me the freedom to stop at scenic spots along the way. I would take my close friends with me, as sharing the journey with them would make it even more enjoyable and memorable.


Cue 3:How would you feel about it?

  • Express your emotions and excitement about the trip.
  • Reflect on what this road trip means to you personally.

Example

I would feel incredibly excited and thrilled about this road trip. It represents an opportunity for adventure and bonding with my friends, and I believe it would create lasting memories that we would cherish forever.


Conclusion

  • Summarize your enthusiasm for the road trip and its significance.
  • Reiterate your desire to experience the journey and its potential impact on your life.

Example

In conclusion, this road trip to Ladakh is not just about the destination but also about the experiences and connections I will make along the way. I am eager to embark on this adventure and create unforgettable memories with my friends.


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. It's important to provide specific details about your road trip to capture the listener's interest.

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Include specific locations, landmarks, and activities you would enjoy during the trip to create a vivid picture.


2: Don't Rush Your Response

Rushing through your answer can lead to unclear explanations and missed points. Take your time to think about each cue and respond thoughtfully.

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Pause briefly between points to organize your thoughts and ensure clarity in your speech.


Avoid Overly Simple Sentences

Using overly simple sentences can make your response sound basic. It's important to vary your sentence structure to demonstrate your language skills.

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Incorporate a mix of simple and complex sentences to enhance the fluency and coherence of your answer.


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All Answers

Here are all the answers by real-users practicing speaking for IELTS Cue Cards on our IELTS Prep App.

Band 6-7

I would love to go on road trips because I am a car enthusiast and long drives are one of my favorite things. I would love to go to a long drive to Ladakh that is located in Hyderabad. That's a hilly area, mountain, adventurous area where we can ride bikes and go there. It's a very cold place. So we need to prepare ourselves wearing thermals and jackets to protect ourselves. I would also like to go on a bike ride with my friends to a peak where I can see the entire city in lights and I also love to watch sunset. So definitely a road trip to sunset would be one.

Band 6-7

I'd like to go on a trip to Kerala because that place is rich in greenery. We see a lot of people having healthy skin. The place is filled with coconut, coconut trees and all such greenery and I love to go to Kerala by train. You know, I'm basically a traveller's sickness person, person with travel sickness and so I cannot travel by car or any other means but except train, anything, with anything for travel, it'll be, um, um...

Band 6-7

So a road trip which I would like to go on is Ladakh. So from my childhood I was always keen and very interested to go to a road trip to Ladakh in a bike. As we know that every child and every man has always a desire to go on a road trip to a Ladakh in a bike. As it's a very good experience and it's a very fantastic way to share your dreams and it is one of my bucket list which I would like to complete in my near future. So one of my friends always tell me that we should always go to a trip which is through a road and it's a very fantastic experience. We will always get a very good exposure. There we will like to meet new people. We will get to know about new places, new food, new adventure. So it's always a very good experience to go on a road trip. There we always seem to have a very good climate, very good people, very good adventure. After all I would say that this plan is since my childhood but I want to complete it once in my life, once in a blue moon. As seldom it's always a very fantastic experience going there, living there in a tent. As the climate is also very cold and cold and pleasant. And Ladakh is a place where it's a hometown to many of our military peoples. There we will also get to know about more more places, more adventure, more people are always there. Tourism is always a high in Ladakh. So it's a very nice experience and always I prefer to say that one should always go to Ladakh on a road trip.

Band 6-7

The road trips are one of my favorite or the trip I love to go for is to Jebel Ali, sorry Jebel Jais. So Jebel Jais is basically a hill station in Ras Al Khaimah Emirate in UAE. So I have been there once two years before with my, two years ago with my friend. So I would like to go during the weekend or, okay, weekend with my friend Kiran. Why it is Kiran? It is because he is a music teacher and we are best friends. When we go somewhere together, we listen to the song and we enthusiastically dance and sing together and enjoying the enchanting beauty of the nature and admiring the spectacular sky, sky view and the moon view, it actually brings a solace to my heart. I could never explain that feeling through words. It is beyond words, a heavenly feeling when I go for a night drive through roads. Though I don't know to drive, I enjoy sitting in the side seat with my friend and this is one of the best pastime.

Band 6-7

I would like to go on a road trip with my friends to Leladak that's always been my dream destination the place it's full of snow and the road path is so nice when we go on those road trips I've heard many people saying it's going to be a lifetime experience and it's going to give you a tremendous happiness which can't be measured by words and the place is so calm and peaceful where you feel the presence of the nature and the liveliness so I have planned this trip from very long time I'm sure when am I going to succeed with it but I have decided to go on this trip with my husband because he himself is very adventurous and he loves to travel on bike on the roads so I am a person who would prefer car but if I get a choice I would go on a bike trip which gives you more exposure to the nature and the environment and I would love to go on gangs rather than we as a couple because I have a set of gang with lots of friends with the different attitudes and level of fun thoughts which might keep us more entertaining and exciting all over the trip so and I would love to carry myself all the necessity things and this road trip will be an adventurous one because it's going to be the first trip which I'm taking via road and the place itself is making me feel excited though I have not visited that place I know one day I'm going to visit that place and I'm going to post my all

Band 6-7

I would love to go on a road trip on the coast of India, I think we can start with Kerala and then we can go to Mangalore and Kozhikode, Varkala and all that. I think that would be very nice. Road trips are always fun because the main thing of road trips is to just experience the travel and I think road trips are really fun when you are with your friends and you get to spend quality time with them which is very fun and I think for the long rides are very good and then you stop by, explore the nearby places. I think when you are on a road trip you are on a continuous drive so you keep on exploring new places, whatever is the local delicacy you keep trying so it's not like you are going to stay in one place, you are going to keep moving and every day you travel and you don't spend much time of staying in one place but you explore more places, I think it's a very good way of doing those things and I think on the way you will meet fellow bikers or fellow people, it will be very nice to bond with people and it's a good getaway from your daily routine and you can have a lot of fun in this and yeah I think that's my ideal road trip. I think my road trip would always like to be somewhere in the beaches, you go and then again you go for a relaxing thing and I think those type of road trips are very nice where you can have a lot of time to travel also and at the same time it's not very strainful, that's what is very important I think and I think the road trips which are always idealised is Jindigun Naam Rege Dubara, the Spain one.

Band 6-7

The trip I would like to go on is to Anantagiri. I would like to go to the trip in mid-winter I guess. And I would like to start the trip in early morning at around 2 or 3 pm. Because only then I would be able to reach Anantagiri early morning at the time of sunset. Where the sunset will be very good and very beautiful to see. Actually the sunrise will be very good and very beautiful to see. And I want to go to the hilly areas of Anantagiri so that I can enjoy trekking with my friends. In addition I am very happy, I would be very happy if I go there. Because I heard from many of my friends that it's a very thrilling experience and we can make memories with our friends and we can also experience new factors such as sitting on a bike for a long time and seeing the beautiful hills and beautiful farms on the way to Anantagiri. And I think it would be a new experience. And I would like to go there through my own bike or on my friend's bike. Or else if it is not possible or if I think that I couldn't manage to travel such a long distance through two wheeler, I would prefer to go on a four wheeler vehicle of one of my friends and one of my friends.

Band 6-7

mostly I like to go like forest, mountain, Everest because the mountain and Everest giving some peaceful the trekking is important to survive the land I like to go everywhere train and bike my feeling about the travel is making some less stress and making happily

Band 6-7

A road trip, so I wanted to say you that I wanted to go to a road trip in Ladakh, Ladakh is a very good place in Kashmir and the reason I go there is there are lots of snows and the climate is extremely good where you can take a road trip with your family, but the mountain for terrain sickness would be highly impredictable, so most people will fall sick due to the high altitude of the mountain and one can truly enjoy the mesmerizing views and when you ride the bike and have the roads all over the curvy slopes and most of the people will feel that they are riding a very good motorcycle, so when I say about the motorcycle you should take a bullet which we call it as a Royal Enfield or you should have a 350cc bike or a 500cc bike, but I know that certain people will not feel much comfortable on the bullet, I prefer Dominar which is my favorite bike which is a 400cc bike and it's a cruise bike, so one can truly enjoy the high end pressure which the bike puts you when you go in the long terrains and it would be a great experience where you can see the drastic views and you know the clouds and the snowfalls, everything is a scenic beauty which you can truly admire, I feel it's a very wonderful place one should truly enjoy and nevertheless there are some other places as well compared to Ladakh, there are some places across Switzerland I guess when I went for the last road trip.

Band 6-7

Recently, me and my elder brother were sitting and he told me that he is going to Ladakh on bike during, I guess, around approximately mid of June and he asked me to come along with him. I gave it a thought but it was not possible around me because it is my one of the dream trip to do on bike and because every man in their life have to do, like they have a really urge to do a Ladakh trip just because of the experiences they encounter while riding the bike and the mesmerizing views of the Ladakh. I am thinking to do it quite recently. Let's see.
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