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Describe A Skill That You Learned In Your Childhood: IELTS Speaking Cue Card

You should say

  • What skill did you learn?
  • When did you learn the skill?
  • How did you practise and develop this skill?
  • Why do you think it's essential to learn such skills?
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Cue 1:What skill did you learn?

  • Begin by clearly stating the skill you learned, such as playing a musical instrument or a sport.
  • Share a brief personal connection to the skill, explaining why it was important to you.

Example

One skill that I learned in my childhood was playing the guitar. I was always fascinated by music and wanted to express myself through it.

Cue 2:When did you learn the skill?

  • Mention the age or grade when you started learning the skill.
  • Provide context about your environment, such as whether you took classes or learned from a family member.

Example

I started learning the guitar when I was around 10 years old. My father, who is a musician, taught me the basics during our weekend jam sessions.

Cue 3:How did you practice and develop this skill?

  • Explain your practice routine, including how often you practiced and any specific exercises you did.
  • Mention any performances or milestones that helped you improve.

Example

I practiced every day for about an hour, focusing on different chords and songs. I also participated in school events where I performed, which boosted my confidence and skills.

Cue 4:Why do you think it's essential to learn such skills?

  • Discuss the benefits of learning this skill, such as discipline, creativity, or social interaction.
  • Relate it to personal growth or future opportunities.

Example

I believe learning skills like playing the guitar is essential because it teaches discipline and enhances creativity. It also helped me make friends who shared similar interests, which was invaluable during my school years.

Conclusion

    Example

    In conclusion, learning to play the guitar in my childhood not only enriched my life with music but also shaped my character and social skills. It remains a cherished part of my identity today.

    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

    Avoid being too general when describing the skill you learned. Vague answers can make it difficult for the examiner to understand your experience and may lead to lower scores.

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    Provide specific details about the skill, including examples of what you did and how it felt to learn it.

    2: Neglecting Practice Details

    Failing to explain how you practiced and developed the skill can weaken your response. Examiners look for depth in your answer.

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    Tip

    Include specific activities or routines you followed to improve your skill, such as classes, practice sessions, or personal projects.

    Ignoring Importance

    Not addressing why the skill is essential can make your answer seem incomplete. This part shows your understanding of the skill's value.

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    Discuss how the skill has impacted your life or how it can benefit others, linking it to broader life lessons or future applications.

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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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    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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    The skill I have learnt in my childhood days, riding bicycle, as it was more helpful in the childhood days and also will be an useful thing for a body warm up and better health. I have learnt it through the bicycle which was bought for me, my parents bought me a bicycle which had four wheels and that helped me to learn the bicycle easily, after several months I have removed the other two wheels and started learning with the two tyres, later on I have pro, I have learnt the cycling and I have used my cycle to go to the school and nearby places, whenever my mom said a word.

    Band 6

    I learned a lot of skills in my life, but if I have to pick one, then it is none other than the cooking. I learned the skills in my childhood from my grandmother because she is very expert in cooking. She gave me some tips and tricks on how to make food very tasty and nutritious. Moreover, in summer vacations, I learned these skills from my mother because they tell me how to cook the food and it provides me some tricks on how to bake meat in oil. Furthermore, these skills are very beneficial for me in the future because I want to go abroad in the future, so then I make food on my own. So that's a skill I think is useful.

    Band 6

    To be honest, I don't know whether it is a skill or not, but during my childhood, I learned how to dance on my own without any trained lecturers or choreographers. So at that time, dance is an art of form which convey our emotions and expressions. So since my childhood, I am very fond of movies. So in that movies, especially in Indian movies, we can see great number of dances in the songs, which is a part of a film. So from that, I began interest to learn dance. So there is a small dance competition, which will be conducted in my school at that time. So I think I want to participate, but I don't know how to dance. By watching YouTube videos, I learned step by step meaningfully. Yet I don't know whether I will participate or not, because it is quite scary thing to do, which I not attempted till that time. So I don't know whether I will participate or not, but my mother encouraged me to participate this one. So she is my mother, obviously she will encourage me. It's a right of her. And I am very fortunate to have a mother like her. So I practiced, practiced every day and finally done a good job by participating in the dance competition. Guess what, finally I got second place in dance competition, which was quite unexpected and intriguing. But I cherish these moments in my future also. Yeah, this is the skill I learned in my childhood.

    Band 6

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    Band 6

    Well, I learnt a skill that I have to help others and I love doing that because since my childhood my parents and my grandparents have taught me very well by how to help others. I enjoy helping others so much that I feel overwhelmed helping others. During our festival Ramadan, I feel overwhelmed helping others by distributing some small gifts to the people around me and by helping our neighbourhood mosque by giving them some small treats, by giving them a good culture, by giving them a good way of happening things, I help our mosque, our neighbourhood mosque by doing a good thing to the mosque by helping the mosque and I also love helping others.

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    Being a hortophile, I love to learn new skills from any age of person. On the same note, I would like to shed some light on the time when I have learned a gardening skill from my grandfather. It is the time of summer vacation of my 10th standard. I was as free as a bird and I am feeling very bored. Then out of the blue, my grandfather suddenly called me to visit their home. I went to their home for 2 days and I generally visit their farm and I saw there is a diverse plants such as vegetables and fruits planted in their garden, which looks very fascinating and I get very curious about that. So, I asked my grandfather to teach me gardening skill. Then he teached me about soil moisture, soil content and variety of flowers, vegetables and many other things according to gardening. So, for a week, he usually went with me to garden and give me practice about gardening. Then after a week, I become a professional in gardening and so I took a lot of plants from them and I planted in my home, in my home garden. Now, there is a lot of diverse plants, vegetables, fruits and many other flowers in my garden, which look very fascinating and cool. That makes me very satisfied. I become a nature lover by this skill and this skill was very good.

    Band 6

    It was to a useful skill I have acquired in my younger days is, a useful skill I have acquired in my younger days is cooking. I started learning to cook when I was in 9th grade at the young age of 16. My mother was the person who had taught me how to make food to make myself fit. It was during a vacation that she was taking, which made her, compelled her to make me make roti and vegetables for myself so that I can feed myself alone without anybody's help. During that period, she helped me prepare roti and some of the vegetable curries, which I can make to this day. I think it is an important skill to learn because it makes one's self to prepare for any kind of emergency.

    Band 6

    A skill that I learned as a child would be participating in various forms of activity especially Karate. I am a black belt in Karate and I was motivated to take up that sport by my mother as she always wanted me to be more socially active. Moreover, she always incorporated in me that education is just as important as extracurricular activities. Karate really helped me have a boost of energy and I used to have a lot of stress relief after my Karate classes which I went for at least 2-3 years. Currently, I am a student at Manipal University and I am not having enough time to engage in Karate anymore. But in the future, I would love to get back into it as it really helped me keep my health in check and it was a really good pastime for me which I used to do every weekend with my best friend Shavya. The both of us used to go to the Karate classes together.

    Band 6

    Drawing is a skill which I acquired in my 5th grade or 4th grade. Actually, it's a good skill. Sketching, drawing, painting and some kind of artworks. I actually like sketching of random things like fictional characters and superstar, superhero movies. I like to sketch these superheroes and also some anime characters right now. I actually still hold on to this skill. I like it so much because my friends would actually encourage me to learn new things and new stuff about sketching and drawing. They also like my sketching and paintings and artist works. They just like it and they consider me as one of a good drawer in my class. I also do kind of stuff like drawing and biology because I'm a biology student. So, I also do draw this heart and organs and also some plants. So, my teacher also appreciates me and my friends appreciates me more. Actually, drawing is a skill that is not hard to learn but it's quite a good skill. If you acquire it, it's like you have a whole lot of aspects in it. You can draw, you can sketch, you can make portraits, landscape portrait and another thing is painting where you can do a lot of variety of paintings like landscapes, oil painting, scenery painting and lot of different stuff.

    Band 6

    One skill I learned in my childhood was cycling. When I was 7 years old, I started to learn cycling. At first, I was scared to balance on two wheels. I sometimes misjudged it and fell down also. But my father encouraged me to learn it without any misfire. After few attempts, I completely learned cycling. During first trial, I have learned on attached wheels. After two to three more trials, I removed the balanced wheels and done it on my own. Learning cycling has helped me discover myself, the persistence, courage, and my...
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