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Describe a sport you would watch.: IELTS Speaking Cue Card

You should say

  • Where & why would you watch it?
  • How is it played?
  • How do you feel about it?
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Cue 1:Where & why would you watch it?

  • Begin by describing the venue where you would watch the sport, such as a stadium or at home.
  • Explain your motivation for watching this sport, whether it's the excitement, the atmosphere, or a personal connection.

Example

I would love to watch cricket at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. The atmosphere there is electric, especially during a match between India and Pakistan. I enjoy the thrill of being surrounded by passionate fans, and it makes the experience unforgettable.

Cue 2:How is it played?

  • Provide a brief overview of the rules and format of the sport.
  • Mention any specific skills or strategies that are important in the game.

Example

Cricket is played between two teams of eleven players each. The game consists of innings where one team bats and tries to score runs while the other bowls and fields to restrict runs. Key skills include batting technique, bowling accuracy, and strategic field placements.

Cue 3:How do you feel about it?

  • Share your personal feelings and opinions about the sport.
  • Discuss any memorable experiences or moments that have influenced your feelings.

Example

I have a deep passion for cricket. Watching my favorite players hit sixes and take wickets fills me with joy. One of my most memorable moments was when India won the 2011 World Cup; I felt immense pride and happiness, celebrating with friends and family.

Conclusion

  • Summarize your thoughts on why this sport is significant to you.
  • Mention how it brings people together or contributes to your life.

Example

In conclusion, cricket is more than just a sport for me; it’s a source of joy and community. It brings people together, and every match is an opportunity to create lasting memories with friends and family.

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 unclear. Instead of saying 'I like it', explain what you enjoy about the sport and why it interests you.

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Be specific about your feelings and experiences related to the sport. Use examples to illustrate your points.

2: Neglecting Structure

Failing to organize your answer can confuse the listener. A clear structure helps convey your thoughts effectively.

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Follow the cue prompts in order. Start with where and why you would watch it, then explain how it is played, and conclude with your feelings.

Overlooking Personal Connection

Not sharing your personal connection to the sport can make your answer less engaging. Personal stories can captivate the listener.

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Include a personal anecdote or memory related to the sport. This makes your response more relatable and interesting.

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Band 6-7

Well, today I'd like to describe a sport I watch and would love to try. Back in 2022, I watched a football game. It was a huge event with people from all over the country cheering and participating. It was my first time watching this sport and I was immediately hooked. I felt like I had to try it myself. Recently, I actually got a chance to play and I'm more excited than I imagined. It's such an engaging sport and I understand why people love it. It's a great form of exercise and entertainment. And for some athletes, it's a way to make a living. There are organized competitions all the time and it's amazing to see the dedication and skill of the players. Watching football always makes me feel energized and excited. It's like I'm on cloud nine. I'm determined to try it again and hopefully get a chance to play with a team or my family and friends. It's truly an extraordinary sport. In my country, people of all ages from young children to older adults enjoy it. It's a well-known popular sport here and when I get any opportunity, I would take the chance to try it again. I think it's a wonderful game I've ever seen.

Band 6-7

one sport that I really enjoy watching is football it's such an exciting game the energy in the match is incredible with the crowd roaring and players constantly on the move I love how fast paced it is how skillful the players control the ball the passing dribbling and shooting techniques are impressive and the strategies team use are fascinating to watch generally a soccer match consists of two hours 45 minutes and the team with most goals at the end wins what I find particularly thrilling is how a game can change in an instant one great pass or single goal can turn the tide it's also amazing how team work together with the forwards, midfielders, defenders and goalkeepers all had specific roles that contribute to the overall success of the team

Band 6-7

I absolutely love watching cricket. It was my passion ever since I started watching television, maybe in the late 2000s, and that is where MS Dhoni came in as Team India captain, and I tended to follow cricket a lot post that. After that, I also started playing cricket professionally. I represented my team, the school team, the college team, as well as my university team, for a couple of years, and then I proceeded to play for my club, which is the Bharat Cricket Club from Jainaga. I love watching cricket from the stadium, if not, even the television works. The broadcast these days is absolutely amazing. It has a lot of technology. It gives you almost a real-life feed of the cricket match.

Band 6-7

So the sport which I like to watch is Cricket and I usually watch it on my television or on any app on my mobile phone. This sport consists of a bat and a ball along with 11 players in one team and 11 players in the other team. The aim is for the first team who bats to set a target and for the second team who bats to chase the target. If they are successful in chasing the target they win and if the first team is able to defend their set target then the second team wins. In this way the sport is played. So the bowler, he bowls the ball and the batsmen score runs and the runs are based on running between the wickets. There are two batsmen, one is a striker and the other one is a non-striker. So the striker strikes the ball and if they cross once and they reach the crease it is 1-1, twice 2 runs, thrice 3 runs and there is a boundary at around 60-70 meters. If the ball touches the boundary through ground it is 4, if it crosses from above the boundary it is 6 runs. In this way the sport is played and the thing which I like the most about this sport is its competitiveness. It is also known as a gentleman's game. So it is a highly competitive sport which is played against two teams which requires extreme discipline, focus. So hence I like this sport and I watch this sport.

Band 6-7

According to me, I like to play and watch football and cricket. To me, football and cricket is very much into my heart. So I play most of the time football and frequently cricket. So I play in my college grounds, football sometimes in the evening and cricket in the mornings. So I like to watch FIFA in my TV television and cricket in other television channels. So cricket is my favorite and football is my average favorite. So football is played among 11 players including one goalkeeper and 3 substitutions. Cricket also has 11 players and 3 substitutions. If any of the players get injured, they exchange the places of the members who got injured. So I feel about football and cricket very much interesting because the team members be in the group and play in a coordination to win for the country not for the team or their name. The team is so coordinated that they do not get fights in between the matches, in between them. So moreover the team is very much good enough to play a full match.

Band 6-7

I am a hardcore cricket fan. I have always enjoyed playing watching cricket. Cricket you know in Indian culture is considered to be a religion. It has become a very important part of the Indian culture. Now I have always loved cricket as I already mentioned. It is played between two teams each having 11 players. When the match starts we go for a toss and whosoever wins the toss gets to decide to bat or to bowl. So if one team wins the toss and chooses to bat they get to bat and the other team automatically starts to bowl. You know as I mentioned we have 11 players each on both sides. Now it's played in a playground with a small strip at the center of the ground called a pitch which is usually 22 yards. So it is on that pitch the bowlers start to bowl and and the cricket game starts. So as I mentioned cricket I like watching on TV or it could be you know I could go to a cricket ground where the match is being played and I could watch there. In addition to this I believe I am myself a very good cricket player and I have in my school days in my college days played quite a lot of cricket and not only that I also used to captain the team for over a year. I used to both bat as well as I used to bowl and in my college days I also had earned a very good name as a very good batsman in my team. Plus as I mentioned I used I was a la la la la la la shit man

Band 6-7

the game that I would regularly watch is that cricket I used most of time to watch cricket only when I get free time and it is played by the two teams 11 pairs each side there would be a toss flip the coin and after flipping the coin one team chooses to bat and another team chooses to ball there are regularly 20 overs 50 overs etc according to the match if it is a T20 there will be 20 overs if it is ODI it will be 50 overs so the batting team first plays totally 50 overs up to the wicket of 10 after all out of 10 wickets the batting team score a certain amount of score then the bowling team again they have to chase that score if the bowling team chases that score they would consider as winner if the bowling team has losses the score they will as called as losers it is often and I feel very happy to watch cricket it brings a lot of emotions to me when I watching cricket it's a great thing

Band 6-7

One sport that I believe that everyone should watch is chess. Chess is considered to be one of the oldest sports in human history. It has been played for a very long time, almost for 1,000 years. It has been known for various names throughout the history in different civilizations with different names. But the present form of chess has been evolved for the past 200 years in which the present rules of chess are followed. So chess is a booming sport right now. After the COVID-19 pandemic got over, the chess boom in live stream form has increased drastically. You can watch chess streams primarily on two channels, that is YouTube and Twitch. They are social media platforms where many content creators do live streams of various chess tournaments all over the world. Recently, there was the World Chess Championship in which D. Gukesh won it from India and there were concurrent viewers of 5 lakh people watching that stream. It is easier to learn chess as well because it's not very difficult. There is beginner level, there is intermediate level and then there is advanced which is master's level of chess that people can enroll. There are various books available through which people can learn how to play chess. Playing chess also increases your analytical skill, your cognitive thinking, various other mental strength increases by playing chess. Thank you.

Band 6-7

I would love to watch a sport named cricket and football. The main reason I would love to watch it is the players who are playing it with full passion. The player whom I love the most in cricket is Virat Kohli and the player whom I love in football is Neymar JR. I actually like the way they play and they give their 100% in their sport and I actually love the way Virat Kohli plays the sport by giving his full 100% and he is also an aggressive player. I would watch the sport in Sony Live, the telecast which is available in India and I will watch the football games in Epic Sports which is a website available to watch football respectively and both the sports are team sports which also motivated me to play football and cricket during my free times and it have motivated me to play the sport well and I have also formed a very good friends of mine in the playing process.

Band 6-7

My favorite sport to watch is also cricket on TV, because when the matches start on live telecast, so I mostly watch it on TV to support the Indian team to win the game over that. And it's almost 8 plus hours in a day for a match for a one-day tournament. So it's really good to watch over it and mostly it's a thrilling game, because we can't predict which team will win or lose. So the main thing I concentrate on TV is to watch over it, cricket, especially the players. Players in the Indian team is amazing, because like batting, bowling and fielding, we have to show all players to battle against other teams, so mostly our team will win most of the games. Recently also they took a World Cup 2020 tournament also, so it's a really good time to watch on that day, when they took the final.
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