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Describe a subject you loved to study.: IELTS Speaking Cue Card

You should say

  • Which subject?
  • When did you study?
  • What were the lessons like? Why did you enjoy it?
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Cue 1:Which subject?

  • Clearly state the subject you loved and provide a brief reason for your choice.
  • Mention any specific aspects of the subject that intrigued you.

Example

The subject I loved the most was Mathematics. I was always fascinated by how numbers could explain real-world phenomena and solve complex problems.

Cue 2:When did you study?

  • Specify the time period when you studied this subject, such as during school or college.
  • You can also mention any memorable experiences related to studying this subject.

Example

I studied Mathematics throughout my school years, particularly enjoying it in my 11th and 12th grades when I took it as a major subject. Those years were filled with intense learning and preparation for my board exams.

Cue 3:What were the lessons like? Why did you enjoy it?

  • Describe the teaching style and classroom environment that made the lessons enjoyable.
  • Explain why you found the subject engaging, perhaps mentioning a favorite topic or project.

Example

The lessons were interactive and challenging, with my teacher often using real-life examples to explain concepts. I particularly enjoyed learning about calculus, as it felt like solving a puzzle. The satisfaction of finding the right answer was incredibly rewarding.

Conclusion

  • Summarize your feelings about the subject and its impact on your life.
  • You may also mention how this subject influenced your future studies or career choices.

Example

In conclusion, Mathematics has always been a passion of mine, shaping my analytical skills and paving the way for my career in engineering. I believe the love for this subject will stay with me for a lifetime.

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 Subject Choice

Choosing a subject without explaining why you loved it can make your answer less engaging. It’s important to connect personally with the subject to show your enthusiasm.

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Tip

Select a specific subject and share a personal story or experience that highlights your passion for it.

2: Lack of Detail in Lessons

Failing to describe what the lessons were like can leave your answer feeling incomplete. Details help the examiner understand your experience and enjoyment.

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Include specific examples of lessons or activities that made the subject enjoyable for you.

Ignoring the 'Why' Factor

Not explaining why you enjoyed the subject can make your response seem superficial. The 'why' adds depth and shows your personal connection.

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Tip

Reflect on and articulate the reasons behind your enjoyment, such as the subject's relevance to your life or future goals.

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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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Anonymous student Band 8

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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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Anonymous student Band 6.5

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Whitefield Test Center, Bengaluru

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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 subject that I would love to study is social studies. I studied social studies subject from my childhood since 1st class to 10th class throughout my school. I like social studies because it provides me a very huge amount of knowledge. It consists of history, economics, geology, political science, etc. It teaches about what happened in history.

Band 6-7

So the only subject I love to study all over my life is international human resource management. So this is the subject which I studied during my second year of my MBA. I am specialized in human resource management. So this subject consists of all the theory regarding understanding the culture of different nations. So like there is a cultural theory. So it is the most interesting part of this theory is with some ratios or some percentages we can find which country is dominating or which country is submissive and which country is going to grow in progress in future and which country has should need to take a lot of improvements and various HR practices that we need to maintain in a global in the global field. So I love this subject because I always want to go abroad. So implementing HR practices in the international level is such a very complex and a very interesting thing. And I always dream of becoming becoming an international CHRO of an organization. So that is why I love this subject.

Band 6-7

it has to be undoubtedly science from a very young age and even now I would say science has always fascinated me although inside within science it's chemistry that I'm very fond of and subjects like physics and biology is something I really do not have a good grasp about even to date but talking about chemistry the reason why I was so fascinated by chemistry and science inadvertently is because it uses all our senses whenever we cook up something whenever we do a experiment in chemistry and as a result of it some we get a very unique product it always used to play around with our senses sometimes the colors change sometimes the order of the byproduct might be very pungent sometimes there is a visible reaction going on like let's for for example when you mix sulfur with water there is a huge change reaction and there is bright light and explosions happening all these as a kid was very fascinating to me to see and as I grew over the time more and more facts about chemistry came forward I understood how chemistry played an even bigger role in our day today let's take the paste let's take the toothpaste that we use every day to clean our teeth I understood that the chemical compound in a toothpaste is so vastly it takes a lot of effort to manufacture such a small thing because our teeth is made of calcium and cleaning calcium and getting it white bright is not a small task so chemists had to be innovative they had to come up with the right compound they had to play around with it all these seems to be a bite of a bullet for us but then the people

Band 6-7

Every subject is important for individuals but here I would like to talk about one subject which I learned for last two months ago and it was a psychology subject. Psychology is the science of behavior which understanding the people and control the organism as a whole. So I studied this subject because it is helpful for my future steps in the hospital side and I learned more things in this subject such as how to communicate with other people, how to understand the psychology with patients and family members and doctors because I am as a nurse so it's difficult to communicate each and every person's psychology because different persons have different psychologies and minds which they work. So whenever I shifted in the ICU department, I did work hard and I did not communicate well. So when I learned these subjects, after some time I decided to learn these subjects and got a good result and whenever I shifted in another department, in emergency department, so I communicate well which was helpful for my knowledge and skills. The reason was I learned this psychological subject and I enjoy it because whenever you know about the psychological individuals, so you can easily identify the goals and plan what you want, what you did and what you do. So that's the particular things I learned. So that's why I learned about these subjects and I more enjoy in my hospital department.

Band 6-7

In my opinion, I think the most interesting subject was business. It's because my father is a businessman. And since my childhood, I am observing the things of business. I observed my father, how he can work so hard for our family and for me. So, now my father wants me to pursue that particular family business in future. So, since my childhood, I am more interested in business. So, I choose arts and economics in my plus two. And I am more involved in the budget things and calculating, purchasing, profit, loss. And one of my friends suggests me to go for commerce. But I am not that much intelligent or not up to date for the math subject. So, I go for my arts and take the subject of economics. I think business studies are like, business studies is my cup of tea. And I love exploring business of other countries also. So, I now after my graduation, I decided to go abroad and do my further studies in MBA Global, where I explore the global level business and marketing schemes, selling prizes, as well as I also need to explore the business and the culture of Germany. So, most particularly, I prefer to go Germany for my MBA Global. I choose my MBA Global subject as prior when I am in my final year.

Band 6-7

The subject which I loved is English. From my KG class, I'm learning English. I still could remember all my English teachers, more than any other subject teachers. I could remember all the names of my English teachers, the way they dress up, the way they teach us, and the way they put effort. So I could see that, and I still could remember. I never sat down and studied my English lectures or the stories in the textbook. It is the teacher who teaches in a way. She goes into the imaginary world, and she teaches me, and I could remember everything about the story before the exam. And how it impacted in my life is, my son's name is Lorenzo. This is a story or a novel which was taught by my English teacher in college, and I dress up. I wear the sari in a different way. That is something which I learnt from my English teacher. Though I still struggle in English in certain ways, that's a subject which I always loved, and I still love to improve my English. The reason I practice every day is because of the love for the subject, and the love for the teachers who made me to love that subject.

Band 6-7

Education is the most powerful thing because of which the perception of the world changes. Education is just a deep knowledge of everything that we do, that we can do some research about that thing. Education is a thing which everyone requires. I have been also educated, but my favorite subject among all these years is mathematics. By doing mathematics, I just feel relaxed and I just love to solve things, some new questions because I can get to know where I am wrong and where I am right and what things I need to improve in it. Maths is a subject in which it requires a lot of patience and a lot of time, but yes, I like to do that because I am just fond of that subject. I love to take some hard things to do because I can get inspired by that thing. I can just rectify my errors on my own and just see where I am getting stopped by that mistake and I just avoid doing that mistakes the next time. Maths is the most common thing in education system which everyone loves to do because it is just a fun solving subject. It doesn't require any hard practices. It just requires one to two time practices and I guess this is enough for anyone to just score good marks in mathematics. Mathematics is not just a fun but it is also a subject from which each and every person can just learn things because in future to do some calculation, mathematics is only required. For example, just counting the amount or subtracting the age or multiplying the products and the cost.

Band 6-7

Well firstly thank you for giving me such a nice topic and I think so there are many subjects which are loved by everyone to while studying and everyone has their own priority and preferences of the subject and today I am going to make a long story short about the geography subject which I have learnt in my primary or senior secondary school. So very first time is that I have read the geography lesson is in the first standard and I was on the 7th heaven as I found it very interesting and I think so I always scored very good score in the geography as it is my favourite subject and moreover I also learnt about the flora and fauna and about the different type of planets and the earth and how the people survive on the different planets and it was the unforgettable subject and so down to the wire through these lines I explained about the subject that I loved to study in my school time and I think so now also sometimes whenever I feel bored or my day is hectic I like to study the geographic lessons or watch the geographic documentaries on the YouTube to lighten up my mood and to make myself relaxed and I think so and moreover learning a geography can help children to learn a lot about the animal species and the extinction and the different resources planets and many more things which are around us or in the which are available in the which are available in the earth.

Band 6-7

English is a study of... I would love to study both English and history because they complement each other and offer valuable insights into the world. English is a study of language, literature and communication skills, while history involves understanding past events, cultures and civilizations. Why I want to study them as English? Because it improves my communication writing skills and it helps me to appreciate literature including novels, poetry and plays. Useful in career opportunities as English is a global language. History helps me understand how past events shape the present. Fascinates me with stories of ancient civilizations and historical figures. Future benefits. These subjects will help me improve critical thinking analytical skills. They can open up careers in teaching, writing or even cultural research. So therefore studying English and history would not be intellectually enriching but also help me develop a broader understanding of the world and its complexities.

Band 6-7

During the course of my graduation, there was a time where we supposed to choose a specialization in second year. I have chose the marketing. Marketing was my favorite subject because it helps the people to run a business and to develop a new strategies to run business and also it is very helpful for an executive to sell the product of the organization or company he or she is working with. During that course, I have learned the development skill and it helps my dad to establish in a business. I have learned how to sell a people, how to communicate with a people about a business and how to defend our product. In fact, I have learned that marketing is not all about selling or making people know but it is also to give knowledge about the product whether it is advantageous or disadvantageous. Marketing is the only subject which is applicable in every field. Whether you are a science student, commerce student or an art student, you require the marketing a strategy to know one about yourself. Marketing helps people to grow smartly. If person is smart, he or she will definitely have the skill of marketing. Marketing helps people to grow in a good way and after learning that subject.
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