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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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Tip

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

My favourite subject was economics and I studied it during my 12th and 11th class. It was my favourite subject because it's related to statistics and I love statistics so much. And my teacher used to teach me very well and I used to score good marks in that. Anything related to on-field subject or on-field work or something related to statistics can always inspire me for solving it. And in my 12th and 11th classes, it was an interesting subject because it's based on real-time data and solving real-time data is actually a very good thing and we can get to know about so many things. Those things will help you really out in the future also. And this economics also includes some charts like graphs and pie-jags, bar graphs, these things which will make you more interesting to do about the subject. And sometimes we have to collect the information outside the book or through the public apps or through Google or something. But it gives you a confidence in yourself to solve something which is present outside the book or something. And I had it even during my college days and I felt it very easy as I learned it during 11th and 12th. And economics is based on real-time trends which is happening in India or other countries or something. We have to follow it day by day because it's very important in the country's growth or human growth or population or something. And I love the subject so much which attracts me a lot.

Band 6-7

In my school days, there were two subjects which I used to love a lot. One of them is Geometry and the other one is Physics. But choosing one of them, I will definitely choose Geometry as my favorite subject. I have learned Geometry in my school and as well as I have applied all the basics of Geometry in my engineering as well. I used to like Geometry because it was application based. There were various theories, theorems you had to do. And you have to apply those theorems for different sums. The sums used to look similar but at the same time, it was a test which was used to check how you think and how you apply all the knowledge you have gathered in all the lessons you have learned. And secondly, Geometry has really been there in the real life as well. You could apply Geometry everywhere and wherever as there are always angles included in real life as well. So I definitely think that Geometry is something which you can apply in real life as well. And Geometry has even shows how logically you can think about a sum or about certain situation you have given.

Band 6-7

The subject which I love most is data science. Data science involves a complex analysis of data which involves filtering and presenting out data through a complex process. It involves programming in Python and Python involves various aspects such as data structures, logic, functions, and object-oriented programming. I recently studied Python just for fun and also to implement it in algorithmic trading. I am very fascinated about algorithmic trading, so I learned Python to implement it in algorithmic trading. Also, Python involves logic and real-time applications unlike other subjects. For example, I studied various subjects in my graduation. I graduated in 2014 in mechanical engineering. Mechanical engineering involves numerous subjects like machine design, heat and mass transfer, fluid machinery, fluid mechanics, etc. But I do not find it useful in real time during my work. Programming language is something which will always be useful in real time. Through it, you can make games, you can make applications which are useful in the real world, and it can solve your real-world problems. Python is the most fascinating subject I have ever studied.

Band 6-7

This is particularly not a subject that I had in my curriculum, but I was introduced to this type of subject in my 11th grade. It was kind of like an extracurricular lesson which I learnt and also we had some examinations regarding this field in my 11th and 12th grade. So the subject was architecture which I found very much interesting and it grabbed my attention the second I laid my eyes on it. Whenever I am going to this subject, whenever I read about it every day, it gives me a sense of satisfaction because I learnt so many interesting things from this book. I have always envisioned to be someone who like to create spaces, who like to create different buildings and different form of building types. So architecture is the way that you do it. Moreover, the subject talks about different people who has worked in this similar field. Although architecture was not a very famous or popular course, it did give me a satisfactory feeling which has encouraged me to choose the field. So I did go on and choose Bachelor of Architecture as my main course in my Bachelors and I very much like this subject because it gave me everything I wanted. It was everything I wanted to do and wanted to achieve.

Band 6-7

I started to study science in my 5th class. That was my favourite subject. Because this is the subject when I used to learn some new things which is related to our day to day life. But we cannot focus on them very deeply as it is explained in science books. So that subject was so interesting. And it took my attention when I first time heard about physics. So in our day to day life, some kind of actions we do and we can recognize them. Like if we do this, this will happen. But in scientific terms, we can more deeply understand all the things. Like how one force can act and produce another force. And these kind of things are so useful and important to learn. To make our life very easy going. So in my opinion, science is the subject in which everybody should take interest. And learn more and more about it. So that we can progress our minds. And we can learn so many things from this subject. So it is my favourite subject.

Band 6-7

The subject that I loved to learn in school was English, ironically. The best part about my English classes was how we were always encouraged to think out of the box, to look for meaning into things that are normally considered mundane, and to see different perspectives. I started studying English from, I think, when I was four years old, till about, I think, 17 years of age, yeah. So throughout our school...

Band 6-7

Education is the key to success. It is a very beautiful subject, which I loved, is named as accountancy. From the word accountancy, the first word which comes to our mind is the numerical. But no, I would say the accountancy is not just based on numericals, it is based on the concepts and conventions which the accountancy ICAI in 2011 has been produced. And there were different lessons which I was fond of, which was such as financial accounting, shares, debentures. The shares lesson told me about how the shares are being allotted to the different countries and different debentures like the all allotments and their applications are being separated from each other. And there are different subjects under it which accountancy was there. I was fond of numericals also. It is also of numericals in between as the numericals are the key parts of accountant life and the accountants produce a wider and broader futures for each and every individual to success in their life. The charted accountant is one of the most important and inclusive race in this modern era. It is very important.

Band 6-7

A subject that I love to study was mathematics. I think I've studied mathematics my whole life. In my school I had maths till 12th grade and then I joined engineering college and I had to study maths there as well. I'm not complaining, I love the subjects. The reason that I love the subject because it was very practical and I think I enjoyed the whole process of solving a problem more than the answer itself. It was the whole process that I liked more. Moreover, it was very engaging for me because I've been very lucky to have teachers who taught the subject in a very fun manner. So I was always fascinated with maths and I think you can solve any problem under the sun if you know maths. Another reason that I enjoyed maths so much is because I always managed to score well in the subject and I think that is the reason it gave mathematics an upper hand over other subjects. I think I was always naturally good at it. It never really came difficult to me. I was always into the subject because it was a natural fit for me. Moreover, it was very challenging. Yes, of course it was frustrating at times but I loved the challenge, I loved the process and I enjoyed the whole thing too much. Additionally, one of my best friends also shared the same interest with me. So it was a time where we could bond much more.

Band 6-7

The subject I loved studying was biology. Human body always fascinated me as to how it works. Biology was taught to me back in school and we had a lot of interactive sessions and videographic content to explain to us the process of various human activities visually so that we can have a better learning. Also the reason I preferred biology and loved biology more than any other subjects was also because of the point that the rest of the subjects were a little complicated and I had more of an affinity towards biology due to its simplicity and the process of learning of just what happens in the human body which is existent and not something we are creating or anticipating in terms of other topics in science.

Band 6-7

The subject I love to study is clinical research. I studied this clinical research in my graduation period where I can say it is a diploma course. In this subject there are some few topics like clinical data management, pharmacovigilance, regulatory authorities, regulatory bodies and some clinical organizations. This whole concept is based on a medicine drugs. I do enjoy by reading this or by this study I mean by this subject because the way the medicine is coming into the market is really creating a good interest in me so that I prefer and I am very interested in clinical research as it is very interesting and innovative subject. So that's it.
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