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Describe a useful website.: IELTS Speaking Cue Card

You should say

  • What website is it?
  • What does it contain? How often do you visit it?
  • Why do you think it is useful?
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Cue 1:What website is it?

  • Begin by naming the website clearly and mentioning its primary purpose.
  • Share a brief personal experience about how you discovered this website.

Example

The website I find extremely useful is 'Quora'. I discovered it a few years ago while searching for answers to some questions I had about my career.


Cue 2:What does it contain? How often do you visit it?

  • Describe the types of content available on the website, such as articles, forums, or videos.
  • Mention how frequently you visit the site and what prompts you to go there.

Example

Quora contains a vast range of topics where users ask questions and receive answers from experts and enthusiasts alike. I visit it almost daily, especially when I need quick information or insights on various subjects.


Cue 3:Why do you think it is useful?

  • Explain the benefits of the website, such as the quality of information or community engagement.
  • Share a personal anecdote about how the website has helped you in a specific situation.

Example

I find Quora useful because it provides diverse perspectives on any topic, which helps me think critically. For instance, I once read an answer about effective study techniques that significantly improved my exam preparation.


Conclusion

  • Summarize the key points about the website and its usefulness.
  • Express your overall opinion about the website and its impact on your life.

Example

In conclusion, Quora is a fantastic resource that not only offers valuable information but also connects me with a community of knowledgeable individuals. It has greatly enriched my learning experience.


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 website. Vague answers can make it hard for the examiner to understand your point.

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Provide specific details about the website's content and features to make your answer more engaging and clear.


2: Lack of Personal Connection

Not sharing your personal experience with the website can make your answer less interesting. It's important to connect personally.

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Include anecdotes or reasons why you visit the site regularly to show your personal connection and its impact on you.


Ignoring the 'Why' Question

Failing to explain why the website is useful can leave your answer incomplete. This is a key part of the cue card.

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Tip

Clearly articulate the benefits of the website and how it helps you or others to ensure a comprehensive response.


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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.

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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.

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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

A very important and useful website for me is www.codechiff.com. This website is a competitive programming website and a platform for developers from across the globe to compete over various programming problems and solve them in specified period of time in a variety of languages. The website is beautifully designed and well structured. The programmers are given a choice to write the program in the language of their choice which may include Java, C++, Python or any other programming language that is valid and applicable to it. The website contains a lot of contests that happen regularly and the website is able to host contests specific to a particular college or university and we get the instant scores once the contest is completed. This platform is used by various corporate companies to hire students from campuses as the interns or as the full-time employees. This website is considered to be an essential if one needs to get into a top-notch company and develop their programming skills. I do visit www.codechiff.com quite often and solve various challenges that help me gain deeper depth into the programming tic-tacs and also to enhance and brush up my programming skills in this course.

Band 6-7

www.testbook.com is one of the useful websites and in that website you can find a material related to preparation of competitive exams and I do visit this website once in every alternative days and this particular website helped me a lot in improving my aptitude score and my vocabulary and writing capabilities in specific and furthermore this website enhances your confidence to tackle the real life situation and it also helps you to improve your accuracy and improves your speed during the exam.

Band 6-7

For me, Google Chrome is the most effective site which I use on my daily basis. Whenever I have any queries or any questions regarding more or less over a topic, I do Google it. It not only shows the information regarding that topic, but it is also very much helpful as it also shows the images related to that topic as well as any videos supporting that topic. It also shows the questions and answers regarding that topic and helps me to clear my doubts. It has n number of sites, the sub-sites which are included. So, it is very much helpful. I will always advise people to use Google Chrome more as it has a lot of information over it.

Band 6-7

I think a useful website is chatgpd. I visit it every single day because it is an AI website which literally helps with every single thing. Like you think a thought and it has the answer to that. I use it for my professional life, personal life. It covers a wide range of topics and can give quick solutions and assist you wherever you need. I visit it at least 10 times a day. I think it is a really useful website because it has no commitments. Like you don't need to pay for a subscription to get an answer. It also provides you with important links. It is the second Google I must say and I really enjoy the website.

Band 6-7

I am a regular user of internet, but the website which I found most relevant for my day to day tasks is Google.com It is basically designed by Google and it is also considered as the most searched website on the internet and it is also the oldest website and it was designed by Larry Page Google is basically a company which was started at Silicon Valley which is in California and I do lot of things on Google.com like if I want to watch some movies I simply go to Google.com and search the movie theatres which is nearby my house or nearby location and I simply just book my tickets through that platform or sometimes I want to go to some good restaurants I simply go to Google and search on it the best restaurants near me Additionally I also used to do lot of research regarding my school assignments and my college assignments furthermore I can also do my office tasks like Gmail which you can also find on Google.com and there is also very good options like Google Lens you just simply have to take the image of the product then Google.com automatically identify the same product or the product which has same features so usually it saves lot of time you don't have to go to internet and just type the word or alphabet

Band 6-7

website generally we use Google it's a search engine where we can search anything and we get all sort of results in it just for example I want to find a place find a place just I want to visit I want to know anything about Nagpur so I just stopped start typing on it's a Nagpur it was all sort of information about Nagpur what that city contains what what are the most attract attractions in there how to reach there what is most attractive place there all sort of things I generally use Google every day for many other things also if I want to get navigation details of any place so I generally use Google Maps if I want to get information about any related topic just for example I want to know anything about IELTS I generally type IELTS on it and it is give all sort of results it's also contain a video library of it YouTube where I find all sorts of videos about everything almost everything and Google is a very useful website a very useful search engine I use almost daily for all sort of things and it is one of the best website user in on the internet and now they have created some AI tools also which give direct answers to the question we asked on

Band 6-7

One website that I think is very useful nowadays is www.chadgpt.com. In today's modern time, AI systems are a growing demand and ChadGPT is the top AI system. I think ChadGPT is very useful because it has a wide range of information giving us the most precise and accurate result in a less time consuming way. I use ChadGPT almost 5-6 times a day. It has become a part of my daily essentials. I also think many people are now reaching out to ChadGPT instead of the good old Google Chrome and Safari.

Band 6-7

In this modern era, we have a lot of websites and apps available for us. Here, I would like to talk about a website, which is very useful to me. Its name is Exceptional Learning. It is an online website, which I can get into through Chrome or Google. And it includes most of the therapy materials and room for taking online sessions. As being a speech-language pathologist, I use this website mostly every day to deal with the kids and for taking therapies for young children. Moreover, it has a wide variety of themes, in which children could easily get attracted to. It is a part and parcel of my job, so I think it's very useful for me. And I would definitely use this in the future, as well as I would always rely on this website. However, it's a bit tough to get into, as it needs a lot of internet. I am sure that a better internet connection or a better Wi-Fi network could tackle that problem. So, I believe without this, my work could be more tougher, but with this, it's a piece of cake for me.

Band 6-7

Ok, jadi situs web yang paling berguna bagi saya secara peribadi adalah ChatGPT Ia adalah platform AI di mana anda tanya soalan dan AI memberikan jawapan yang sesuai untuk soalan. Saya telah menggunakan ChatGPT semasa tahun sekolah saya dan saya telah menggunakannya untuk melakukan tugas saya, untuk menulis esay. Ia benar-benar membantu saya dengan penulisan dan saya tidak kisah lagi

Band 6-7

Well, there are various websites that I really like in my adolescence period, one of them is YouTube. YouTube really helped me a lot of time while learning something new or creating some videos related to gaming or any other field like funny video or to show something, to learn something. Well, nowadays people are using YouTube as a money making to create some new videos and so that they can earn from that videos. YouTube can be used in various ways like entertainment, study. I really passed all my exams after watching some of the videos on YouTube. It helped me a lot of things, gain a lot of knowledge from various things like watches, cars or any other thing etc. Nowadays YouTube enhanced a lot of entertainment industry. People who usually work as an actor, nowadays they are showing their life in the vlogs or entertaining others so that they can improve their productivity and make more money as compared to the others. For example, YouTube changed a lot of things in my life. For example, it helped me to learn a lot of new things like English, German and many other languages. If you can't able to reach out or buy some of the courses, you can find its alternative on the YouTube. YouTube improved the life of many people in my country, especially mine. I have learned many of the things like graphic design, languages and gaming from the YouTube.
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