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Describe an argument two of your friends had: IELTS Speaking Cue Card

You should say

  • Who the friends were?
  • What the argument was about?
  • How did they express their disagreement?
  • And explain how you felt about it.
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Cue 1:Who the friends were?

  • Introduce your friends by mentioning their names and a brief description of their relationship with you.
  • Explain how long you have known them and what common interests they share.

Example

My friends, Ravi and Priya, have been close friends of mine since college. Ravi is an avid cricket fan, while Priya is more into football. They often engage in friendly debates about sports, which is something I enjoy watching.

Cue 2:What the argument was about?

  • Clearly state the topic of the argument and why it was significant to both friends.
  • Mention any specific event or situation that triggered the disagreement.

Example

Recently, they had a heated argument about which sport is better, cricket or football. This debate started during a match screening at my house, where Ravi was supporting India in a cricket match, while Priya was frustrated that she couldn’t watch her favorite football team play.

Cue 3:How did they express their disagreement?

  • Describe the tone and manner in which they expressed their disagreement, whether it was calm or heated.
  • Include any specific phrases or actions that highlighted their disagreement.

Example

Their disagreement escalated quickly. Ravi raised his voice, passionately defending cricket, while Priya countered with statistics about football's global popularity. They both gestured animatedly, which made the argument quite entertaining for me.

Cue 4:And explain how you felt about it.

  • Share your feelings about the argument, whether you found it amusing, concerning, or something else.
  • Mention if you tried to mediate or if you enjoyed watching the debate unfold.

Example

I found their argument quite amusing, as it reminded me of our college days. I didn’t intervene because I knew they would eventually laugh it off. It was interesting to see their passion for their respective sports, and it made for a lively evening.

Conclusion

    Example

    In conclusion, witnessing Ravi and Priya's argument was a reminder of how friends can have differing opinions yet maintain a strong bond. It highlighted their personalities and interests, making our friendship even more vibrant.

    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: Lack of Detail in Description

    Providing vague answers without specific details can make your response less engaging. It may leave the examiner with unanswered questions about the argument and the friends involved.

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    Tip

    Include specific examples and details about the friends, the argument, and how they expressed their disagreement to create a vivid picture.

    2: Neglecting Personal Feelings

    Failing to express your feelings about the argument can make your response seem incomplete. Personal reflections add depth and show your engagement with the topic.

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    Tip

    Share your thoughts and feelings about the argument, explaining why it affected you and what you learned from it.

    Overly Complex Language

    Using complicated vocabulary or sentence structures can confuse the listener. It's important to communicate clearly, especially in a speaking test.

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    Tip

    Use simple and clear language to convey your ideas. Focus on clarity rather than trying to impress with difficult words.

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    Recently, two weeks ago, there was an argument between my sister and her friend, Jyoshna. The argument was about their clothes. This was a big argument between them. And I was the one who observed everything and tried to solve the problem. Actually, their clothes were mismatched. And then, Jyoshna's clothes were taken by my sister and it was by mistake she was taken and mismatched. They started quarrelling each other and started fighting among themselves. Firstly, it was a mismatch that by mistake happened. I was the one who was observing everything and I solved the problem. After two hours, they were very good friends but I didn't know why this happened between them. I really felt very bad about this situation and awkward. Because such friends should not be miscommunication between them and silly things. So, I made a commitment between them and gave a handshake. I tried to convince them to be friends as they were before. It was a great experience for me.

    Band 6-7

    Usually, I agree with thoughts of people which are in my favor. Being a very practical about things, I really appreciate the things which are in my favor. So here the worth mentioning incident when I had an argument with my some friends is that when I want to explore something new in my career but both of them were not in my favor. It was a talk about couple months ago. I remember vividly when the new session was started. We already are working in a prestigious school but since last four years but I want to explore something new with new teaching strategies and new working environment and obviously with lucrative package. So I informed them to change my school and want to shift or explore something new but they were not in my favor. They said that this school provides us so mental peace. Here we have a positive aura and the ambience is good. All teachers are very connected. We have a amicable environment. School even provides us multiple facilities. We can take off accordingly and the principal also understands the things which are related to our personal or the profession. So this was the argument which we had but their point was not in my favor. I was really disappointed and feel deep in the dumps like why they are not understanding my opinion. I want to explore my career more.

    Band 6-7

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    Band 6-7

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    Band 6-7

    Good evening. Adam and Smith are my friends. They had a huge argument between the love marriage system as well as the arranged marriage system. In connection with these things, Adam goes over the love marriage system and Smith goes over the arranged marriage system. In Adam's opinion, he said that the love marriage system is the best one because both the people can understand each other while they are in love in connection with them, and as well as he told that it was a best option to choose our partner by ourselves by facing, by looking at his qualities and his positive things. But in Smith's opinion, arranged marriage is the best one that he told that both the families can be together for participating the rituals of a marriage ceremony by selecting those people from selecting our partners from the family itself. Then it can be a beautiful ceremony with the blessings of each family members and people can easily understand after the marriage because they are born together and live together for a long time relation, that's the advanced marriage. But I choose that arranged marriage is the best thing because in arranged marriage, people have the time, people can take time to understand each other with the help of their family members, they can evolve each other, they can understand the situations of both families, how to cope with the situations, if there is any problems or traumas in their families, as well as they club together.

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    Band 6-7

    So, I will talk about one of the biggest arguments I have seen two of my friends have in front of me. It was about our the after party of our college farewell, which was a very big moment in our lives. The two friends in question were my college mates. I had first met them in the canteen of our college on the very first day of our college experience. So, after 3 years of a beautiful and emotional friendship, we were graduating with flying colors from the university. And as we all are very passionate and full of excitement about getting the degree and finally being able to throw our graduation hats in the air, we were also equally excited about celebrating it all together one last time. We were they were having an argument, a very intense argument if I may add, about where should we head for the unofficial farewell party. One friend was in favor of going to a different city to celebrate, whereas the other one wanted to keep it a little bit low key and go to a nearby bar instead. The first friend, Parul, who wanted to go out of town, her language of arguments was full of curse words and long messages, whereas the other one, who is in general a little more quiet, chose to answer through text.

    Band 6-7

    Two of my very close friends had a huge argument about when they should have their birthday party lunches because both their birthdays fall on the same day and they didn't want to have a clash. But then they got into this very heated argument about who should have it first. So my friend Poosh and Sneha both of them have their birthdays on the same day and they had this huge clash about when to have their first lunch because Sneha had to go somewhere else for her birthday later that day and Poosh wasn't available at the same time and both of them wanted to have it first in the morning. So they couldn't get into an agreement and that kind of made me feel really sad but also kind of funny, it was a bit funny to watch them quarrel over something very small. But it meant a lot to them then to each their own, right? So I helped them figure out that we could do something fun, Sneha first and then we could go out and play with Poosh. So this is my idea and they both kind of agreed to it, moreover they had very different opinions in the beginning but then they were okay with it. And it got resolved pretty quickly because I helped them.

    Band 6-7

    My friend's name, one friend's name was Pran Gopal Das and another one's name is Shubhaprata Mondal. The argument they had on a cricket match toss, we went to the final on 2024 in a tournament and the argument was based on the pitch because the rain had occurred before we played the final match and the pitch was really wet. So according to the pitch conditions and according to Shubhaprata Mondal's perspective, as we have won the toss, we should choose bowling first because the pitch will be dried in second innings and according to Pran Gopal Das, the argument was based on his perspective was that doing batting first will be very helpful because there is many possibilities to become rain in second innings which will make the match very difficult for the opponent team who will do the batting in the second innings.

    Band 6-7

    Two of my friends Satvik and Sai were playing cricket, while playing cricket we had chosen the teams and choose to bat, our team choose to bat, while Sai's team choose to ball. I was in the Satvik's team, while playing cricket they both wanted to bat and they started to quarrel, while they were quarrelling one of them throw the bat away and felt bad about it, the other one also threw the ball away and went away from that place, all of us sad and felt low, after that we stopped playing cricket for a one or two months and then it happened to be one of the, after that when we started playing we all made fun of them for that.
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