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Describe An Exciting Book That You Enjoy Reading: IELTS Speaking Cue Card

You should say

  • Introduction
  • Overview of your favourite book
  • Talk about what makes this book exciting for you
  • Conclusion
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Cue 1:Introduction

  • Begin by introducing the book you will talk about, including its title and author.
  • Mention briefly why this book is significant to you.

Example

One of the most exciting books I have read is 'The Alchemist' by Paulo Coelho. This book holds a special place in my heart because it inspired me to pursue my dreams and follow my passion.

Cue 2:Overview of your favourite book

  • Provide a brief summary of the book's plot without giving away the ending.
  • Mention the main characters and their journeys.

Example

The story follows a young shepherd named Santiago who dreams of finding treasure in the Egyptian pyramids. Throughout his journey, he meets various characters, including a king, a crystal merchant, and an alchemist, each teaching him valuable life lessons.

Cue 3:Talk about what makes this book exciting for you

  • Explain the themes or messages in the book that resonate with you.
  • Share specific moments or quotes that you found particularly thrilling or impactful.

Example

What makes 'The Alchemist' exciting for me is its powerful message about following one's dreams. One quote that really struck me is, 'When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.' This idea motivates me to chase my aspirations, no matter how challenging they may seem.

Conclusion

    Example

    In conclusion, 'The Alchemist' is not just a book for me; it is a source of inspiration. Its exciting narrative and profound lessons encourage me to believe in myself and my dreams, making it a book I cherish deeply.

    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 Structure in Your Response

    Failing to follow the cue card structure can make your answer confusing. It is important to have a clear introduction, overview, and conclusion to keep the listener engaged.

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    Start with a brief introduction, then follow the cues in order. This will help you stay organized and make your answer easier to follow.

    2: Being Too Vague or General

    Using vague language or general statements can make your answer less interesting. Specific details about the book will make your response more engaging and memorable.

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    Include specific examples from the book, such as characters or plot points, to illustrate what makes it exciting for you.

    Neglecting Personal Connection

    Not sharing your personal feelings or experiences related to the book can make your answer less impactful. Personal connections help to convey your enthusiasm.

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    Explain why the book excites you personally. Share a memorable moment or how it influenced you to create a deeper connection with your answer.

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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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    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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    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.
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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 7

    Definitely, I admire a number of popular books, but the one I am most fascinated by is the Wings of Fire written by our former President Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam. He was born and raised in a Muslim family in Tamil Nadu, and he is known as the missile man of India. He spent his four decades for DRDO and ISRO. He knows the ropes of Indian aerospace, and he was a man of grey matter. He put forward different kind of missiles for our aerospace. We are blessed with his weapons. In this book, I can go through his hard work, efforts, and different obstacles he had faced during his service in DRDO and ISRO. When he became the President of India, he was widely referred to as the people's president. It was definitely due to his humble character. Moreover, after his presidency, he spent his time for Yadav.

    Band 6-7

    One excited book I really enjoyed is The Power of Subconscious Mind. I always love to read that book because it is a very motivational and self-help book. Basically, it revealed the idea that how you can control your mind and at the top of that it also tells that how your mind works and at what direction you can use your mind and here the different concepts and in this book different concepts are given and additionally the real-life examples are also cited in this book. Moreover, it also explained that how belief plays an important role in someone's life to achieve the goals. I also believe that everyone should know how to control their mind because in that book the author beautifully quoted that you can achieve anything with the will of your mind and I also believe the same.

    Band 6-7

    My favorite book is Harry Potter, which is written by J.K. Rowling. So it's a fiction book in which they have written the most of the magical parts, how the boy suffered from all of these magical parts. So the story is about the boy, whose name is Harry Potter, and on his 11th birthday, he knows that he is wizard. So he visits the school, Hogwarts, which is a magical school, and so he makes friends. His friend's name is Hermione Andron, so they always stay together, and by day by day, they fight with their secrets, they found Harry's past life secrets, and also they fight with their dark fears, and from this, we can conclude that, from this book, I can conclude that we can stay positive, and we can be brave, everything will be get done at the end nicely.

    Band 6-7

    to the window of her room. My favorite book was The girl in the room 105. It is a book written by Chetan Bhagat. It is one of the most famous book. The story of the book begins with that a boy receives a text message from his ex-girlfriend saying that I miss you. So upon reading that, he wanted to see the girl. At that time, the girl was in the college hostel. So he decided to go there with the help of his friend. When they go there, they climb to her room through the window. But by the time they reach, she was dead. So the primary subject of this murder was him and his friend. The most exciting part is he tries to find who is the murderer of his ex-girlfriend. This is something not everyone can do. Because if it is his present girlfriend, he helped to find her murderer. But even though they broke up, he tries to find the murderer for her peace and for her family also. The conclusion is that he finally at the end manages to find the murderer and provides justice for her death. Even though she is his ex-girlfriend, I feel that this kind of unconditional love which you give is more important than any other thing.

    Band 6-7

    Yeah, so the book I am very much interested and the only book I am very much excited to read again and again is the SEO Trot. SEO Trot is nothing but the reverse of Tottoys and this was written by Roald Dahl, the author. So this is a book where he shows that a story can be written by an animal and led by an animal. He is very, very, very much stronger in his comedy sense and also sarcastic sense. And in this book, we get to see lots of, lots of fun elements. And also you just, you just laugh by just reading it, okay? And this is a book which makes my mood even more better at any time and when I'm upset too. Yeah. So I basically, I'm interested in two comedy books. So this is my, one of the favorite book.

    Band 6-7

    I like to read chemistry books especially Groves and Klein book. It's having lot of information about chemistry and easily understandable. Whenever I'm reading these books, I will go into very deep and I'll stick to the concept easily and always I like chemistry because it will give more information about my field because I am already a chemistry graduate. So I like to read chemistry books. These books will provide more understandable things and lot of information and mechanisms which will give a better understanding for me and when I'm reading these mechanisms, when I feel more information and easily understandable, I will get excited reading and continuous reading. So I'd like to tell some other things also because these books contain

    Band 6-7

    So, an exciting book that I would enjoy reading would be a Karma, which is written by Sadhguru. It not only teaches you what Karma is, but it actually gives you a knowledge about the complete blueprint of our life. So Karma is that one thing which is the blueprint of your life. So you will be responsible of your own Karma. It is just that whatever you start with, you'll be ending with that one thing. If you start with a good thing, you'll end with that. Karma is something one should always learn and have a knowledge about it, so that people do not make any mistake when they're talking about this. It gives me more excitement when I'm reading each sentence of it, because I learn so much of knowledge and I get so much of skills when I'm reading it. To sum up with this, Karma is not just a book or it is not just a sentence, but it is complete a blueprint of your life. It is where you are responsible for your own Karma. This is where I've learned so much in my life. It gives me so much of knowledge and so much of pleasure in my life. I would recommend everybody to read this book and improve their own knowledge.

    Band 6-7

    I am describing a book that I like to reading that is Rising Stars from Chetan Bhagat. The book is really so much good and it's really inspirational. Before 2 years I have started reading book Chetan Bhagat in my summer vacation. So I bought it from library and I read everyday this book. The main character in this book is two peoples were best friend and their successful and unsuccessful career. They are talking about that. The main character in this is two peoples were childhood friends and they have fun, enjoy, eat, study almost together. They enjoy each other company. After they grow they have worked together and after that successful career they have constructed, build up a new company and have work together in partnership. The main twist thing is after they have married to a girl. After that the book has really changed its trend and gotten really a new inspirational quarters. So I really like this book and I definitely recommend it to my other friends for reading this book.

    Band 6-7

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    Band 6-7

    The book I love reading the most is Let Them by Mel Robbins. The book explains about how to not control people around you and prevent the emotional disturbance that comes along with it. The book explains in depth about how you should not be affected by the people and the individuals that are close to you and are emotionally attached. You should let them be and do whatever they like. The more we try to hold on to them, it affects us emotionally, mentally, and affects our everyday activities. It makes us insecure and makes us feel invaluable. It gives me a great point on how to deal with life as well. Instead of focusing on why the person did this to me, I should say to my mind that let him or let her do whatever they did to me. It's not in my control. It also removes the amount of baggage that holds me from making my decisions in my life. It lets me think better and I feel less accountable to the emotions and I feel in power of my feelings. I don't let anyone take charge of my brain. The book is all in all a really good example for people who are very emotionally attached and are not able to use their brain completely when it comes to emotional as well. We tend to get very emotional with a lot of things in our life which could be avoided only by focusing on the intellect part as well. She also talks about 54321 rule which tells that you do not hold something up to, if it is not important, do not hold it for more than 5 seconds, just say 54321 and get over it. If you want to get out of bed, do the same thing. That is how you can control your brain.
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