Describe an impressive talk/conversation you had that you remember well: IELTS Speaking Cue Card

You should say

Who you talked to
When and where you had the talk
What you talked about
And explain why it was impressive

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Cue 1:Who you talked to

Introduce the person you had the conversation with, mentioning their relationship to you.
Share a brief background about them to give context to the conversation.

Example

I had an impressive conversation with my uncle, who is a successful entrepreneur. He has been running his own business for over a decade and has a wealth of experience in the industry.

Cue 2:When and where you had the talk

Describe the time and place of the conversation to set the scene.
Mention any relevant details about the environment that made the conversation special.

Example

This talk took place last summer during a family gathering at my grandparents' house. The atmosphere was relaxed, with everyone enjoying good food and laughter, which made it the perfect setting for a meaningful discussion.

Cue 3:What you talked about

Outline the main topics discussed during the conversation.
Highlight any specific stories or advice shared that stood out to you.

Example

We talked about the challenges of starting a business and the importance of resilience. He shared a personal story about a time he faced failure but learned valuable lessons that ultimately led to his success.

Cue 4:And explain why it was impressive

Reflect on what made the conversation impactful for you personally.
Discuss how it influenced your thoughts or actions moving forward.

Example

This conversation was impressive because it opened my eyes to the realities of entrepreneurship. His passion and determination inspired me to consider my own career path more seriously, and I left feeling motivated to pursue my dreams.

Conclusion

Example

In conclusion, that conversation with my uncle was not just a casual chat; it was a pivotal moment that encouraged me to think differently about my future. I realized the value of learning from others' experiences and how impactful a single conversation can be in shaping our aspirations.

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

Providing vague answers without specific details can make your response less engaging and memorable. It may fail to demonstrate your language proficiency and storytelling ability.

Tip

Include specific details about the person you talked to, the setting, and the topics discussed to create a vivid picture for the examiner.

2: Ignoring the Impressive Aspect

Failing to explain why the conversation was impressive can leave your answer incomplete. It’s essential to highlight the significance of the talk to showcase your reflective thinking.

Tip

Clearly articulate what made the conversation impactful for you, whether it was the insights gained or the emotional connection established.

Poor Structure

A disorganized response can confuse the listener and detract from the overall quality of your answer. It’s important to present your ideas in a logical sequence.

Tip

Follow the cue prompts in order: introduce the person, describe the setting, discuss the conversation, and conclude with its significance to ensure clarity.

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Describe your favourite food at a traditional festival or a special event in your country

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Anonymous student Band 7.5

Pitampura Test Centre, New Delhi

Answer

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

Reported by

Anonymous student Band 8

Sector 34 Test Centre, Chandigarh

Answer

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

Reported by

Anonymous student Band 6.5

Whitefield Test Center, Bengaluru

Answer

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

Reported by

Anonymous student Band 7

Begumpet Test Centre, Hyderabad

Answer

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

Reported by

Anonymous student Band 7.5

CBD Belapur Test Centre, Navi Mumbai

Answer

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 5-6

by telling her the here I would like to describe an impressive talk which I had with my niece she is from America she has brought up there last year I had a wedding last year there is a wedding there was a wedding of my cousin and due to some unavoidable circumstances she she hadn't be there but she missed a lot all of us she always tried to video chat video calls and in fact she ruined all marriage on video chats video calls we can say we start our conversation by the party and she wants to know what kind of dress we wear at that time what kind of arrangements there I told her all the narratives in a short summary I shared that we all wear theme dresses on different occasions firstly we celebrate DJ night there we wear cocktail dresses and after cocktail there was a satsang and at that time we wear red outfits and there was a mehendi ceremony where we

Band 5-6

The conversation I remember well was the conversation I had with my dad, mostly three months back when I actually live in a different house, which is above where my parents live, I came down for the breakfast. My mom called me come have the breakfast and I came down to have my breakfast. And when I was having my breakfast, my dad started asking me that now you are going to complete your B. So what are you going to do after that? So I told him I haven't planned it yet. So he answered me that if you haven't planned that, so what are you willing to do later on this? Are you interested to continue your course or just sit home and you're going to just have your food and continue your life? I said, no, I'm going to plan after it. And I really felt really bad and depressed after that. So I made a decision on that day that I'm going to really concentrate on what I'm going to do on my life from today on. And I really started to focus that what I should do after my B, my bachelor's in engineering and civil engineering gets completed. So I plan to continue my I have I'm planning to continue for my master's in master's abroad. Maybe I have planned a civil engineering course, which I'm mostly interested in, which is transportation engineering. And that is my plan after this.

Band 5-6

Well, here I would like to talk about one of impressive talk that I have done with my friend and that I never get to be forgotten it because it was one of the favorite moment as well as favorite talk. That was the time when I was going to Bias for the satsang of our guru. I was going there for taking blessings and I go there with my family. So at the time I described my whole experience with my friend that how I feel there that all and then I told him that how I felt there. There was lot of change after that previously when I gone there. I never forget that experience because the darshan was also really very good because I am sitting in front of him and the blessings and the grace which was come on me was one of the greatest thing which I never be forgotten as well as the look of Bias was also being different from the previous time. It looks same but different. Everything was of maroon as well as white color. The whole Bias was decorated with these two colors. This was one of the happy moment for me. There are lot of things that we can see there like library, museum. In the library and museum there are lot of things that are of old generation. Likewise there was some monuments, some coins, some sceneries that are really very good. This was the conversation that I can't be forget with my friend because at the time was also the time when I feel really very happy. So that was all when that was the impressive talk for me.

Band 5-6

A conversation that I had with my robotics professor named Miss Maria Ma'am in my second year at university, we talked about how engineering and management fields are interrelated and how they are so independent as well as they are so...

Band 5-6

Well, I am a very talkative person and I have a very good nature also. I would be friendly with people easily. Here I would like to talk about an impressive talk that I had with my friend when I was in my graduation. I lived there in a hostel and at late night, me and my friend, her name was Ria, we was watching together a horror web series named Antilia House and suddenly we saw a white wrapped paper look at us from outside the window. We scared but suddenly we remembered it was only a white cloth that hung on a tree. Then we started talking about that web series that was very scarable and we afraid of darkness both. And again, I would like to suggest you that you should never watch horror web series at night. That talk was very impressive because it contains miserable talks about horror movies like ghosts and burried, the ghosts that are buried under the grave and they suddenly come out and they

Band 5

There are so many talks with my friend, impressive talks which I have done, but now I am going to shed light on my very much impressive talk which I loved most, that was with my serv, which was not still with me, named Gagan, Gagan Deep Singh, he was very positive thinker and he believes that positive thing makes man perfect, so that's why I believe very much on that sir, he was very helpful for me, but at now time he was not still with me, so that's why I miss him, miss my serv very well, so that I am going to tell about that talk which was with my serv, that talk was very impressive for me because he gives me so many confidence level and he tells me that confidence man is very important in every person, so that's why I love that talk and when I was in trouble, so that I recognize that talk and make confidence in me that I can do that work and make me very special, so that's why I love that talk.

Band 5

And my best friend usually has... Realize that... It's nice to have a little... A five, a little second... And you could be... And you could go a bit... And I will... Stay... And I will... And I will... And I will... And I will... And I will... Get... To up the level of the place... You realize how far... I have come... But... Before... You may have to go a bit below... You held him... And Saucey... Lifted him off the base of the throne... It all means something... Come to the place where you find yourself... It meant a lot... This last step... Which you might have missed... You realized hold your situation... In self confidence... It meant a lot... It meant a lot... It meant a lot...

Band <5

इन रीजन टाइम हो गया अम्मी पीछने का हँगिन पत आगे दिज़ैसम मैं बुना के बाद पताמ बोल गया और इन दिज़या तो कुछ च्ची दोगा महसे बुन गया और राजाँ पहुँं पैटरोल, इधनाल इधनाल मिक्स पाटी पर अगर हम हम हम एक गब के बाद बचते हैं उसके हाँगा और हम पैटरोल को पैटरोल पे लिए आगे बचते हैं पर अगर इधनाल पर बचते हैं तो हम इधनाल के बाद बचते हैं इंडियो के बाद सब बाद इधनाल के बाद पैटरोल में इंज़न और गुल्ड टैंक्स क्योंकि इधनाल बाद देते है और इधनाल पे लिए इधनाल इतनाल नहीं और बाद टैंक्स नहीं सीखते है और शुरू नहीं क्योंकि वो अगर कृंडड है और वह बाद यह ख़ुश्य है क्योंकि इधनाल नहीं पे लिए 3MBS एक वहिकल

Band 6.5

The most interesting talk was with one Dr. Chokkalingam. He was visited to be the chief guest of our school and during the lunch break he spoke with all of us, all the teachers were together and he spoke about why human beings are unhappy from the womb to tomb, he said. It's all because they never give and they never forgive. If you want happiness, you should give and you should forgive. And he also advised to avoid hurry, worry and curry. Too much of eating spoils the health. So he has recommended to eat sensibly. Moreover, he also spoke about adequate exercise. In addition to healthy food, we have to focus on exercise. So everyday exercise will keep us healthy. Furthermore, he also gave a few quotes and one of the most impressive quote is like, be positive in thinking, be healthy in eating and be adequate in exercising. So this small talk with Dr. Chokkalingam is really unforgettable because it was full of information. On top of that, gave personal tips like add good positives, detect all bad things from your life, divide your time with your family for exercise and multiply the knowledge and live in balance. So, moreover, the way he treated people was very impressive. He treated everyone with respect.

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