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Describe An Invention Changed The Peoples Life: IELTS Speaking Cue Card

You should say

  • What is the invention?
  • How has it affected people's life?
  • What are the benefits of the invention?
  • How does it affect different age groups?
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Cue 1:What is the invention?

  • Begin by clearly stating the invention you want to discuss, such as the smartphone.
  • Provide a brief background on when it was invented and its initial purpose.

Example

The invention I want to talk about is the smartphone. It was first introduced in the early 2000s, and its primary purpose was to combine the functionalities of a mobile phone with that of a computer, allowing users to make calls, send messages, and access the internet.

Cue 2:How has it affected people's life?

  • Discuss the significant changes in daily life brought about by the invention.
  • Mention how it has transformed communication, work, and entertainment.

Example

The smartphone has dramatically changed people's lives by making communication instant and accessible. Now, I can connect with friends and family across the globe in seconds, which was not possible before. Additionally, it has transformed how we work, allowing remote working and access to information at our fingertips.

Cue 3:What are the benefits of the invention?

  • List the key benefits that the invention has brought to society.
  • Include both personal and societal advantages.

Example

Some of the benefits of smartphones include enhanced connectivity, access to educational resources, and convenience in daily tasks. For instance, I can use various apps for banking, shopping, and even learning new skills, which saves me a lot of time and effort.

Cue 4:How does it affect different age groups?

  • Explain how the invention impacts various age demographics differently.
  • Provide examples of how children, adults, and seniors use smartphones.

Example

Smartphones affect different age groups in unique ways. For children, they are often used for educational games and learning apps, which can enhance their learning experience. Adults use them for work and socializing, while seniors might use them to stay connected with family or for health management through various applications.

Conclusion

    Example

    In conclusion, the smartphone is a revolutionary invention that has significantly changed our lives. Its impact spans across all age groups, providing numerous benefits that enhance communication, learning, and convenience in our daily routines.

    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 of the Invention

    Using unclear or general terms to describe the invention can confuse the listener. Specific details help convey your understanding and make your answer more engaging.

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    Clearly define the invention with specific features and examples to enhance clarity and interest.

    2: Neglecting Different Age Groups

    Failing to discuss how the invention affects various age groups can limit your answer. It's important to show a comprehensive understanding of its impact on society.

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    Include examples of how the invention benefits or affects children, adults, and the elderly to provide a well-rounded response.

    Ignoring Personal Experience

    Not sharing personal experiences or opinions about the invention can make your answer less relatable. Personal stories can create a stronger connection with the listener.

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    Incorporate a personal anecdote or opinion about the invention to make your response more engaging and authentic.

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    Band 6-7

    The immediate answer after seeing this question that hit my mind was smart phone. Yes, the smart phone is one of the invention that totally changed the humanity's way of living and the psychological and physiological state of the human beings over this last 100 years. It had a drastic effect on humanity. The change spans over not only in a single age group. The change spans over all of the age group starting from a toddler and to the old aged man. Yes, if we talk about toddlers, the smart phone acts as a very allurative thing which can easily grab the child's attention and interest towards it. This has many bad effects on toddlers. It grabs the childhood memories. Now, when we talk about the middle aged or old aged people, they have the insecurity of being unused. This insecurity is lost because there is something that keeps them awake. There is something they want to do everyday. This has a good effect over them. It keeps them little more alive in their old age.

    Band 6-7

    The invention that has changed people's life is Artificial Intelligence. The reason behind that is because of its solid approach towards the new system. We have a great example in front of us that is ChatGPT. It's helped a lot of people do the sort of work which a normal human can't do. It just solves your problem in few seconds. It's one of the perfect invention that has changed people's life. AI has actually been a core for completing assignments or extracting important information regarding your research or anything which a human normally takes a lot of time to complete. It solves all your problems in seconds. It has helped the new generation and has also helped the mid-generation who are working individuals. It mostly has not affected the older generation as they are not tech-savvy. Thank you, that's it.

    Band 6-7

    One invention that changed the people's life is the internet. In the internet, there are two types of changes made. There are various types of changes, but two is the MetaEye and the ChatGPT. As you know, the ChatGPT and the MetaEye are the services that provide us a detailed answer, even which we don't know anything, and they solve us in one second. Moreover, I would like to talk about this feature, which is very easy to use.

    Band 6-7

    There are many inventions that recently changed in people's lives like advanced technology, artificial intelligence, virtual reality that can be used in all parts of the field also in our day-to-day life. For instance, using a virtual reality in real estate and architectural designs is more pathetic diagrams and more creative ideas and visualizations to the clients. Also using advanced technology like new gadgets which helps us to connect with our close ones, friends, families or if we are far away from them, we can easily connect to them without any problem these days. Also coming past to the artificial intelligence which is recently grasping over the world and it helps us a lot in researchers especially for students to do their homework and coming to the negative part of that because we people are getting more lazy because of that because doing homework is not actually a robot thing but a human thing so we should be aware of the usages in advanced technology that recently changing our lives and we should also be very aware of our future and future generations. I think using advanced technology depends upon the individuality and also it has to be taken care of more by minimal usage

    Band 6-7

    So, recent invention that has changed people's life completely is artificial intelligence. It refers to computer systems designed to perform tasks that typically require human intelligence such as problem solving, learning and decision making. It is widely used in many industries including healthcare, finance, education and automation. It improves efficiency, automates repetitive tasks, enhances decision making and personalizes user experiences. It plays a key role in advancements like medical diagnostics, smart assistants and self-driving cars. The invention affects different age groups differently. It has affected different age groups differently. For example, artificial intelligence can lead many youths to lose jobs due to automation. It could raise ethical concerns and also pose privacy risks. It may also result in biased decision making for most people working in industries if the prompts are not properly designed and monitored.

    Band 6-7

    In my opinion, I think mobile is the invention which has changed people's lives, because earlier when there were no mobile phones, people used to not able to communicate on daily basis, they used to face a lot of troubles in communicating each other, they used to write letters which used to get delivered to the person after so many days that they have to wait for months to get a reply. But now since mobile phones have been invented, it is quite easier to communicate with each other and get replies from each other and do our duties on time. So yeah, I think mobile phone has really changed people's lives.

    Band 6-7

    I think the invention that has totally changed the people's life would be smartphone. Since the invention of smartphone, people have been technologically advanced and it is being used as an alternative of many things for like people do not have to set alarm, people do not have to use torch, and people do not have to use calculator and like there are many things that are already in there in smartphones, so it has made the life of the people much more easier and since the smartphone has arrived, social media has boomed up, like everyone is showing their life to the world, what is going on, what is not, they have been posting where they are going to. So it has affected all age groups, especially children as it is mentally affecting them due to the long screen time, but its positive effect is that it is used for educational purpose so that the children are much more able to or much more accessible to the study notes and also it was very beneficial during the online study, during the COVID time, everyone has to go quarantine or everywhere it was locked down, so everyone has to study from smartphone only, so I think it was very helpful during that time and it really affected people like as people due to smartphone, people are suffering from loneliness, and are feeling socially disconnected.

    Band 6-7

    The invention that I believe has changed people's lives is the internet. In the last 10 to 20 years, I have seen a drastic change in the way people live their lifestyles now. It's like without internet it is very difficult to survive today and it has seeped to almost every activity that we do today. Not just the use of mobile phones but using a mobile phone with internet for not only our age group but for also the other generations has been something which has made life very easy. It has made things very accessible and it has also improved payments and access to banks, access to services, access to products, access to medicines, access to some things which were unimaginable 15-20 years into the past. So that is something which I feel is a pretty revolutionary change and I also think that it can be put to even better use in the future. It is something which is here to stay and it is something which can improve our lives all around all the time.

    Band 6-7

    So, I am going to talk about the mobile phone, which is the greatest invention of the century. Mobile phones are basically everyday important tool for humans. So, mobile phones come in different shapes and sizes. It's something that people use everyday in their day to day life. And mobile phones also come in different colors. Mobile phones affects people's life because it is always a part of their life. And it consumes a lot of their time. You can see that people are always on their mobile phones, playing games, listening to music, recording videos. And lot of people have made their career out of mobile phones. So, they also have monetized different things that can be done on mobile phone. And I think there are lot of benefits as well. Initially, people found it difficult to communicate from one place to another. So, let's take an example. I am from Chennai. And someone was in America. It was quite hard to communicate from Chennai to America. But mobile phones have shortened the distance and made it accessible for people to communicate from one place to another. Mobile phones can also be a negative influence on younger people. Younger people who initially used books to study are now focused on mobile phones. And I think it's quite a bad influence for them.

    Band 6-7

    As we all know man is a slave to habits and in today's age we are slave to equipments around us. So yes there is one invention that changed people life that would be definitely a smartphone. We are so dependent on smartphone today we cannot imagine ourselves without a smartphone. It has completely changed our life starting from putting an alarm to scrolling a newspaper we have our smartphone. In fact for any purpose of meeting for a reminder or even simply for just drinking water we like to put alarms on our smartphone. It has affected us so much that we are unable to step out from our home without a smartphone. It has become an integral part of our daily life. There are many benefits of this invention. To begin with firstly nowadays students
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