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Describe Something That Saves Your Time: IELTS Speaking Cue Card

You should say

  • What it is?
  • When do you usually do it?
  • Why do you do it?
  • And explain how you think it saves your time?
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Cue 1:What it is?

  • Begin by clearly identifying the tool or method that saves your time.
  • Provide a brief description of how it works and its main features.

Example

One thing that saves my time is a meal prep service. This service provides pre-portioned ingredients and recipes for various meals, allowing me to cook quickly without the hassle of grocery shopping.

Cue 2:When do you usually do it?

  • Mention the specific times or situations when you use this time-saving method.
  • Explain how often you rely on it, whether daily, weekly, or occasionally.

Example

I usually use the meal prep service on weekends. I dedicate a couple of hours on Saturday to prepare meals for the week ahead. This routine helps me avoid cooking every day after work.

Cue 3:Why do you do it?

  • Discuss your motivations for using this time-saving method.
  • Include any challenges you faced before adopting this method.

Example

I opted for this meal prep service because I often found myself too busy to cook after a long day at work. Previously, I would end up ordering takeout, which was not only time-consuming but also unhealthy.

Cue 4:And explain how you think it saves your time?

  • Explain the specific ways this method reduces the time you spend on tasks.
  • Provide examples of how much time you save compared to your previous routine.

Example

This service saves me about 10-15 hours a week. Instead of spending time shopping for groceries and deciding what to cook each day, I simply follow the meal prep instructions. This efficiency allows me to focus on other important activities, like exercising or spending time with family.

Conclusion

    Example

    In conclusion, using a meal prep service has significantly streamlined my cooking process. It not only saves me time but also encourages healthier eating habits, making it an essential part of my weekly routine.

    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

    Using vague language can make your answer unclear. Candidates often fail to provide specific details about the time-saving activity, which can lead to a lack of engagement.

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    Tip

    Be specific about what the activity is. Use clear examples and details to illustrate how it saves time.

    2: Ignoring the Cues

    Not addressing all the cues can result in an incomplete answer. Candidates may focus on one aspect and neglect others, which can affect their score.

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    Make sure to answer all the cues provided. Structure your response to cover each point clearly and thoroughly.

    Overly Complicated Language

    Using complex vocabulary or sentence structures can confuse the listener. Candidates may lose clarity and coherence in their answers.

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    Use simple and clear language. Focus on conveying your ideas effectively rather than using difficult words.

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    Band 6

    I am generally a very disorganized and a clumsy person. So what I do sometimes to save time is that I used to write a journal consisting of my to-do list things. It actually used to be very difficult in the beginning but then later on I really did find my pace and I started being very consistent with it. After a point I kind of realized that this was helping me to keep my day organized and remind, helps me to remind myself about the important events and assignments on time and I was really grateful for that. I used to also write extra information in this diary about the things I used to like and the things that I wish to do and all these dreams of mine that I would like to achieve one day. It really was useful up to a point where I found myself lazy enough to stop writing. Somehow I mustered up the courage and started to practice consistency, started watching videos on YouTube regarding consistency and somehow again I fell back to the routine and I am really grateful for that.

    Band 6

    It is internet that help us to save a lot of time, moreover we can use internet for following purposes like we can recharge our cell phone and our electricity bill in just a minute and it saves you to go in a queue and waste your time. Furthermore, it gives you a lot of time, it gives you a lot of time to save your time. By internet you can easily book your flying tickets and your bus tickets and there you are not able to go there and like stand in a queue that will waste your time. In addition, I would like to say that internet make our life so easy that we can easily manage some of our basic utensil things that may include our monthly electricity bill or monthly mobile phone bills or our wifi bills.

    Band 6

    Hello, today I am going to discuss something that saves my time. I must say my scooty used to save my time. Because when I used to go to my office I used a scooty. When I used to go to drop my daughter to school I used a scooty. It is the best source of communication and transportation for me. As you know today communication and transportation is the most important thing. If I don't have a scooty or any transportation medium then I must have to use my walking or I have to depend on any other source of transportation like buses, autos, taxis etc. But through my scooty it is easy for me to get to travel to my destination easily and save money and save time. For example, if I say that I am going to pick up my daughter from the bus stop, if I go by walking it will take time and sometime maybe I will become late. But through a scooty that particular distance will be covered.

    Band 6

    well if I talk about the time-saving things which I had so today I'm gonna to talk about the nice bike which I have a you can say it's a electrical bike why I'm saying it's really useful and convenience and also for time-saving so on my last birthday my father gave me gave it to me and thing was I really struggled to go wrote my office and going to library and I thought like it was really challenging for me to visit that place on a time so I thought like no I could not afford my time so I just simply said and I discussed to my family members on and I suppose that I got surprised and I get my first electric car and bike too that saves my time on a usual basis so I was really happy that time so yeah it's a really nice bike which I have got my father so yeah really and the looks was really nice and it helped me a lot in it won't take too much time to reach at my office and it takes only 10 minutes to reach to to be and earlier if I talk about that so I often go by walk and it took a lot of time to visit that place and in case if the traffic constrictions you might have a struggle to find your way and you might have stuck over there so I think yeah it's helped me a lot and on the basis of routes and the roads you can easily access via different paths and you might have a good choice of idea that if you have a bike like you can go anywhere so when I go outside and traveling with my friends on weekends I usually go to for long-distance

    Band 5-6

    and now in this contemporary era various technologies are established such as smartphone computers internets and other more technologies but my favorite technology is smartphone because you all know in ancient era there are lots of the people was contact with each other by assist of letter but but whereas now most of the people are used to use smartphone because because of smartphone you easily contact with each other and transfer the message within the few second and this technology saves our time and smartphone smartphones play vital role in everyone's life and now there are lots of the advantages of the smartphone first one is it is easy to handle

    Band 5-6

    In everyone's life there is a time, there is a time we save or a time for a better use. In my life also there is a period of time that I use my valuable time at a proper way. After my graduation I took SAP for my higher studies and job opportunities to get a better hike in every organisation, even my sector and at that time I had an exam on that day but at that time also I was doing my part-time jobs so I wanted to concentrate both on the proper way of performance but at the time of examination I didn't get the proper time to manage that and I managed by the part-time job, I managed by hearing the videos of YouTube and the classes I used to help me to use my time properly. That is one of the days I use my time very well and I know it's a multitask but sometimes you have to do that to save your time to a better way.

    Band 5-6

    Okay, so the thing which saves my time is not thinking about too much things at the same time because I often see people overthinking or even thinking about things they shouldn't be thinking about because it shouldn't be something which would be stuck to somewhere in someone's mind and what I do is I don't think about past, future or present. I just live my life and go with the flow. Why do I do it? Because I feel like it is just a pressure to your mind. It is basically mentally torturing you about some things which shouldn't be happening to you and these things can make your mind suffer more than you think it makes you suffer. It's like a bacteria. It's like a virus. It is getting inside your body and it is spreading all over inside your body. So I guess you shouldn't be thinking about the things which are making your time worse than you think it is.

    Band 5-6

    I think that something which saves my time is studying. Studying is a favorite part which I do in my free time and I like studying because it is really interesting to read different kind of books whether it's fictional or it's autobiography and I used to study a lot different subjects like Maths, Physics, Chemistry and Bio and also English which improves our language skills. So this is what I have learned this and it I think saves my time a lot and usually when I am free I don't think like I have to waste my time instead I just pick up a book and read it and I like reading English because it's a language which is very good and is used in most of the parts of country in any world. So I think this should be my favorite subject and this saves my time a lot and many people also used to do this by reading and it is very beneficial as it gives us knowledge and it enhances our intuition abilities too. Also it helps us in dealing with everyday life in common sense and

    Band 5

    Well in the prevailing era there is a lot of hustle bustle in human's life. We are very confused in our own life so we lose our time most of the time and in order to save my time I usually prefer metros because metros are one of the fastest transportation mode as compared to other transportation. So whenever I am getting late from my school and even from other important occasions such as a social gathering any personal meeting I usually prefer to go through a metro as I previously mentioned it is one of the fastest mode apart from this it also provides safety to us and it is a easy mode of transportation in my city so most of the time I prefer metro. I think metro is a time saving as compared to other mode of transportation as my school is 20 km apart from my house so it is very difficult to go there with my own vehicle because there are lot of safety issues as I am not 18 year old when I study in school so I have no driving lessons so I generally prefer metro to went to my school and I think there is not any other mode of communication oh sorry other mode of transportation which usually help me a lot to go there.

    Band 5

    The thing that I want to save my time is, I just want to wake up in the early morning. I usually do this kind of things whenever I have time for reading or any kind of preparation. And if I want to go outside as in tours or trips or invitations, investigations, this kind of things, I will wake up in the early morning. It will be very helpful for me to understand how the time is usually important for us. Without time, we can't do, once the time is completed, we cannot come back it again. It will not come back again. I feel when the time is there, we have to use it, we have to utilize it, it's the best thing for everyone's life. We should not take it as an easy thing. And the next one is, it will save my, to increase my memory power and also very kind of things I would like to prefer. If I am going to outside, I will be wake up in the early morning and dress up, I will be cleaned up everything, I will be very happy and very clean. So at the time, I have an opportunity. And one thing I want to say is, time is the precious thing that does not come back again and again. When the time is there, you have to utilize it. I prefer. And the next one is, whenever you have an exam or anything, you will wake up in the early morning because you have a lot of time for the practice as well as improving your skills. Whenever you wake up in the early morning, your brain will be very sharp. You can use your brain for a lot of things as well as anything, you can improve a lot of communication skills, a lot of knowledge, a lot of technical information and a lot of outside surroundings. Walking, you will be very healthy. There are a lot of advantages when you wake up in the early morning. So I mostly prefer to wake up in the early morning. It will be very helpful for everyone.
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