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Describe something that you did with someone/a group of people: IELTS Speaking Cue Card

You should say

  • What it was
  • Who you did it with
  • How long it took you to do this
  • And explain why you did it together
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Cue 1:What it was

  • Begin with a clear and engaging description of the activity you did.
  • Mention any specific details that make the experience memorable.

Example

I want to talk about a memorable road trip I took with my friends to Manali. It was a spontaneous decision, and we were all excited to explore the beautiful mountains and enjoy some adventure.

Cue 2:Who you did it with

  • Introduce the people you were with, highlighting your relationship with them.
  • Share a little about their personalities or interests that made the trip enjoyable.

Example

I went on this trip with my college friends, Rahul, Priya, and Anjali. We have been friends since our first year of college, and we all share a love for travel and adventure, which made the trip even more fun.

Cue 3:How long it took you to do this

  • Provide the duration of the activity, including travel time and the time spent at the destination.
  • Mention any interesting experiences during the journey.

Example

The entire trip lasted about four days. We drove for around 12 hours to reach Manali, and the long drive was filled with music, laughter, and plenty of snacks, making it feel shorter than it actually was.

Cue 4:And explain why you did it together

  • Discuss the motivation behind choosing this activity and why it was special to do it with this group.
  • Reflect on the bonding experience and any lessons learned.

Example

We decided to go on this trip together because we wanted to take a break from our studies and create some unforgettable memories. The trip strengthened our friendship, and we learned to work together as a team, especially when it came to planning our itinerary.

Conclusion

  • Summarize the overall experience and its significance to you.
  • Mention any future plans with the same group or similar activities.

Example

Overall, this trip to Manali was one of the best experiences of my life. It not only allowed us to unwind but also brought us closer together. We are already planning our next adventure to Goa, and I can't wait to create more memories with my friends.

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

Failing to provide enough detail can make your answer sound vague and uninteresting. It's important to engage the listener with specific information about the activity.

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Tip

Include sensory details and emotions to make your description vivid. Explain what you saw, heard, and felt during the experience.

2: Ignoring the Group Dynamics

Not mentioning who you did the activity with can lead to a less engaging response. The dynamics of the group can add depth to your story.

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Tip

Describe the roles and contributions of each person in the group. This will help illustrate the collaborative nature of the experience.

Rushing Through the Explanation

Speeding through your answer can leave out important aspects, making it hard for the examiner to follow your story. Take your time to explain.

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Tip

Break down your explanation into clear parts. Discuss the 'why' behind the activity and its significance to you and the group.

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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.
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Anonymous student Band 6.5

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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.
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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 6-7

So, I vividly remember practicing, choreographing a dance with my cousins and family members as it was a wedding of one of my cousins, like in last year, December. So it actually took us a whole month for everyone to learn the steps and perform the dance exactly on the beat. It was such a fun experience. I really enjoyed it, like my cousins from different cities and countries were learning the steps on the video call and I remember teaching them everything like, no you don't have to do this, do it this way or do it that way and moreover it was actually a very fun experience as I had to, like I got a chance to bond with everyone through this experience. All of my cousins were so excited about it, like and they really, really gave their best when the time of the performance came up. I remember, we were so nervous before the actual dance and actually in the end we just gently pulled the groom and bride on the dance floor to dance with us and we actually literally forgot about the practice, the dance, the steps we have created in our mind and we just fully enjoyed it to ourselves. It was so good that I still remember about it and that's etched into my memory.

Band 6-7

Something that I did with a group of people would be bunking class, I know it's not something that I should be proud of, but I really enjoyed doing that at that time, and still miss those days. So, what I did was we were having our board exams going on, and it's really tough, the pressure upon us, and I was staying in a hostel, so there was this friend of mine who was very close to, right now as well, this happened seven years, or six years ago, like we were really close, we were having our exams and studying was going on, and we had to study, and our hostel warden really trusted us, so she was asking us, why didn't you guys go and study in the library, and we were like, oh, okay, sure, we were sitting, we were actually not planning, we were not having any plans of bunking, we were just sitting and studying, and then she asked us just to go to the library, and we were like, yeah, we'll go, we just take the bag, and as we were walking outside, we were like, why don't we go for a movie, and it was just sudden plans, I, what I miss with her, that best friend of mine, her name is Shina, by the way, is that we always have plans put on at that moment, and we just decide to go with it, I miss those days, I really do, and yeah, so we went for the movie, actually we, it was our first time going for a movie in that place, we were just 15 or 16 at that time, and then we turned on the Google Maps, then we were walking according to what the Google Maps showed, and then we suddenly was just walking, and when he looked in front of us, we could see a big cliff, and then we asked the auto driver, it was fun, funny.

Band 6-7

Well, doing things collectively or individually gives great pleasure to a person. I feel very happy when I do things like projects and seminars with others. Here, I would like to speak about a time when I wanted to work on a project with my other classmates. So, those were the days of my college when I took a part in that project. So, the project was based on renewable energy and we had to build a setup for that project and there was a presentation. So, we both of us together worked on it. We built a setup or we can say it as a model by which things are easy to represent in front of our tutors. Furthermore, to be honest, we took a month to prepare. So, in that one month, there were many difficulties, there were many errors coming. Moreover, there were some mistakes that we had to correct. So, in that one month, there were many errors in working of model. So, this project or work helps me in building my skills, my confidence and I feel very happy.

Band 6-7

There was this one trip which we planned, the trip was to Munnar, a hill station located in between Coimbatore and Kerala in India. This was 2 years back and I still remember vividly how hard it was to plan this trip because it is very common for trips to get cancelled but we however managed to pull this off. We were a group of 4 friends, one of the friends was my girlfriend and there was this guy and a girl who came with us and we 4 planned to go in the month of December and January I guess. It was in this month because Munnar will be fully filled with clouds and fog at this time and it would be super natural at this time. We chose Munnar because Munnar will be full of greenery and good amount of flora and fauna. It will give a very soothing effect for people who get there and there were many good reviews from tourists across the world about their experiences in Munnar. It was really hard to get our leaves for this trip because we are posted in different departments in our college and planning this trip was not really a very easy task to be very honest and I am not a very good planner actually. So however we pulled off this trip and we really enjoyed there, we went to doing many adventurous activities, we went on jeep rides, we climbed the tallest peak in the world which is called as Kolkommalai and I would say I would pay even millions to experience such a very soothing feeling in my life.

Band 6-7

One activity that I did with my friends was night camping. It was marvelous experience that I have had. Being an adventurous person and having a life goal to experience everything in life, this experience was amazing. I went to a night camp where we had to trek to a mountain peak at night time. There we did various activities like bonfire, music, entertainment. And then on the peak we had to do a ramping activity and then climb down to the mountain. Climb down of the mountain was an experience of lifetime. It was then that I realized the value of life. I had to just go from one mountain to the other through just swinging myself through a rope tied across. And that was a dangerous experience where we just give all in and that is what life is. To give all in and just trust on the higher power to just sail you throughout the boat. Being an adventurous person myself, I like to engage in such activities because it gives me exposure and brings me closer to the nature. Helping me just de-stress myself from the usual life that I have that is work. And then I get to do such activities making me feel alive and bring that energy in my life back.

Band 6-7

I am here to talk about a trip which was planned and executed last year with my friends. It was a trip to a theme park which is located at Kerala. The name of the theme park is Fantasy Park. Before the day of the trip, we have planned a lot of things and packed every sort of things like dresses, snacks and everything we want. And we took a camera also for capturing some memorable moments. And the next day the trip has officially started. And then we had a very smooth bike trip which gave us a pretty beautiful experience. On the way, there is a tunnel which is the Asia's second largest tunnel. We experienced it in our direct ride. It is our first time to travel that long in a bike. So, a lot of people have fun on that. During our ride, we had our lunch in a hotel called... If I remember correctly, the hotel name is Monavalli. We had a pretty good lunch. It is a Kerala lunch we ate for the first time. Then we entered the theme park. The ticket price is about 900. There we had a lot of lovable moments. We have done astonishing rides which put a tremendous pressure in our stomach and other parts of the body. It is quite a beautiful experience. After that, we had our tea and snacks in a nearby tea shop. Then we gathered around and clicked some photos and returned to our hotel. That's it.

Band 6-7

I recently went to the World Book Fair organized at Pragati Maidan in Delhi. It's typically organized in the first week of February every year. I went there with a colleague and someone who is also a dear friend. It was an impromptu plan and we got a day off from school because of a government mandated holiday and we thought we'd use that time to visit the book fair. We made a day long trip and we went through various sections particularly enjoying the children's reading section where we went through books that our children could use in school and we also went through some sample textbooks that we could introduce for our students. We then also went through certain textbooks that we also visited some stalls which had books pertaining to…

Band 6-7

I actually started thinking about building my own venture, which is basically based on fashion and technology. So I found a gap in the market and I started to research more for the solution to bridge the gap. So I came up with a solution, but it was only me. So a person who is actually single, like alone, might be difficult to achieve the goal. So what I did is actually, I went into LinkedIn and then I searched for the people who are like-minded and I gathered them and I made a group, a team, to achieve my dream and to build this venture. And that really helped me. Right now it is almost about to end. The project is about to end, we are going to get the product out. It is an amazing and wonderful experience. I felt that working together makes the project with a greater impact and outcomes are amazing. So I believe that working as a team is always the most and wonderful experience you can ever have. Even though if you feel lost, there is a team who are going to back you up.

Band 6-7

We have a set of homies who used to feed the poor and also stray dogs. We always wanted to feed the homeless in our surroundings because we were very passionate to do it. And I'm certain that all my friends also loved it and joined my foundation to help the poor and stray dogs. Because most of the time there's nobody else taking care of the stray dogs. You can see a number of dogs having accidents by accident. It's always delightful to see someone help somebody and it has to satisfy your soul and other things. I've always believed in karma, so if you give something, you'll get something good. So I'm going to live in it. We did it because we were very fascinated and it's very intriguing to see new people, learn new things and get some lectures, get some advantages from them. We used to do it on weekends. Maybe in future we're planning to open the foundation and try to get as much as funds we can and help. In addition, now we're helping the surrounding, then we can help the whole city, which makes it even more satisfying. It's fun and delightful for everybody else. Sometimes I feel disheartened by seeing them, but the smile when you get.

Band 6-7

Recently, I decorated my lobby, the living room, I would say. I did it with my mom. We did it together to ensure that the work is done properly without bringing a lot of load on anyone. So the motive was not to burden anyone and accomplish the task with ease and convenience. So we cleaned up the room and decorated it using different things like flower pots and wallpapers. It was overall a very good experience.
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