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Describe your favorite movie.: IELTS Speaking Cue Card

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  • Which movie is it?
  • When did you watch it?
  • What is it about?
  • How do you feel about it?
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Cue 1:Which movie is it?

  • Start by clearly stating the title of the movie and its genre.
  • Mention any notable actors or directors associated with the film.

Example

My favorite movie is '3 Idiots', a comedy-drama directed by Rajkumar Hirani, featuring Aamir Khan, R. Madhavan, and Sharman Joshi.

Cue 2:When did you watch it?

  • Describe the time and setting when you first watched the movie.
  • Share any specific reason or occasion that led you to watch it.

Example

I first watched '3 Idiots' during my college days, about five years ago, at a friend's house during a movie night. We were all looking for something entertaining and inspiring.

Cue 3:What is it about?

  • Summarize the main plot or theme of the movie in a few sentences.
  • Highlight any important messages or lessons conveyed through the story.

Example

'3 Idiots' revolves around the lives of three engineering students and their struggles with the education system. It emphasizes the importance of pursuing one's passion and the idea that success is not solely defined by grades.

Cue 4:How do you feel about it?

  • Share your personal feelings and thoughts about the movie.
  • Explain why it resonates with you or how it has impacted your life.

Example

I absolutely love '3 Idiots' because it makes me laugh and think deeply at the same time. It encourages me to chase my dreams and not just follow societal expectations, which is something I often reflect on.

Conclusion

  • Summarize your overall impression of the movie.
  • Mention if you would recommend it to others and why.

Example

In conclusion, '3 Idiots' is not just a movie; it's a life lesson wrapped in humor. I highly recommend it to anyone looking for inspiration and a good laugh.

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: Avoid Vague Descriptions

Using vague language can make your answer unclear and unengaging. It's important to provide specific details about the movie to create a vivid picture for the examiner.

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Include specific scenes, characters, or themes from the movie to make your answer more interesting and detailed.

2: Don't Rush Your Response

Speaking too quickly can lead to unclear pronunciation and missed points. It may also give the impression that you are unprepared or nervous.

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Take a moment to think before you speak, and pace your words to ensure clarity and coherence in your response.

Avoid Overly Simple Answers

Providing overly simple or short answers can make it seem like you lack depth in your thoughts. This can negatively impact your score.

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Expand on your answers by explaining why you like the movie, discussing its impact on you, or relating it to your personal experiences.

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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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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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All Answers

Here are all the answers by real-users practicing speaking for IELTS Cue Cards on our IELTS Prep App.

Band 6-7

my favorite movie is Kung Fu Panda which I watched two weeks ago and it is a story of a very lazy panda with a huge diet who can eat a lot of dumplings in one go. This movie is very very motivating for me it give me courage and a different perspective to seeing things and it is such an eye-opener to me that after this movie I start preparing for my exam again and hoping for a good result obviously and this movie average children should watch this movie because it gives such a good lesson to never give up to never thought of ourselves less than anything it can teach good things to our children young children and this is really a good option for school-going children who sometimes who disappointed in self and who don't want to work who think they are not capable they have low IQ or they can't do it so no go and watch this movie then you will know that you can do anything and everything in this world and there is nothing which can stop you so yeah this is why I like this movie very much

Band 6-7

There are various movies which I like. However, if you ask me which is my favorite movie, it is definitely the Tarzan, the wonder car. I watched it in my school days when I was in 6th standard. I was with my school friends and we had a plan that we will be watching a movie as we were approaching weekends and we had a long school break as well. The movie is about a car which was made by a boy when he got inspired by seeing his dad's design about the car. His dad got killed by some mafia giants who tried to steal his car design and he got so motivated by seeing that story, he designed that car from a Highlander which was a very famous and an old car. He transformed that car into a very futuristic car which added many features, many benefits and made it a very brilliant car. It cost around 2-3 lakhs.

Band 6-7

I would like to talk about the movie which I love to watch. I watched this movie recently a couple of days ago. The movie name was Pushpa. This movie was directed by a well-known director Sukumar Chakruvedi. He is famous in India. The movie is centered around a true story of a middle-class boy who went from rags to riches. Moreover, the story depicts about the struggle of a middle-class boy in his life. In addition to that, the movie is centered around the illegal smuggling of red sandalwood. Basically, red sandalwood is a rare and valuable wood used in making various items such as perfumes, high-end furnitures as well as musical instruments like piano and guitar. I watched this movie in the theater with two of my friends and felt very glad after that. In addition to that, I would say that the music was quite good. Although it was a good movie but special effects were not added in this movie. I like this movie because it has action as well as suspense. Moreover, as I am a business-minded person, I would definitely like this movie. I felt motivated to start business. Finally, I recommended my brother to watch this movie.

Band 6-7

As a cinephile I am fond of watching movies even though I have saw a lot of movies in my entire life but today I would like to talk about a particular movie which has mesmerized me by this by its story. This movie is none other than the Mahanadi and I like this movie particularly because the actress in that movie was my favorite actress Kirti Suresh. I watched this movie last year when I was in Delhi at Cinema Hall. This movie is basically based on the biography of late Jayalakshmi who was a renowned and famous actress in South industry. In that movie they have shown how she has struggled and fought against the problems she had faced and how she have achieved his progress in the field of acting. What makes me the best, what makes me the

Band 6-7

Basically, I am a cinema antiracist. I've watched several movies in my life, but the movie which I like the most is Interstellar. This movie was directed by Christopher Nolan, who is considered as one of the greatest directors of all time. The leading cast members of this movie are Matthew McHenry and Annie Hathaway. And the composer of this movie is Hans Zimmer. This movie was released in year 2014 in the month of November, but I watched this movie in year 2016 on Netflix. Furthermore, this movie's running time is around 2 hours 40 minutes. Additionally, this movie got a rating of 8.4 on IMDB. And it is also considered as one of the best science fiction movies of all time. In this movie, we will witness the space journey and the concepts like time travel and time dilation. These all are very scientific topics, but the movie explains it in a quite simple manner. Even the person who is not fond of science can easily understand the concept of this movie. And this movie revolves around the story of a father and daughter. Overall, this movie was great. I will personally rate this movie 8.5 out of 10. Thank you.

Band 6-7

Okay, so my favorite movie is Interstellar. Like I watched it around four to five years ago and it was a huge impact for me. Like it's a movie about astrophysics. It's about a guy who went in space and explored the exoplanets because the life on earth cannot be sustained anymore. So they went out on a space exploration to identify a new life and explore a new life in the vast universe. And I personally I feel that that movie was so amazing. Like I love astrophysics and I want to learn more about astrophysics and I do learn more about astrophysics on my daily basis from the blogs, from the articles. But that movie, I could learn so much from that movie only. Like I can learn from it, I can learn about time travel, I can learn about light years, I can learn about different types of, you know, concepts, like a black hole. So that movie was really amazing and I wanted to watch that movie again but I couldn't watch it because recently the Pushpa 2 has been released in the market. It occupied all the IMAX theaters. So the Interstellar Chronicles will be released in the Indian market but it did re-release in over the world. So yeah, that's it.

Band 6-7

My favorite movie is Ponniyan Selvan, which was released before two years of time from now. It was directed by Mani Ratnam and the music was done by Aaravman, the legend of music. Basically, this movie portrays the history of Tamil people, especially the Chola dynasty. They have shown how the kings like Raja Raja Cholan and ancient kings conquered different parts of the world by war, trading and many things. And this movie also portrays the importance of female characters and how they were so vital in that time. Even today, people are so biased with the gender. But those movies, those kind of movies really portrayed the characters of female as very bold ones. All the visuals that I have to talk, what fascinated me is the visuals and the CG that they have worked on the movie. Because since it is a movie that's taking you back in history, there were so much of traditional dresses were used, ornaments for the people. They have set up a wall and everything. There were lots of works that have gone behind the scenes. There were so many people who acted, not just one or two main characters. There were so many familiar actors and actresses who have given their efforts to make this movie a very successful one.

Band 6-7

So, the movie which I watched recently, which has been in my mind for past few days is Maharaja, which I watched recently in Netflix. It's a movie which I couldn't know out of nowhere and I got to see due to my boredom. But the movie literally took over all my places. I was literally in shock for like around an hour to understand or to process the scenes and to process what the movie was giving. So, that movie is really something fantastic and it really fascinates me because the way the story flows, the way the screenplay is, the way the story goes front and back with the past and present incidents, it's really like, it's a non-linear movie and that's the thing it made me more interested in it. And I was really on tip of my chair watching the movie and I really enjoyed the film because it's something that everyone should watch out. It's like the actors who ever presented the character in this movie really did a fantastic job. They lived in the characters and that's the thing I like about this movie. It was like something close to my heart. It was not relatable enough but it's the movie which made me like, made me in wow, what a movie kind of theory and I really liked it. And I think I missed watching in theatres but it's really one of the best movies I recently watched in 2024 and I think that movie deserves everything even from a national award, even for the actors and the child artist who ever appeared in this movie, it's really good.

Band 6-7

The name of the movie is Tamasha, the genre this movie belongs to is comedy as well as serious topic. So I happened to watch this movie like 3 years from now and it was really amazing. The story starts with a character called Ajay and he is enjoying his trip which is happening in UK and there he unexpectedly gets an opportunity to meet a girl who happened to visit the place and there they both become like Hrithik Das and then they feel like they shouldn't reconnect and they come back to India. The name of the movie is Tamasha, the genre this movie belongs to is comedy as well as adventurous and serious at the same time. So I watched this movie in the year 2018 and by accident one of my friend actually suggested it to watch this movie. The story is about a boy who is lost in his world, let's say the rat race, always chasing behind the money and not living his life to the fullest. So in order to get away from all this he decided to take a trip to Italy. So there he happened to witness a girl who is just opposite like him. In order to show off he tried to be like her and then the love game starts. After that they reach back to their respective homes and that girl suddenly gets to know that it's not his, the character of this guy is not the same where he used to be. And then the whole depression thing starts in that guy. He suddenly started to get flashbacks about how he used to get treated by others and so on and later they fall in love and then he decides to change himself and be a good person.

Band 6-7

My favorite movie is Hasi To Fasi and I watched it when I was in school. It is a love story between two people who are unique and who stand out from the general crowd. It addresses mental health issues which is very important in today's day and age. The way you handle it or the way you tackle it and the way you need to go through it. It is a really good film and watching it always feels like I am in a safe space. It creates a warm hug that keeps you safe and makes you feel good about yourself. And that's a lovely feeling you want to get from a movie when you are feeling down. And that's amazing. It also boasts of amazing performances making it realistic and relatable which is also very important in a film especially when it is dealing with crucial subjects like mental health. The realistic portrayal makes it more relatable and more understanding of the topic at a deeper level.
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