arrow back icon Top Answers

Describe Your Favourite Holiday Destination: IELTS Speaking Cue Card

You should say

  • Where this place was?
  • When did you go there?
  • How did you go there?
  • What did you do there?
Show all 21 answers

Cue 1:Where this place was?

  • Begin by naming your favorite holiday destination clearly.
  • Provide a brief description of its location, including any notable landmarks or features.

Example

My favorite holiday destination is Goa, located on the western coast of India. It is famous for its beautiful beaches, vibrant nightlife, and Portuguese heritage.

Cue 2:When did you go there?

  • Mention the specific time or season when you visited the place.
  • Share any memorable events or experiences that occurred during that time.

Example

I visited Goa last December during the winter holidays. The weather was perfect, and it was the peak tourist season, which added to the lively atmosphere.

Cue 3:How did you go there?

  • Explain your mode of transportation to reach the destination.
  • Include any interesting details about the journey that made it memorable.

Example

I traveled to Goa by train from Mumbai. The journey was scenic, with beautiful views of the countryside, and it took about 12 hours. I enjoyed the company of friends, which made the trip even more enjoyable.

Cue 4:What did you do there?

  • Describe the activities you engaged in while at the destination.
  • Highlight any unique experiences or attractions that stood out to you.

Example

During my stay in Goa, I spent my days relaxing on the beach, trying water sports like parasailing, and exploring the local markets. One of the highlights was visiting the Basilica of Bom Jesus, which was fascinating due to its historical significance.

Conclusion

    Example

    Overall, my trip to Goa was unforgettable. The combination of beautiful scenery, rich culture, and fun activities made it my favorite holiday destination. I look forward to visiting again in the future.

    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 less engaging. It's important to provide specific details about your holiday destination to paint a clear picture for the examiner.

    bulb icon

    Tip

    Include specific landmarks, activities, or experiences that made the destination special to you.

    2: Rushed Responses

    Speaking too quickly can lead to unclear answers and missed details. It's essential to take your time and articulate your thoughts clearly.

    bulb icon

    Tip

    Practice pacing your speech by pausing briefly between points to ensure clarity and coherence.

    Ignoring the Cues

    Neglecting the provided cues can result in incomplete answers. Each cue is designed to help structure your response effectively.

    bulb icon

    Tip

    Make sure to address each cue in your answer to provide a well-rounded description of your holiday.

    calendar icon

    IELTS Cue Cards asked last week

    Reported by Leap students who gave IELTS

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

    Reported by

    Anonymous student Band 7.5

    location icon

    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
    anonymous person icon

    Reported by

    Anonymous student Band 8

    location icon

    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
    anonymous person icon

    Reported by

    Anonymous student Band 6.5

    location icon

    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
    anonymous person icon

    Reported by

    Anonymous student Band 7

    location icon

    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
    anonymous person icon

    Reported by

    Anonymous student Band 7.5

    location icon

    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.

    All Answers

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

    Band 6

    my favorite holiday destination was Goa that I recently visited in last December we went on a road trip from Delhi to Goa we explore many places in between and in Goa we booked a 7-star villa where we have a private pool access and private beach also and we also did many beach activities like playing beach volleyball and moreover we did some pool games like playing with footballs in pool and apart from this we also did some ocean activities like diving banana banana ride and went on a cruise also there we had a cruise restaurant and in cruise restaurant we enjoyed lot we eat different kind of foods I most like the pasta they serve with the red wine and their wine was also very nice and there are the Goa crowd is very humble and everyone is enjoying and laughing and we also went in a club in night and in club also we danced lot and play many club games like truth and errors and apart from this we danced and we played I played my favorite song also and I danced a lot on that song I really enjoyed that trip and that was

    Band 6

    During my summer vacation, me and my family decided to travel to United Kingdoms as this was the bucket list place we have always dreamt of exploring. Upon booking our holiday package, we came across a very special itinerary which was designed and personalized for us. First of all we started with our connecting flights from Mumbai to London and I have to say that this was my first ever flight and initially it was a bit horrific for me but as we were traveling it was really getting exciting and I was really exhilarating throughout the journey. Apart from the plane journey, we started exploring local, upon reaching our destination we started exploring local museums and different cultural places which are really admired in the United Kingdoms. Apart from this, we also visited countryside so that we can experience a calm and serene side of United Kingdom. I would say that this was the most exciting journey I ever had because I was with the people whom I loved and they really made it really memorable for me and all the view was really mesmerizing when I was in Scotland so I am really grateful for this journey.

    Band 6

    I vividly remember, when I was in the 10th standard, I used to, I usually, in the summer vacations, I usually go to the, my nanny house, and there, I used to, do very interesting things, like, playing with cows and buffalos, and eat fruits, and break the fruits from the trees, as well, I used to like, for the fields, and so, variety of plants, so, this was about my holiday destination, when I was in the 10th standard.

    Band 6

    I recently visited Pune which is a city located in the western part of India. I took an overnight train from Hyderabad to reach Pune. I travelled along with my 7 of my friends. So I reached there early morning on day 1. From Pune we took a rented car and drove for 3 hours to reach a place called Panchkani. Panchkani is a hill station located at an altitude of about 1200 meters. It is a cool, chill place. Moreover it has a lot of attractions to see. So we reached there by car and checked into our hotel. After that we went to see the viewpoints which had beautiful sceneries all around, plush green surroundings. It was a once in a lifetime moment. Then we checked into the beautiful stay which had also the views of the greenery and we stayed there overnight. On day 2 we visited Mahabaleshwar which is quite located near to Panchkani. That is also a hill station. Unfortunately our car broke down in the middle of the forest but it was only one physical activity which we enjoyed.

    Band 6

    I went to a variety of places in recent times, but my last trip was a little memorable in my life and I feel it very special because we went to Pondicherry which is located in north east side of Tamil Nadu which is renowned for beaches, water bodies, its nature, climate etc. So we went there on last month, last month nearly on 15th I think we went there, it was a fun big trip, we enjoyed and we collected many memories which are cherished throughout the life. I really cherish those moments, we took pictures, we took, we explored different kind of varieties of food over there, we enjoyed there, we danced, we sang songs, we made reels, we took pictures and posted in social medias. I especially feel why its so special for me is because we went by our own with group of friends, couple of friends, so we enjoyed there and we, previously we were going trips with our parents or faculties of the college, but this trip was planned by us and we initiated to go over there and enjoyed there, so there were lot of responsibilities and we were very cautious about the trip.

    Band 6

    Last month I went to Prayagraj for Mahakumbh with my family. We went on Friday and our train timing was six o'clock in the evening and that time it was crowded and we boarded our plane in the evening and we reached Prayagraj early in the morning around four o'clock and from station to Sangam we had to walk because the local transportation was completely closed. We had to walk four to five kilometers for the Sangam and once we reached the Sangam we took Holi Deep into the Sangam and I felt grateful that I got that opportunity to perform puja and to took Holi Deep in the Mahakumbh because it happens once in a 44 years and my family was also very happy. After that we had breakfast in Prayagraj. We had local food of there like Kachori, Sabji, Lassi and tea as well and we did a lot of shopping from local markets. I bought a beautiful dupatta and a purse for myself and my mother she bought beautiful Banarasi saree and everyone did shopping. By the time it was three o'clock so we were hungry we went for a lunch and we found a beautiful hotel and there we had a veg thali.

    Band 6

    My favorite holiday destination is Goa, as it's the place where most of the people in India do visit. It's not to miss that the beautiful beaches they have, so mesmerizing and tranquil. If you're lethargic, you can just go there and all your tiredness will go. So that's my favorite holiday destination and I'm planning to go again after two months when I have my summer break. My family, my husband and my son, they're already excited to go to Goa because I went there with only my husband and not my son, he's only four years old. So when I told him about the Goa trip, he's so more excited because he loves beaches and during summers around June, July, the weather there is so good that one can enjoy sitting on the beach during, even in the afternoon, because it's not that hot. It's an ideal time to go and visit.

    Band 6

    One of my most favorite destination for holiday is Goa and it is situated 200 km north from my hometown Hubli and 600 km northwest from Bangalore which is the state capital of Karnataka and that place is very magnificent and it has breathtaking views and scenery.

    Band 6

    There are so many favorite destinations that I would like to visit during my holidays but among them today I would like to talk about the place named Dwarka. Dwarka is the city of Lord Krishna and this city is situated in east of Gujarat. Basically this is a place that contains the temple where the Lord Krishna has been lived with their family along with their cows. There is a river or there is a sea in Dwarka near the temple and there is so much places to visit around near the Dwarka that is Madhavpur bridge, Bed Dwarka. The bridge is built between the two rivers. This is the place that I visited last year with my family. We went there by a car and I felt very excited. It was a very happy place to visit over there. I find a peace to go to the temple to explore the waves or the currents of the beaches to spend night and it was a very refreshing place for me.

    Band 6

    I would like to begin with my favorite holiday destination place till today my favorite holiday destination place is a vizag it's called a city of destiny which is located in vishakapatnam of which is located in vishakapatnam andhra pradesh india why it is my favorite place means it is surrounded with vizag is a coastal area it is surrounded with a lot of beaches and you can get to see a lot of beautiful places i visited approximately five to six times in the last year itself because i enjoy the nature i enjoy the nature and the development of the particular area especially the rk beach rk beach is fully covered with the coconut trees there in the mid sunny day also we can feel a pleasant weather and we'll get we'll get a cool cool air when we sit under the below the tree it's my go-to place it's my go-to place whenever i want to go to any particular place to visit or whenever i want i was very dull i will go to vizag itself to to breathe very calm air and a fresh air it gives me a lot of positiveness when i visited the vizag like so many people so many successful people are from the vizag itself like one of my favorite celebrity is from vizag i was inspired by him his name is shanmukh jashwant i was inspired by him he used to do a lot of comedy things and a web series in social medias to inspire people one of my friends suggested me to go to vizag for enjoying the scenery
    1 2 3
    ielts logo

    Get the IELTS Prep App

    Star rating icon

    4.2

    1M+ Installs

     app download banner image

    Get the app link on your phone

    +91

    Or download app from

    google play storeapp store
    master ielts speaking ad