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Describe your first school bag.: IELTS Speaking Cue Card

You should say

  • When did you get it?
  • How and why did you use it?
  • What did you feel?
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Cue 1:When did you get it?

  • Mention the occasion when you received the bag, such as a birthday or the start of a school year.
  • Include details about the bag's appearance and any special features that made it memorable.

Example

I got my first school bag when I was about six years old, just before starting my first grade. It was a bright blue bag with cartoon characters on it, and I remember feeling so excited to finally have my own bag for school.

Cue 2:How and why did you use it?

  • Describe the items you typically carried in the bag and how it helped you in school.
  • Explain the significance of the bag in your daily school life and how it made you feel prepared.

Example

I used my school bag to carry my books, stationery, and lunch. It was essential for keeping my things organized, and I loved how it had separate compartments for my water bottle and lunch box. Every morning, I would pack it with care, making sure I had everything I needed for the day.

Cue 3:What did you feel?

  • Reflect on your emotions associated with the bag, such as joy, pride, or nostalgia.
  • Mention any memorable experiences related to the bag that enhanced your feelings.

Example

Whenever I wore my school bag, I felt a sense of pride and excitement. It symbolized my new journey in school, and I remember feeling a little nervous but mostly eager to make new friends and learn new things. Looking back, it brings a wave of nostalgia, reminding me of those carefree days.

Conclusion

  • Summarize the importance of the bag in your early school life.
  • Express how it contributed to your overall school experience.

Example

In conclusion, my first school bag was more than just a bag; it was a symbol of my childhood and the beginning of my educational journey. It played a significant role in my early school days, helping me feel organized and ready to learn.

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 less engaging and informative. Specific details help the examiner understand your experience better.

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Tip

Include specific details about the bag's color, size, and any unique features to make your description more vivid.

2: Don't Rush Your Response

Rushing through your answer can lead to unclear explanations and missed points. Take your time to think and articulate your thoughts.

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Tip

Pause briefly before answering each cue to organize your thoughts and ensure a clear, structured response.

Neglecting Personal Feelings

Failing to express your feelings about the school bag can make your answer less personal and relatable. Emotions add depth to your response.

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Tip

Share specific feelings you had when you received the bag and how it made you feel during your school days.

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Band >7

My father bought me my first school bag. I vividly remember it was yellow in color, a bit furry and it had a cartoon engraved on it. It was a Tweety. When I was a kid I used to watch a cartoon which had Tweety, a rabbit and one dog in it. There was one granny who used to handle all these animals. I do not remember the cartoon name specifically which I used to watch. But as my father knew it, so he bought me this yellow color Tweety bag. I used to just carry that bag everywhere I go, not only while going to the school. I used to carry my tiffin box, my water bottle and a small rough book and pen, pencil to the school in that bag. I think I used that bag for a year or a year and a half. I was absolutely in love with that bag. I literally used to sleep with that bag besides me as it was so furry. It used to provide me a sense of comfort and security. And as my father used to be away from home for business trips and all, it just used to remind me of him and I used to feel very nice about it. Moreover, yellow was my favorite color, so the thought that my father had when he bought me this bag was very close to my heart.

Band 6-7

My first school bag was when I started schooling, that is, lower kindergarten. My school bag color was green and it was rectangular shape, a backpack. And I was very much in love with it that I used to feel happy. I used to hug that bag. I used to keep very few books, pencils, erasers, scales, ruler and a few chocolates and a handkerchief. I used to carry that every day to the school and after returning home I used to clean it and wipe it if there were any dust on it. It was a cotton bag and I used it for almost 3-4 years. Later on I kept it as a treasure to keep my more valuable things in it and it was a very good memory. Later on I passed it down that bag to other person. But remembering that I still feel happy and cherish that I own a bag. That was a pride moment for me.

Band 6-7

The first cool bag I've bought is a brand of sky bikes so I could say that the sky bag is a good brand in the market it is not a cheaper one or it is not a overpriced one which everyone can afford it for the schooling or for college or for office or any sectors. The bags, the first bag I've bought of that brand and my father has gifted me, that was not a gift actually, he has presented me for going to the school since I like that bag very much so I can enjoy the schooling with the bag on my shoulders and I have carried so many memories forward through the bag, I used to keep all the books in it, I used to segregate the books in a manner, you know segregate the books in a way that I could pick up easily from the bag for the studying or you know I could easily, it could be easier to pick the books so I would arrange in a manner such a way that text books would be in a last zip and the notes would be in a middle zip and the rough notes would be in a short zip and I used to carry all the stationary items like pencil, eraser, sharpener and everything you know in a first zip, total the bag contains of 5 to 6 zips so I don't know that was a big big zips of bag and that is a good one since my childhood that was the first bag I got.

Band 6-7

So, I had my first bag when I was only six years old. It was my first personal bag, which was brown in color. It feels very nostalgic to actually reminisce about those childhood memories about school. And the reason why my father provided me that bag, so that I could carry good knowledge around me. It was an epitome of love and affection from my father towards me, as he wants me, still wants me to become a prosperous child in the upcoming future, also successful. So, I was not perfect in many ways, but I was still, and I still am, a perfect child to him. Anyways, that bag still brings back school memories whenever I think about it, and it makes me feel like that enthusiastic and competitive person that I was before, and I still am. And somehow, adulthood makes you feel like that you are burdened up with so many responsibilities. But on the contrary, I would say that it still makes me feel that I am still incorporated with those enthusiastic feeling to actually become someone that I desire to be in the upcoming future. Well, thank you. Thank you.

Band 6-7

I want to describe about my first school bag which I carried during my childhood. Especially my mom and my father bought me a very big school bag of my age. They got admission in my kindergarten school. So basically it's a play school like kind of thing. And usually you go to school and you don't carry lots of notebooks or don't have any materials to study that time. So it was an easy task to not have a bag but I kept on asking them for a bag. So they bought me one. It was a very large and nice bag with three compartments. I still remember it. And I kept everything organized. I used to carry my books and notebooks in that. I felt very proud and I stood out among my friends as I was one of the first guys to carry a school bag in my school. So it was a very good feeling and a proud feeling where I can show off to everyone in my school. So it's kind of... And after that it really, really developed. I feel pretty well. And my parents were pleased that in organizing the school.

Band 6-7

My first school bag I have received in my third grade, I felt very much happier about it. I still remember the color of that, that was very beautiful, that was in blue color. I was very much fascinated about blue color because I love sky, sky is also in blue color. At that time, my favorite color was blue. I was much fascinated about my school bag because I used to see elderly people, my brothers and sisters who were elderly than me. They used to carry their school bags, carry things in that. I used to feel very cool about that, like carrying a school bag every day, keeping our things in that. So, in my school bag, I used to keep my toys as well because when I was in my third grade, I don't have much books or anything like that. So, I used to carry my toys, my lunch box, snacks and all. I used to feel very much cool about it because at that time, it was very rare that someone would have a bag of Disney theme. But I had a bag of the theme based on Disney, having up all the Disney cartoon characters and all. That feels so special. All my friends used to treat me, you know, as a VIP at that time because that was very rare to find such a bag. I used to feel very much proud on myself of having such a bag. Yeah, this was my first experience of having a school bag. And then slowly, slowly, it turned into hate because it was, you know, like a waste of thing. I felt because I felt it heavy of carrying it everywhere, wherever I go. Whereas before my third grade, I used to have people who would carry my school bag. But from my third grade, it was me who was responsible for carrying the school bag and all. Yeah, this was my first experience.

Band 6-7

it's a very interesting topic like in my childhood my father gave me a beautiful pink bag when I was in my I was in my first standard and I'm so excited about that bag because I see some of the people in my class my classmates are having so many different type of colorful bags as well as stationeries so I offered my dad to give me that particular bag of pink color and I admired that bag from my best friend and moreover after and having that pink bag me and my best my best friend and I have same bag as well as we enjoyed our company and the school days I felt very good as well as I usually do going school with my pink water bottle and my pink tiffin box in additionally I think I match up everything from my bag to my lunch box as well as my stationery tool are also of pink color because pink color is my favorite and my father and mother was so so excited seeing me excited and happy they are also very happy by after seeing my excitement to go to go to the school with that pink bag in additionally I love spending time with my family and friends I felt so good with that bag and I think nowadays also I have a pink bag

Band 6-7

The school bag which I bought was in pink color and I bought it during my play school period of time. That was when I was around 3 years old and I bought it because it looked pretty and it had glittery shimmery things on it. It was cute and had animals pictures on it. I loved it and I bought it and after my completing my play school, it got torn so I just throwed it away. It was very lovely and I had a lot of experience with it because I would always have toys, pencil boxes and pencil, scale, eraser, ruler, sharpener and every stationery items to be in it. It was always one of my most precious things which I bought it and I still have it though. It is in a very damaged condition but still I have it as a memory. Thank you.

Band 6-7

As far as I can remember, when I was 5 years old, my father bought me a small school bag which was a Benton bag, which was very small and it has very less space in it, but at that time that was sufficient for me because I don't have much books at that time. The first thing that I did was organizing my bag as I kept all my books and water bottle in it and I started roaming here and there when I got the bag and at that time I felt really happy and whenever we go on picnics or we go on a family trip, I always used to carry that bag, even at my home when my father came, he always sees me that I am carrying that bag on my back and he asked me that why you keep your bag always with you and I always said that it is my bag and I want to keep it closer to me because it makes me happier that way. Furthermore, going on vacations with my family, I used to carry that bag only because I was so attached to that bag at that time and when the bag got dropped off, so my mother

Band 6-7

I remember my first school bag from class third. It definitely wouldn't be my first school bag but that's the earliest memory I have for a school bag. So it was a blue and black colored zipper bag. It had three pockets and each was openable through zippers instead of the old-fashioned buckle style. Carrying this bag to my school made me feel very cool especially because it was a big upgrade from the old style of the horizontal bag which was closable through buckles and I had this new design of zipper bags with somewhat mature colors which were blue and black rather than having the gaudy colors of pink and red which we were carrying in the earlier classes. The bag also had additional features like a bottle holder, a small pocket for keeping your stationary items like pen, scales and everything else which you might need in a school. It was a great feeling to carry that bag and I felt really thankful towards my parents for buying that for me and fulfilling my desires.
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