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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 6-7

I got my first school bag in... the first school bag that I can remember was a black school bag that my father got from his trip to the U.S. It had three different big compartments and two small compartments in the front. It was a black colored bag with some patterns on it. I used it to carry my school books and my stationery. I took it to school every day. It also carried my water bottle, my lunch box and other miscellaneous things. When my father first got it and showed it to me, I felt very happy. I really liked the color of the bag and it made me feel very touched. So I am glad that he got this bag for me and the fact that he remembered to get the bag made me feel very loved. Unfortunately, I could only use it for a year before it was torn in the sides so we had to throw it off. But I still to this day remember the bag. For more information visit www.FEMA.gov

Band 6-7

So I am going to talk about my experience of having my first school bag. So to talk about it I have to go back some 15 years before. I was in my first standard when I got my first school bag. I remember this experience very clearly as if it happened yesterday because in that time having a school bag was considered to be a luxury for my family. On top of it, on that time there was a craze of Spiderman because only recently the Spiderman movie got released and my school bag has a picture of Spiderman on the back of it and additionally it was the black Spiderman not the normal red and blue one. So when my friends first saw my school bag they got really excited and I was boasting it a lot. I could really feel proud and I also felt a sense of pride in myself. The school bag was relatively small. It had two zips, one zip where I used to keep my books and another zip was present which I used to keep my pencils and other stationary items. So this school bag was actually really small and it was also a bit hard on the grips I would say because whenever I used to carry I used to feel a pain around my shoulders but it also had an adjustable strap which I could use to increase the length of it such that it was more comfortable for using it. So the major experience that I had using this school bag was reminiscing the past and having to boast of my bag, the Spiderman exactly in front of my friends. I enjoyed it and I used this bag up till 3rd standard after which I changed my bag.

Band 6-7

When I was a child, I used to have two school bags, one for the school and other for the tuition. My school bag was a large sized one, blue colored, capable of holding all my copies and books for the same day. The second bag for the tuition was a smaller one, which was capable of holding a few notebooks. This was a red colored one, which had a bottle compartment as well as a mini pouch. It came with a pencil box which was embedded in it. Both of these bags were given by my father when I topped the previous session with 98% marks. I loved both of these bags as it served as a means of carrier for all my needs and deeds. That's all.

Band 6-7

I still remember I got my first backpack when I was in kindergarten and that backpack was gifted to me by my father I particularly liked the theme of that backpack as it had a cartoon animated picture of Iron Man who used to be my childhood hero as well as Spiderman, the character which I admired growing up so it was a treat for me personally then the backpack had 4 compartments which were very essential for storing my books and my snacks and that backpack I usually took it for school and educational purposes and even I took that backpack for trip and tourism purposes

Band 6-7

I got my school bag when I was 8 years old probably and it was a brown colored square type school bag with two straps hanging around it. I think it was really nice to have a good school bag that time. Many of my friends used to tease me for having a bad school bag but after I got the new one it was very comfortable for me to wear it and my friends never tasted it. My dad got this school bag. I used to force him to buy one all the time and he used to reject my offer. I used to keep all my books, my geometry box. Geometry box, many pens pencils, erasers, sharpeners in my school bag which they used to be used in school to write something or draw a sketch. I used to like school bags which used to be of many designs, Bunten, Mr. Bean whatever but I got a plain school bag which I used to make very dirty and my mom used to clean it for me all the time.

Band 6-7

I don't exactly remember what my first school bag was but the bag which I remember fondly is a Disney princess pink color trolley bag it was I used it from my third grade in primary education and it was my favorite bag I used to you know push it around everywhere I go I took it to my class I took it to the ground I took it to the tuitions that I went and it would come with me to every place I felt very special and felt like a princess while dragging on the trolley bag along with me it was a gift from my father when we went on a trip to Singapore it was such a beautiful experience to her to have the bag with me and one more important thing is that it had four compartments with two side pockets it was extremely spacious and I could carry all the storybooks I wanted to show my friends in school it had a separate lunch compartment for you know preventing food from you know going into other parts of the bag it was a very handy bag it was a little heavy for a child to carry but then for an adult it would be a perfect bag it had its flaws but I would always remember fondly how much I used to love it and how much of nostalgia it brings back to me

Band 6-7

My first school bag was a Jansport backpack, which had doughnuts all over it. It was a pink, yellow, and orange backpack, which was quite light to carry. Additionally, that made it a lot easier for me to carry it to school. I used it for a period of approximately 10 to 11 years, starting from the first grade to 11th grade until my graduation. It was a birthday gift from one of my closest school friends when she had visited the U.S. for vacation. The school bag carried mostly my school things, such as my pencil pouch, my books, my calculator, notebooks, etc. The school bag was very efficiently designed as it had two big zips, which was more than ample space to help me carry whatever I wanted. It was with me pretty much the entire day because it was the same bag that I used for tuition as well once school was done. I have a lot of memories attached to that school bag. Even today, I still have it with me in my room, although I don't use it anymore. But just looking at the school bag reminds me of those 11 to 12 years of school when I was also a kid and had the freedom to do whatever I want. As a backpack, I felt it was quite lightweight and it had two strong straps, which helped me to keep heavy books.

Band 6

So, when I was around 5 years old, I think I bought my first bag. Long ago, there was a cartoon named Ben 10, which was very renowned within my friends and now also people know that character, so I loved that character a lot and I was so fascinated with it that I thought of bringing a bag which is having Ben 10 on it and a green colour bag because the theme of the cartoon was green colour, which is having a watch and all. So, I thought that I should bring such bag. So, I requested my mom a lot and I was just so and so stubborn about it that my mom gave me one and that was a big bag. I remember, however, there was not much compartment in it but it was a big bag which was having two compartments, one for the big textbooks and one for the small textbooks and it had a bottle compartment too at the outside of the bag. I was really, really, really excited. I was on the cloud nine when I knew that I got this bag and I was like, now I'll go to the school and you know, I'll show off my friends that I got a new school bag and that was so good, that feeling, oh my god, that was the first time I got that bag and I was like, that was just the feeling. So, I went there and after that, in the school, everyone was happy looking at the school bag. They were like, oh, where did you get that bag from and I was like, yeah, my mom bought it from me and I was so happy, the people were loving that bag. I was using it all day. I remember, I used it for a very long time, which was around one year or two years, two years, the bag quality was that so good and I kept it so, so, so nicely that it doesn't get bad, you know, like when you go to school, the school bag gets dirty. I was very...

Band 6

I have always been extremely fond of colorful school bags since I was a kid and whoever in my family visited abroad or any other countries I only asked them to get me a colorful school bag I vividly remember I was in second standard I told my uncle to get me a Barbie pink school bag so that I could show off that to my friends and I remember it had two big chains it came with a lunch box and a water bottle and it had its own compass with its same printed pencil rubber case and everything that is in a compass of our children and I remember my friends asking me where did I get it from and I loved showing it off and also it had little trolleys wheels down below the bag and I used to roam with it in the hall of my school also in my house I would just play with it in the initial few days when I got it I was extremely excited and I used to take it everywhere with me whenever we used to go on a road trip or even for some outing I would take it I would fill it with my snacks or my extra clothes or my childhood lip balms and makeup and stuff that a child is interested in at that age so I was extremely fond of it I remember and it was my favorite school bag I still have it I have saved it in my storeroom and I look at it and I have the nostalgia of my childhood and how people used to make fun of me for being so childish

Band 6

Since this is a long time ago, I do not remember the precise bag that I had, but I would like to go as far as I can remember. I had a rectangular bag, rectangular buckle style, with no chains, the old bags. I have a lot of mixed emotions and memories with that bag because this was the age where I used to cry to go to school. I was not as much excited to go to school, to leave my parents and then be at a place six to seven hours. But anyways, about the bag, since it was a lower class, there were lesser books that we had to carry and so we had a lesser burden. It was more about the emotions that I used to feel than the bag itself. We were very poor when I was young, so I got a very standard black colored bag. I have a lot of good memories and even bad ones wherein I had to leave my school early because I just couldn't.
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