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Describe Your Hometown: IELTS Speaking Cue Card

You should say

  • Where is it located?
  • What do people do there?
  • What the climate is like?
  • Explain how you feel about your hometown.
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Cue 1:Where is it located?

  • Begin by mentioning the name of your hometown and its geographical location in India.
  • Include any notable landmarks or nearby cities to give context.

Example

My hometown is Jaipur, located in the state of Rajasthan, India. It is famously known as the Pink City due to the distinct color of its buildings. Jaipur is surrounded by the Aravalli hills and is about 280 kilometers from Delhi.

Cue 2:What do people do there?

  • Describe the main occupations or activities that people engage in within your hometown.
  • Mention any cultural or traditional events that are significant to the community.

Example

In Jaipur, many people are involved in tourism, as the city attracts visitors from all over the world. There are also artisans who create beautiful handicrafts, textiles, and jewelry. The city hosts various festivals like Teej and Diwali, which are celebrated with great enthusiasm.

Cue 3:What the climate is like?

  • Explain the general climate conditions in your hometown, including temperature and seasons.
  • Mention how the climate affects daily life and activities.

Example

Jaipur has a hot semi-arid climate, with extremely hot summers reaching up to 45 degrees Celsius. Winters are mild and pleasant, making it a great time for outdoor activities. The monsoon season brings some relief, but it can also lead to heavy rainfall.

Cue 4:Explain how you feel about your hometown.

  • Share your personal feelings and experiences related to your hometown.
  • Discuss what makes your hometown special to you.

Example

I have a deep affection for Jaipur. Growing up there, I have fond memories of exploring the forts and palaces with my family. The vibrant culture and warm hospitality of the people make it a unique place. I feel proud to call it my hometown.

Conclusion

    Example

    In conclusion, my hometown of Jaipur is a beautiful blend of history, culture, and warmth. It has shaped who I am today, and I cherish every moment spent there.

    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 unclear and unengaging. Specific details help the examiner understand your hometown better and show your ability to communicate effectively.

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    Tip

    Include specific examples, such as local landmarks or popular activities, to make your description more vivid and interesting.

    2: Ignoring the Cues

    Failing to address all the cues can lead to incomplete answers. Each cue is designed to guide your response and ensure you cover important aspects of your hometown.

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    Tip

    Structure your answer by addressing each cue one by one, ensuring you provide a comprehensive overview of your hometown.

    Overly Negative Tone

    Focusing too much on negative aspects can create a poor impression. It's important to balance your feelings and highlight positive features of your hometown.

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    Tip

    While discussing challenges, also mention what you love about your hometown to create a more balanced and positive response.

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    Describe your favourite food at a traditional festival or a special event in your country
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    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
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    Anonymous student Band 8

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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.
    Describe a time you were in a place where you didn't know the local language
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    Anonymous student Band 6.5

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    Whitefield Test Center, Bengaluru

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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.
    Describe a time when your friend damaged something you owned
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    Anonymous student Band 7

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    Begumpet Test Centre, Hyderabad

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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.
    Describe a book you recently read
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    Anonymous student Band 7.5

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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

    Well, it is nostalgic to talk about my hometown. I belong to the southern hemisphere of the country that is South India and to be precise, I belong to Andhra Pradesh. Well, Andhra Pradesh is very well known for its special and unique features. One of the things which I remember, since my childhood I have been there, so I enjoyed the lush green grass, meadows, farmlands, cattle rearing, etc. The hometown is situated in village and hence I have experienced many nearby things which cherishes me till date. To my knowledge, my village is very unique situated near hills and rivers and as I said earlier I have experienced greenery all over. Coming to the uniqueness, over there chillies are very much found and hence it generates a great source of income also.

    Band 6-7

    Every people have different thoughts about their hometown, so when it comes to me, I have many memories on my hometown, which I have in my mind. So, my hometown is Thoothukudi, which is a southern district in Tamil Nadu. It is the southern part of India and the southern part of Tamil Nadu. It is a coastal region located on the eastern side of Tamil Nadu and the overall population of my city is around about 5 to 10 lakh peoples. So, in my hometown, the main business is port. We have a port named VOC Chidambaranar Port, which is also known as Gateway of Tamil Nadu. So, many import and exports to the country are made through this port. Next comes the salt business. So, around 20% of salt in India are manufactured or made in Thoothukudi. So, it is very well known for the preparation of salt. And the climate of my hometown will be very humid. So, it will be very sweaty all the time. And what can I say, people do salt business and will be a businessman in port and many things like that. So, the tourist attraction in my hometown is very less. So, not many people actually visit my country for tourist or for vacation because of its climate. It will be very hot in summer and very sweaty all the times. So, many people avoid coming to Thoothukudi for that. Another great thing about my hometown is food. We can get fresh fish and seafood in my hometown.

    Band 6

    It's a multi-lingual and multi... what do we call it? It's a... It's always like this. It's a multi-lingual and multi-regional territory. People from every religion live together here and it is well-known and it's... Moreover, it is well-known for the variety of... It is well-known and very much popular for the... for the variety of festivals. Moreover, it is also... Moreover, it is quite known for its multi-cuisine. Moreover, it is also known for multi-cuisine. It's very... It's very famous for its... it's popular... for the street food and people here are really friendly and warm by nature. They are friendly and warm by nature. My hometown is Delhi which is located in India. Delhi is also known as the heart of India because of its multi-cultural and multi-regional population. It is very much famous for the variety of festivals which are celebrated by multi... multi-cultural people here. Moreover, it is also famous for its street food which is known worldwide. Delhi is a people... Delhi is full of people who are really good at heart, very friendly in nature and warm in welcoming the guests. It's also known for its historical monuments and many ancient scriptures. Delhi tourism is quite... famous worldwide. People love to visit Delhi. Additionally, it's a metropolitan city where you can see all the advancements and high-tech technologies here. You will find pin-to-plane, you will find everything from pin-to-plane be it rickshaw, puller to development of metros here. It's rising day by day and it's gaining popularity for every work done in Delhi. It's a beautiful city surrounded by many beautiful sights and places to visit which are quite popular among people in the world. Everybody loves to visit Delhi and that's what marks the tourism of Delhi and it's high in tourism. Undoubtedly, it is quite populated but everybody makes sure that once in their lifetime they visit Delhi for many reasons. Thank you for watching.

    Band 6

    My hometown is located in southern India. It is a very vibrant city. Bangalore is a very vibrant city which has a very diverse population. My city thrives in IT sector which is information technology and you see a lot of tech innovations in Bangalore. There are issues in my hometown like traffic management etc but climate can change the perspective of but the climate can hide the other problems that are listed in my city.

    Band 6

    My hometown is Bangalore, the capital city of Karnataka. I have lived here all my life. Bangalore is specially known for its weather because it's cozy and pleasant throughout the year, making lives more comfortable and I believe that is one of the reason why people come and settle in Bangalore. So Bangalore is called a high-tech hub or a Silicon Valley because it is and it is also home for a lot of startups. The multinational companies or the companies abroad set up their offices right here in Bangalore which provides job opportunities and also help the city and people develop. Another good thing about this particular place is this no matter what the day is something or the other is happening every day. So let's say there would be a restaurant opening or a cafe opening and there would be a local festival that is happening around. So one or the other events or festival would be happening. So recently we had our local festival and it was amazing. So this happens almost seven days a week and from day to night. So this is another amazing opportunity to experience the local festivals and Bangalore is also a mix of both tradition and modern which gives another.

    Band 6

    Well, my hometown is located in a city called as Behjuli which comes in district Sambal and it is somewhere around 5 hours away from Delhi and there are many professions that is being conducted or done by different people over there like there are jewelers, there are garment shops, there are doctors, there are chartered accountants and there are many repair shops as well. Apart from this, what is the major thing I like about my hometown is that it's a very peaceful place.

    Band 6

    Well, the name of my hometown is Billimora, which is a small city. Billimora is located between the Navsari and Balsar. My city is not only well developed but well managed city because there are different type of the facilities that are available in my city such as a good education facility, transportation facility as well as many medical facilities. If I talk about what I feel about my city, I feel as happy as Larry because in my city both urban and rural area are well managed and well developed as well as many job opportunities are also available in my city. In my city, the climate condition is hot and humidified during the summer and during the rainy season, rainfall is usually. In my city, different type of the public place and tourist attractive place are also available. Many people are visit this place every nook and corner apart from this many gardens as well as park are also available due to this people spend their quality of time with their near and dear ones. In my city, government is also did many development. In my city, recent year, big public transportation as a bus station is built and which is very fruitful for the every each individual because it's very convenient for not only the residential but also visitors. Apart from this, if I talk about some interesting thing in my home town, in my home town, different cultures peoples are live so I have a chance to get more knowledge about the different type of the cultures and tradition apart from this.

    Band 6

    Surely, I like to tell you about the town I live in, it's Meerut. It's a small town located near Delhi, approximately 60-65 km. It is covered under NCR. It is one of the oldest town around. The first revolution against the Britishers was started by a soldier resident of Meerut in the Meerut cant. He started a revolt against the Britishers and introduced the slogan of Bharat Chodho. He along with his companion marched towards the capital that was Delhi at that time. Most of the people living here are workers as they have businesses all around. The town is small and still don't have any MNC established here. As it is in the center of the country, the weather conditions are crucial. We face extreme winter temperatures and extreme summer temperatures which makes it hard for the person to live in. The one who adopted it are like superheroes like they can go in extreme sun and extreme cold to perform their duties. The thing I like about my town is it is divided into two parts, the old town and the new town. The old town is a Britishers time period developed with old buildings constructed around 1914 and the new town is like colonized and having around new infrastructures with beautiful roads and sidewalks.

    Band 6

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    Band 5

    My hometown is very beautiful and peaceful and here I would like to tell about my hometown. It was located in a place named Triju and there are lots of buildings and companies in my hometown like schools, hospitals, parks and business company because my hometown is near to my very large city so a small part of city is in my hometown. So there are lots of enjoyment activities also in my hometown like park, walkways etc. So I think it was very helpful for people to do activities and also it was easy to while going to hospital or going to school or going to theaters because there are lots of theaters in my near to my hometown. I think it is perfect for them and also it is very beautiful in climate. It is always more cold climate in my hometown and there are no there is no pollution in my hometown because it is all it is near to my city but there is no much pollution as well as as much as in city. I think it is very pure pollution area in my city because I think my hometown is perfect for all people and how they enjoy my hometown is while in the evening most of them go and sit in the park and communicate each other and most of us know each other because it's a small hometown and also I think it was
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