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Talk about a toy you liked in your childhood.: IELTS Speaking Cue Card

You should say

  • What was the toy?
  • Who gave it to you?
  • How often did you play with it?
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Cue 1:What was the toy?

  • Start by describing the toy in detail, including its appearance and features.
  • Explain why this toy was special to you and how it made you feel.

Example

The toy I cherished the most during my childhood was a bright red remote-controlled car. It was small, sleek, and had shiny wheels that sparkled in the sunlight. I loved how I could control it with a simple remote, making it zoom around the garden and perform little stunts.


Cue 2:Who gave it to you?

  • Mention the person who gifted you the toy and your relationship with them.
  • Share any memorable moments associated with receiving the toy.

Example

My uncle gave me this toy on my seventh birthday. He always knew how to pick the perfect gifts for me, and I remember the excitement on my face when I unwrapped it. He smiled and said, 'This will take you on many adventures!'


Cue 3:How often did you play with it?

  • Discuss the frequency of play and any specific times or occasions you enjoyed playing with it.
  • Reflect on how playing with this toy impacted your childhood.

Example

I played with my remote-controlled car almost every day after school. It became a routine for me to race it around the garden with my friends. Those moments were filled with laughter and joy, and it truly made my childhood memorable.


Conclusion

  • Summarize your feelings about the toy and its significance in your childhood.
  • Mention how it has influenced your interests or hobbies as you grew up.

Example

In conclusion, my remote-controlled car was not just a toy; it was a source of happiness and creativity during my childhood. It sparked my interest in technology and engineering, which I still pursue today.


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: Being Vague About the Toy

Candidates often provide unclear descriptions of the toy, which can make their answer less engaging. Specific details help the examiner understand your experience better.

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Tip

Describe the toy in detail, including its color, size, and what made it special to you.


2: Neglecting Personal Connection

Failing to explain who gave you the toy and why it was meaningful can lead to a lack of personal touch in your response. Personal stories resonate more.

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Tip

Share a brief story about the person who gave you the toy and what it meant to your relationship.


Not Mentioning Frequency of Play

Overlooking how often you played with the toy can make your answer feel incomplete. This detail adds depth to your childhood experience.

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Tip

Include specific times or occasions when you played with the toy to illustrate its importance in your daily life.


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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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Anonymous student Band 6.5

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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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Band 6-7

When I was a young child, I had an interest in playing with laptops. Now this laptop is not like an adult laptop. It is a kid's laptop which teaches alphabets, numbers, plays songs and has few video games in it. It was gifted by my aunt when I was 3 years old for my birthday and since then I used to play with it all day all along ever since I was a child till I grew old for it. It was such a fun device to play with especially when I was young I had my parents working at home with laptops and everything. So me using that laptop was fun and also it gave me a sense of adulthood which many kids try to enjoy. The pleasure that I had with it was immense and it was really really effective as well. I learned alphabets through songs, I had video games to play. I wasn't very addictive but then it really gave me a good time pause when I was a kid and it would forever stay in my heart as the best childhood gift I could ever get from my friends and family.

Band 6-7

A toy which was given to me was a top. A top in the sense it is like a Beyblade which is part of a cartoon which was prevalent when I was a kid. So it is a Beyblade. It was given to me by one of my best friends Madhumati. She was very close to me and we always used to discuss about this TV shows, TV cartoon shows particularly. And she gifted me for that Beyblade a top like a play toy for my birthday. And it works like with a string like feature which has sharp edges and it is like one of the most memorable experience I had. It has stickers of the dragons and a few animals and all on the top of it. And it swings like a, you know, it swings very much faster than a normal top. And I used to think some mega power will come out of the top like that and all I used to imagine. And it is like one of the best part of my childhood too. Furthermore, I would say birthday gifts and toys like these are very memorable for kids. And I like gifting people and having such a one memorable gift which I still hold with me is something mesmerizing. And I always carry gifts and toys, particularly toys for every, every invite I get for birthdays of small kids and and it because it is a memorable experience for every kid.

Band 6-7

Like every girl's dream, my dream was also to have a Barbie doll. A Barbie doll was the most favorite doll I had ever liked and had in my childhood. I used to play with it so often that everyone used to make fun of me saying that, oh, Arza needs only a Barbie doll to play with. My uncle used to get me a Barbie doll every time he goes to any place and comes to my house. He always used to buy the perfect pink color Barbie doll and gift it to me with the amount I liked it. The Barbie doll I had, the perfect pink color Barbie doll that I had was... Like every girl's dream, my dream and my favorite toy was a Barbie doll. The perfect pink color Barbie doll as they show as the... Like every girl's dream, I also had a dream to have a Barbie doll. Barbie doll was the most favorite toy I had ever had in my childhood. The most commonly found stereotypical Barbie, the pink color Barbie was my favorite toy. Every time I went outside, when my parents asked me, which toy would you like to buy? My first answer would be a Barbie doll. It is the one perfect memory that I have where I would like to play with it as in when, when I get the doll, I would start dressing it up like it's my own child. I like to brush the hair of the Barbie and to dress it up in the various forms, various dresses I had and to also walk it around and talk to it as though it is a child and it is doing something wrong. My uncle used to buy me the Barbies whenever he used to get a chance to meet me and wherever he went, he had gifted me one proper pink color Barbie when I was five years old and I had it for a very long time. It was bought from America and it had a beautiful dress, a beautiful dress that denoted that the Barbie was a ballet princess. I like to play with it. I like to play with a lot and I used to have a very good time playing with it. It used to help me be who I am at times when I used to dress it up that way.

Band 6-7

Like that I got a habit to save money since childhood. I think when I am in class 2, I have saved around 150 rupees with that 150 rupees. I bought so many things at that time and when I am in need, I have given that money to my mom which makes her very happy. And there was the Barbie toy. It is also very interesting because I used to play with that Barbie toy and I used to braid the hair. My mom was a designer at that time. She used to stitch the garments and she used to do the Ari work and Embroidery work also. I have learned that skill from her and I also shown some interest in stitching and designing those outfits like skirts. Very small small outfits I have made for that Barbie and I have dressed her very beautifully. Really that dress was amazing. I still have that doll and dress which made me so much cheerful. I was on cloud 9 to show to my parents, grandparents and everyone. I have taken that to my school also. I still remember that incident and my teacher gave me appreciation for stitching that garment to that doll. She gave me two chocolates also. At that time Alphaliba is a famous chocolate in my childhood and she gave me that. Really it was very fun.

Band 6-7

My favorite toy which I liked in my childhood was an RC car which was given by my dad when I recently had just written my 4th grade exams and I scored really well. I got it around the time when I was newly learning how to play with toys and taking care of them. I used to play with it every single day and for about a month I played with it until the batteries finally gave out. I was a little bit sad for a couple of days but then my dad bought me a new set of batteries and I put it back. For over a month I played a little bit more and when my 5th grade school started, I started to fade away from that toy and it just exists in my computer locket.

Band 6-7

Growing up, I always wanted long hair, but because I was still a child and I would often stick my bubblegum to my hair, I always had to have my hair short. So I started liking the Barbie Rapunzel, the Disney Princess Rapunzel. And during my sixth Christmas year, when I was six years old, I really wished upon Santa Claus to bring me the Rapunzel Barbie. And my parents heard my prayers, and they definitely gave me a Rapunzel for Christmas Day. I loved it so, so much. I loved combing Rapunzel's hair. Sometimes I did give it a haircut, and so I believe Rapunzel had a shorter hair length than she was supposed to have. I played with my Barbie so often that my mom sometimes had to hide it away from me, because I would rather play with the Barbie than have to study for my tests or exams. Right now, I don't know where the Barbie is. Maybe it's missing a leg or it's missing its entire head, but I do remember it very fondly, and it fascinates me how much I love that Barbie, and I can still talk about it at length.

Band 6-7

Well, this is a very interesting topic for me because I am fond of various toys like Barbie doll, club board, games and many more. So here, today I would like to talk about a toy, my most favorite toy which is Barbie doll. When I was school going girl, that time frame I loved to play with Barbie doll. I vividly remember that my parents gifted me Barbie doll on my 7th birthday and I love this Barbie because it was really amazing and in the packet, seller gave me some different types of dresses too. I can easily change a Barbie costume whenever I would like to play with Barbie. I change Barbie doll costume like some days I wear pink in color because it was my favorite color and through playing with it, I can easily kill my monotony and made some costumes for it. So this is a toy I love the most. Whenever I realized my golden days of life, that time frame, I remember that day, it was a golden days of my life. So this is a toy I like most.

Band 6-7

The toy which I liked in my childhood was about a BMW car, a remote controlled car. That was given by my mother and father. That was my birthday gift and they gave me both. It's really amazing car and I have around 4-5 remote controlled cars but this is very favorite for me because it's very fast and it takes turns very easily and slowly slowly I got to learn how to drift while turning the cars and I have played for more than 2-3 years then later my mother kept it in a separate case just to hide from me because I was playing that very regularly very oftenly which is not really good and it's also affecting my studies whenever I am coming back from the tuitions from the school just instead of completing my homework and my tasks I am just taking the toys and creating imaginary show and just trying to drift my cars as fast as I want. And it's almost within 2-3 years my cars almost completely get damaged, lots of scratches, the windshield and the side mirrors will also get broken and anyhow my mom got to know that within a few days this car is going to broke but it's very unique.

Band 6-7

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Band 6-7

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