IELTS Cue Card Sample 144

Describe your favourite colour

You should say:
• what is it
• what is the significance of this colour
• how you started liking it

and explain why do you like this colour. panorama

Model Answer:
My favourite colour is green and I have loved this colour from my early childhood. Green is the colour of nature, liveliness, fertility and
freshness. The first reason I like this colour is that the nature bears this colour everywhere. There is nothing more beautiful than the
vast green trees, green vista and fields. Green is the symbol of life and it represents the safety. The colour green also represents good
luck, health, tranquility. This colour has long been a symbol for fertility and that's why once been used in the wedding gowns mostly in
15th century. This colour is often used in decorating to show the calmness.

If we judge the colour green from the colour psychology perspective, we learn that green balances the heart and emotions and thus
create the equilibrium in heart and brain. From the meaning of colour perspective, green is the symbol of growth, colour of spring and
symbolizes renewal and rebirth. It is the sanctuary away from the complexity and stresses of the modern lives and the tranquility of the
calm, fresh and greener area.

I have my wall painted in green colour and it is generally believed that green is an eye friendly colour unlike red. The mild green colour
is a popular colour which does not look too violent or too dull. I liked this colour even in my childhood and that I can be sure from the
dominant green usages in my childhood paints. My teachers sometimes laughed at my weakness on green colour when I painted a
green sun and green moon. I still remember I pained a green alien and that painting became very famous among our friends.

I am not quite sure how my fascination started growing on green colour but I guess I started liking this colour as I had spent my
childhood in an area where green was the most dominating colour. This was the colour of nature and I was surrounded by the beauty
of nature. I noticed in my childhood that green is the colour for living and yellow and red means dying, specifically for the trees and
plants I had. May be this idea influenced my preference of colour. May be this choice is not directly related to any of my experience
and reflected in a later stage as part of my individuality and personal preference. Whatever is the reason, I guess Green is a colour of
profound importance and is my favourite colour.

Describe a newspaper or a magazine

You should say:
What is it and why you read it
What are the benefits of reading a newspaper or a magazine
How often you read it and what are the contents of it
and explain why do you like to read this newspaper or magazine

Follow-up Questions:
• What do you think the important qualities for a news reporter?
• What's the main difference between newspaper and magazine?
• What’s the function of a report to the society?
• What kinds of books/newspapers/magazines do adolescents read in your country?
• With the popularity of Internet, do you think newspapers and magazines will disappear?
Possible Answer:
I read newspaper almost every day and sometimes I purchase or borrow magazines to read as well. I'd like to describe a
magazine that I usually buy each month and enjoy reading a lot. The name of this magazine is PC World which is a global
computer magazine published monthly by IDG in USA. It offers advice on various aspects of PCs and related items, the
Internet, and other personal-technology products and services. In each publication, PC World reviews and tests hardware and
software products from a variety of manufacturers, as well as other technology related devices such as still and video cameras,
audio devices and televisions.
I have been reading this magazine for the last 6-7 years or so. It is specifically useful for people who love computers, other
technology devices; software and IT related news and updates. I am doing my graduation in Computer Science and Engineering
and love to learn about new hardware and software. This is a magazine that offers great hardware & software reviews, tips on
advanced computing and many other useful articles.

Reading a newspaper or a magazine is always helpful for learning new information. Newspapers provide contemporary local
news, international news, editorials, entertainment, news, sports news and so on. Without reading newspapers or magazines
one can't keep himself / herself updated with the latest news and views of the world. I purchase the PC World magazine every
month and read it for about 7 days. Sometimes I read older versions as well to find out any particular reviews or articles. This
magazine is helpful for basic, moderate and advanced computer users and techno lovers. Someone who has a computer should
read it to increase his/ her knowledge on hardware and software. Even it’s helpful for those who are going to buy computers,
printers, cameras, scanners, software or other hardware devices. I enjoy reading it a lot.
 Sample Answer 2:
Today I’m going to talk about one of my favourite magazines. It’s quite fun to think about it, first I’ll tell you what it is and why I
read it. Then I’ll try and persuade you of the benefits of doing so, and a bit about how often I read it and what the contents
are. Finally, I’ll explain why I like to read it so much.
The magazine is called ‘Women’s Running’. It’s a monthly publication, dedicated to helping female runners, at every level to
improve their running and learn more about the sport.
For me the benefits of reading this periodical are huge. It has great information about running techniques and nutrition;
advertising features on new running related products; helpful articles on topics like ‘how to choose new trainers’ and advice on
running events and how to prepare for them. That is great in itself, but even more importantly for me, it contains lots of human
interest stories. Real women talking about their experiences of running, why they do it and how they stay motivated, keep
positive and enjoy the sport.

Even though I do like the magazine, it is really expensive, it’s £4 a time, so I’m embarrassed to admit I don’t buy my own
copy. Instead, I have a friend who subscribes to it regularly. Every few months she has a big clear out, and she drops off a
great big bag of magazines for me to read. I then have a binge of reading about running – which is a bit ironic really, I should be
out doing it rather than reading about it! So I don’t read it each month, but every few months I’ll have a whole weekend curled
up on the sofa avidly soaking up every article. I read each copy from cover to cover. I like the personal accounts best. Women
talking about perhaps over-coming injuries and illness to keep on running; forming friendships and achieving goals they never
thought possible. It can be really inspirational! It makes me believe that I too can do more than I think. Once I’ve read all the
magazines I keep them for a while to refer back to, but eventually I too need to de-clutter, so I’ll pass them on to another running
friend, and so the cycle continues!

Through reading the magazine I’ve started to think of myself more as part of the ‘running community’ whatever that means! I’ve
started to realise that not everyone who takes part in running is choosing to do ultra-marathons, we can all run at our own level
and still get the fitness and social benefits at whatever level you are at. The main competition is not with other people but with
yourself, other runners can support and help you whether that’s with advice on how to up your speed or distances to get a new
Personal Best or agreeing to go out with you on a wet and windy night when really the sofa looks a great deal more appealing
than a rain soaked pavement in winter!

[ Written by - Lucy Marris | Careers Adviser (UK), TEFL teacher ]

Talk about your favorite food

You should say:
 What the food is
 How it is made
 Why you like it
and explain why it is your favorite food

Model Answer:
My favorite food is fried rice with vegetable and chicken curry with salad. This is in fact the most popular menu in our country.
The rice is first boiled in water and then the boiled rice is fried with some chicken and vegetables and oil. The chicken curry is
 prepared separately using some spices and chicken and finally the salad is prepared using different vegetables and fruits and
then those are cup into pieces and mixed together with mustard. Then these three items are served together.

I eat this menu approximately 3-4 times in a week. This menu is prepared at home mostly and sometimes I eat it in a restaurant.
There are some variations in the way this food is prepared and the ingredients using which this food is made. Different
restaurants have their own specialty in preparing and serving this menu.

This is my favorite food for many reasons: firstly it is very delicious and healthy. This menu meets the demand for different food
values our body needs. It is available in most of the part in our country. Thirdly, I like it as it offers the variations of tastes.
Moreover, it is not that much expensive to prepare and does not require o much effort to prepare. For all these reasons it is my
favorite food.

Similar Cue Card Topics

Your ability to talk about this Cue Card Topic would also enable you to talk about the following Cue Card Topics as
well:
1. Describe a food item you often eat
2. Describe a food you eat outside your home
3. Describe an outdoor meal you have had
4. Describe a food item you know how to cook

http://www.ielts-mentor.com/cue-card-sample?start=40Special gift

Describe the best present/gift you have received:

 Who send it? What is the gift? What is it for?
 When did you receive it?
 Detail information about the present.

Last year, my wife celebrated my birthday at home. She bought an electronic dictionary as birthday gift. I like the electronic
dictionary very much. It's blue and quite small. It fits into my pocket. I remember at that time, my wife said to me: "she
decided to immigrate to Canada with me. In future, we must study very hard. And she hoped that the electronic dictionary
could help me to improve my English."On that day, I was very happy because my wife agreed to immigrate to Canada finally.
Also, with the help of the electronic dictionary, I made such rapid progress that before long I began to write articles in English.
1) In China, when will people send the present?
Oh, attend the party, such as Wedding Party, Birthday Party. During Spring Festival, people give presents each other, including
clothes, books, flowers and foods.
2) Compare the gift which people have received 10 years ago to the present that people now are receiving, what's the
difference between them?
(try to compare the gift you received in your teenage with the gift children received now)
Oh, I think the gift was monotonic before. For example, I often received a notebook as gift. But now, there are various gifts to
choose from. Such as flowers, wine, food, clothes etc.
3) Just image the gift in the future children will receive.
In the future, I think more and more children will receive intellectual gifts, such as electronic dictionary, notebook computer
and so on.
4) Just image the gift in the future people will receive.
In the future, oh, in most case, people will give flowers each other. I think flowers will be the most popular present.

Building

 What is the interesting building in your country?

 Where is it located?
 What is it used for?
 Explain why you think it is the most interesting?

I think the interesting building is the Great Wall. It runs across north China like a huge dragon. It was used to enemies. Soldiers
used to keep watch on the Great Wall. When the enemy came, fires were lit to warn other soldiers. I think the Great Wall is
the most interesting building. Because it is one of the wonders of the world and it was one of the few man-made objects on
earth that could be seen by the astronauts who landed on the moon. Also, the Great Wall has become a symbol of both
China's proud history and its present strength.
1) Are there some old buildings in your hometown? Where and Describe it?
Wenfeng Tower, built in 1420, is located in the southern of Anyang City.
During the Ming and Qing dynasties, people came to the tower to worship the God of Heaven and pray for a good harvest.
Nowadays, it serves as a museum of history. Murals of Wenfeng Tower give visitors a feel for the great artistic achievements
of ancient Chinese civilization. In a word, I think the Wenfeng Tower is the most interesting building, and it is the oldest
building in my hometown.
2) Compare the differences between the constructions in your city with them in 20 years ago? Describe the building styles in
detail?
The traditional buildings are made of the red brick and always have curved eaves. Thousands of buildings look the same. But
now, various buildings with different colors and styles have been going up in my hometown. In addition, room is equipped
with kitchen and bathroom. This is very convenient.
3) What are people's attitudes to old building today and that of our later generation? Should we protect them? Why?
People, including our later generation, advocate that government should protect old buildings .Because old buildings
represent the great artistic achievements of ancient Chinese civilization.
4) What role do you think the old and modern buildings play in the society?
Oh, modern buildings are for us to live and work, while old buildings are for us to visit and research.
5) Compare the differences between house and apartment?
In China, there is a big yard beside house, where we can plant some flowers and trees etc. But house is more expensive.
Apartment is convenient and cheap but small.

Friend

 Who is your best friend?

 How did you meet?
 What do you do with your friend?

Tell me the way you make friends with others and you think what people should be your friends?
My best friend is xxx. We were in the same class for 5 years. At that time, we often gather together to study and play. Now, we
work in the same company. Friendship is extremely important to me. It’s like being brothers or sisters, but even more than
that. I mean, I would do nearly anything for my friend, and I would expect that he would do the same for me. If he didn't help
me when I was in need, then I would not consider him a good friend. I have a lot of different kinds of friends. Some are loud,
others are shy. I prefer having a real variety of friends.
1) Do you think it is easy to make friends in China?
Yes, of course. Nowadays, transportation and communication are easy and convenient. We have more opportunities to meet
all kinds of people and make friends with them.
2) What do you think the difference between adults and children making friend?
The difference is attitude or mindset between adults and children making friend. In general, children like to make friend with
good students because they can help each other in studying. But adults make friends with anyone they like.
3) How do children make friend?
Children to children.
4) What is the most important thing in friendship?
Trust.
5) What is the second important thing in friendship?
Helping each other.
6) What makes friendship break up?
Misunderstanding.
For example, when I studied in Chongqing University, one day, my roommate lost his watch. He thought I had taken it. At that
moment, I was very angry but I said nothing, and then I helped him to look for the watch. Finally, we found it in his pocket. My
roommate apologized to me. I forgave him his rudeness. So, I think trust is the most important thing between friends.

Festival

There are many festivals in China, such as Spring Festival, National Day and Yuan Xiao Festival etc. The Spring Festival is the
biggest festival in China. I suppose it's somewhat like Christmas is in western countries. Spring Festival is the only time when
all families gather together and stores and business are closed for several days. During the Spring Festival, we eat delicious
food, visit relatives and friends, and watch TV to welcome the New Year. I also like to try and contact some friends before and
see how they’re doing and what they’re up to.
We give each other presents for the New Year.

Travel
Describe your latest interesting travel in detail.
 When and where did you go?
 Whom did you go with?
 What things did you do?

Last year, I went to Shilin with my wife. Shilin, is located about 80 kilometers from Kunming. Kunming is the capital city of
Yunnan Province .It took us 3 days to get Shilin. Shilin is famous for its large areas of stone forests. All stones in Shilin are
vividly shaped, resembling various figures. Some stones look like a monkey, and some stones look like a bird. In a word, the
stones are fantastic. In addition, I met a classmate of Chongqing University in Shilin. We talked about the things and persons
which we remembered in school. I think that is an interesting trip.

1) Describe some interesting things happened during your travel. Can you describe it for me?
Ok. I met a classmate of Chongqing University .We talked about the things and persons which we remembered in school. I
think that is an interesting thing.

2) What is your goal to travel and your reason to travel is

I enjoy travelling. It is so interesting to see how other people live, and it is really an amazing way to learn about different
cultures.
3) Describe the advantage and disadvantage of travel for the country
Tourism is a useful source of foreign currency for the country, but sometimes some visitors destroy cultural heritage.
4) Why China can attract people to travel?
A 5000-year cultural heritage attracts more people to China.
5) Do Chinese people like to travel now?
Yes, of course. Since the opening-up, transportation is easy and convenient. Also, we have ample money for the journey.
6) Which festival do people travel in and where do people travel to?
We often go to resorts around National Day, such as Forbidden City, Summer Palace, and Temple of Heaven in Beijing.
7) Compare the difference about travelling among Chinese people between 100 years ago and now?
100 years ago, transportation was very difficult; few people could travel in China because most of people were very poor. But
now, transportation is easy and convenient and we have ample money for the journey.

Natural scenery
 What is the most beautiful natural scenery you have ever seen?
 What is the specific point?
 Where did you see it?
 Who did you go with?

Last year, I went to Shilin with my wife. Shilin, located about 80 kilometers from Kunming. Kunming is the capital city of
Yunnan Province. It took us 3 days to get there. Shilin is famous for its large areas of stone forests. All stones in Shilin are
vividly shaped, resembling various figures. Some stones look like a monkey, and some stones look like a bird. In a word, the
stones are fantastic. Also, there is a lake in Shilin. Surrounded by green mountains and forests, the lake is not destroyed by any
pollution. Travellers can row a boat on the lake or stroll on the shores to enjoy its special quiet beauty.
1) What measures does your government take to protect natural scenery?
The government establishes protective zones of natural scenery. Educate people to protect natural environment. People who
destroy natural scenery will be punished.
2) Do you think it is effective?
Yes, of course. Establish protective zones can prevent pollution.
3) What role does tourism play in your country's economy?
Tourism is playing a more and more important role in our country's economy. Since the opening up, the number of tourists
has increased quickly, and this is a useful source of foreign currency for the country. (159 Also, tourism can accelerate other
industry to develop.)
4) What should you pay attention to in travel?
Safety, weather, and I think it is necessary to bring some medicine.

Transportation
Give me some opinion on the transportation in your city?
In my opinion, one of the biggest problems of transportation is traffic jams in Anyang city. It has become common to see
passengers and drivers having to wait in long lines of buses and cars moving at a snail's pace on the streets during the rush
hours. There are several reasons for this problem. First, the number of vehicles is increasing much more rapidly than the
building of roads. Second, there seem to be too many private cars and not enough public buses. Third, many people, including
drivers, pedestrians and cyclists do not obey traffic rules properly, especially at busy intersections.
In my opinion, one of the biggest problems of transportation is traffic jams in Anyang city. In view of the seriousness of this
problem, effective measures must be taken before things get worse. On the one hand, the government should invest more
money in the building of new roads and the repairing and maintenance of old ones, particularly those in busy areas of the
cities. On the other hand, the number of private cars in urban areas should be limited while the number of public buses should
be increased. At the same time, it is essential that stricter traffic rules and regulations be issued to strengthen traffic control.
1) Compare the different transportation, such as between plane, train and car.
Drive car to travel is convenient because we can set out at any time. But it is too slow and it may spend us much more time.
Plane ticket is more expensive. So, I think train is the best transportation for me.
2) Can you just image the transportation in the future and describe it for me?
In the future, the speed of car, train and plane will be faster. And, the transportation will be easier and convenient.
3) Just compare the transportation in the past and now? What transportation do you like and why?
Nowadays, we have more choice on the transportation than the past. Such as tube, plane etc, even though in the small city. I
like tube, because tube is safety and tube ticket is cheap.

Music
What role do you think music plays in our life?
Just as other kinds of art, music has become an indispensable part of human culture. It brings us with nutritious spiritual foods,
enriches our leisure life .In addition, music can do good to us very much. It can elicit the imagination of us. And, it teaches us
how to distinguish beauty from nature. Listening to the music, I am sure you will soon be refreshed from a day's hard work
and relax.
1) Can you tell me the western music's impact on the world music?
Oh, it is a difficult question, the western music is definitely great, and it plays an important role on the world music. Many
musical talents and eminent musicians have been trained in western country, such as Beethoven, Mozart and so on.
2) Do you think it's necessary to open a music course in high school?
Yes, of course. There is usually 1 or 2 hours each week used for teaching music. I think there should be more, such as at least 3
or more.
3) What effects will take place u think to let children (students) study an instrument?
Music can do good to children (students) very much. It can elicit the imagination of children (students). Also, it teaches them
how to distinguish beauty from nature.
4) It is often easier for children to learn music than adults. Can you tell me why?
Oh, that’s because it’s important to have soft fingers and palm to learn a music mechanism, such as guitar. Children have more
flexible fingers and they are more likely to find the correct feeling.
5) Do you like music or not? Why?
I like music. I like singing, especially in front of many people. I often sing for my friends. When they praise me, I feel happy.
Also, listening to the music, I am sure you will soon be refreshed from a day's hard work and relax.
6) Describe the music you like most and tell me why?
I like classic music. It usually has a slow rhythm and a pleasant melody. Listening to the music; I can soon be refreshed from a
day's hard work and relax.
7) What are the differences in music between China and western countries?
Oh, it is a big question; in general, the symphony of western countries is long while most of Chinese music is small piece.

Clothes
What clothes do you like?
Clothes aren't only used to keep us warm. It has become a important part of modern civilization. Different nations have
different styles clothes. And different styles clothes represent different cultures. All people want their life to be filled with
variety, color and comfort by wearing clothes. We will have a good mood when we wear beautiful clothes. I like leisure clothes
very much. Because it is not only cheap but also convenient to wear. (In addition, the material of leisure clothes is more
environmentally friendly.) But I must wear work clothes when we are working. Otherwise, I will be fined.
1) What's the prescript on clothes when you are working? and just the prescript on clothes in school.
We must wear work clothes (a school uniform) when we are working (in school). Otherwise, we will be fined.
2) The different between the older and younger people on clothes.
The older people think a lot of style and material. But the younger people would like to follow the fashion. Personality is the
first consideration when younger people choose clothes.
3) Compare the differences between the clothes in your city with them in 20 years ago.
In the past, the colors and styles of clothes were very monotonic. Thousands of people look the same. But now, we can wear
clothes with different colors and styles.

Family
 Tell me about your family.
 Who are you close to in your family?
 Who are you most similar to in your family?
 In what way is your family important to you?

1) Tell me about your family.

Although I live abroad now, my dad's family is from Glasgow and my mum's family is from Edinburg. So I'm from a very
Scottish family. I would say I come from quite a small family, just my parents, my two sisters and me. But both of my parents
come from very large families so my extended family is very large - I have 20 cousins! Our family gatherings are pretty chaotic,
but fun. We're a very close-knit family and have reunions at least twice a year. Even though we don't live together any more,
the family ties are still very strong.

2) Who are you close to in your family?

The person I'm closest to in my family is my dad, Gavin. He's really sociable, always going out with friends and colleagues.
Everyone thinks he's good fun. I look up to him because he's very enthusiastic about everything he does.

3) Who are you most similar to in your family?

Well, there is a strong family resemblance between my elder brother and me, but everyone tells me that the physical
resemblance between me and my paternal grandfather is very clear. Sadly, I never got to meet him because he passed away
before I was born. But I’ve seen photographs of him at my age and we’re quite alike.
4) In what way is your family important to you?
The most important word in my life is "family". I love my family. I know that my family will always be there for me, no matter
what. Every family has their ups and downs, but we are still there for each other. We support one another when there is
nobody else.

Teacher
Describe a teacher who has greatly influenced you in your education.
 Where you met them?
 What subject they taught?
 What was special about them and explain why this person influenced you so much.

I think my first English teacher has greatly influenced me in my education. I had some trouble in studying English when I
studied in middle school. I felt English was very difficult, so I didn't like to study it. One day, my English teacher spoke to me
about the study of foreign languages. He said: "You must do a lot of reading, listening and speaking. Never mind, keep on
trying, I believe you are a good student." In the years that followed, I studied hard and made greater progress. My English
teacher loved his job and he was knowledgeable in his field. I love and respect him.
1) Compare the differences between education in your city with them in 20 years ago?
In the past, many children can't go to school, and educational conditions were very poor. But now, government provide 9
years compulsory education. Each child who is 7 years old must go to school. And government provide much better facilities
and staff. Also, schoolyards are beautiful than before.
2) Compare the differences between university and middle school.
We study basic knowledge in the middle school. But the course of university is practical and special, such as computer and
business courses.
3) Compare the differences between students now and past.
At present, it is difficult for student to find job. So, their pressure is heavier than before.

Sports & Hobby

Describe an interest or hobby that you particularly enjoy.
 What this interest or hobby is?
 How long have you been doing it?
 What effect has it brought to your life?

What do you think about the balance between the work and the leisure?
I am a big table tennis fan, even though I am not very good at playing table tennis myself. I love to watch the game on TV. I
have played table tennis whenever I get a chance since I studied in the middle school. Playing table tennis not only refreshes
my body and makes me mentally alert, and ready and eager to engage in the work of the day. In addition, a reasonable
amount of exercise prepares the body for a good night's sleep. However, over-indulgence in physical exercise can do more
harm than good. Because it will make you too tired to stay awake during the work.
1) Is it dangerous for people to spend too much time on hobby?
Yes, over-indulgence in physical exercise can do more harm than good. I have noticed that some of my friends spend too much
time on sports make themselves too tired to stay awake during the work.
2) Do you think hobby is beneficial to social life?
Yes, of course. I make many friends during playing table tennis. So, I think that hobby is beneficial the social life.
3) Why do people like to watch games?
Oh, it is an interesting question. Watching games can enrich our leisure life. Also, it is very exciting to watch a close game.
4) What are the advantages and disadvantages for watching games?
Watching games can enrich our leisure life. Also, it is very exciting to watch a close game. But over-indulgence in watching
games can affect our rest.
5) What is the difference between watching games and playing games/sports?
Watching games can enrich our leisure life. Also, it is very exciting to watch a close game. Take part in sports can build our
bodies and keep us healthy. But, over-indulgence in watching games or in physical exercise can affect our rest.
6) Do you think which sports demand enough courage?
Oh, I think it is boxing. It is very dangerous and it can do harm to health
of athlete.
7) What are the sporting facilities like in your hometown?
Anyang City has a lot of modern indoor facilities offering bowling, table tennis, swimming etc. But, it's too expensive for most
Chinese, and you have to belong to the club in order to use the facilities.

Reading
 Do you often read newspapers?
 How frequent do you read?
 What do you like to read the best?

I read newspapers every day, such as Workers Daily, Henan Daily. I enjoy reading.
It is so interesting to see how other people live and it is really an amazing way to learn about different cultures. In addition,
reading can do good to us very much. It can elicit the imagination of us. I also like to read the China Today and China Daily.
Both of these magazines are in English, and it is a good way for me to improve my English.

1) Do you like to discuss with others when you read books?

Yes, I do. Because it is easy to understand the difficulty of books.
2) How long do you read?
Usually, I read books or newspapers for 1 hour before I go to bed.

3) Where do you like to read?

In the library, because there are all kinds of books which I can read.

Handcraft
Describe a handcraft which is made by yourself Kite flying is popular in China. Kites are often played with around the Qingming
Festival in April. I like kites very much and I can make kites myself. Once, I made a kite. It was a beautiful swallow. Firstly, I
collected 3 sticks and paper. The paper was adorned with paintings. Secondly, I used 3 sticks to control the paper, one linked
to its neck, the other two linked with its wing. And then, the work was completed. The kite flew lightly in the sky as if the
swallow was greeting the coming of the spring season.
What handcraft are there in China?
Folk paper cuts, lanterns and kites, shadow play etc.

Restaurant
 Talk about your favorite restaurant.
 Why do you like it?

Sichuan dish features pungent, spicy and salty flavors and tend to go well with rice. Sichuan Restaurant is the largest
restaurant in Anyang City. The restaurant is a beautiful, clean and its price is cheap. My wife and I often have dinner in the
restaurant on the weekend. Stir--Fried Shredded Beef is one of the restaurant's best dishes. It's made of fresh tenderloin and
celery. Condiments include vinegar, rice wine and ginger etc. When finished cooking, the beef is red and the vegetables are
green. The dish is very delicious.

extension of the card topic:

1) What is the general ideas about fast food among Chinese people?
Although fast food has little nutritional value, it is a blessing for busy people. Few people eat fast food all the time usually for
breakfast and/or lunch so they can help to balance their diet by eating a sensible evening meal. And I like to eat fast food.

2) What do you think about science in food processing (production)?

Scientific processing (production) is important. Because it can keep us healthy.

3) What is your opinion on food production and the world's population.

At present, it's difficult to provide enough food for world's population. So, on the one hand, we should limit population of
world. On the other hand, we should manage to provide enough food.

Environment protect
 Is there any pollution in your city?
In Anyang City, pollution is serious. With the development of modern agriculture and industry, more and more waste is
produced. Most of this waste is harmful. It goes into the water, the soil and the air. Especially the air is often made very dirty
by factories. In places around big factories, trees and vegetables are often killed by the bad air. Also, when we breathe the air,
harm will be done to our health. Fortunately, people are beginning to realize just how serious the whole situation is.
Government is taking measures to prevent pollution.

What has your government done to prevent pollution The measures are:

1) First, all new projects are to have lower discharge levels.

2) Second, all sources of pollution must be identified and monitored.
3) Third, all enterprises should assure a clean and safe work place.

Learn
 What do you plan to learn in the future?
 Why do you want to learn it?
 Where and how will you learn it?

I plan to learn computer science in the future. I am very interested in it. There are too many things that I don't know about
computers. Also, computers play an important role in our life and are of great use in every field. I think the whole society will
be computerized soon. I need more knowledge in this field to meet the great demands of the application of computers. If
things go well, I'd like to further my study in computer science and I want to work on my Master's degree in Canada.

1) What's the most important skill nowadays?

I think it is computer. Because computers play an important role in our life and are of great use in every field.

2) Are there any traditional skills in your country? what are they?
Yes, such as sewing and weave cloth. I remembered that my grandmother used to sew clothes herself. But now, few people
can do it.

3) Do you think it necessary to learn these skills?

No, I just don't like to spend much time on sewing. Because we can buy all kinds of clothes in shop.

4) Is there any difference between your parents' study and nowadays children?
In the past, when our parents studied in school, educational conditions were very poor. But now, children are lucky enough
because government provides much better facilities and staff.

5) Do schools teach non-academic courses?

Yes, of course, such as music, physical education, and painting etc.

6) Should school responsible for teaching these non-academic courses?

Yes, of course. Because school should stress student's moral, intellectual and physical development in a comprehensive way.

ELTS Speaking... Cue Card

Describe someone in your family who you really admire

You should say:

 What relation this person is to you?

 What are your first memories of this person?

 How often you see this person?

and explain why do you admire this person

Follow-up Questions:

 What are the values of family in your country?

 How family bonding is necessary for happiness in life?

 What type of family do you like? Nuclear family or joint family?

 How family value and bonding have changed over the last decade?

Possible Answer:
I've got a small family with only 5 members and all of us are very close to each other and we love each other very much.
Among them I love my mother more than anyone else in the whole world. I adore my mother for her caring, loving, adorable
behaviors and wit. She is the person I can share everything with and that's the reason I worship her so much.

Possibly she was the first human I saw when I opened my eyes in this world. A relationship with a mother is divine and all of
my childhood memories are either related to my mom or my school. I can still remember a day I was late to come back home
after school and that's because there was a ceremony at the school I did not know about. All of a certain I found that my
mother was entering through the school-gate to find me. I was so frightened that my mother would rebuke me for being late
unnoticed and she must be mad at me. But to my best surprise, when my mother saw me she had a warm smile in her face
that I'll never forget till my last breath in this earth. Then she hugged me and gave me a kiss. I felt then that I love my mother
more than me. She attended the program at the school and afterward we came back home together.

I spent my 19 years or so with my father and mother but I stay at a metropolitan city now for my education. Whenever I get
vacation I meet my mother at my village home. On an average I spend 2/3 months with my mother each year but I talk to her
over phone almost twice a day.

The reasons why I admire her are endless. She is caring, tender, she has got a big heart and she possesses love for everyone.
She had been an ideal mother to raise 3 kids and making sure our education and moral values. She had made a lot of sacrifices
all of her life and had never complained about anything to my best knowledge. She is the person who reminds me the power
of love and caring.

Alternative Answer:
I have got 6 family members and all of them are very dear and close to me. If I need to pick one family member among them
to talk about, that would be my father. My father’s name is (say your father’s name) and he is around 50 years old. He is the
kind of person I would want my offspring to be. He did his graduation in a time when formal education was not people’s first
choice. They would rather start earning from work rather than going to school. My father fought to ensure his education with
the people who thought working or doing some sort of business has more value than education. But my father believed that
education is the most important part of a man’s life. He heartily held the idea that education shapes a man’s life and is the
kind of power and asset that would always accompany him.
I have lots of memories of my father and I see him every day. There exists a strong bonding between us that only two of us
feel. I still remember those days of my childhood when I used to wait in the evening for my father to return from office. He
would then play with me and help on completing my lessons. I vividly remember him sometimes taking me to the market and
buy me gifts. When I was an infant he moved to the city from the village to ensure me better schooling and environment. That
was a decision that has changed my life path. He himself helped me finishing my home works and lessons, always allured me
of gifts if I could complete my study. Besides my education he taught me lots of moral values and important things of life.

He used to work in a Government organization and for his hard-working and kindness; he is revered by all of our relatives, his
friends and neighbors.
He believes in humanity, good behavior, our creator, and leads a life that can be exemplary. He still does most of his own
works and helps my mom on her house hold works. After retirement he has picked 2 new habits: gardening and teaching
neighbors’ kids. He is a quiet and intelligent man who has benevolent heart and that what make him so admirable to me. He is
still the pillar of our family and all of our family members love and respect him very much.

Tips for answering this Cue Card Sample:

You already know a lot about your family members and this cue card should be an easy one to answer. Just focus on the
questions mentioned bellow the Cue card topic. Following questions may come for this cue card and note the quick answers of
these questions:
1. Who is he/she? : My mother / My father/ My bother/ My sister etc.
2. Your relationship to this family member: She is my mother/ he is my father etc.
3. What you do together: We walk out together/ cook together/ study together/ talk a lot about family issues etc.
4. What is s/he like: He/ She is kind, talented, energetic, works a lot, dedicated, caring, possess a great personality, open
minded etc.
5. How long do you know him /her: From my childhood/ all of my life/ for more than 20 years etc.
6. How often do you see him/her: Everyday/ once in a month/ most of the time I stay at home/ in every three months etc.
7. Why do you like him/ her or why do you admire him/ her?: S/he loves me a lot, very close to me, very caring, have a good
heart, talented, helpful, my best mentor etc.

While talking about what is s/he like or what qualities he /she has or even why do you like/ admire him/her you can use some
of the following points:

 For father: He is honest, brave, had a good heart, talented, leads an ideal life. has sacrificed a lot to up-bring us, is an
exemplary person, everybody respects him, is the best person I have ever seen, Loves me very much, hardworking,
punctual, talented etc.

 For mother: She is so caring, loving, hardworking and possesses a good heart, had done a lot to up-bring us, very close
to me, very understanding, one of my best friends, knows a lot of things and has so many practical skills etc.

 For brother: He is so brave, talented, well mannered, knows a lot about different things, had always been supportive
to you, loved by others, cooperative and have lots of memories together, like a mentor to me, is my best buddy,
taught me almost everything he knows, always protects me etc.

 For sister: She is caring, a good friend, loving, a good mentor, helps you on study or on other tasks, supportive, a very
good friends, talented and well-mannered.

If you prepare for this cue card you should be able to answer the following cue cards as well with very little changes:

1. Talk about someone who cares you a lot.

2. Describe a person who you like very much.
3. Describe the person whom you admire most.
4. Talk about a person you know for a long.
5. Talk about a senior person whom you like a lot.
6. Talk about a person who has a great influence in your life.

Describe your favorite Restaurant.

You should say:

 Where it is

 What it looks like inside and outside

 What kinds of foods they serve

What makes this restaurant so special to you and others

Follow-up Questions:

 Which one is better: home-made foods or foods from restaurant?

  What traditional foods do you have in your country?

 What are the tourist attractions in your city?

Cue card Answer:

Thank you very much for giving me the chance to talk about my favourite restaurant. The name of my favourite restaurant is
(say the name of the restaurant you are going to talk about) and it’s situated at the centre of the city I am currently living in.
Not only I like the spacious, serene environment, tasty menus that the restaurant serves, but I have lots of memories related
to this restaurant. I remember that my parents celebrated some of my birthday parties there, our college friends arranged the
get-together parties, one of my cousins’ marriage ceremony was celebrated there and similarly I attended lots of other parties
at this very restaurant.
The restaurant has 3 floors and the sitting arrangement is quite nice. Paintings of famous artists have been hanging on the
walls and the place is quite neat and clean. The interior decoration is charming and gorgeous feeling. The ground floor is
spacious and can accommodate more than 50 cars' parking. The front view of the restaurant is different as the place gives the
impression of an urban garden.
The restaurant offers several dishes including exotic desserts, ice-creams and also offers a separate place for the kids to play
and have fun. The prices are reasonable and the foods are served quickly as opposed to some other restaurants where you will
have to wait for a long for your foods to appear on your table. The waiters and other staffs are friendly and welcoming. The
restaurant offers Chinese, Italian, Indian, Thai, Pakistani and local menus that gives you a wide ranges and options to pick
from. The soft background music and instrumentals make the environment more enjoyable and soothing. The tables are not
congested and people can chat over their personal topics without interruption. The long glass made windows offer the city
view which makes the place worth visiting besides the delicious foods. The place must be a good place to be as I often found
the foreign tourists visiting the restaurant. The authority lets the customers provide their feedbacks and comments on foods
and the place and as I have noticed they take prompt action on a customer complaint.
In short, this is a really nice restaurant to go and enjoy the delicious meals.

Tips for answering this Cue Card Sample:

You should talk about a restaurant that you know about. Do not pick a renowned restaurant that you know very little. You are
free to describe the interior design, service, external environment, dishes served of the restaurant the way you like. It does
not have to be an exact match with the restaurant you actually go a lot. You should add some of your memorable events of
this restaurant. Some of the common features that people like about a restaurants are:
1. Delicious dishes.
2. Reasonable price.
3. Easy to go there from home.
4. Quiet and nice environment.
5. Attractive decoration and view.
6. Playground for kids.
7. Open space.
8. Privacy.
9. Service and behaviour of the staffs.
10. Special treats for the regular customer.
11. Variety of foods.
12. Past memory related to the restaurant.
13. Recommendation from friends and family members.
14. Discounts, etc.
In your answer you can use the above mentioned points.

If you are prepared for this cue card sample you should be able to answer the following cue cards as well:

1. Talk about a place you often go to. (You can say that you often go to this restaurant)
2. Describe a place you would recommend your friends to visit.
3. Describe a party centre you went recently.
4. Describe a restaurant you recently visited.
5. Talk about a place where you often meet your friends.
6. Describe a restaurant that you enjoyed going to.
Describe a book that had a major influence on you.

You should say:

 What is the name of the book and the author

 How did you first hear of the book

 What's the main story of the book

and why does it play such an important role in your life

Follow up Questions:

 How often do you read books?

 How books can impact on a man's life?

 Name some of the famous writer of your country?

 Have you ever thought about writing a book?

 How reading books is different from watching movies?

Possible Answer:
Whenever I get time, I try to read books and the ranges vary from profession related books, technical, religious, fiction, classic
and contemporary books. The book I would like to describe is a novel called ‘Kane and Abel’ and is written by the famous
British writer Jeffrey Archer. Sometimes I read book reviews on internet and after reading 2/3 books by Jeffrey archer, I tried
to get the list of all books by Jeffrey Archer. I found that most of the Jeffrey Archer fans have recommended the book ‘Kane &
Abel’. Some people even commented that this is the best book ever written by the same author. I made my mind at this very
moment to read this book. After one month or so, I bought the book from a book store and started reading it.

The book was first published in 1979 in the United Kingdom and in USA in 1980. The book was the international success and
reached No. 1 position on the New York Times best-selling book list. The story-line started with the birth of two infants named
Kane and Abel in the year 1906. One of them was born to a life of prosperity and eases in USA in a rich family while the other
one to a world of hardship and struggle. On different sides of the Globes, they grew up: one shaped by a luxurious upbringing,
fine schooling and history he read, the other one who lost his mother at the time of his birth and did not know who his father
was, well tempered by war, slavery and history he was part of. The story telling of Jeffrey Archer is magical and enchanting.
Most of his story simply mesmerizes the readers and for Kane and Abel the attraction worked even more. Every page I turned
tempted me to read further. Not for a single moment I could have stop thinking about the events and characters of the books
and that had a major influence on me. The characters have their own charismatic powers and followed their own paths. One is
gold, meritorious while the other one is steel and have forfeited the Dead himself. On their journey in life, they confront each
other and became the ultimate adversary of each other. In their relentless battle, both men knew that there could be only one
victor- and one vanquished.
Across three generations and around a rapidly changing world, their war rages unchecked, for the love of a dream, the loss of
an empire, and the lure of a fortune. Kane became the owner of the largest bank in USA while Abel came to USA as a penniless
emigrant after the World War I. With intelligence Kane started flourishing the banking business, while Abel made his fortune
at last in Hotel business. The first time they confronted each other as a bank owner and a debtor. Though Kane wanted to help
Abel regain his business by financing further, but could not do so because of the bank’s board members’ decision. After that
Abel considered Kane as his greatest enemy and sought to destroy Kane. As time passed both had to fight their own fates but
the vendetta remained on their hearts. When both men finally grew older, their son and daughter fell in love and got married.
They never agreed on the marriage because of their personal hatred of each other. Abel succeeded to buy the bank stocks of
Kane’s Bank to hold the power to veto Kane. At the end of the story both confronted each other for the second and last time.
After that Kane died and after his death, Abel learned that it was Kane who backed him financially to start his hotel business.
The story was told like a magician and is a powerful portrait of a world and two men that a reader would never forget.

Alternative Answer:
The book that tremendously influenced me in my college level is titled "Pather Panchali" by Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay.
This book was published in 1929 and later a movie was made with the same title by Satyajit Ray. The book is a tragedy and
family drama which is considered to be one of the finest literary works in Bengali literature.
This book deals with the life, happiness, sadness and inner-picture of Roy family in a rural area. Later they moved to a different
place in search of a better life but they had to face great deal of anguish and loss during their travel to a new transition.

The book describes the rural life, the people of this rural place, their sufferings, their joys, the beautiful country-side, green
fields, paddy-fields, flowers and many more things that become alive in the story. The story line, the mastery of story-telling
ability, the scenic beauty of rural area, the tragic death of a touchy character all were so profoundly expressed that I was
deeply touched. Moreover this book was written by one of the superior writer who has a talent to describe the rural beauty in
a style that no other writer can do.
The book reminded me rural are I had once been. It was like travelling to the past in a time machine. Bibhutibhushan is a
gifted writer and probably the best of his type. He had an ability to depict the rural life and scenic beauty profoundly and
perfectly. The characters of his books come from ordinary places and lead ordinary lives, but the impression they create in
readers' mind is extraordinary.

Tips for answering this cue card sample:

This cue card asks you to talk about a book you have read. You should pick a book that you know well. Let's say you have read
a book which was very interesting but you have forgotten the name of the author or the publisher, you can't tell the story in
an organised fashion, then you should not talk about that one. Rather pick a book which is interesting, you have read and you
know the writer and story of the book. If you are not sure of such a book, think about one, google for the details of the book
and remember the following information about the book:

1. Writer.
2. Publisher.
3. Publishing year.
4. Some other book names by the same author.
5. Story of the book.
6. Why the book was critically acclaimed.
7. Some characters of the book.

For the part why this book has a great influenced on you mention some of the following points:

1. The book was written by a writer who has a great way of telling a story.
2. The story is a page turner and you had hard time keeping it away.
3. You have learned an important lesson from this book.
4. The characters of this book gave you great impression.
5. Some of the trivia and facts about the book. etc.

If you prepare for this cue card, you should also be able to answer the following cue card topics:

1. Describe a book you have recently read.

2. Describe your favourite book.
3. Describe a book you read and remember.
4. Talk about a book you enjoyed reading.
5. Describe a book you would recommend your friends to read.
6. Talk about a book your one of your friends recommended you.
7. Describe a worth reading book.

Since the cue card topic is asking to describe a book that has a major influence on you, not necessarily you have to talk about a
story book. You can pick any academic book, religious book or specific subject or technology related books as well.
For instance if you pick the major book of your religion, you can say how it has changed your view of life and world. How it had
helped you learning morality and humanity and religious lessons that you follow in your life. There are so many things we
learn from our religion and you can talk about these.

If you pick an academic book, let’s say JAVA programming language book, Introduction to business or Accounting you can tell
how this book has changed your view on this specific subject and created a solid base on the subject and influenced you to
later study on that subject further.

Describe a journey you went on.

 Where did you go on your journey?

 Why did you got to this particular place?

 What did you do and with whom?

and describe why you enjoyed your journey? Or if not why?

Follow up Questions:

 What are the importance of traveling?

 What type of places do you recommend people to visit on vacation?

 What places do you want to visit in future? Why?

Possible Answer:
I like visiting famous places and whenever I get vacation, I try to visit new places or places that I have heard about. One such
trip that I took with one of my friends was a journey to Holland. I would like to talk about this tour to Holland that we took 2
years age.
Both of us (me and my friend) wanted to visit Holland and specifically Amsterdam, Hague and Rotterdam very much because
we saw pictures and heard stories from friends about how beautiful and wonderful the place is. So finally we applied for visa,
bought plane tickets, booked a hotel, packed our bags and our trip began.

We spent a lot of time before our holiday, researching of all the interesting places to visit and all the sights to see. So we went
to Rijks museum, Van Gogh museum, Amstell Beer museum, took a romantic sunset cruise in the water channels, drove to
Volendam, a small prettiest fisherman village, visited a cheese farm. We went to Rotterdam, which is the architecture city of
Holland that stimulates innovation. We enjoyed the architectures and building there as much as we did walking in the neat
roads and besides the beaches. Visiting the famous Anne Frank house was an exciting moment for me. I've read the Anne
Frank's Diary in my early childhood and witnessing the place was very much exciting.

Every evening we took long walks along the channels, resting in small gardens, which Amsterdam has a lot of. Street artists
were performing everywhere and a lot of people came to watch their show.

We enjoyed very much everything we did and especially in such a beautiful country. Having my friend by my side on this trip
made it even more fun. Since we have never been to Holland, everything we saw and did seemed interesting and completely
new to us. The people, their way to interpretation their culture attracted us very much. Before leaving the place, both of us
agreed that the place is worth visiting and someday we would come back to re-explore it.

Tips for answering this Cue card question:

You are free to talk about any journey you are comfortable to talk about. It can be journey to another city of your country, to a
historic or tourist place, a foreign country or to a relative or friend's house to a different location. While talking about this cue
card, take some notes about a journey you remember particularly where you went, what was the purpose of going there, how
you travelled there, what you saw on your way and at the place, what you did, how long you stayed, whom you met there,
who you went there with.

If you liked the journey tell about some exciting things you watched and did there than the usual things you do. For instance:
you can mention some of the great places you visited there, the sightseeing of the journey. Do not focus too much on the
place you went rather emphasize what happened on the way. This cue card is bit different that 'Describe a place you have
visited' where you would mostly describe things you watched and did on the place but for this cue card you should mostly tell
about your experience during the journey.

Some key points to mention for this cue card:

 You had a plan to visit this place for a long time and when you had the journey, you had been excited about the whole
thing.

 You would meet a friend or relative after a long and that made you feel good.

 You have some memories related to this place and visiting there was a good experience for you.

 If this is a foreign country, say that you had a longing to visit this country.

 The weather was comfortable and there was no interruption on the way.

 You had friends with you and you enjoyed their company as well as the vehicles.

 This was not a typical journey that you usually take.

 The natural beauty surrounding the roads was charming.

 You observed some different custom and culture there.

If you plan to say that you did not enjoy the journey focus on the following points:

 You did not intend to go there but you had no other choice.
  The weather was not good and that made the journey difficult.

 You did not like the vehicles that you took for the journey.

 It took a very long time which was tiresome.

 You got sick during the journey.

 There was no interesting thing to do or watch.

 The vehicle was a public transport and stopped several times.

Some other cue cards that you should be able to answer if you prepare for this cue card:

1. Talk about an interesting journey you took recently.

2. Describe a visit to one of your relative's house.
3. Describe your journey to your home town.
4. Describe a journey you took to a foreign city.
5. Talk about a journey you disliked.
6. Describe a journey you remember.
7. Describe one of your memorable journeys.

Describe a website you often browse.

You should say:

 What is it

 How long have you been using it

 Detailed information about the website

Follow-up Questions:

 How long have you been using the internet?

 How internet has changed our life-style?

 What would be the possible uses of internet in the future?

Possible Answer :
I've been using the internet for more than 10 years and from the very beginning till now there are some websites those I use
almost every day. www.yahoo.com is one of those web-sites and possibly I'll use this site forever. www.yahoo.com is basically
an e-mail service provider and a very popular search engine. I can still remember my first day at a cyber-cafe where I opened
the first web site of my life and that was yahoo.com and the cafe owner helped me to open an e-mail address and I still use
this email address to send and receive e-mails and for chatting. www.yahoo.com is a popular search engine possibly next to
www.google.com but as an e-mail service provider it is more popular than www.google.com in my country .This web-site has
many other useful features like: the homepage contains up-to-date news and feeds. It also gives the option to open free
websites to its users etc. www.my.yahoo.com is a very popular service and recently the www.answers.yahoo.com has become
one of the most popular questions and answers web-site that's millions of people are using.
Alternative Answer:
I use internet daily and there are lots of websites that I often browse for different reasons. But probably www.facebook.com is
the one I most often browse. It is a social networking website and probably is one of the top 5 most visited websites in the
world. The website mainly facilitates me stay connected with my friends and helps me update and broadcast my news as well.
Though the primary purpose of this website is to let people communicate friends and known people but there are lots of other
features as well. It offers games, eCommerce facility, emailing, chatting, making new friends, social marketing, different
campaign, fan page opening etc. I have been using the website from 2004 and it is important to me because all of my friends
and relatives are connected there. If a friend has a birthday, the website notifies me and I can wish him/ her a birthday, if
someone has a new photo or news to share, I can see it from my account. I can share my photo, video, updates, thought as
well. If someone opines on an issue, others can comment on it. For me, the website is important because my childhood
friends, adolescence friends, college & University friends are connected there. I get their updates regularly and can let them
know what's happening over here. In no other way I could have been connected to the people I am now connected via
facebook. I use this website from my computer and from my cell phone as well. For me this is a social networking website
where I remain close to my friends and relatives. But with its own right it has become a powerful eCommerce platform,
gaming place, marketing channel, and many more other business related platform.
Nowadays everybody owns a facebook ID. Making new friends is easy in facebook and that helps people grow their friends
beyond boundary. Millions of people use facebook and it is almost impossible to connect with people you care and know
without this website.

Tips for answering this Cue Card question:

Pick a website which is popular and you often visit. If you prefer to talk about a website which is not known to all, mention
that this is not a very popular website but I visit it for this particular reason. You can pick a social networking website, email
service providing website, news channel website, your university or office website, a website you have developed and visit for
updating it, Wikipedia like website etc. If you pick a website which is popular, do not give any fictitious information. Giving
false information about a well-known website like Google, Yahoo or Facebook would create some doubts in the examiner's
mind as s/he might also be a user of this website.

Do not worry if you do not know every details of the website even if the question asks you to describe about it. If you do not
know the owner name, operation since, technical aspects of the website, simply skip those parts instead of giving imaginary
information. You can focus on what the website offers to the visitors and what you do from this website. For instance:

Social Networking websites:

Most of my friends are also connected in this website/ social network and I get their updates.
I can publish my updates and let my friends know about it.
It helps me finding my old friends/ family members.
It offers me to use third party applications and play games.
I can share my images and videos.
Help me find out information related to my education/ job.
Chat with my friends.
Email Service providers:
I send emails from this website.
I check the emails sent to me.
I can send attachments.
Has a good spam filtering and threat detection service.
Wikipedia like website:
Helps me finding reliable and details information on various topics.
Loads faster and has subscription option.
 I can contribute on updating the information.
Most of the topics are covered and you can get almost all of the information you need.
News websites:
Provides updated and latest news.
Both local and international news are served.
Has email notification service on my selective topics.
Gives sports news and events.
Offers interesting supplementary and magazines as well.
News presentation is outstanding and sources are very reliable.
Covers last minute news as well.

Some similar cue card topics that you should be able to answer as well:

1. Talk about a famous social networking website.

2. Describe a helpful website that you have visited.
3. Describe a website you and your friends often browse.
4. Talk about a worth visiting website.
5. Describe a website that you would recommend your friends.
Describe an accident you saw

You should say:

 Where the accident occured
 Where you were then
 How the accident affected you
Follow-up Questions:
 What should be done to reduce the road accident?
 Who should be responsible for the accidents?
 What losses do you think occur when an accident happen?
Possible Answer:
The most devastating accident that I have ever seen is the one that I witnessed near (say the name of the place) while a train
smashed a passing bus. I saw accident almost 4 years back and yet I can remember the event clearly. I was on my way to home
from the capital city that I’m currently residing in. There is a train pass in the road and our bus stopped at the signal. I was
busy reading a magazine in the bus and all of a sudden I heard a loud blasting sound and I looked through the window. What I
saw was unbelievable: The quickly passing train has hit a bus that was trying to pass the train road. The bus had been thrown
away like a toy and we could hear the unbearable screaming of victims. Lots of people have gathered the place and the train
was passing slowly. People became speechless on the effect of the devastating accident. I could see people were trying to help
the wounded people and 2-3 ambulances reached there after 15 minutes. The bus driver was blamed for the incident and I
heard that he was dead too. We could not move on from the place as a huge jam occurred. The wounded people were moved
to nearby hospitals and medical centers and the dead people were placed in a nearby field. The entire place became a gloomy
area and people mourned on the event. I started feeling sick and tried to help the wounded people.

I have witnessed more than 30 people were lying dead and their relatives were crying and mourning heavily. I left the place
after 8/9 hours and could not think anything else. The whole event occurred in a few minutes and the effect was devastating. I
had spent nearly 2 weeks in a hallucination and thought a lot about the people who died there and about their relatives. It
came to my mind that, our life is hanging on the cliffs and we are so helpless sometimes deciding our fates.
 Tips for answering this cue card topic:
Watching an accident and its effect is a devastating experience. So describe how dangerous the accident was, how awfully you
felt about it. Even if you have not seen any major accident, you should talk about one. Pick some of the points from the below
list to describe this cue card:

1. It was a car accident/ bus accident/ train accident.

2. You were just passing by/ were in another transport while the accident occurred.
3. Everything happened all of a sudden and you were devastated to watch it.
4. You can also talk about a plane crash but for that mention that you watched it on TV.
5. If you live in a country where water transportations are available, you can talk about the boat accident due to storm as well.
6. Describe how severely the accident caused damage.
7. Mention that due to the accident you were stuck there for a long time and raised your helping hand.
8. Tell how bad you felt and what steps should be taken to prevent such unexpected and unbearable accident.
9. If you were the victim of the accident, give details on how the accident occurred and how you were safe.
10. Tell that you had a hard time forgetting this mournful experience.
11. Regarding the part 'how the accident affected you' say about your feeling of the unsafety of the road, how uncertain our
lives are, what changes you bought to your life after the accident etc.

Some similar cue card topics that can be answered in a similar fashion:

1. Describe a bad experience you have.

2. Describe an experience you have that you wish you did not have.
3. Talk about a road accident you know about.
4. Describe something terrible you witnessed.
5. Describe a car accident you saw.
Describe one of your childhood memories.

 What is it
 When it happened
 How it affected you in your life
Possible Answer :
I can still remember lots of thing I did in my childhood and things that happened when I was a child. Sometimes those
memories seem so lucid that it seems those events occurred only few days back. Anyway, a childhood memory I can still
remember so clearly is the first time when I saw massive death. I was a kid of class three or four then and one day I heard that
there had been an accident near our home. My mother asked me whether I want to go or not. I went with her and speculated
lots of thing about the accident but when I watched 10 dead people were kept lying in the ground and among them there
were 2 kids too, I was devastated about the massive dead scene. I started feeling sick and started vomiting there. My mother
took me back to our home and I was ill for about two days.
This memory was important to me because it helped me to think about the life in a different way. I could realize then what the
dead is and how fragile our lives are. This memory helped me to grow faster and opened my eyes of vision.

Alternative Answer:
I was born in a beautiful urban area called ..... (say your birthplace name) and the place was full of magic and wonder. I spent
my whole childhood there and the place is full with my childhood memories. Childhood, is perhaps, the most magical and
beautiful time of our life and I cherish my childhood memory. The one particular memory of my childhood I would never
forget is the time I first saw the devastating effect of accident. This event has a significant importance of my life.
Like most other newly school going kids, I wanted to be Superman or Spiderman. The life was full of dreams and fantasy. One
day I was walking with my mom and heard from the neighbours that a severe accident has happened nearby. I was bit
confused what was it all about. Finally I and mom reached at the place where the accident took place. We saw that people had
made a crowd around the victims who were already dead. I observed the dead for the first time in my life. We did not stay
there for a long. After returning home I felt sick. Later on I started realizing that our lives are fragile and are not eternal. We all
will die someday no matter what we think we are. That event helped me growing up mentally. Not that I become pessimist
from the event, but a realization always knocked me. I started changing some of my silly attitudes after the event. I started
caring for my parents, relatives, known and unknown people. I learned that our days are numbered and we've to make best
use of it. I was so deeply touched that I started praying everyday and became kind to insects and animals. Some people might
think that the event was devastating for a kid, but to me, it revealed reality in front of me.

Tips for answering this cue card questions:

Start this cue card with a very brief of your childhood and how much you cherish your childhood. Mention that you have lots
of childhood experience and you would like to talk about this particular one.

You can say one of the following positive experiences from your childhood:
1. First day you went to your school.
2. A major ceremony where many people came and you enjoyed it thoroughly.
3. The first exam in your life.
4. A new place you went to visit with your parents.
5. First day you went to a museum, art show.
6. First time you won a sports/ quick competition.
7. First day you came to stay at your school boarding and left home.
8. First time you were successful to swim, ride a bicycle, car.
9. An outstanding performance in arts, music or exam.

If you want to talk about some negative experience or memory of your childhood you can pick one of the following topics
as well:
1. One of your close relatives died and you were very sad.
2. You had to watch a devastating incidence that you still can't forget.
3. Your first experience of sinking in water, hit by car, falling from a building etc.
4. Your fight with your neighbouring kids.
5. You had to leave your school and you felt very bad about that.

Similar cue card topics:

1. Describe something interesting you did in your childhood.

2. Talk about a bad experience you have from your childhood.
3. Describe your childhood.
4. Describe a typical day in your life when you a child.
Describe the best gift/ present you have received.
 What is the gift
  Who sent it to you

 When did you receive it

Follow-up Questions:

 Do you think that present giving will play an important role in daily life? Why?

 Compare the gift which people have received 10 years ago to the present that people now are receiving? What's the
difference between them?

 Do you think that the brand name is very important for sales?

Possible Answer:
In my life I have got numerous gifts and presents and among them most exciting and best gift was the Laptop my father gave
me when I was 14 years old. When I was 10 years old, I found that many of my friends had their own laptops and desktop
computers. I was heavily fascinated about this wonder machine and dreamed about owning one someday. After getting
admitted in grade 6, I got admitted in a computer training center and learned the basic computing. Whenever I visited any my
friends who had a computer, I felt overwhelmed playing games, learning new software, trying to browse internet etc. over
there. I sometimes visited some of my friends’ houses more often than usual only because they had computers. Thus this
machine became the only dream of my life. As I knew that my father won’t be able to buy a computer for me, I did not ask for
one. I made a dummy computer using papers and boards and played with it. One day I bought a savings bank and started
saving coins and notes there. After one month I found that I have saved very few amount to purchase a computer!

I got busy with other stuffs and could hardly find times to visit friends’ houses to use their computer but in a corner of my
heart I felt the same fascination for owning a computer. On my 14th birthday, my father told me that he wants to take me to
the computer shop and purchase one for me. I could not believe what I was hearing. That night it was tough for me to sleep. In
the morning I wake up earlier than usual and went to the computer shop with my father. He bought a Dell Laptop that was
Pentium 4 machine. While returning home, I found myself flying in joy. I opened the box after returning home and showed it
to my mother and other relatives.

As a kid, that was a long expected gift that my father gave me and till now it’s the best gift/ present I have ever received.

Tips for answering this Cue card question:

Think about a gift that you received from one of your family members, relatives, friends, colleges or someone else. Write
down the name and the person who gave it to you as well as when did you receive it and what was the occasion. Being able to
point out those questions would help you to answer this cue card. The give can be from someone special and for this the gift
can be a simple friendship card or a book. Does not matter if it is an expensive and exclusive gift or not, most important part is
the importance of the gift.
The gift can be something other than the conventional gift items like: a life changing advice that you consider as a gift. If you
are father, you can say your kid is the best gift you have got is your kid and that was given by the almighty.

For gifts like cell phone, computer or a necessary equipment or device, mention that you have been wishing to own this but
could not and after you received that, you felt overwhelmed. A gift from parents on your birthday can also be a good example
of best gift you received. For such gifts, mention that you received it in your childhood and had been touched by the whole
idea.

For this cue card the gift item is not itself important, be it an ordinary piece of gift or a very luxurious item, so emphasize on
your feeling rather than the gift itself.

Some similar cue card topics that you can answer in a similar fashion:

1. Describe a thing which is important to you.

2. Talk about a gift you received in your childhood.

3. Describe a gift you received on your birthday.

4. Describe something you bought this year.

5. Describe a memorable gift.

6. Describe a valuable possession you have.

7. Describe an expensive gift you got.

8. Describe a gift you gave to someone.

9. Describe a gift you gave to your friend.

Describe a historical place that you know abou

 What the place is

 Where it is located

 What is the historical meaning of the place

and describe your experience of the place.

Follow-up Questions:
• What do you think of the future trend of historic places?
• Will government strengthen its protection toward historic places?
• What are the changes brought about by the historic place in local economy, people, etc?
• What is the effect of tourists on the place?

Possible Answer:
I have a special interest on visiting famous places and on my list historical places always get preferences. I have visited many
historical places like Machu Picchu in Peru, The Pyramids at Giza, Taj Mahal, Parthenon in Greece and many more. The
historical significance and the site attractions sometimes mesmerized me. The historical place that I would like to talk about
today is Colosseum (also known as Coliseum, also known as the Flavian Amphitheatre) which is situated in Rome, Italy. It is
basically an elliptical amphitheatre in the centre of the city of Rome, Italy which is the largest amphitheatre in the world and is
made of concrete and stone. The construction of Colosseum began under the emperor Vespasian in 70 AD and was completed
under Titus in 80 AD.

The Colosseum could hold approximately 50,000 to 80,000 spectators and was used for gladiatorial contests and public
spectacles such as mock sea battles, animal hunts, executions, re-enactments of famous battles etc. The Colosseum was listed
as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1980 and was also included among the New Seven Wonders of the World. It is 189
meters long, and 156 meters wide, with a base area of 6 acres .The height of the outer wall is 48 meters. The Colosseum
nowadays is one of the major tourist attractions in Rome with thousands of tourists each year paying to view the interior
arena.

I have heard and seen of this famous place a lot and when I witnessed it for the first time, I became speechless. The huge
architect, the overwhelming interior and exterior decoration was beyond appreciation. The place kept reminding me the
classical mythological and historical facts I have read and heard about.

Tips for answering this cue card topic:

This cue card is different from the cue card 'describe a historic place you have visited'. For the later one you should pick a
historic place which is usually located in your country and you have visited. In this case you need to say when you visited and
what you enjoyed there. But for the cue card 'describe a historic place that you know about', you can talk about any historic
place located at anywhere in the world. Not necessarily you need to visit a place to know about it.

Do not pick a place which has very little historic significance or the places that store historic evidences but not itself is a
historic place. For instance, you can learn a lot about history from museum but the museum is not a historic place.

A historic place can be part of national history or international history. For instance, some places in your country may be the
part of the history of your country but not known in world history. In your IELTS you can pick such nationally recognized
historic places.

There is a subtle difference between a famous place and the historic place. To be a historic place, the place itself has to be
qualified and registered for the historic place.
Don't pick a broad area or a whole city as a historic place, rather pick the particular place. Like, there are lots of historic places
in Rome like: Colosseum, The Pantheon, St Peter's Basilica etc. and if you pick Rome as the historic place, you won't be able to
cover all the historic significance of this city. Alternatively, picking only Colosseum or The Pantheon would give you a better
option to describe it.

With your ability to answer this cue card topic, you should be able to answer following cue cards as well:

1. Describe a place you recently visited.

2. Describe a worth visiting famous place.
3. Talk about a place you would recommend others to visit.
4. Describe a famous place in your locality.
5. Talk about a place you have planned to visit in the future.
Describe a newspaper or a magazine

You should say:

What is it and why you read it
What are the benefits of reading a newspaper or a magazine
How often you read it and what are the contents of it

Follow-up Questions:
• What do you think the important qualities for a news reporter?
• What's the main difference between newspaper and magazine?
• What’s the function of a report to the society?
• What kinds of books/newspapers/magazines do adolescents read in your country?
• With the popularity of Internet, do you think newspapers and magazines will disappear?

Possible Answer:
I read newspaper almost every day and sometimes I purchase or borrow magazines to read as well. I'd like to describe a
magazine that I usually buy each month and enjoy reading a lot. The name of this magazine is PC World which is a global
computer magazine published monthly by IDG in USA. It offers advice on various aspects of PCs and related items, the
Internet, and other personal-technology products and services. In each publication, PC World reviews and tests hardware and
software products from a variety of manufacturers, as well as other technology related devices such as still and video cameras,
audio devices and televisions.

I have been reading this magazine for the last 6-7 years or so. It is specifically useful for people who love computers, other
technology devices; software and IT related news and updates. I am doing my graduation in Computer Science and
Engineering and love to learn about new hardware and software. This is a magazine that offers great hardware & software
reviews, tips on advanced computing and many other useful articles.

Reading a newspaper or a magazine is always helpful for learning new information. Newspapers provide contemporary local
news, international news, editorials, entertainment, news, sports news and so on. Without reading newspapers or magazines
one can't keep himself / herself updated with the latest news and views of the world. I purchase the PC World magazine every
month and read it for about 7 days. Sometimes I read older versions as well to find out any particular reviews or articles. This
magazine is helpful for basic, moderate and advanced computer users and techno lovers. Someone who has a computer
should read it to increase his/ her knowledge on hardware and software. Even it’s helpful for those who are going to buy
computers, printers, cameras, scanners, software or other hardware devices. I enjoy reading it a lot.

Tips for answering this Cue Card Topic:

To answer this cue card, first decide if you are going to talk about a newspaper or a magazine. If you want to talk about a
newspaper, decide which one you would like to talk. For the magazine you should finalize the magazine name also. Deciding a
particular newspaper or magazine would help you focus on the features and characteristics of it. There are some differences
between a daily newspaper and a magazine.

If you decide to talk about the magazine focus on following points:

a) What type of magazine it is: weekly, monthly etc.

b) what's it about: Lifestyle, technology, fun, business travel, fashion etc.
c) For magazine describe the topics and issues it covers. Like a computer magazine covers the software and hardware reviews,
tips on computing, tutorials, and price list etc. whereas a fashion magazine highlights the current trends in fashion, new
arrivals and focus on brands.
d) Why do I read it? Entertainment, tutorials, academic or professional benefits, new recipes etc.
e) Why this magazine is better than similar other magazines? Article presentation, economic, has subscription facility,
exclusive etc.

If you talk about a newspaper focus on their news presentation, editorial and overall contribution to help people get unbiased
and quality news and articles.
Since, almost all the daily newspapers cover same type of news i.e. political, sports, editorial, international, business etc. you
should focus less on the type of news they present. Rather emphasize what makes it a worth reading newspaper.

Use the same techniques to answer the following cue cards also:

1. Describe a magazine that you read often.

2. Describe the newspaper that you read daily.
3. Describe you favourite magazine.

Describe a happy event of your life

 When it happened

 Where it happened

 What it was

and explain why this event is a happy event in your life.

Follow-up Questions:
• What do you think is important in achieving happiness?
• How do you celebrate some happy events?
• What do the camera and video play in celebrating?

Possible Answer:
I can remember many happy events of my life and among them I would like to talk about the event that I can still remember
vividly. The moment I heard that I have got scholarship on the board exam was a very happy moment for me. I spent almost a
month with great anxiety regarding my result publication. I started speculating so many things and many of them were
negative. I could hardly keep away the tensions about my upcoming result. The result was so important that my college
admission would have depended on it. I could not sleep well in the night before the result publishing.

The result was published at around 11.00 am and I found that I did exceptionally well. I was so relieved and happy that I
literally shouted. Then I hurriedly came back to our home and gave the news to my parents. They were happy too. My father
bought sweets and my mother gave it to our neighbours. I felt excited, happy and relieved. At that time I was about 15 years
old. It happened at our hometown called (... say the name of your home-town...)

Tips for answering this cue card:

"Describe a happy event of your life" is an example of cue card topic that gives a candidate a wide range of options to pick
from. You are virtually free to talk about any event that you think you would be flexible to talk about. On the contrary the
topic like "Describe a famous writer in your country" narrows your option. You can't just pick any writer and start talking about
him. For the later topic you need to think about such a writer and give some factual information about him.

The cue cards that give you wide options are usually easier to talk about since you won't have to wonder a lot to pick what you
would talk about. For this cue card i.e. "Describe a happy event of your life" think about an event of your life that made you
happy. If you take it from your life rather than making it up, you would be able to give more details and extend the topic.

Following are some of the ideas you can take as examples of happy events of your life but always try to speak about a real
event of your life.

1. Your father got promoted and your family celebrated it.

2. You got admitted to a school/ college/ university where you dreamed to study.
3. The birth of your younger sister/ brother/ nephew/ niece or even your own kid if you are a father/ mother.
4. One of your family members was severely ill but got healed miraculously.
5. You won a competition.
6. You did something for others and people acclaimed that.
7. You got scholarship.
8. You overcame one of your obstacles.
9. You went to visit a foreign country
10. You achieved something noteworthy.
11. You saved someone from a big problem.

If you can talk about this cue card, you should be able to answer the following cue cards as well:

1. Describe a memorable event of your life.

2. Talk about an event that made you happy.
3. Describe a happy memory you have.
4. Describe a success you achieved in your life.
Answers Submitted by our students:

Model Answer 1:
In my face, I feel a glow whenever I remember the day I went to the International trade fair with some of my friends. That was
my first International trade fair visit and this was such a happy experience that I still feel a great joy reciting the memory of
this event. It was January, 1998 and that time I was in my first year of college.

Till my college I was like a new born lady, who had never visited any places without her places of her local area. After I got
admitted in to the college, I started exploring the world and the amazing things that invites people like us. One day I planned
with my friends that we would visit International trade fair. This might seem like a very usual and banal event for others but to
me that was a really exciting thing to do. Later on we did as we thought and finalized our visit to the fair. After break period at
college, we escaped by back door (As a side note, I would like to mention that I’d no previous record of escaping school or
college before). We were five in members and we hired taxi to reach the trade fair. There wasn’t enough space to sit in the
back side of the taxi and the taxi driver gave a suspicious look at us. That’s why with a fishy smile we took the decision that
one of us would sit in front of the baby taxi with the taxi driver. It was a funny decision but there was no alternative to us and
we enjoyed it.

After few minutes we reached at the fair and then collected the tickets. We were thoroughly enjoying everything we did that
time. We entered the fair and took a deep breath to ease ourselves. We were kind of overwhelmed to observe the vast area
with hundreds of shops and stalls. People were all around us and we felt like somehow we have come to a fairy land.
Wherever we went, I was feeling so excited, everything was totally new for me as a grown up lady. We took lots of photos
from different views, purchased few interesting things within our limited budget and roamed in the whole area of the fair. I
forgot my usual area, boundaries and the same thing I do almost every day and felt a happiness that I missed for a long. We
spent almost 4-5 hours in the trade fair and at last retuned to our home in the evening. We returned home by bus and I was so
happy that I felt like discovering a new continent.

Describe a subject taught in your school

You Should Say:

1) What was it and who taught it?
2) How was it taught?
3) What did you learn from the class?
Follow-up Questions:
• Is there any difference between the traditional and modern educational systems?
• What are the pros and cons of the current educational system in your country?
• Do you think it is necessary to give comment or criticism to teachers?

Possible Answer:
The subject that I'd like to describe is Physics that was taught in our school. We had this subject in each year of our high school
and each year a new teacher used to taught us the subject. Even we had to read physics in college as Science was my major. I
remember Mr. Alex, Burter, John, David and Mrs. Jeniffer took Physics in different years. We were lucky to have good Physics
teachers who could make the subject interesting and enjoyable. Our teachers used to tell us stories first and then would
explain the theory, experiment or math of the text books. They would then relate the story with the study. Later they would
explain us the real examples and facts. Sometimes they used to take us to the Physics labs and explain how something works. I
have learned numerous things of physics from simple definition of mass to the complex explanation of Einstein's Theory of
Relativity. My foundation of physics grew up and expanded with the help of those teachers.

The subject itself is utterly interesting if one can have passion for it. It is one such subject that one would start loving it if s/he
starts understanding the underlying concepts of it. Physics is all around us and the lesson I learned from my School had helped
me greatly throughout my higher academic years.
Tips for answering this cue card topic:

You should pick a real academic subject like Math, English, Physics, Chemistry, Literature, and Biology to answer this cue card.
Then quickly take some notes including the following:

1. In which class was it taught?

2. Do not pick a subject taught in your college or university level as the cue card is asking you to talk about a subject taught in
your school.
3. Try to remember a teacher's name. You can mention multiple teachers' name as the same subject in school is taught by
different teachers in different classes.
4. Give a short detail what the subject. For example: The Geography would discuss about the Earth, the other planet in the
solar system, atmosphere, and climate changes etc. and you should mention those.
5. Next describe how the teacher taught the subject and what things you learned from the class.
6. Mention some interesting things you learned from the class and how the teacher made things easier to understand for you.
7. Describe how interested you were about the subject and the class.
8. Relate how this subject has later helped you/ influenced you in your education and learning process.
9. Finally give a conclusion by mentioning how beneficial the subject for students.

If you pick Math try to focus on the following issues:

1. The teacher was very good explaining the intricacies of the subject.
2. You learned many theories and formulas of math.
3. This teacher explained how math would be helpful for the rest of the life and academic years.
4. You learned the importance of Math for higher study.
5. The teacher not only explained the math from the academic book but also has taken interesting and thought provoking
math from other sources.

If you prefer to talk about Literature say:

1. The teacher helped you enjoy the literature.

2. S/he told stories of classic literature that you still remember.
3. S/he was a gifted story teller and she had been successful creating your interest on literature.
4. You became a good reader because of the classes and the teacher.

Similarly you can talk about any subject that you were interested in your school level. In your whole conversation you should
talk about the subject itself for about 2 minutes , 1 minutes about the teacher and his/her way of teaching and for the
remaining time say how benefitted you had been from those classes.

If you can talk about this cue card you would also be able to answer the following cue cards with little changes:

1. Describe a teacher from your school.

2. Describe something you learned from your school.
3. Talk about a subject you enjoyed in your school.
4. Describe a subject taught in your school/ college/ university.
5. Talk about your favourite teacher from school.
6. Talk about a teacher you still remember from school.

Describe a museum that you have visited

You should say:

• When you visited the museum

• Describe the museum
• How you felt after going there
and describe your experience of the visit

Possible Answer:
I have visited 5-6 museums in total in different countries and enjoyed visiting the (tell a museum name you know about) in
(say the country name). I went to the museum 2 years back while visiting the city. Visiting the museum was not in our tour
plan and yet we went there as it was prominently expressing its present in front of us. I went there with my 2 friends and one
cousin who were my tour partners. My cousin and one of my friends were not at all interested to roam inside the museum as
they had other plans. I insisted them to go there and convinced them by saying that if you do not enjoy it; I would pay for the
dinner!

After we bought our tickets, we entered in to the museum and the colossal front side of the museum building and the large
open garden in front of it mesmerized us. At that time I had a feeling that our time would worth the visit.

After we entered inside the museum, we found that the place is even larger than we initially thought it would be. There were
5 floors in the museum and the inside architecture reminded us the imperial age. We could see the top of the building from
the ground flood. People from different age groups and countries were closely observing the museum. Taking photo was
prohibited and yet I was sometimes allured to take some hidden snaps especially when I saw the colossal dinosaur fossil and
alien ship!

The first floor of the museum had some art from famous artist of the world and sculptures from different era. The first floor
gave us the impression of visiting a theatre or art gallery rather than museum. We came to know that some of the arts were so
expensive that one can buy an island by selling it! Then we moved to the second floor which was full of Second World War
memories. Guns, tanks and other war materials from 1945 WW II had been arranged there. A video was showing some of the
fighting scenes of WW II.

When we reached third floor, it’s been already 2.5 hours. We found all the costumes and traditional things from different
parts of the world have been placed here. One can easily learn about the customs of different ages and countries just by
visiting this floor.
The next floor had more adventure and surprises for us. It has placed all the major inventions of different ages and they were
historically famous. I felt overwhelmed seeing the First computer, Speed boat, Wheel, Motor Engine and many more famous
invention of history at this floor. I was so much dying to touch the first 4 wheeler that had been placed there.

We had visited the whole museum as much as possible and spent almost the whole day. We were so enthralled to visit the
place that we literally forgot to have our lunch. The overall experience was fantastic and I learned so many things in few hours.
As soon as I left the place, I planned to revisit it someday.

Follow-up Questions:

 How often do you visit museums?

 What type of museum is popular in your country?

 What do you think of the importance of museums in history?

 How do you think of the heritage of a country?

 Compare the museums nowadays and in the past.

 Have you ever been to a foreign museum?

Tips for answering this Cue Card Topic:

While describing a museum you should pick the national stadium of your country. If you have already visited the museum, you
should be comfortable describing it. Since this is the museum that the examiner might also know about, you should give the
factual information of it. Start by saying when you visited it, with whom you went there, number of times you went there, the
exterior or interior of the museum, number of floors of the museum, things you did there, the things present there and so on.
If you can't remember an exact museum try to visualize one and describe the museum as if you have visited it. If you ever
been to a foreign country and visited a museum of that city, you can also mention that museum. If the cue card topic asks you
to describe a museum in your country, you would then have to describe a museum located at your country.

Some of the common features of a museum:

1. A museum is a place where collection of artifacts and other things are preserved for public exhibition.
2. Almost all of the countries have museums in their major cities.
3. The things preserved there are generally of scientific, cultural, historic and artistic interests.
4. Things are arranged and categorized on different floors for the convenience of the visitors.

There are several types of museums based on the types of things they present for public exhibition and you can talk about any
type of museum you like and know about. General categories of museum are as following:

Cultural museum, historic museum, science and technology museum, craft museum, fine arts museum, archaeology museum,
natural history museum, children’s museum, modern art museum, military history museum, aviation museum, universal
museum etc.

A botanical garden or a zoological garden is also referred as a museum but avoid describing one of these two unless you have
no clue about the other types of museum. If you plan to describe a botanical garden or a zoological garden as a museum,
make it clear at the very first level of your speaking so that the examiner does not have any confusion.

Following are some of the museums in different cities of the world that you can google to find the details about them:

India Indonesia USA

National Museum, New Delhi; National Museum of Indonesia; Metropolitan Museum of Art;
Indian Museum, Kolkata; Jakarta History Museum; Guggenheim Museum;
Salarjung Museum, Hyderabad; Museum of PKI Treason; National Portrait Gallery;
Government Museum, Bangalore; Bali Museum; Philadelphia Museum of Art;
Victoria Memorial, Kolkata; Hirshhorn Museum;

Australia Malaysia Singapore

Australian History Museum; The national museum; Peranakan Museum;
Macleay Museum; Petrosains museum; Asian Civilisations Museum;
Sydney Harbour Bridge Visitor Maritime museum; National Museum of Singapore;
Centre; National science museum;
Fort Denison;

Pakistan Iran
Vietnam Lahore Museum; National Museum of Iran;
War Remnants Museum; National Museum of Pakistan Azadi Museum;

Spain Turkey UK
Reina Sofía; Istanbul Modern; British Museum;
Institut Valencià d'Art Modern; Natural History Museum;
Guggenheim; Victoria and Albert Museum;
CaixaForum Barcelona; National Gallery, London;
MACBA; Royal Academy of Arts;
Tate Modern, London;

Russia China Kazakhstan

Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts; Nanjing Educational Museum; Abai Kununbaev Museum;
State Historical Museum; Capital Museum; Museums and Art Galleries;
State Hermitage; Tianjin Museum; Almaty City History Museum;
State Darwin Museum; The National Museum of China; Central State Museum;
State Russian Museum; The Capital Museum; Geology Museum;
Zurab Tsereteli's Art Gallery; Beijing Planetarium; Kazakhstan Museum of Arts;
Novosibirsk State Art Museum; Xibaipo Memorial;
Moscow Kremlin;

Thailand Italy Greece

Royal Barge Museum; Vatican Museums, Rome; Acropolis Museum;
Museum of Siam; Galleria Palatina, Florence; National Archaeological
Bang Khun Thien Museum; Musei Capitolini, Rome; Museum of Athens;
Bangkok Planetarium; Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan; Benaki Museum;
Prasart Museum; Athinais Culture Center;
Athens War Museum;
Archaeological Museum of
Komotini;

Nepal Iraq Japan

National Museum of Nepal; National Museum of Iraq; Tokyo National Museum;

Some other Cue card topics that you should be able to answer as well if you prepare for this cue card:

1. Describe a worth visiting place in your city.

2. Talk about a museum you have visited.
3. Describe a place where you would like to go.
4. Describe an interesting place you have visited.

Describe Your Favorite movie

You should say:

1) What’s the name of the movie/ film?

2) What’s the theme of the movie/ film?

3) Why do you like it?

and describe the story of the movie in brief.

Follow-up Questions:

• Describe a war movie you like.

• What’s the difference between the movies or your country and Hollywood movies?

• What do you think of the violent films?

• Why movies need computer techniques? Any example of movie using computer techniques?

• Which parts of movie are the most important and how to improve it?

Possible Answer:

The name of my faourite movie is 'Casablanca' which was directed by Michael Curtiz. It was released in 1943 and the story was
adopted from a stage-play named 'Everybody comes to Ricks'. The movie starred Humphery Bogart & Ingrid Bergman and was
made in USA. It was a romantic drama film and the story-line was set during the World War II.

It focuses on a man torn between love & virtue. In 1941 American expatriot Rick who professed to be neutral by all means met
his former lover Ilsa in his nightclub & gambling den. She was accompanied by her husband, Laszlo, a renowned fugitive Czech
Resistance Leader. They needed a letter to escape to America, where he can continue his work against Nazis. German Major
came to Casablanca to see that Laszlo does not succeed. One night Ilsa confronted Rich in the deserted cafe and asked for the
letter. She threatened him with a gun for the letter and later on confessed that she still loves him. Rick's bitterness dissolved
learning that IIsa was married to Laszlo before even their relationship began. When Rick and IIsa planned to flew together, she
could not do so because all of a sudden she found that her husband was still alive and needed her badly to recover. Hearing
the story Rick calmed down and agreed to give the letter to Laszlo so that he can fly to America safely. They would take a
different path to fly away together. But finally Rick let IIsa and Laszlo fly to America which surprised IIsa very much.

In 1989, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry a being deemed 'Culturally',
'Historically' and 'Aesthetically' significant. It is the 2nd best movie of all time based on AFI's 100 best movies of all time.

I've seen the movie more than 2-3 times. The story is excellent, the casting, plot, acting, dialogues and all other aspects of the
movie is superb. The movie deeply touched me and became the most favourite movie I have ever seen.

Preparation Tips for this cue card topic:

As part of your preparation for this cue card, chose a movie that was based on real war and has historic value and was
adopted from a book. Doing so you would be able to answer the following cue cards as well:

1. Describe a movie that was made based on a real event.

2. Describe a movie that created based on a historic event.

3. Describe a war movie you have watched.

4. Talk about a film which was adopted from a book.

5. Talk about a critically acclaimed film you that you watched.

6. Describe the best film you saw this year.

Following are some of such Hollywood movies/ films that you can describe. To pick such movie names and their details those
were made in your own country, Google it.

Movies based on real events:

Empire State

Act of Valor

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

The Devil's Double

The Social Network

Fair Game

Public Enemies

The Killing of John Lennon

A Beautiful Mind

Movies based on real event and War

Emperor

Everyman's War

Valkyrie

Hurt Locker

The Pianist

Behind Enemy Lines

Movies based on Books

The Motorcycle Diaries

Twilight

Stardust
Pride and prejudice

The Godfather

Schindler's List

The bridge on the river Kwai

Scarface

Tips for answering this Cue card topic:

1. Talk about a movie that you have watched as this would help you describing the story of the movie.

2. You should know the names of the main actor, actress, genre, producer and director of the movie.

3. Describe the story in brief. Do not start describing the details of the story from the beginning as you will run out of time
before finishing the whole story.

4. Mention some of the following reasons for the question 'Why you liked it"

This is a critically acclaimed movie.

The story line is touchy and has good morality.

The movie was based on a real story.

The story depicts a historic events/ national events/ real life issue.

I enjoyed the acting and story of the movie.

The outstanding performance by an actor/ actress.

The movie has lots of special effect/ actions that you enjoyed.

It is one of the best movies based on some reliable ratings.

It was recommended by a friend/ family member/ teacher

The story reveals a fact that touched you.

Note that Movie and Film indicates the same thing. 'Film' is used in British English where as both words are used in American
English. So do not get confused if the cue card asks you to talk about a film while you consider it as 'Movie'.

Similar Cue Card Topics

Your ability to talk about this Cue Card would enable you to talk about the following Cue Cards as well:

1. Describe a movie you have recently watched.

2. Describe a foreign movie that you have watched.

Describe a foreign country you have never been to

You should say:

1) Where is the country?

2) When will you go there?

3) Why would you like to go there?

and explain why this is a good country to visit

Follow-up Questions:

• Say something about the tourism development in your country, facility, services and the effect on environment.

• What is the importance of travel and tourism industry?

• What do you think the function of tourist guides?

Possible Answer:

The country that I have always wanted to go but have not visited yet is Italy. I've been dreaming to visit Italy for more than 2-3
years. I'll definitely visit the country as soon as my graduation is complete. Italy is in Southern Europe. Rome, the largest city
and the Capital of Italy has been the leading political and religious centre of the western civilization, serving as the capital of
the both Roman Empire and the Christianity. I'd like to go there to see the museums, arts, streets, cultural and other
attractions. Another reason I want to go there is to visit the Vatican City. I have read and heard about numerous stories and
history about this country and witnessing them would be a great joy for me. There are plenty of things to see: arts, museums,
Colosseum, Leaning Tower of Pissa, Roman Forum, Florence Cathedral, St. Peter's Basilica, Milan Cathedral, Sistine Chapel,
Piazza SanMarco, Circus Maximux and lots of other places I'd love to visit.

Italy was one of the most advanced territories once and had lots of historically significant places to visit. I've read about those
places so many times and heard stories from many of my friends that visiting this country has become a major wish for me.
And I'm pretty positive about visiting this country in next year.

Tips for answering this cue card topic:

Think of a country you know about. Now say that this is the country you have never been to. In reality you may have visited
Vietnam, India, and Australia but have never been to Russia. But if you know very little about Russia, and say that you have
never been to Russia, you would be in a difficult position to tell about this country. Rather you should pick a county you know
about and the examiner is not going to check your passport if you have really been there or not!

State the face that you have read about this country, heard about this country and seen in TV about this country but have
never been to. You MUST NOT pick your own country as an answer for this cue card.

Being able to state the following facts about the country you have never been to would help you answering this cue card topic:

The capital of the country.

The location of the country.

The religion, culture and population of the country.

Where have you heard or learned about this country.

If you have any plan to visit this country in the future. If so why would you like to go there.

What tourist attractions does this country have.

The cultural distinction of this country.

Some major festivals of this country.

Some other topics you should be able to answer if you preparer for this cue card topic:

1. Describe a country you would like to visit in future.

2. Talk about a country other than yours where one of your relatives live.

3. Describe a country that has several tourists’ attractions.

4. Describe a country other than yours.

5. Describe a country which is a good tourist destination.

6. Describe a nation you know about.

7. Describe a nation other than yours.

8. Talk about a nation you know about.

Describe a party that you have attended

1) What is the party?

2) Where was the party held?

3) Who attended the party?

and describe what did you do in that party?

Follow-up Questions:

• What are the differences between serious party and friendly party?

• Why are some people late for parties intentionally?

• Why do some people like party while others hate it?

• What would you do if the guests feel bored?

• Will there be more and more people to attend parties?

Possible Answer:

The party I'd like to describe is the New Year eve party that I attended 2 years back. Our University friends invited me to join
the party and I had to contribute some amount for that. The party held on a 3 star hotel where the teachers, students and
their relatives attended.

On the New Year eve one of my friends gave me a call and then I picked up a taxi to reach the hotel. The name of the hotel
was (..say a name you prefer...) and it was a beautiful hotel in our city. After I reach the hotel I found that it has been
gorgeously decorated with lights. Our party was in the 2nd floor and I found most of my friends and some of the teachers
already enjoying the party.

A local music band was singing and people were wearing mostly party dresses. We enjoyed the party a lot and ate several local
and foreign dishes. We started counting down the time at 11:59 pm and when the clock ticked at 12:00, we started shouting
with the New Year wishes. We stayed at the party till 2.00 am and all those time we enjoyed our time every way possible.

Tips for answering this cue card topic:

You are free to talk about any party you like to talk about for this cue card as it has not specifically mentioned any particular
party like New York party, School party, Birthday party etc.

Following are of the points you can pick for answering this cue card:
1. Types of party: Birthday of a friend or a family member (you can also talk about your birthday party), New Year party, a
family party, re-union party, a small party arranged by your friends, A party celebrated because one of your great
achievements, a business party you threw for a business success or you attended a business party that was threw by your
business partner, a party arranged by your office/ university etc.

2. Where it held?: It would depend who threw the party. If this is party arranged by you or your family, say that it help on
your house. Alternatively the party can held on a restaurant, hotel or party center. University or office parties usually held on
their premises. Finally the party can help on your friend, relative or business partner’s house or guest house.

3. Who attended there: For family party mostly your family members, close friends and relatives would be joining. If this is an
office or business party, your colleagues or associates would be there. For university party or parties thrown by your friends,
you will mostly have your friends and classmates and sometimes teachers as well. If the party is thrown by a friend or their
family, then there would be some of your friends you know and others you won’t know.

4. Some of the common features of the party: You gather and meet with lots of others people, you talk to them, you have
foods, drinks and other food items as part of the party, depending on the party there would be music, dancing and other
activities, you enjoy the party or the party was boring for you, you meet new people and talk to them on different topics, you
usually stay long in the party.

If you can answer this cue card you should be able to answer the following cue cards also:

1. Describe a birthday party you attended.

2. Describe a birthday celebration you did recently.

3. Talk about a party you attended and did not like.

4. Describe a family event you remember.

5. Describe a wedding party you attended.

6. Describe an occasion where you met new people.

7. Describe an event from your university.

8. Describe a celebration you attended.

9. Describe a party that you threw for your friends.

10. Describe a party that you enjoyed.

"Describe a teacher who has influenced you in your education."

You should say:

• Where you met him/ her.

• What subject s/he taught.

• What was special about him /her

and explain why this person influenced you so much.

Follow-up Questions:

• How has education changed in your country in the last 10 years?

• What changes do you foresee in the next 50 years?

• How do the expectations of today’s school leavers compare with those of the previous generation?

• What role do you think extracurricular activities play in education?

Possible Answer:

I consider myself lucky to get several very good teachers throughout my academic years. Among them I'd like to talk about Mr.
Smith who was an extraordinary teacher, a really good mentor and who has a great influence in my education.

I met Mr. Smith when I was in class 4 and he was our math teacher. Initially we thought that he would be a moody teacher and
we would have to be very polite in front of him. This impression came mostly because of his serious face and tidy dress-up. But
soon we found that, he is a very friendly person and teaches us very well. He never made things complicated and tried over
and over again to explain something to us. He had a very unique way of teaching. Seems like he would start an interesting
story and later we would find that he would relate the math with the story. Thus everything we learned from him was
interesting and that's why we remember most of the theory and techniques of math he taught us.

I'd say he has a great influence in my education because he made a very strong foundation on Mathematics. Later on I studied
Science and the Mathematics was the most important subject. I have always been good at math and that' mainly because of
Mr. Smith who had a major role on making the subject interesting to me. Before I learned math from Mr. Smith, my
impression on math was not good and I considered mathematics to be a very difficult and uninteresting subject. But his
teaching and influences changed my way of thinking about math and later on math became my one the most favourite
subject.

Tips for answering this cue card question:

Talk about a teacher you remember and liked. Say his/her name and which class/ grade s/he taught. Also mention which
subject she taught and what have you learned from him/ her. Following are some of the reasons a teacher becomes influential
for a student that you can talk about:
The way of teaching is very effective and interesting.

S/he has a great personality and leads an exemplary life.

S/he tells lots of example and stories to make the subject and topic interesting.

S/he is a famous teacher on your locality who also taught your elder brother, father etc.

S/he has a great personality and because of that students like his/ her very much.

S/he has is successful explaining difficult topics in an easy and intuitive way.

S/he behaves very politely with all and never discriminates among students.

S/he is brave and speaks the right thing no matter what.

S/he teaches lots of moral values as well as inspires students to study properly.

Apart from teaching s/he does some social works, creative stuffs and or anything which is beneficial for others.

S/he is a great orator and has a great personality.

If you can answer this cue card, you should be able to answer the following topics as well:

1. Talk about a person from your childhood whom you still remember.

2. Describe a teacher from your school/college whom you want to meet.

3. Talk about your math/literature/history teacher from school.

4. Describe an old person who you admire.

5. Describe a subject taught in your school.

6. Describe a teacher who has helped you in your education greatly.

7. Describe an exemplary person from your home-town.

Describe a friend who you really like to spend time with."

You should say:

• When and how you met.

• How often do you see this friend.

• What kind of personality your friend has

and say why do you like spending time with this particular person?
Follow-up Questions:

• Is friendship important in your culture? How many close friends can you have?

• Are friends more important than family?

• What are the important things among good friends?

• Do you have any friends from foreign country?

• What are the difference between real life friends and pen friends?

Possible answer:

The friend I like to spent time with is Steven. I met him when I was only 8 years old and was in primary school. After that our
intimacy grew up and we became best friends. One day he forgot to bring his book in school and that day I helped him with
my expire books. After that we talked for a long after school and our friendship started to begin. We went to college together
and then got admitted in different Universities. Since we were studying in the same city, we can meet each other and spend
time together.

We are yet to finish our graduation and busy with our own stuffs but whenever we get vacation we spend time together. Since
our hometown is same, we go there together and thus we meet each other at least twice in a month. He is a helpful and
talented friend who helps people and always wished best for people. He is studying Mathematics and he has a talent in
Mathematics. Sometimes he explains some complex mathematical theories in a very simple and interesting way. He is
passionate about reading books and that makes a good bonding with me. We often exchange our thought and criticism about
books and politics.

I like to spend time with him because we have many common interests between us. I never feel bored spending time with
him. Since we are friends for a long time, we understand each other. A good friend always extends helping hands when in
need and I've found Steven by my side always. We do so many fun stuffs together and help each other in our study. Good
friendship, understanding and common interests makes us close friends and those are the major factors for what I like to
spend time with his.

Tips for answering this cue card topic:

This cue card should be an easy one as you would already know a lot about a friend you would like to talk about. Topics like
'Describe a museum needs some brainstorming, remembering things about a museum and then organizing answers for this
topic. But when you are asked to talk about a friend, you already know a lot. All you need to do is focus on the questions asked
and then answer the questions in details.
For this cue card, tell the name of a friend. Remember that you have picked a friend to talk about that means s/he is a very
close and special friends of yours. Talk about for how long you two are friends, how you met him and how your friendship
started.

Then say the things you two do together, why you like him/her, how is he/she and why you like to spend time with him.

Following are some hints on the questions asked in this cue card topic.

When and how you met:

Answer from your experience. If you are out of idea, you can say:

You met him/her at the school, S/he is your neighbor and you two met in a family occasion, you met him/her in a playground
while playing, you met him/her in a relative’s house, you met him/her in a situation when s/he needed help and you were
there to help or the vice versa, you can also mention you met at college/university or even all of a sudden in a shopping mall/
auditorium/ park. Sometimes friendship starts from fights and quarrel and for this you can mention that you had a fight in an
issue but later you two become close.

A friend can be an online friend whom you have met only few times or may be never met. In this scenario your friendship can
start from an online chat-room or from a social networking platform.

How often do you meet?

To answer this question you need to focus on the previous question and the context. If you talk about a friend who lives in the
same street or study / work with you then you would meet him daily. If you pick a friend from your hometown where you no
longer live, then your meeting frequency would be 2-5 times a year or so. For online friends whom you have never met, simply
say that you have never mate him/her in person but you talk/ chat over internet almost every day.

What kind of personality your friend has:

For this question, say that s/he is very friendly, helpful and caring. S/he values your friendship and always raises a helping
hand. For his/her personality, say that s/he is talented, creative and has an attractive personality. Also mention that s/he is
understanding and well-behaved. For online friend, mentioning personality is bit tough as you might have never met him/her.
In this case, say that s/he is caring and have positive attitudes and his/her opinion on different issues seems very well thought
and positive. Mention something s/he does for the benefits or others and you were attracted to some of his activities.

Why do you like spending time with this particular person?

Naturally people like to spend time with people who have common interest and have positive attitudes. So you should
mention what common interests you have and what you do together (for online friends, say the topics you discuss and share).
Also you can say you have learned many positive things from him/her and you two have a great understanding. Also say that
s/he is a good friend who is ready to support you no matter what and has already advised you or helped you in different
issues.
Your preparation for this cue card topic should also help you answering the following topics:

1. Talk about a childhood friends you remember.

2. Describe a friend from your hometown.

3. Describe one of your online friends.

4. Describe an activity you do with your friends.

5. Describe a friend you like to spend time with.

6. Talk about a friend who helped you once.

7. Talk about a friend whom you helped.

8. Describe a friend from your college/ university.

9. Talk about a friend whom you met accidentally.

Describe a person who accidentally became your friend.

You should say:

Who is the person?

How did you meet?

What made you two to become friends?

and explain how is your friendship now.

Follow up Questions:

Which one is better, being introvert or extrovert?

What type of person you are?

What important aspects do you consider to make new friends?

Possible Answer:
Though I have many friends, my friendship with them grew up with times and mutual understanding. But I can recall that my
friendship with George grew up almost all of a sudden. George is senior to me by 2-3 years and I did not meet him until I was
in the 4th semester in my University. One of my term final exam's schedules was changed and I did not know that. According
to my previous exam schedule I reached my University and was totally confused what to do when I heard that the exam was
already over. I went to our Departmental head's office and he could not find a way around of it. He blamed me that I should
have been more careful about the changes. I explained him that I was sick and did not come to university for 3-4 days and that
made me unaware of the exam schedule changes. Then I found that someone who was sitting next to me in the departmental
head's office asked me to meet the course teacher and explain the situation. He then escorted me to our course teacher's
room and talked to the teacher. It seemed to me that George was already personally known to our teacher and they had an
intimate relationship. Hearing everything the teacher agreed to arrange an exam for me next day in his office room.

My friendship with George grew up after that event and albeit our age differences we found that we had many common
interests and habits. We started spending time and I visited his home many times. We worked in a retail shop for about 6
months and that helped us become more intimate.

George is now staying in USA and we do not meet each other in person. But we have online communications and we often let
each other know our updates.

Tips for answering this cue card topic:

You should talk about a person who became your friend accidentally for this cue card. Usually we have friends from our
childhood, classes and locality but this this cue card would be bit different from the topic “Describe one of your friends”. This
cue card expects you to talk about a person who became your friend for a reason and whom you met accidentally i.e. you
helped him/ her sometime and later you became friends or can be opposite. However the basic rules for describing this
person would be very similar to describing a friend.

Read the tips for the cue card ‘Describe a friend who you really like to spend time with’ that you can also apply for answering
this cue card.

We accidentally made friends in many different ways and some of the common ways are:

1. We meet someone in a party/ park/ occasion and start a conversation and find that there are lots of common interests
between us. We simply exchange our email address or phone number and keep in touch.

2. We find someone in need of help and raise our helping hands and thus the person becomes grateful and keeps
communicating and thus the friendship grows.

3. Sometimes a friend introduces with his/her friend who later become our friend. (This is a very common reason)

4. We meet someone helpful in a time when we need certain helps and thus the person helps us can later become our friend.
5. We meet people in our journey and some of them have influential personality, common interest and thus can become our
friends.

6. We mistakenly get letters, emails or couriers from an unknown person who later becomes our friend because of the follow
up communications. etc.

Describe a friend from your childhood

You should say:

How did you first meet?

How long have you been friends?

What did you two do together?

What made you like him/ her?

and explain your friendship

Follow-up Questions:

Why childhood is important for us?

What changes have you gone through from your childhood?

What are the differences between childhood friends and college friends?

Possible Answer:

Childhood has its specialty and magic and sometimes childhood friends are unforgettable. One such friend I recall was Masud
who I still remember. Our friendship lasted only for a year and after that he moved to a different city with his parents. I met
him at our first day in school. I was late for school due to a bad traffic and when I reached my classroom, I thought that all of
the seats have been occupied and I was desperately looking for a place to sit. The class teacher asked my name and
announced to make a seat for me. I found that one of the boys was asking me to go over there and sit beside him. This very
boy was Masud and I was grateful to him.

In the Tiffin time I shared my foods with him and talked about lots of things. From that next day we started sitting next to each
other and our friendship began to flourish. I found that he collects stamps as a hobby and I was excited to find this common
hobby between us. We were very close friends and after one year I heard that he would be moving to a new city as his father
has been transferred there. I did not know his postal address and as a consequence I could not communicate him. We did not
meet each other after that but he was such a good and close friend that I still miss him sometimes.
We did a lot of interesting and fun stuffs together. At school we played footballs and other games in the interval period. We
made kites and flew them together, we went to many places to buy stamps, we went to library to read book, we went to river
to swim, we climbed in trees, we played crickets, we walked in the streets and told stories to each other and did many other
things together.

He was a lively and helpful boy who liked me very much. We had many things in common and we helped each other on our
studies. Since I enjoyed doing stuffs with him, I liked him as a friend as well. We had a strong bonding and intimate friendship
between us. We tried to help each other whenever needed.

Tips for answering this cue card question:

This topic is very similar to the cue card "Describe a friend who you really like to spend time with" except that you should talk
about a friend from your childhood.

There is a good possibility that you no longer meet him/her very often but as a childhood frined, you keep in touch.

This topic is very similar to the cue card "Describe a friend who you really like to spend time with", except that you should talk
about a friend from your childhood. There is a good possibility that you no longer meet him/her very often but as a childhood
friend, you keep in touch.

Following are some points you can mention to answer this cue card topic:

1. You had lots of fun stuffs together in childhood and you enjoyed his/ her company.

2. You went school together, you played together and you spend lots of time together.

3. You meet him/her whenever you visit your hometown and you still enjoy his friendship.

4. You two have strong bonding as your friendship go matured over time.

5. You two had lots of common interest and you learned many things from him/her.

6. Describe what you did together in the childhood, how you spent time then and how you two started living in two different
places.

7. Not necessarily you two have two live in two different places; you can mention that you two are still close and meet very
friendly.

8. Say 1-2 interesting memories you two had together.

9. Talk about some reasons you liked him.

If you can answer this cue card you should also be able to answer the following cue card topics:
1. Describe one of your long term friends.

2. Talk about a friends you really like.

3. Talk about your best friend.

4. Describe a friend who helped you.

5. Describe a friend from your school.

A speech that somebody delivered and you heard.

You should say:

Who gave the speech?

What was the central topic of the speech?

Why did it touch you?

and explain why did you like / dislike the speech

Follow-up Questions:

What are the difference between a political speech and a speech given by a non-political person?

What are the important aspects of a good speech?

What makes a person a good speech giver?

Possible Answer:

I have heard numerous speeches, lectures, commentaries on various topics and issues throughout different stages of my life
and among them the speech that was given by our primary school teacher on occasion of our fare-well is the most influential
one and I still vividly recall it. The teacher who gave the speech was Mr. Mark Augustine and he was at his late forties at that
time. As fifth grade school going kids we did not comprehend quite clearly what was the school fare-well all about. We knew
that this is going to be our last day at our primary school and we would start our new school soon. Mr. Mark was already a
revered teacher for his teaching style, good manor, humour and honesty. Rumour had that, he was much more qualified to be
a college professor rather than being a primary school teacher.

On the day, we had our parents present in school and we had been enjoying everything. As part of the farewell speech Mr.
Mark approached to the stage and started mentioning what funny things we had done in the last 5 years. We as well as our
parents started laughing on the things he mentioned. He mentioned how a kid started screaming in the sight of a cockroach,
how a kid of class two expressed his friendship to a girl, how we tried to play amid of the class and many more interesting and
funny events.

He then moved on topics that I still hear in my mind. He told how study is our primary responsibility, how we should listen to
our parents, how have we achieved our liberation as a nation, how to respect the Mother Nature and all the honestly and
bravery we should possess in our heart. The topics and his way of presenting them vibrated us heavily. I can still remember
how the advises came back to my life time to time. As a kid those advises and moralities were probably way to heavy to grasp
but I still believe that the speech had a great impact in my life as well as the lives of the other kids who were present there.

Tips for answering this cue card topic:

Think about a speech that you heard and liked/ disliked. Usually people remember speeches which are interesting, which were
delivered with great eloquence and have lasting impressions. Such speech can be something you heard in person or watched
on TV or heard on radio. Sometimes the speeches given by a famous person remain alive in generations and you can also
mention one such speech that affected the whole nation. If you want to talk about a speech you heard on radio and TV,
mention a famous speech by leader of your country. If you want to talk about a speech that you heard, look for the following
options that may match the speech you are thinking about:

A speech given by your school teacher.

A speech given by your debate team leader/ class captain/ sports team leader/ football, cricket, rugby coach etc.

A speech delivered by a local politician that addresses a public issue.

A speech given by a social worker that touched you.

A speech delivered by the presenter of a social program.

You should avoid personal speeches like advices from your parents, grandparents, teachers that was aimed to advice you.
Those are usually considered to be personal advices not as speeches in broader sense.

Follow the below structure chronologically to effectively answer this question:

1. Name of the person who gave the speech and his/her identity.

2. The occasion and reason the person gave the speech and how old you were then.

3. What was the topic of the speech and who were the audiences of this speech.

4. What was the topic(s) of the speech and how good the person was delivering his/her messages.

5. how the speech was accepted and praised.

6. How people commented on the speech and how they reacted after they heard the speech.

7. How you accepted the speech and what are your personal opinion on the issues addressed by the speech giver.

8. How you felt and what was your reaction.

9. How the speech touched you and what valuable things you learned from that.

10.How the speech affected you in your later course of action in life.

If you mention that you disliked the speech you can mention following points:

1. The speech giver took a long time and repeated the same topics over and over again.

2. The topics was not interesting at all and you did not believe everything he/ she said.

3. That was a politically biased speech that concealed some truth.

4. The speech was manipulated to give misleading information to the audiences.

5. People were horrified with the lies delivered in the speech.

6. The person who gave the speech was not an exemplary and honest person.

If you can answer this cue card you should be able to answer the following cue card topics as well:

1. Talk about a speech delivered by a famous person.

2. Describe an event when you were greatly touched.

3. Describe a speech that has a great influence in your life.

4. Talk about a speech you watched on TV or heard on radio.

5. A famous speech you heard and still remember.

Describe a hotel you have stayed in

You should say:

Where is the Hotel?

Why did you stay at that particular hotel?

Give details description of the hotel and the view from it?

and explain what makes the hotel special?

Follow-up Questions:

What are some good hotels in your city?

What are the difference between staying in a hotel and staying in a relative's house?

What qualities make a hotel a good one?

Possible Answer:

The hotel that I stayed in 2 years back while my visit to India is Westin. I had an official tour to Pune, India and my office
arranged the stay in Westin. The reason I stayed in this particular hotel is mostly because my office arranged our stay there.
But that was a really great experience. Since Westin is a renowned hotel chain and I have experienced their superb service in
our country, I was excited to be in Westin in Pune as well.

The hotel has been placed in a distinctive location in the beautiful Koregaon Park along the Mula Mutha River, and is just five
kilometers from the airport. Westin is also in the vicinity is Magarpatta and Hadapsar, an information technology hotspot.
Industrial parks lie within a 25-kilometer radius of this hotel. The staying rooms are subtly designed and give comfort to be
there. The hotel includes club rooms, attractive and heavenly spa and workout gym, meeting room and exclusive restaurant.
The rooms feature soft and comfortable bed and a eye-catching views overlooking green surroundings Mula Mutha River.

The Westin is a renowned hotel chain that offers exclusive customer experience. The view, the stay, the foods and facilities
makes the hotel a different experience.

Tips for answering this cue card topic:

You need to describe a hotel where you have stayed. If you pick a famous hotel, your description should be close to the
original facts regarding this hotel. But you are free to pick a hotel and give a superficial description as well. Mention the name
of the hotel first and then tell your reason for staying there. People usually stay at hotels when they visit a place where there
are no relatives present. Sometimes they go to a foreign country or a distant city of the same country and stay at a hotel. The
stay usually lasts for few days and then people take their departure after the intended task is done. You can mention a trip you
took and stayed in hotel or maybe you can state that your office arranged a business trip and picked the hotel for you.

Describe the following information to answer this cue card correctly:

1. Name and location of the hotel. If this is 4 star / 5 star hotel, mention that as well.

2. Specify the reason you stayed there.

3. How long you stayed there.

4. What type of room you stayed in and the facilities you got from the hotel.

5. Mention if this was the first time you stayed there or went there before.
6. Say if you have stayed there on your own choice or because the trip planner, office authority arranged that.

7. Give some interior and exterior description as well as the surrounding of the hotel.

8. There must be some distinctive points and things about the hotel; mention those. For instance: the food was delicious, the
cost was very reasonable, they offered some free services, the location was excellent, the staffs were very cordial etc.

If you can answer this cue card topic you should also be able to answer the following topics:

1. Describe a building that attracted you.

2. Describe a tour you have taken.

3. Describe a hotel which you like.

4. Talk about a hotel in your city that you would recommend to others.

5. Describe a hotel you often go to.

Describe an important letter that you received.

You should say:

Who wrote it to you?

What the letter was about?

How you felt about the letter?

And explain why it was important.

Follow-up Questions:

What are the difference between email and hand written letters?

Will the hand written letters become obsolete in the future? Why?

Why should we write letters to friends and relatives?

What are the important qualities of a good letter?

Possible Answer:

Though People mostly send emails now-a-days for official and personal communication, the handwritten letter has its own
importance as well. Today I would like to talk about a hand written letter that I received when I was 14 years old. This
particular letter was written by my father and I was so excited to receive it that I read it several times. The letter was about
the scholarship result and my father wrote me to inform me that I got the scholarship. In his letter he congratulated me and
wrote that he was proud of me.

I was staying at a relative’s house after my final and scholarship exam with my mother and sister and one day I found that a
post office peon delivered a letter to my uncle. My uncle handed over me the letter as it was addressed to me. I found that it
was written by my father. I read the letter quickly and was very excited to learn the news. I read it again and then informed my
mother and relatives about it. My mother read it and congratulated me as well.

As a kid, the scholarship was very desiring for me and when I found that my father was very happy, that made me happier.

Alternative Answer:

The most important letter that I have received ever is the one that was posted to me from the Falcon University confirming
that I have been accepted in their B.B.A program. I can't exactly remember the name of the person who wrote it to me but it
was from the Falcon University admin department.

I was simply overwhelmed about the letter as I have been dreaming for a long to do my graduation in B.B.A specifically in the
Falcon University. The letter was the confirmation that my dream has come true and my hard work and determination have
been paid off. I felt like flying in the sky. I let my parents and close friends know about the acceptance and they were happy
too.

The letter was written in the official pad of the Falcon University and signed by the head of the B.B.A admission department.
There were only 4-5 paragraphs on the papers and they were printed either they were very exciting for me. I read the letter
twice and kept it in a nice place as if I was hiding a treasure.

The letter was utterly important to me as it expressed and confirmed that my dream about studying in the Falcon University
has come in to reality.

Tips for answering this cue card topic:

An important letter can be one of the following types:

A letter from your teacher which was written to you to confirm that you have been eligible for a course or activity you applied
for.

A letter from a school/ college/ university that confirms your acceptance and admission there.

A letter from an office that affirms that you have been hired for the position you applied for.

A confirmation letter from an organization or government office that confirms that your request to solve a problem at your
locality would be taken care of.

A letter from your parents when you stayed in a different city from theirs.

A letter from a relative that gives the news of a new born.

A letter from one of your childhood friends who you heard for a long time.

A letter from your parents about one of your achievements.

A letter that gives the news of your outstanding performances or achievements.

A letter that gives the news of your winning a lottery or raffle draw.

An apology letter from one of your friends or relatives that ease your relationship with him/her.

Describe who wrote you the letter, when you received it, what was it about, what news it bore, how you felt after reading the
letter, why the news was important to you and why the letter was important.

For the part ‘why it was important to you’ mention some of the following points based on the type of letter you talk about:

I was eagerly waiting to know that.

I was so worried about it and after I read the letter I felt so relieved.

The letter gave me the long waiting news and I was very happy.

I was enchanted to know that I have achieved it.

I was very happy to know that ….

I could not believe that it really happened and I read the letter a second time etc.

If you prepare for this cue card you would be able to answer the following cue cards as well:

1. Describe a news that made you happy.

2. Describe a letter you received from your friend.

3. Talk about a letter your father/ mother wrote to you.

Describe what you usually do in your leisure time.

You should say:

What do you do?

Who you do this with?

Where you do it?

And explain why you like to spend your free time this way.

Follow-up Questions:
What are some constructive leisure time activities?

How leisure time activities have changed in the last 10 years?

What type of activity you would suggest to your kids?

Possible Answer:

I have classes 5 days in a week, I attend a diploma course on Computing and I do some tutions as well and all of those activities
and my study make my days busy. However, I maintain some leisure activities and in my off-day I go through a different
routine.

I love to read books and maintain my own blog. Whenever I get time either I read books or write/ moderate my blog. Besides
reading and writing for my blog, I play some indoor games with my friends and family members like chess, computer games
etc. If it's an outdoor game, I play with my neighbours or friends.

I read book mostly in my study room and sometimes in the nearby library. I work on my computer to update my blogs. I mostly
read fictions and historical books. The blog I maintain is mostly technology related and I add the details with images for my
blog readers. I have made 2 of my friends moderator and they contribute in the blog as well.

I like to utilize my leisure time and enjoy very much what I do. Reading books is the most prudent investment of leisure time
and I learn many things from reading. Maintaining a blog is a great way improving the writing and sharing knowledge and that
helps me greatly to explore new things as I need to read a lot to generate ideas to write.

The indoor game like chess is a great way of passing time and also helps doing some brainstorming. I take part in the outdoor
games to both enjoy the game and to keep my body and mind fresh and fit.

Tips for answering this cue card question:

Pick a leisure time activity that you usually do. You can talk about one of the following topics or the one you really do:

Take your parents or children outside for walking.

Play indoor games like chess, computer games etc.

Go out for walking, running or for other form of exercise.

Take care of the garden you have.

You visit your friends and spend time with them.

You watch TV, movies or listen to music.

You learn something like song, musical instrument, cooking, dancing, sports, art etc.

You do some freelancing jobs.

You write for your blogs and surf internet.

You read books.

You visit your relatives.

You spend time with your family members, help them on household chores etc.

You actively participate in social works.

You go to the nearby park or open space for fresh air.

You have a hobby and you spend time for that.

Not necessarily you have to talk about one particular thing you do in your leisure time, you can say a combination of things
you do in your leisure time like sometimes you surf internet, sometimes you go out for a walking and sometimes you spend
time with your family members and help them on their tasks.

People usually do their leisure activities from their interest, passion and need. So describe your reasons for doing things you
do in your leisure time. Besides describe how you enjoy doing it and how it is beneficial for you.

You should also be able to talk about the following cue card topics you get prepared for this cue card:

1. Describe you hobby.

2. Describe how you like to spend your free time.

3. Talk about an activity you do.

4. Talk about how you spend your day-off.

5. Describe a thing you like to do.

6. Describe a healthy habit you have.

7. Describe how you help your family members.

8. Describe something you do besides your study or job.

9. Describe an outdoor activity you perform.

Describe an important decision/choice that you made in your life

You should say:

What the decision was?

 When you took the decision?

What the results of the decision? Whether it was a good choice?

And explain why it was important?

Follow-up Questions:

How parents' decisions affect their children's life?

What important things do you consider while taking a big decision?

Possible Answer:

I've made lots of decisions in my life and frankly I have taken those decisions sometimes all alone and sometimes discussing
with my parents and others. The particular decision that seems very important to me was the time when I decided to major in
Literature rather than major in Engineering. My mother wanted me to get admitted in the Eng. University and do my
graduation majoring Engineering while my fascination was studying in Literature. I made this decision when I was 18 years of
old, just after finishing my 12th grade. My father did not force me to do anything; instead he told me to do what I thought was
best for me. My relatives thought that I was a fool and too immature to make a big decision for myself.

But after considering several issues and perspective I decided to get myself admitted in a University that offers graduation in
Literature. I'm happy that I made this decision. I'm yet to finish my graduation but throughout the last 3 years I have enjoyed
studying literature and I am doing quite well academically.

Making the decision/ choice was not easy and I had to go through a hard time as I remember. I had to fight a lot with my inner
self and then convince my mother. There were always risks of picking the option I prefer my parents would have complained if
I hadn’t make a promising result. I still remember the dubious feelings I had that time. Sometimes it seemed to me that I
should abandon my passion and yield to my parents' decision and then again I strongly felt for my own choice and passion.
Since I made my own choice at that time, a strong urge and force worked on me that I have to do really good and I am happy
that I took my decision and doing very good so far.

Tips for answering this cue card topic:

Remember a decision that you took which turned out to be an influential thing you decided. You should be able to talk about
something you decided and later proved to be useful and beneficial. This varies from person to person yet following are some
of the ideas you can adopt to talk about yours one:

Your decision to get admitted into a college, university or studying in a particular major/ subject.

Your decision of living in a foreign country.

Your decision of taking a course or learning a thing.

Your decision of taking a part-time/ full time job.

Your decision of making a change in your family like: living in a town rather than in the village.

Your decision of obeying your parents on certain issues.

Your decision of not getting involved in a political party/ organization that eventually turned out to be harmful for others.

Your decision of helping a person/ people of your locality.

Your decision of informing a bad thing happening in your locality to the appropriate authority.

Your decision of protesting a decision taken by your relatives.

Your choice of imposing something to your family members or friends which later turned out positive for him/her.

Your decision of buying something that letter become helpful for you and others.

Try to talk about something positive you decided. You are free to describe one of your decisions which become harmful for
you later but it is advisable not to talk about such negative things.

If you can talk about this cue card you would also be able to describe:

1. Describe something you did and felt good for that.

2. Describe something you did for others.

3. Talk about a choice you made in your life.

4. Describe a decision you took that later affected your life.

5. Talk about an incidence when you got confused.

6. Describe an important choice you had to make in your life.

Describe a musical event in your country

You should say

What the event it is?

Where it takes place?

What kind of music is played?

And explain why you enjoy it..

Follow-up Questions:

What type music is famous in your country?

What are influences of western music in teenagers in your country?

Why music is important?

Which one is more important: traditional music or western music?

Possible Answer:

There are several occasions and places in our country when musical events take place in my country. I'd like to talk about a
particular music event that takes place in my home town and this takes place in the beginning of the spring. The event runs
through 3-4 days and in 2-3 phases. In the first phase the local music bands and individuals perform and complete in the
event. At the end of the competition 3 bands/ individuals are selected and are awarded. This is an important event as it makes
the participants famous in the country. This event is broadcasted in local TV channel and in Radio. This event takes place in the
city hall auditorium. Thousands of music lovers and people attend the event to enjoy the music and the competition. Several
kinds of music are played and among them classic, rock, folk and contemporary songs are most famous.

In the second phase some famous singers and musicians perform their own songs and people enjoy this very much. Lots of
people from different parts of the country come to attend the show and enjoy the music.

I have attended the event several times and enjoyed every time to be there. The event attracts lots of people and a festivity
goes on surrounding this event. I enjoy the music, the gathering and the festivity of this event.

Tips for answering this Cue card topic:

Talk about a ceremony or festival in your country when music is played. This can be a national program, religious program, a
local or traditional program or can be a theatre or seasonal program when some kind of music is played and people sing. Tell
the program name, type of program, time of the year or season when it is performed and where it is performed. If this is a
local program, it held on your locality and if this is a religious or country wide program, then you should mention the
significance of this program.

After you tell about the program name, type and time, you should then talk about the reasons you know this program and
why you enjoy it. Since this is a music program, you do enjoy it because of your love for the music and festival. If the musical
program is rooted to religious or patriot reason, you should mention that as well.

You should avoid describing a stage program or a concert that can occur anytime of the year and has no great deal of
importance nationally or locally. But think about any program which takes place in your locality in every summer and people
enjoys it or any national program which takes place in every year and a lot of people participates in the musical program
there.
Your preparation for this cue card would also help you answering the following cue cards:

1. Describe an event you attended and enjoyed.

2. Describe a musical program which you attended.

3. Describe an important event of your locality that you know about.

Describe something special you want to buy in the future.

You should say:

What it is?

What it is like?

When you intend to buy it?

And explain why you want to buy it.

Follow-up Questions:

What makes things to be special to you?

What makes a brand trust worthy?

What are some of the famous costume brands in your country?

What electronic devices are more common in your city?

Possible Answer:

I have a personal list (wish list you can say) that has many things that I want to buy in future. One such special thing that I want
to buy in near future is a personal car. I mostly use public transportation to move from one place to another and to visit my
hometown which is very inconvenient. Owning a car would be a great advantage for me as I would be able to freely move and
visit my home town more frequently.

The car I want to buy is the Fusion Hybrid car by Ford. This is a stylish looking car which is also fuel efficient. My preference
would be white colour. I intend to buy it after 2-3 years as it would allow me to save the money and apply for the car loan I
need to purchase it.

There are so many advantages of owning a car especially in the city I live in. Maintaining the perfect timing is pretty tough if
you travel in a public bus. You would need to wait for the bus, stay in the long queue for a long. And the frequency of the
public buses and the number of people do not allow one to maintain the timing one needs to keep. If I own my own car I'd be
able to avoid the usual bad traffic and take the alternatives roads. Travelling in a public bus is inconvenient and you do not
have any privacy in it. With my own car I'd be able to go to my hometown and visit my parents more frequently than I do now.

Tips on answering this cue card questions:

This cue card should be an easy one for you to talk about as it gives you several options to pick from. You can pick almost
anything you want to buy in the future. Just highlight the facts that you want to buy it because:

it would be very helpful for you....

you had a passion on that and you want to buy it.....

it would be very useful for you and for your family....

it would bring you some opportunities...

it is a luxury item that you wanted to own for a long time.... etc.

Some of the things you can mention which you want to buy in the future:

1. A cell/ mobile phone

2. A Laptop

3. A personal Car

4. A Book by a favourite Author

5. An electronic device like refrigerator, Television, washing machine etc.

6. A house/ apartment/ flat

7. A bicycle

8. A household appliance

9. A musical instrument

10. A sport instruments.

11. A share of a company

12. A machinery device for business use

13. A paint or portrait.

14. A rare antique item. etc.

If you can answer this cue card you should also be able to answer the following cue cards:
1. Describe something you recently bought.

2. Describe something you want to purchase.

3. Talk about a luxury item you want to buy.

4. Talk about a household appliance you want to buy.

5. Describe what you would buy if you have a lot of money.

Describe an old person you admire

You should say:

Who this person is?

How long you have known him/ her?

What qualities he/ she has?

And say why do you admire him/ her?

Follow-up Questions:

What are the qualities of people that attract you?

What special qualities do you have?

What are your strengths & weaknesses?

Possible Answer:

The aged person whom I really admire and like is my grandmother. From my childhood she had been a caring person and
loved me very much. Still she is a good friend of mine whom I share many things. She is a benevolent and good person who
possesses a good heart. She tries to help others with her highest efforts. I know her from my childhood as she lives with us and
we have lots of happy memories together.

She is a successful mother of 4 persons including my father. She has devoted her life for her kids and made them educated and
established. She possesses a nice and charming personality that illuminate people around her. She is a kind and a wise woman.

I love and admire her or many different reasons. The most important reason is because of her unconditional love and affection
for me. She is a good mentor who can shows me positive ways and guide me in my distressed time. Talking to her is a soothing
experience and the story she tells is always attractive and full of morality. I have learned many positive attitudes and good
thinking from her. For all those reasons and a strong bonding between us I admire her very much.

Tips for answering this cue card topic:

You can talk about one of your relatives who is is a senior citizen like your grandfather, grandmother. If you talk about one of
your grandparents, you would be able to give lots of details since you know a lot about them. Alternatively, you can talk about
one of the aged persons who is your relative, neighbour, friend's grandparents, teacher, a renowned person of your country
who has great contribution in some ways.

It is advisory not to talk about a person who is dead. As the issue expects you to talk about the old person who is alive and
have some sort of interaction with you or had some intimacy or influences on you. While describing the qualities s/he has,
keep in mind that you should talk in a way so that you can conclude by saying that you admire his/ her for all the previously
said qualities s/he has and because of your intimacy/ relationship with him/ her.

Usually we like a senior person for some of the following reasons:

S/he is a relative and has intimacy with us.

We have some good memories with this person. S/he ha does many things for us.

We are close to the person and we share our updates.

S/he is talented and gives us good advises when needed.

Is a successful person and exemplary for others.

Have some contributions for the betterment of others.

Is a honest/ brave an very talented person.

You have learned a lot from him/ her. He still gives you good advises.

Is kind and a well-wisher.

Is bit strange and you like his/her qualities.

Successful parents and led a great life.

You do some short of activities together.

Some similar Cue Card topics:

1. Describe someone in your family.

2. Describe a teacher from your past.

3. Descried a senior citizen you like.

4. Describe someone who is a successful person.

5. Talk about one of your neighbours.

6. Describe a person you often seek advice from.

7. Describe an old person you know.

8. Describe a person who led an idea life.

Describe someone you know who is a good cook

You should say:

Who this person is

How you know him or her

What kinds of food s/he cooks

and explain why this person is good at cooking

Follow-up Questions:

What are the prospects of building a career as a cook in your country?

What special dishes you want to taste? Why?

What traditional foods you would like your foreigner friends try?

Possible Answer:

I know some of my relatives who are good at cooking and I have heard about some famous cooks, nationally and
internationally, who have magical power of making delicious cuisines. But I'd like to talk about my mother whom I think is the
greatest cook of the world. I have never enjoyed any menu more than the foods made by my mother. She is a gifted cook and
she has a good reputation of making delicious and tasty menu out of very ordinary ingredients.

The way she arranges the kitchen and makes foods is lovely and in my childhood I used to think that she had taken training on
cooking. But she actually learned the cooking from her family and was in charge of cooking for a large joint family. She is a
graduate and I heard that she has a passion of cooking as she took several subjects related to house-keeping and cooking.
My mother was raised in a sub-urban area and got married at her 20 years of old. She continued her education and then took
charge of cooking in my father's family. I have heard the appreciation of her cooking from many of our relatives and
neighbours and felt proud of her.

Finding her cooking gives me a feeling that it's not a hard task, rather it's an artistic performance that the performer enjoys a
lot. Sometimes I have been amazed to find her making foods in no times for the guests.

She mostly makes foods for the family members and that includes cooking making breads, rice, meats, fishes, burgers, sweet-
meats, curry etc. For the festivals she makes cake, rich foods, and snacks, local and foreign cuisines. I have found her cooking
Chinese, Thai, Italian and Mexican foods as well and that was always a wonder how she has learned those menus as she has
never travelled to those countries nor has taken any training on making those foods. It will always be a mystery to me.

Tips for answering this Cue Card topic:

You can talk about one of your family members who you know is good at cooking. Alternatively you can talk about a famous
cook from your city and country. This cue card asks you to talk about a person who is a good cook. So you can describe a
famous cook who is not personally known to you but you have heard about him/her from newspaper, internet or TV. But
specifically mention that you have heard about his/her cooking skills and fames from a source and never met him / her
personally.

You can also talk about your mother/ sisters or grandmother and describe her cooking ability. Talking about a family member/
friend or relative would help you describing them in details and you would be able to give more information about them than
a famous cook who you know very little.

Interestingly, males are also good at cooking so you can pick your father, uncle or brother as well and describe their cooking
skills. It would be alluring to talk about yourself if you are a good cook. But avoid that! Describing your cooking ability and skills
as well as other qualities would be bit tricky to talk about.

Things you should mention about the person who you would like to describe as a good cook:

Can cook several dishes.

Has a natural talent of cooking foods.

People always appreciate the dishes s/he cooks.

S/he has learned cooking from his/her family and has no academic training on cooking.

Or, S/he has taken a course on cooking and thus his/ her interests on cooking grew up.

You should be able to answer the following cue cards as well if you prepare for this cue card topic:
1. Describe a person of your family who has a special skill.

2. Describe something you learned from your family members.

3. Describe skill you have.

4. Describe a family member of your family.

5. Talk about one of your friends who has a skill you admire.

Describe a happy event of your life.

You should talk about:

What was the event?

When did it occur?

Why it was memorable and happy event for you?

Any give any details of the event.

Follow-up Questions:

What makes people happy?

Do you believe money can bring happiness in life?

Why childhood is the best time for so many people?

Possible Answer:

There are numerous happy events in my life that I can recall and among them I would like to talk about the day that I was
blessed with a little sister. This was an event that I still recall vividly. I was then only 7-8 years old and when I saw a little angel
was crying on my mother's lap, I became the happiest man in the world. I was the only son of my parents and when I heard
that I will have another sibling, I got very excited and I was counting days when this brother/ sister of mine will come. I
speculated and imagined lots of things I would do with my sibling. On the day that my sister came in to the world was one of
the happiest days of my life.

For the first time I felt a strong urge to kiss this little fairy child. She was so beautiful and adorable that I thanked God for the
gift. My mother asked me to hold her and kiss her but I was afraid to touch her as I thought that might hurt her. I felt like I was
flying on that day. My mother gave birth of the baby in a hospital and I was so happy and attached by the event that I denied
to return home at night. I stayed in the hospital cabin for about 4-5 days till my mother and sister came home. I came back
home with the most precious gift of the world.
Tips for answering this Cue card topic:

You are free to talk about any events of your life that made you happy. You should mention the event, when it happened,
what you did and how it made you happy. You can pick a topic that you remember well and can describe fluently. Some of the
events which generally make us happy are given bellow that you can follow to generate ideas:

Someone gave you a gift.

One of your birthday celebrations.

You did a mentionable thing which was appreciated by others.

Your academic achievement like getting scholarship or doing remarkably well in academic exams/ public exams.

You got the news to get admitted in an educational institute where you dreamed to study.

You did something for the first time in like swimming, cycling, driving etc.

One of your relatives got healed from a diseases.

You got a job.

Your father/mother gave you a gift.

A newborn was born in your family.

You overcome an obstacle or bad habit you had.

You went to visit a new country/ city/ recreational place/ historic place.

You helped someone and s/he was very grateful for you.

News related to you was published in newspaper or was broadcasted in TV.

You were granted for a scholarship/ admission in a college/ university.

If you can answer this cue card question you would also be able to answer the following cue card topics:

1. Describe a memorable event of your life.

2. Describe an achievement you have in your life.

3. Talk about an event when you helped someone.

4. Talk about an academic success you had.

5. Describe happy childhood memory you have.

6. Describe a gift you got in your childhood.

7. Describe a piece of news that made you very happy.

Describe one of your favourite photographs

You should say:

When was the photograph taken?

Why it is your one of the favourite photographs?

What significant memory do you have regarding this photograph?

and explain why it your favourite photograph

Follow-up Questions:

What do you think about 'Photography' as a career?

What makes a good photograph?

What are the improvements latest technology has bought in photography?

How often do you take photographs?

Possible Answer:

The photograph that was taken when I was only 4-5 years old with my parents, grandfather and grandmother is one of my
very favourite photographs. I do not have clear memory regarding the event when the photograph was taken but I have seen
it thousands times and still I look at it with a delight and sadness. The photograph is a black-and-white one and later I have
enlarged it and framed it in my living room. The small kid (me), the grandparents and young parents make the picture a really
significant one to me. I look with amazement in to the picture and sometimes can't believe I was so small and different looking
at that time The picture gives me a gloomy feelings as my grandfather and mother are no longer with us. In the picture they
seems so lively but I can't be with them anymore!

I was wearing a full sleeve shirt, full pant and a pair of red shoes. In the picture I was in the middle and was sitting in a chair.
Others were standing around me - my parents are on the right and my grandparents are on the left. My father was very stylish
and was wearing fashionable dress in the picture. My grandfather had spectacles in his eyes and had his hair back-brushed. My
mother and grandmother were wearing traditional dresses but both looked so fresh and happy in the picture.

This photograph is probably is my most favourite one ass it conveys my grandparents' memory and depicts a happy family.
Every time I look at this particular picture, it gives a different sensation - mixture of happiness and sadness. This is a priceless
possession to me and I would like to keep it with me for the rest of my life.

Alternative Answer:

There was a time when photos were only taken by regular point-and-shoot-cameras, but now everything has changed. With
the help of mobile phones and computers, people are taking billions of photos everyday from all parts of the world. I, myself,
take so many pictures that I sometimes forget which photograph I took and when I took it. There is this one photograph I like
the most. It’s just beautiful…

In this photograph I am carrying my niece and she is smiling up at me. I first saw the photograph about a week ago. I didn't
even know the photograph existed until my sister showed it to me. I liked it so much that I made it the wallpaper background
of my computer. Now, whenever I open the lip of my laptop, the first thing I see is that picture.

The photo shows happiness. I think it was taken four years ago, and shows how time has passed, how the world changes. After
looking at the photograph, I remembered that my niece was crying a lot and my sister was about to give her to the nanny. At
that moment I decided to step-in and hold her. Once I had her in my arms she got happy and smiled. At that perfect moment
the photograph was taken. The picture shows a time when I was happy. It also shows at time when we all used to have an
optimistic outlook of the world but now all optimism and love has just vanished from my life.

The photograph was taken when I was only 4 years old. I was with my parents and grandparents & it’s one of my very favorite
pictures ever. I do not have clear memory regarding the event when the photograph was taken but I have seen it a thousand
times. To this day I still I look at it with delight and sadness. I had it enlarged and framed; it hangs in the living room where
everyone can see the black and white. The small kid (me), the grandparents and young parents make the picture a really
significant one to me. I look with amazement at the picture and sometimes I can't believe I was so small and different looking
at that time. The picture gives me a sense of melancholy since my grandfather & grandmother are no longer with us. In the
picture they seem so lively but I can't be with them anymore!

I was wearing a long sleeve shirt, pants and a pair of red shoes. In the picture I was in the middle, sitting on a chair. Others
were standing around me; my parents are on the right and my grandparents are on the left. My father was very stylish and
was dressed fashionably in the picture. My grandfather was wearing spectacles and had his hair back-brushed. My mother and
grandmother were both wearing traditional dresses but both looked so fresh and happy in the picture.

This photograph is probably is my most favorite one as it conveys my grandparents' memory and depicts a happy family. Every
time I look at this particular picture, I get the feeling of bittersweetness. This is a priceless possession to me and I would like to
keep it with me for the rest of my life.

Tips for answering this Cue Card Topic:

This cue card asks you to describe a photo/ photograph which is your favouritre and where you have been. Do no get confused
about the question as you might get allured to describe photo of your father/ grandfather or a friend. You should talk about
the photograph where you were present. It can a solo picture of your ort can be group photo where you were present.

Try to describe a photo which is related to some short of memory. Following are some of the ideas for such photographs:

Your childhood photograph.

Your birthday photograph.

Your graduation day photograph.

A photograph with your friends.

A photograph with your family members.

Describe who are present in the photograph, when this was taken, who took it, how you have saved it, what memories it
remind you and other aspects of the photograph.

Some similar Cue Card Topics:

1. Describe something important you own.

2. Describe a photograph that you really like.

3. Describe something you would like to keep for a long time.

4. Talk about an old thing you still have.

5. Describe a family photograph you have.

A positive change of your life.

You should say:

What the change about

When it happened

Describe details of the change happend

And describe how it affected you later life

Follow-up Questions:

What changes do you want to make in your life?

Do you believe we can control our own fate? How?

What three changes you would want to see in your country?

Possible Answer:
The positive change that I would like to talk about is ‘I started playing outdoor games instead of playing computer games’.
After I got my first personal computer when I was only 9 years old or so, I started learning many things. Besides that I started
playing the computer games. As computer games are addictive I found that I was playing the games whenever I had spare
times. This addiction barred me from playing outdoor games like cricket, football etc.

I found myself very much attracted to the computer games and I preferred to play the games at home instead of going to
open spaces or fields to participate in outdoor games that involve physical exercises. Not that computer games are all so bad,
but playing them all the time someone has got is not a good thing especially for kids. I found that I was spending more times at
home than being outside. After my parents noticed that, they discussed with me about that and explained me the importance
of outdoor activities. They gave me strict restriction that I would only be able to play computer games for an hour daily and in
the evening I’d have to go outside to play with my friends.

This was obviously a very positive change for me. I’m not against computer games but I feel that if there are more important
things to do, then we should not spend time on computer games only.

This change affected me very positively. I became a good cricket player later on, I started maintaining my times more
prudently and I am sure this change has affected me positively in terms of physical and mental health.

Tips for answering this cue card topic:

Talk about a changed which has brought something positive to you. You would need to describe how this change has positively
affected you life so talk about something which has later on proved to be very helpful for you. You can talk about a decision or
action of yours which later on have been proved to be positive. You can also mention about a bad habit you abandoned, a
decision you took or an advice you took which brought positive things in your life. This would vary from person to person and
following are of the ideas to talk about this topic:

You abandoned one of your bad habits like smoking.

You started doing exercises and that has made changes in your health.

You have decided to study on a subject rather than what your parents wanted you to study on.

You took a training or diploma course and that has helped you to get a good job.

You have started being more social and thus you now have some good friends.

You abandoned your grudge or ego against a relative or friend and now you have good relations.

You took a part time job and that helped you.

You started doing more outdoor activities than spending times at home.

You started learning a language and that has helped you.

You started exploring some skills in you and thus have focused on those skill set.

Some experience or conversation has changed your perspective on an issue.

You have moved to a city from a rural area.

You have started helping people after you realized it from one of the incident in your life.

You started helping your family members on their tasks.

You became more dedicated to something.

You started participating extra curricular activities like debating, reading, blogging, cycling, swimming etc.

Your preparation for this Cue Card would also help you answering the following cue card topics:

1. Describe a skill you have.

2. Describe a success in your life.

3. Talk about an important event of your life.

4. Describe a change you would like to have in you.

5. Describe something you want to do in the future.

6. Describe a lesson you would participate in the future.

7. Describe a bad habit you had.

8. Describe an activity you want to get involved.

9. Describe a skill you do not have.

10. Talk about something you started doing lately.

11. Describe a change you think was positive in your life.

Answers Submitted by our students:

Answer 1:

I have started focusing on me and have started exploring a new me and that is a very positive change for me. For the last 20
years of my life I was a typical girl who never thought for herself and did her duties and responsibilities for others.

Time was going on and my life was also going on with time in a very banal way. There was no value of time, value of life, value
of thought. Only there was a tough routine that I had to follow and dedicate myself for others. I do not have any complaints
dedicating me for the benefit of others, but that was so typical that I forgot my own existence and my own dreams.

My dreams were surrounded by someone special. It’s all about someone whom I loved more than my life. But the moment I
realized that with whom I nurture all of my dreams, is lost in a very different world where I do not have special place, I was
broken and shaken up. That realization initially gave me a feeling of being a looser and helpless one. It forcefully pulled me at
the end of the world and I totally lost my confidence, believe in believing and did not seek any reason to live.
In that regrettable moments, I never stopped thinking and I asked questions to myself even when I was asleep. I was started
regaining my confidence after I started realizing the fact and reality. I was determined to hit the sky and not to feel like a
looser.

I will never forget the great contributions my friends had overcoming this fatal time and they advised me why I have to love
myself and explore my own dreams even after someone has shattered my dreams. They helped me to get out from my
dilemma. They reminded me who am I, who could I be I.

The perception of life, reality and dreams seems like have changed in me and I am happy for the changes. It has helped me
find the reality, a new me. Now I love myself even more with my every possibility and dream. Now I am taking a journey to
look forward and reach a definite goal I have. I don’t know where it would go but I learnt to walk alone, confidently and I love
my own reflection.

A famous person you know in your country.

You should say:

Who the person is?

Why he is famous?

What makes you mention specifically him/ her?

and describe what positive changes this person has brought for your country?

Follow-up Questions:

What makes people famous?

What are the differences between a famous person and an ordinary person?

Tell about one internationally famous person in your country.

Possible Answer:

I am from Australia and Hugh Jackman is one of the most famous persons in my country. His full name is Hugh Michael
Jackman and he was born in 1968. He is a famous and critically acclaimed actor, producer and revered superstar for his superb
performance in TV, film and musical theatre.

He is well known for the superhero character Wolverine in the X-Men series and his leading roles in many well-known movies
like Australia, Kate & Leopold, Les Misérables, Van Helsing, The Prestige, Real Steel, and Prisoners.
I mention specifically him because I’m a big fan of his acting and performance. I have seen almost all of his movies and TV
serials and consider him to one of the world’s most prominent actors alive.

He was born in Sydney, New South Wales, and graduated from University of Technology, Sydney, in 1991 with a BA in
Communications.

He is a philanthropist and is an active supporter for micro-credit. He is also one of the founders and the global advisor for the
Global Poverty Project. Besides he is an ambassador of World Vision and participated in the climate week NYC ceremony. He
is also an active supporter and donator for different charity and social welfare programs.

Through his acting, fame and donation he is trying to fight poverty and is trying to help the people in need. That’s a great way
of extending hand for people in need and can be exemplary for others.

He is a world renowned actor and is revered by his countrymen. Through his acting he has increased the impression of an
Australian born actor and through his charity and philanthropic activity he is helping others.

Tips for answering this Cue card topic:

Talk about a famous person from your country. S/he can be a famous person from any profession and you should be able to
gives some statistics on her/ his life and achievements and successes. Not necessarily you have to describe a famous person
who is still alive. You can talk about a famous deceased person who is famous and is from your country. Usually we know more
details about famous writers, politicians, movie personnel and sportsmen than other famous persons. Pick someone about
someone you would be able to give some details.

Some of the ideas for taking about a famous person:

A famous leader or political figure in your country.

A famous writer or a poet.

A famous movie star.

A famous sportsman.

A famous business man.

A famous scientist.

A famous inventor.

A famous artist.

If you prepare for this cue card question, you should be able to answer the following cue card topics as well:
1. Describe a writer you know about.

2. Describe a successful sportsman in your country.

3. Talk about a famous person you would like to meet.

4. Describe a political leader you admire.

5. Talk about a scientist from your county.

6. Talk about a person who is well known in your country.

7. Describe a person you really admire.

8. Describe a successful person from your country.

7. Talk about a person who has great contribution in your country.

Describe a library that you visited

You should say:

Where it was?

What it looked like?

What facilities it had?

And explain what influence it had on you and how you felt about it?

Follow-up Questions:

Why library is important?

What facilities do you expect from a library?

What type of book do you like to read? Why do you like them?

Possible Answer:

The library I’d like to talk about that I visited is ‘Illumination Library’ (Tell the name of a library from your home town) and it is
situated in my home town. I have not visited this particular library for the last 2-3 years as I am not living in my hometown any
longer and yet this is the library I will always remember. This library is situated at the centre of our home town and occupies
the whole 3 story building. There are plenty of books there and the library offers variety of books, novels, research papers,
magazines and many more for people of different tastes.
The books are well catalogued and arranged in a convenient fashion. There are more than 3-4 librarians and several other
assistants to help find any book. The library also offers membership facility and the active members are allowed to take books
to home. Since the library is funded by government the membership fee is very negligible and affordable for students, there
are lots of people visiting and reading there.

People of our hometown consider this library as the best place to gather knowledge, read in peace and to find reference books
for study or professional reasons.

For me this library has a great influence on me. I became a member of this library when I was only 7 years old. My reading
habit has been grown up from there. I became a passionate reader of books and novels and this library had a great influence
on that. This library also helped me finishing some academic projects as I could find books and reference reading materials. I
have read plenty of books in my childhood and adolescence time only because the library was conveniently there for me.

Tips for answering this cue card topic:

You can talk about any library you have visited including your college/ university library. If the questions would have asked you
to describe a famous library, then it would have been bit tricky, but answering this cue card should be easy as we all know
what the purposes of the library and what people do there. Start describing the library (location, interior and exterior), the
types of facility if offers and the types of books it has. Then say your activities in this library what you did there. Following are
some hints to help you answering this cue card topic:

Location: In my hometown/ In my area/ In the city centre/ in my college or university/ in a different city where I visited etc.

Description: It is a 4 story building, has more than 20,000 books and journals, the environment is quiet and neat, the staffs are
helpful, the books are arranged based on writer and topics, some modern facilities like digital index and searching facilities are
available, only few minutes away from the place I live now etc.

Facilities: Membership facility, digital index, staffs are educated and helpful, we can take books home, several types of books,
novels, journal and other reading materials are available, it is funded by the local administration and Government and cost
very little for the reader, people can stay as long as they want, open 7 days a week, great collection of academic and subject
oriented books etc.

Influences it has on you: You have got many helps from the academic and reference books it has, your reading habit has been
enriched because of this library, it offer many facilities, you can take book home thus your family members can also read the
books you take home, a good place to spend time.

If you can answer this cue card you should be able to answer the following cue cards as well:

1. Describe one of your favourite places.

2 .Describe a library you know about.

3. Talk about a place where you often go to.

4. Describe an activity you have.

5. Talk about a public place in your hometown.

6. Describe a public library.

Describe a bad weather experience you do have.

You should say:

what sort of bad weather it was

when it happened

where you were when it happened

and explain how it affected you.

Follow up Questions:

What are the main seasons in your country?

What environmental changes have you noticed in your country?

What should we do to protect the environmental pollutions?

Possible answer:

The experience I would like to talk about took place 4-5 years back and I was a college student at that time. One day I heard
that my uncle is sick and my parents asked me to give him a visit. Since my college was closed at that time, I decided to go to
my uncle's house. The journey towards my uncle's house took me 7-8 hours and I had to take a bus, then a boat and finally
walk for 2 kilometers to reach the house.

The place was in a remote urban area and there was no direct bus or train communication there. However, the journey I took
to reach there was enjoyable and I had good times at my uncle's house. I was glad to see him getting well and spent some
quality time with my cousins. After 2-3 days I said goodbye to my uncle, aunt and cousins and took my journey toward my
home. They were convincing me to stay few days more but I could not as my classes were due to start.

I left my uncle's house at 3:00 pm and the weather was cloudy. The weather was comparatively good even when I got on a big
boat to reach the town to pick a bus. But after 30 minutes or so, the sky all of a sudden became intimidating. The lightening
and the sound of it gave an impression that a heavy rain is approaching. But instead of rain a devastating storm hit in and the
boat-men failed to control the navigation of the boat. People became so scared that they started praying to God. I was very
frightened as well.

At a point I started feeling that the boat might sink and I might never reach home alive. The storm showed no signal to calm
down and the powerful wind blowing was trying to take away everything from its way. The wind was blowing from every side
and we could not see anything nearby or distant.

The boat-men yelled and asked us to hold something strongly and get prepared to swim to the nearby land if needed. I knew
how to swim but I found 2-3 persons were crying as they did not know how to swim. Their screaming made the situation even
worse and I felt a strong urge to stay alive. I am not sure how long this shattering storm lasted but to me it seemed for
eternity. Later I found that, the strong lasted for about 40 minutes and the boat has reached to a completely different place.
By the time the storm has pacified, we were grateful to be alive. We found 1 woman and a kid have become sick and were
vomiting in fear and for the sudden impact of heavy storm. I reached to a highland and sat on a shop for about 15 minutes to
realize what just happened. I have some other bad weather experience but no other one was a life threat as this one was.

After I reached home, I did not tell my parents about it. I told them the truth after 1 week. I will never forget the experience I
had on this way back journey from my uncle's house.

Tips for answering this Cue Card Topic:

To describe a bad weather experience you need to talk about both the bad weather and your experience of this bad weather.
A bad weather can be a heavy rain, show, storm, stormy wind, flood, heavy tide in a river etc. Do not talk about natural
disaster like earthquake, tsunami, volcanic eruption, accident in the road as they are not usually a bad weather. Note that you
must describe how you got stuck in to this weather and what happened to you. Do not talk about about a bad weather
experience you heard from someone as this cue card asks you to talk about your own experience. However you can say that
because of the bad weather you were stuck at home and suffered a lot. But talking about a journey you took and faced a bad
weather would be a better answer for this cue card topic.

Following are some of the ideas to help you talk about this cue card:

1. You took a journey and all of a sudden the bad weather appeared.

2. You did not have any option to quickly get to a safe place.

3. The weather so was devastating that it was life threatening.

4. You were stuck in this bad weather for more than 2-3 hours.

5. You were bit frightened and you found people were afraid as well.

6. When you left home, the weather was perfectly okay but all of a sudden it changed.

7. After the devastating experience ended you were so relieved.

8. This is an experience you will never forget.

If you prepare for this cue card you should also be able to answer the following cue card topics:

1. Describe a bad experience of your life.

2. Describe a natural disaster you have seen.

3. Describe a bad journey you have had.

4. Talk about one of your memorable events.

5. Describe a storm you have seen.

6. Describe a journey you wish you did not have.

7. Talk about an experience when you felt helpless.

8. Describe one of your frightening experiences.

Answers submitted by students:

Answer 1:

It was probably July of 2010 and it was a rainy reason when I had to experience a bad weather and the experience was so bad
that I still remember it clearly. Our local area was a comparatively low area, and the rainy reason often caused us trouble.

It started with heavy rain and the rain continued without any cease for a week. This causes the roads and fields overflowing by
waters. We knew that the rainy reason has started. One night we wake up suddenly in the middle of the night and felt that
something is wrong. I noticed that the water has reached at our house and was approaching to our floor. I was bit afraid and
called my mother. Our entire family members wake up and within an hour the water was all around the room.

There was nothing to do and we found that people in our locality have wake up and had been busy to move their furniture to
safe places. In the meantime the water level has reached to well over our floor and most of our furniture was staying in the
water.

I was not quite grown up then and I felt a great anxiety because of the sudden hit if the flood. My parents tried to console me
and assured me that we will be safe in few hours. But my gut feelings told me that things are not going to be okay. I felt
helpless and prayed to God so that he takes away the water from our house. This was the first time when I noticed the
devastating form of the flood. As it was the first flood experience in my life, I could not imagine what was happening and how
would we get away from it. The night was sleepless and the next morning we took the valuable furniture and other belonging
to one of our relative’s house who stayed at the 6th floor of a building. We kept the rest of the furniture in our house in the
flood water.
My parents sent me to my grandfather’s house which was in a different city where flood did not hit and after few days they
also came there to get rid of the flood. We stayed at our grandfather’s house for about 15 days and returned home after the
floor water decreased and went away.

Describe an important invention that you think has positively influenced human race.

You should say:

What is the invention?

Who invented it?

What changes did it make?

and explain how it has positively influenced human race.

Follow-up Questions:

Mention 2 famous scientists in your country?

Why should we invest more in research?

What is the single most important invention in your opinion?

Possible Answer:

It is really tough to pick one particular scientific invention that had positively influenced human race as there are possibly
hundreds and thousands of such inventions. I would like to pick the 'Light Bulb' as one such invention that has very positively
influenced human race.

This single invention of science has uplifted the human race towards prosperity and modern world. Think about a world
without any lights in the dark and we would have been no different than living in a cave. The great scientist Thomas Edison is
credited to invent the light bulb and till then many improvements have been done to it.

The bulb is the main source of illumination and light at night time when the Sun is hiding in the opposite side of the world. We
are so habituated with the electricity and light bulbs that we might wonder if it is a life changing invention or not.

But think about living your life for few days without the bulbs and then you would realize the true importance of this single
invention. Some may argue that fuel powered lighting system could have been alternative to it, but the reality is that, that
would have been too expensive and could not have been an easy source for lighting the houses,

Think about the other living beings other than human; they mostly get back to their living place in the evening and except
some nocturnal animals and birds, most of them stay at their living place till the morning.
They rarely do anything at night and that's because they are afraid of dark and have no vision to see at night. As human, we
could have some lighting system if we did not know how to light a bulb but that would not have been so widespread without
the invention of light bulb. Scientific inventions are interrelated and one invention or theory inspired and accelerates the
invention of other important inventions.

Light bulb is one such invention that has inspired the invention and research of other inventions. This is the single invention
that has made us free from being active only at day time when the sun is there.

Tips for answering this Cue Card Topic:

This cue card should be an easy one if you can talk about any important invention, a bit about the inventor and how this
invention has affected our lives. Note that invention and discovery are different.

Discovery is exploring and finding out something that preexisted and nothing new to the world. Only people did not know till
the discovery if it existed or not. Meanings of discovery are: to make known; reveal; disclose and from these meaning we can
find that discovering means to reveal something of finding something that already existed but we did not know where. For
instance, discovering America.

On the other hand Invention is creating/ giving idea or making something entirely new either using objects that preexist to
create something entirely new or to create something that is first of its kind. Meanings of invention are: to come upon, to
create. From the meaning we can say that invention is creating something entirely new of its kind. To invent this new thing the
inventor may use preexisting materials but the final outcome has to be completely new. For instance, we say invention of
telephone.

You would need to talk about a famous invention as the cue card asks you to talk about that has positively affected the entire
human race. Very insignificant inventions may have affected some people of a certain geographic location but there are many
inventions like telephone, computer, television have greatly affected the whole human race. So to perfectly talk about such
invention you should talk about such an invention that has affected the lifestyle of the people of the world and are widely
used in the world.

Following are some of the most influential inventions that you can talk about. Pick an invention and get some idea of this
invention and practice talking about it.

1. Telephone

2. Computer

3. Television

4. Automobile
5. Camera

6. Sewing Machine

7. Steam Engine

8. Light bulb

9. Paper

There are several other important inventions in the history that has changed the world. But in the above list you would notice
that only the very common inventions that we know from our daily use have been added so that you can talk about these
known inventions. Pick an invention and do some Googling. You would get details information about the invention and you
should take some notes from those details to prepare for this cue card topic.

If you can answer this cue card, you should also be able to answer the following topics:

1. Describe something that has changed the world.

2. Describe a tools or device that you know about.

3. Talk about an important invention of the history.

4. Describe an electronic device that you use.

5. Talk about an invention that has made our life easier.

6. Describe an inventor who has a great contribution to the world.

7. Talk about an electronic device that you use at your home.

8. Describe an important modern invention.

Describe a foreign country you have planned to visit

You should say:

Where is the country?

When are you planning to go there?

Why have you planned to go there?

And explain details of your planning to visit the country

Follow-up questions:
Say something about the tourism development in your country, facility, services and the effect on environment.

What is the importance of travel and tourism industry?

What do you think the function of tourist guides?

What steps should Government take to make the Tourism more attractive to foreigners?

Possible Answer:

I have planned to visit Greece after my graduation is done. I have a relative there and he has invited me to visit his family
several times. Earlier this year when I was promoted to the final year of my graduation, I have planned to visit at least one
foreign country just after my graduation day. I have considered many countries and finally planned to visit Greece. It is a
country in southern Europe and has around 11 million populations.

I have planned to visit Greece in the middle of the next year and would stay there for about one month. The relative I have
there is my maternal uncle and he lives at Athens with his family. There is a good chance that I will be staying with them
during my visit there. Greece is a culturally rich country that offers the visitors and tourists a lot of amazing activities, splendid
sceneries, museums, diverse culture and many more. The museums, archaeological sites and the tours offer the chance to
closely know the history of this country. The islands are the main characteristic of Greece’s morphology and have become a
big part of their custom and culture.

There are 2-3 main reasons I would like to visit the country. First, the invitation to visit my maternal uncle has been pending
for several years and I thought it a good chance to meet them. Second, I am a big fan of mythology and Greek mythology was
one of my most interesting readings for the last few years. Those stories have been so profoundly entertaining and thought
provoking and suddenly I found a great desire to visit the place in person. Though things have changed there with time but the
archaeological sites and museum would walk a visitor though the past and present and would amaze them.

This is an ideal place to stay and enjoy. This is a country of crossroad color of culture, history, diversity, warmth of friendliness,
expectation, discover and expedition. For all those reasons I have decided to visit Greece in the next year.

Tips for answering this Cue Card Question:

Talk about a country other than yours. If you have already visited a country, you can talk about this country but mention that
you want to visit it instead you have visited it. Talking about a country that you know about would give you some advantages
to talk about it. This cue card asks you to talk about your planning to visit the county not the details of the country about it. So
mention mostly about your planning and few details about the country itself. Most of the people know more about the
neighboring countries so you can also talk about your neighboring country.

As part of your planning mention some of the following things:

I have been planning to visit this country for a long.

I will go there with my friends /family members and all of us looking forward to be there.
We have surf internet to know about the interesting and famous tourists spots there and we have a rough planning about the
places we will visit and the things we will do there.

One of our relatives stay there and that's why it would be easier for us to get help there.

This is already a famous tourist’s destination and we will stay there for more than 2 weeks so that we can extensively travel
there.

We are attracted about the culture and custom of this country and would definitely enjoy our stay.

As part of our planning to visit this country we have already done a rough estimation and planned our budget for it.

We have heard about this country and their culture and tourists spots.

Your preparation for this cue card would help you answer the following cue card topics as well:

1. Describe a country you want to visit in the future.

2. Describe a foreign country you have visited.

3. Talk about your plan to visit a famous historical place.

4. Describe your idea of visiting a foreign country.

5. Describe a city you have visited.

6. Talk about a foreign culture you know about.

7. Describe one of your neighboring countries.

Describe a thing that you possess and which is important to you.

You should say:

What is it and who gave it to you

What's the specialty of it

Would you ever give it to someone else

and explain why it is important to you

Follow-up Questions:

What are the changes of city between now and past?

Does money represent happiness and why?

How do you regard as the things people want to earn?

Possible Answer:

My cell phone is very important to me as it helps me communicating my friends, family members, teachers and gets me
connected with the people I care. I use internet in my cell phone, check my mails, update my blog, track the statistics of my
website, send and receive SMS, play games, listen to music, take pictures and then share in my Facebook, Google plus and
twitter profile. Besides these I do lots of other things in my cell phone including using important apps, reading e-books, using it
as a modem to use internet in my PC etc. My father game me the money to buy a cell phone and I bought the HTC desire X cell
phone from an authorized seller. So my father actually gave the mobile phone to me.

This smart phone has versatile usages and is very special to me. I spent a significant time with this device and some of them
are very positive for me like updating my blog and reading e-books. This is a small device with approximately 6.5 x 4 inch
dimension but it is a powerful tool and the internet connection in it makes it even more powerful. The first and foremost
specialty of this device is that it lets me get connected with my family members and friends. Second, it is an amusement and
recreational device that lets me play games and listen to music. Third, I can update my social networking profiles and get
updates of my friend right from my cell phone. I had to go to a cyber cafe to check an email or to send one before I purchased
this smart phone. Now I have this handy device that I can easily use to connect to internet. Since this is an android OS device I
can download many application and tutorials and learn new things. Sometimes I take photos and then share it with my friends.
Communication has become so easy and convenient with the help of this cell phone.

Yes, if needed I can give this device to someone who I care about but I will then have to own another one. It's not like I will
give this cell phone to someone and then would stop using any cell phone or switch to an ordinary phone. What I mean is, I
can give this particular phone to someone but can't stop using a Smartphone.

Technological advantages have made things easier especially communication and my cell phone is a really unavoidable and
inevitable device to me.

Tips for answering this Cue Card Topic:

This cue card question asks you to talk about something you posses and which is useful to you. Since the questions implies
that it is a tangible thing you should not talk about something you can't touch like your painting habit, your music lessons,
some advise you got from someone etc. You can talk about one of the following devices or things that you have and important
to you:

Your cell phone.

Your laptop or computer.

A gift you got from someone.

Your certificate.

A famous book or CD.

Your pager or land phone.

Your gaming device

Your exercise instruments.

One of your household appliance.

Your notebook.

A car you own.

A motorbike you have.

A greeting card/ letter you got.

A musical or sports instrument. etc.

You should talk about the thing, how you use it, how it is helpful to you and of you would give it someone or not.

Mention some of the points regarding this thing mentioned bellow:

1. This was a special gift from a family members or from a friend.

2. You use it daily and you will have a difficult time if you lose it.

3. You become depended on it and it helps you to communicate with others/ help you enhance your knowledge.

4. It helps you to do exercise and thus helps you keep your body and mind fit.

5. You learn something using it.

6. It has some memory related to someone and thus it is important to you.

7. This is a valuable possession and you do not want to lose it.

8. You would give to someone who you really care and s/he needs that more than you do.

9. You would not give to someone random because it is very useful to you.

Some similar cue card topics you can also answer if you prepare for this cue card:

1. Describe a gift which is very useful to you.

2. Talk about a possession you have and you do not want to lose.

3. Describe something you use often.

4. Talk about a useful electronic device you have.

5. Describe a household appliance you own.

Describe a shopping center you often go to

You should say:

 Where is the shopping center

How often do you go to the center

Why do you often go to it and its characteristics

and explain why do you go there often

Follow-up Questions:

Will smaller shops survive in the current business system?

What are the characteristics of shopping malls and smaller shops and their difference?

What is the trend of future shopping centers?

Talk about Internet shopping

Possible Answer:

The shopping center that I often go to and would like to talk about is (...tell a shopping center name from your city....). This is
the largest shopping center of the city and is probably the most popular one. This shopping center is at the middle of the city
and is 20 storied. You can find almost everything in this shopping center and the price and quality of the products make it a
popular shopping mall where people from all classes come to shop. You name it and you can find it here; from grocery shop to
3d cinema, food court to play ground, gym and thousands of shopping shops are there. The market authority imposes a strict
rule about the quality and price and that's why you can find products at a reasonable price here. The neat and clean
environment, the rigid security, the arranged shops and shopping convenience are the main reasons I visit this shopping mall
very often. There is a dedicated floor only for social gathering and there you can sit and talk to your friends as long as you like.

I go there almost 2-3 times in a months. If there are more shopping to do or before any festival I go there more than 2-3 times.
I go there not only for shopping but also some times for social gathering, party, to have lunch or dinner or to watch a movie.

There are many positive reasons why this shopping center is popular among the visitors and shoppers including security,
reasonable price, shopping convenience, position of the shopping center, and convenience of parking, open space and neat
environments. The interior and exterior of the shopping mall is very attractive. In the front of the building you will find a large
open space; like a big park or garden. You can seat there for a long and no one is going to ask you to go away!

Tips for Answering this Cue Card Topic:

This cue card should be an easy one for you to talk about as you already know some shopping centers. Just visualize a
shopping center you often go and tell the location of this shopping center, how you go to this shopping center, what you do
there, what type of stores are available there and what products could be found there. You should also give a details of this
shopping center like the type of building it is situated it, how many floors are there, what type of famous brand shops are
there, the type of people go there, and why you go there.

Before you start talking about this cue card topic, take some notes on the above points and start talking. Taking notes on cue
card topic and questions in the given one minute is important and you should take notes and write down the points before
you start talking about it. The notes help you focus on these points and would help you talk about the topic without pause and
mumbling.

For this cue card take the following notes and then start talking about this topic in details:

Name of the Shopping center: Example City Shopping Center.

Where it is: Example: It is in the center of the city and beside the auditorium.

How often I go there: I go this shopping center at least 2 times in a month. Sometimes I go there more often if I need to buy
necessary things more often. Besides, I sometimes meet my friend at the food court of this shopping mall.

Why I go there: The Shopping mall is situated in a convenient location and I can reach there easily. This shopping center has
more than 500 stores and I can get almost everything I need to purchase from there. The prices are reasonable and good
quality products could be found there. As a modern shopping center, it offers a comfortable and safe shopping experience and
that's why I mostly go there. Finally, the food court is a good place for having foods and spending times with friends. I often go
there to meet my friends as it is a convenient meeting location for us.

Characteristics: It is a modern shopping center with tight security. The possibility of vandalism and bad occurrence is very low.
The shops are arranged conveniently and the shopping center offers a good shopping environment.

How I go there: I usually go there in my personal car/ I go there in public bus and it takes only 2 minutes to reach there.

If you can answer this cue card you should also be able to answer the following cue cards:

1. Describe a place where you often go.

2. Describe one of your favourite places where you meet your friends.

3. Talk about a public place where you often go.

4. Describe a public place in your city/ hometown.

5. Describe your favoutire dinning place.

6. Talk about a popular place in your city.

7. Describe a place where you often gather with your friends.

8. Talk about a building or architecture.

9. Talk about a shopping mall you often go for shopping.

10. Describe a popular place near your home.