IELTS Speaking Part-2 Cue Cards (Sep-Dec 2020)

Describe a line that you remember from a Poem or Song

You should say

What it is
What poem is it from
How you know about it
How you feel about it

Follow up Questions

Are you good at memorizing things?
Do you think children like the rhythm of songs or poems?
Do you think it is easier for children to learn songs or poems than adults?
What can people learn from songs or poems?

Describe a tradition in your country

You should say

What it is
Who takes part in it
What activities there are
And explain how you feel about it

Follow up Questions

What is the importance of traditional festivals?
What’s the difference between festivals now and in the past?
Do you think western festivals like Christmas are replacing traditional festivals in your country?
Do you think it is wrong for children not to celebrate traditional festivals?

Describe a person who you think is very open

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Who this person is
How you know this person
Why do you think this person is very open?
And explain how you feel about this person

Follow up Questions

Is it difficult for Indian people to express their feelings?
Who do you think talk more? Children or grown-ups?
What do you think is the difference between boys and girls in expressing their feelings?
Do you think people are more open than in the past?
Why do you think people are less open?

Describe an old friend you got in contact with again

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Who he or she is
What he or she is like
How you got in contact
And explain how you felt about it

Follow up Questions

What is the influence of social media on friendships?
Why do people lose contact with each other after graduation?
Do people in your country like to make new friends?
Do you think old friends are more important to the old generation or the young generation?

Describe a family which you like and are happy to know

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Who they are
Where they live
How you know them
And explain why you like them.

Follow up Questions

Who is usually the leader in an Indian family?
How do grandparents take care of their children?
What’s the most important quality of a good parent?
How can new parents learn about parenting?

Describe an energetic person that you know

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Who this person is
How you know this person
Why you think this person is energetic
And explain how you feel about this person

Follow up Questions

What kind of jobs needs a lot of physical activity?
What’s the difference between payment for physical work and payment for mental work?
Can physical workers have higher salaries in the future?
Do you think machines could replace manual labor in the future?

Describe a time you saw children behave badly in public

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Where it was
What the children were doing
How others reacted to it
And explain how you felt about it

Follow up Questions

What bad behaviour do children usually have?
How should parents stop their children from behaving badly at public?
Are parents these days stricter than in the past?
Whose influence on children is more? Parents or their Friends?

Describe a conversation topic you were not interested in

Who you talked with
When you had the conversation
What the topic was
And explain why you were not interested

Follow up Questions

What topics do young people in India talk about?
What is the difference between topics that are popular now and topics that were popular in the past?
How do you know if others are not interested in the conversation?
What’s the influence of modern technology such as internet emails on our communication?

Describe an expensive activity that you enjoy doing occasionally

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What it is
Who do you do it with
Why is it expensive
And explain how you feel about it

Follow up Questions

What kind of expensive things do people like to buy?
What the difference between men and women in buying things?
What are advantages and disadvantages of being rich?
Why are some of the sports expensive? Are they for everyone?

Describe an area of science that interests you

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What it is
How you learned about it
Why are you interested in it

Follow up Questions

What’s the best invention in the past hundred years?
What’s the influence of science on human life?
What can individuals do for scientific research?
What influence can international cooperation in science bring about?

Describe a prize that you received

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What it was
When you received it
What did you do for it
And explain how you felt about it

Follow up Questions

What kind of prizes do students get?
Should students get the same prize in sports and academics?
Why should people be awarded?
Are awards always good for the winners?

Describe a time when you first talked in a foreign language

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Where were you
Who you were with
What did you talk about
And explain how you felt about it

Follow up Questions

At what age should children start learning a foreign language?
Which skill is more important speaking or writing?
Does a person still need to learn another language if he is good in English?
Do you think minority languages will disappear?

Describe a time when you changed your opinion

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When it was
What the original opinion was
Why you changed it
And explain how you felt about it

Follow up Questions

Do children like to change opinion?
Why do people change opinion?
Who do young people turn to for advice?
Do people like giving opinion about politics?

Describe a short-term job you’d like to do in a foreign country.

What type of work you would like to do there?
What country you’d like to work in?
Why you would like to work in that country?
Explain how would you feel about it?

Describe a prize that you want to win.

What the prize is?
What do you need to do to get it?
How do you know about it?
Why do you want it?

Follow up Questions

What rewards can children get from school?
Should parents push their children to get prizes?
Is it good for children to compete for prizes at school?
What kinds of rewards can companies offer to their outstanding employees?

Describe a family (not you own) that you like.

Whose family is this?
Where they live?
Who are the family members?
Why do like this family?

Describe an area of science that interests you.

What science it is?
How you got interested in it?
How you learn this science?
Why this science is interesting to you?

Describe the first time when you used a foreign language to communicate.

Where it happened?
When did it happen?
Who you talked to?
How did you feel about the conversation?

Describe a good decision that you made recently.

What the decision was and how you made it?
When you made it?
Why it was a good decision?
How did you feel about it?

Follow up Questions

What decisions do people make every day?
Why do people make decisions?
Can children take decisions on their own?
When do people change their decision?

Describe a book that you read and found useful.

What the book is and what it is about?
Why you read it?
When you read it?
Why do you think it is useful?

Follow up Questions

Do people in your country like to read books?
What kinds of books are most popular in your country?
Do you think reading is important?
Do you think electronic books will eventually replace paper books?
Some people like to collect books. Why do you think they do this?
Is compulsory reading (in school) is a good idea?

Describe a time when you received good news.

What this news was?
When and where you heard it?
Why do you think it was good news?
How did you feel about it?

Follow up Questions

Is it important to read the news?
What kind of news do people in your country like to read?
Are young people and old people interested in same kind of news?
Is it important to keep reading up to date news?
How do people in your country get news?
Do you think children should start watching news from a young age?
Why do some people like to share news in social media?

Describe an Intelligent person you know.

Who this person is and how do you know him?
What this person knows about?
Why do you think this person is intelligent?
What have you learnt from him?

Follow up Questions

Are most intelligent people happy? Why?
Do you think intelligent people are selfish?
Do you think intelligent people are helpful?
Who do you think plays a more important role in children’s education, parents or teachers? Why?
What qualities do you think a good teacher should have?
How do teachers help children in their education?
Why are some children more intelligent than others?
What books do children read and what do adults read?
Why men and women prefer different books?
Why some books become internationally popular?
What type of books children read nowadays? What type of books did children like reading in the past and what do you think they will read in the future?
Do you think children have lost their interest in stories?
Can storybooks be an ideal gift for children?

Describe a photo of you that you like.

Where it was taken?
When it was taken?
How it was taken?
How do you feel about that photo?

Follow up Questions

Do Indian people like to take photos of themselves?
What kinds of devices to people like to use for taking photos these days?
Why do some people like to delete photos?
Why do some people like to keep photos?
Has the way people take photos changed?

Describe a person who you think is especially helpful.

Who this person is?
How do you know this person?
How this person helps you?
Why do you think this person is helpful?

Follow up Questions

Do people nowadays help others more than in the past?
Who should teach children to help others? Parents or teachers?
In what kind of professions do people help others more?
Why are some people willing to help others?

Describe an activity you enjoy doing occasionally that is a bit expensive.

What activity it is?
When and where you do this?
Who do you do it with?
Why do you enjoy doing it?

Describe an interesting tradition in your country.

What the tradition is?
When do you celebrate it?
How do you celebrate it?
Why it is interesting?

Describe an ambition you’ve had for a long time.

What the goal is?
What you will do it to achieve it?
When you will achieve it?
Why do you want to achieve it?

Follow up Questions

What kinds of ambition do people have?
Why should parents encourage children to have ambitions?
Should parents interfere with children’s ambitions?
Is there any difference of ambition of grown-ups and that of children?

Describe an occasion when you forgot something important.

What did you forget?
Why you forgot it?
When it was?
How did you feel about it?

Describe a dinner that you enjoyed

what who organised this meal and where you had it
what you talked about during the meal
what you ate and drank
why you enjoyed it

Describe a polluted place

where it is
when you visited this place
what kinds of pollution you saw there
and explain how this place was affected

Describe an occasion when you wore your best clothes

what the occasion was
what you wore
where you bought the clothes
what other people at the occasion thought of your clothes

Describe an occasion when family member asked you for help

who asked you for help
when it was
how you felt
how you felt about it

Describe a big company you are interested in

what the company is
how you know about it
what kind of business this company does

Why you are interested in this company and explain how you feel about it

Describe a friend who is a good leader

who this person is
how you know this person
how this person behaves
why you think this person is a good leader

Describe a sport you want to try in the future

what the sport is
whether it will be easy or difficult
what you would have to do for it
why you want to do it

Describe a mistake that you once made.

What the mistake was
When and where you made it
How you felt about it
How this mistake affected you

Describe a country (or culture) that you want to know more about

What it is
Where it is
How you know about it
Why it is interesting

Describe a programme or app that you think is useful

what it is
how you know it
how to use it
explain why it is useful

Describe a (long) car journey you went on

Where you went
What you did there
Who you went there with
Why you went there by car

Describe a place where you frequently relax

What the place is
How often do you go there
What do you do there
Why do you feel relaxed there

Describe an old person you respect

Who this person is
How do you know this person
What do you like to do together
How do you feel about this person

Describe a person you are happy to know

Who this person is
How do you know this person
What do you like to do together
How do you feel about this person or why you are happy to know this

Describe a risk you’ve taken which had a positive result

What it was
Why you took it
What the result was
How you felt about it

Describe a city you’ve been to and want to visit again

What city it was
When you went there
What you did there
Why you liked it

Describe a film that made you think a lot

What the film was about
When and where you watched it
Whether you liked it or disliked it
Why it made you think a lot

Describe an occasion when you got lost

Where it was
What happened
How you felt
How you found your way

Describe a person who taught you a skill when you were a child

Who the person was
What skills they taught you
How they taught you
Why do you think it is important

Describe something you enjoyed doing with a group of people

What it was
Where you did it
Who you were with
Why you liked it

Describe a public building you like to visit

Where this building is
What it looks like
What it is used for
Explain why you like it

Describe a time when you played an indoor game

What the game was
Who you played it with
When and where you played it, how you played it
Explain why you liked it

Describe a time when you were surprised to meet a friend

When it was
Who you met
Where it was
Explain why you were surprised to meet him/her

Describe an occasion when you wasted your time

What you did
Where it was
When it was
Explain why you think it was a waste of time

Follow up Questions

How can we avoid wasting time?
Is time management important?
Should parents help children manage time?
Do you think relaxing is a waste of time?

Describe an occasion when someone or something made noise

Who or what made the noise
What the noise was like
What you did
How you felt about it

Follow up Questions

Where can people hear a lot of noise?
What may happen when someone listens to very loud music using headphones when they are running or hiking?
What can be done to reduce traffic noise?
Do you think the world will be noisier in the future?

Describe a small successful business you know

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what business it is
how you know about it
what products it sells
who the customers are
whether you like it or not

Describe a person who has apologized to you

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who this person is
when this happened
what this person said for apologizing
explain how you felt about the apology

Describe a family member that you spend a lot of time with

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who this person is
what this person looks like
what you like to do with him or her
explain why you like this person

Describe an interesting animal you have seen

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what it looks like
when you saw it
where you saw it

and explain why it was interesting

Describe a time you went to a crowded place

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what place it was
when you went there
who you went with
what people do there
why you liked or disliked it

Describe a change that can improve your local area

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what place needs to be improved
how often you go there
what you dislike about this public place
what should be done

Describe your dream home

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what kind of accommodation it will be
where it will be
if it will be big or small
what it will look like

Describe a situation when you helped someone

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what the situation was
who the person was
how you helped them
how you felt after helping them

Describe a job you would not like to do in the future

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what it is
how it is done
whether you think it’s easy or difficult
explain why you don’t want to do it

Describe an important journey that was delayed

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where you were going
why it was delayed
how it affected your plans
how you felt

Describe an important skill you learned

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what this skill was
when you learned it
how you learned it
why it was important

Describe an important text message that you received

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what sms it was
when you received it
how you felt
why it was important

Describe one time when the weather broke your plans

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what you planned
when and where you were
what kind of weather it was
explain why you couldn’t finish what you did

Describe an experience when you couldn’t use a mobile phone

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what you did
when it was
where it was
why you were not allowed to use a mobile phone

Describe a challenge that you met/faced recently

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what it was
when it happened
how you faced it

Why it was a challenge and explain how you feel about it

Describe an article on health that you read online or in a magazine

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what the article was about
where you read it
why you read it

and explain how you felt about it

Describe an exciting event

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what it was
when and where it was
who you were with
why you were excited

Follow up Questions

Why do so many young people spend a lot of money on concerts?
Do you think older people like the same music as young people?
Do you think music concerts are suitable for old people to attend?
Why do shopping malls often have background music?

Describe a uniform you wear/uniform you have worn

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what it is like
when you wear it
who bought it for you

and explain how you feel about it

Describe a trip that you went on by public transport

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where you went
what means of transport you took
who you were with
how you felt about the trip

Describe a goal you achieved

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what it was
why you wanted it
what you did to get your goal

And explain how you felt about it

Describe something you bought that was hard to use at first

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what it was and where you bought it
why it was hard to use
how you started using it successfully
how you felt about it

Describe a project or some work that you did with others as a member of a team

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what the team was like
why you joined it
what you did
how you felt about it

Describe a person in the news you want to meet

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who this person is
how you know this person
what he or she is like
why you want to meet him or her

Describe a person who taught you something important

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who this person is
what this person taught you
how they taught you
why you think it was important

Describe a performance or show you enjoyed watching

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what performance it was
when and where it was
who were the performers
why you liked it

Describe a person who you have lived with before

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who this person is
when you lived with this person
why you lived with this person
how you felt about living with this person

Describe an interesting neighbor

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who this person is
how often you see him or her
how long you have known this neighbor
why you consider this person interesting

Describe something you brought from a tourist attraction

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what it was
when it was
where you brought it from
why you brought it

Describe an advertisement you remember well

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what type of advert it was
what it advertised
where you saw or heard it
how it influenced you

Describe a person who has interesting ideas and opinions

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who this person is
what this person does
how you know this person
why you think his or her ideas are interesting

Describe something difficult you would like to succeed in doing

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what it is
why it is difficult
how you would like to prepare for it
why you would like to be successful in it

Describe a dinner that you had with your friends

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who organized this dinner, where you had it
what you talked about during the meal
what you ate and drank
why you had this meal with your friends

Describe a time you missed an appointment

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what the appointment was
when and where it was
why you forgot about it
how you felt

Describe an occasion when a family member asked you for help

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who asked you for help
when it was
how you felt
how you felt about it

Describe water sports you want to try in the future

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what the sport is
whether it will be easy or difficult
what you would have to do for it
why you want to do it

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