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A sports stadium which is important in your city

IELTS Cue Card/ Candidate Task Card 284 with Model Answer: Describe a sports stadium which is important in your city. You should say: where it is how often you go there what people do there and explain why you think it is important.    [You will have to talk about the topic for one to two minutes. You have one minute to think about what you're going to say. You can make some notes to help you if you wish.] Model Answer: Kathmandu - the city where I was born and have been living in for the last two decades - is a beautiful city and has many special places. This city has a remarkable sports stadium, and it is mainly used for several sports-related activities. I have been to this stadium several times, and for this nice topic, I would like to talk about it. The name of this sports stadium is "Dasarath Stadium". "Dashrath Chand" is a martyr of Nepal, and the name came after this great hero. I believe it is quite important for our city as it hosts ...

Describe a creative inventor or scientist you know

IELTS Cue Card/ Candidate Task Card 283 with Model Answer: Describe a creative inventor or scientist you know about. You should say: who this person is/was what this person does/did how you know this person and explain why you think this person is a creative scientist or inventor.   [You will have to talk about the topic for one to two minutes. You have one minute to think about what you're going to say. You can make some notes to help you if you wish.] Model Answer 1: Mr Yushuki Kawatara is an emerging scientist in Hong Kong and is well-known for inventing alternative sources of energy for various purposes. He is not world-famous, like many other celebrated scientists or inventors in the world, but he still has great contributions to Hong Kong and neighbouring regions. For this topic, I will describe this scientist whom I have known for a long, and whom I admire a lot. We need energy in our everyday life, and we must pay for it. This energy is mostly fossil fuel,...

Describe a tall building in your hometown you like or dislike

IELTS Cue Card/ Candidate Task Card 282 with Model Answer: Describe a tall building in your hometown you like or dislike. You should say: where this building is what it looks like what it is used for and explain why you like or dislike this building.   [You will have to talk about the topic for one to two minutes. You have one minute to think about what you're going to say. You can make some notes to help you if you wish.] Model Answer: The number of high-rising buildings is on the rise in my country, and we have many tall buildings with great architects and outlooks. This is a residential town in the West Region of the country, and tall edifices are abundant all around this city. For this topic, I will talk about no other structure than a 40 storied multi-purpose building in which I live. The building that I am talking about is gracefully called "Sky Lotus", which is located in a residential area in the West Region of Singapore. It is just 15 minutes wa...

Childhood activity that you used to do after school

IELTS Cue Card/ Candidate Task Card 281 with Model Answer: Describe a childhood activity that you used to do after school. You should say: what it was how long you did that how often you did this and explain why you no longer do it.   [You will have to talk about the topic for one to two minutes. You have one minute to think about what you're going to say. You can make some notes to help you if you wish.]

Describe your favourite location for swimming

IELTS Cue Card/ Candidate Task Card 280 with Model Answer: Describe your favourite place/location for swimming. You should say: where it is how often you visit this place who do you go there with and explain why this is your favourite place/location for swimming.  [You will have to talk about the topic for one to two minutes. You have one minute to think about what you're going to say. You can make some notes to help you if you wish.] Model Answer: Swimming is good exercise and essential for keeping good health. So, I regularly swim at a local swimming club here in my city. The swimming club is not far away from my home. For this topic, I am going to talk about this place, which is also my favourite place to swim, where I often go swimming. The club has three outdoor and two indoor swimming pools which are accessible only by its members. It is located around 400 metres north of my residence. I can walk this distance and I often walk there in the early morning to sw...

Describe a special meal you would like to have

IELTS Cue Card/ Candidate Task Card 279 with Model Answer: Describe a special meal you would like to have. You should say: where you would like to have it who you would like to have it with what you would like to eat and explain how you would feel about the meal. [You will have to talk about the topic for one to two minutes. You have one minute to think about what you're going to say. You can make some notes to help you if you wish.] Model Answer 1: Introduction: I am a bit more cautious about the food and drinks that I intake than most people perhaps because I have some food allergies. However, this mild condition of mine does not deter me from enjoying foods that I love from time to time. Today, for this topic, I would like to describe a really special meal that I want to enjoy. where you would like to have it: I would like to enjoy this special meal in the town where I grew up and stayed until my teenage time. It is around 140 kilometres away from our current resid...

A place in another country where you would like to work

IELTS Cue Card/ Candidate Task Card 278 with Model Answer: Describe a place in another country where you would like to work. You should say: where you would like to work what kind of work/job you would like to have there when you would like to go and explain why you want to work in that place.   [You will have to talk about the topic for one to two minutes. You have one minute to think about what you're going to say. You can make some notes to help you if you wish.] Model Answer 1: If I am ever given the opportunity, I would like to work at Google Inc., one of the leading Information Technology-related companies in the world. The corporate headquarter of this company is called Googleplex and is located at 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway in Mountain View, California in USA. As a software developer, I would prefer to work in the same position or perhaps as a project manager in this company where I would be responsible to write programming codes in Java and Python langua...

When you had to disagree or oppose your manager at work

IELTS Cue Card/ Candidate Task Card 277 with Model Answer: Describe a time when you had to disagree or oppose your manager at work. You should say: what it was about why you had to disagree or oppose your manager how you felt after that and explain what the outcome of this was. [You will have to talk about the topic for one to two minutes. You have one minute to think about what you're going to say. You can make some notes to help you if you wish.] Model Answer 1: Introduction: In our professional life, there come situations when we have to rely on our instincts even if it means that we need to contradict or oppose our superiors. Today, for this topic, I will talk about one such event when I had to oppose my manager in my office. What it was about: It was about two years ago, and I was working under my manager - Mr David, in a manufacturing company as a junior executive. Even though I was capable enough, and I believe I had proved that several times, my manager though...

Science subject that you studied and liked

IELTS Cue Card/ Candidate Task Card 276 with Model Answer: Describe a science subject that you studied and liked in school or college. You should say: what it was why you chose it how can you use it in your life and explain what you liked the best about this subject.   [You will have to talk about the topic for one to two minutes. You have one minute to think about what you're going to say. You can make some notes to help you if you wish.]

Describe a time when you were very busy

IELTS Cue Card/ Candidate Task Card 275 with Model Answer: Describe a time when you were very busy. You should say: when it was what you had to do during that time how you managed it and explain how you felt about being so busy.   [You will have to talk about the topic for one to two minutes. You have one minute to think about what you're going to say. You can make some notes to help you if you wish.]