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What is it
How long have you been using it
Detailed information about the website
and explain why you often browse this 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
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.
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
Im 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.
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
Im 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.
How it looks
Possible Answer:
My study room and living room is the same one and I spend most of my time in this room
whenever I am home. Its a square size room that has been painted in white colour. It has got 2
doors, 2 windows, one attached bathroom and a north facing veranda. The bed is placed
beside the bigger window. Warm and fresh air keeps the room healthy for breathing. Among
other possessions Ive got a computer desk, a bed table, a wardrobe, 2 bookshelves, one
reading desk, one bed table, and a dressing table. One bookshelf is full of novels and story
books and the other one with academic books. I keep my notepads, diary, boxes and other
necessary things amid of the study desk. I read mostly on my desk and sometimes on my bed.
In case of story books, I prefer to read in bed. For academic reading and writing I mostly use
my desk. My study room has not got plenty of luxurious furniture but I keep my things
organized and clean. In day time I keep my windows and prefer not to turn on the light. My
mother sometimes takes the authority to arrange and clean the room. I have arranged my story
books based on Author and the academic books on Subject.
My study room and living room gives me comfort in terms of quietness. Sometimes I pick my
chair on the Veranda and lit a table light and read book there at night. There are several other
rooms in our house but my study room is quite soothing to me. I feel more comfortable at my
study room than any other room in our house.
Tips for talking about this cue card topic:
While describing your study room you should say if this is a separate room or you use your
bed room for study. If this is a separate room say if this is private study room or is it shared by
other family members. This cue card usually expects you to be able to talk about the details of
your reading room so give every details possible including the dimension, colour, size of the
room and even the number of window, door and balcony. Then give details about the
furnitures and books you have there. Explain why this is an ideal place for study and how
often you read there. you will have 1 minute to prepare for the cue card and within this one
minute picture an ideal study room using your imagination and take points of those. Then one
And explain why it was the best gift / present you have received ever.
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 wont 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 its the best gift/
present I have ever received.
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.
Where it is located
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.
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:
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.
When it happened
Where it happened
What it was
If you can talk about this cue card, you should be able to answer the following
cue cards as well:
1.
2.
3.
4.
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.
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.
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, its 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:
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, childrens 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
National Museum, New Delhi;
Indian Museum, Kolkata;
Salarjung Museum, Hyderabad;
Government Museum, Bangalore;
Victoria Memorial, Kolkata;
Indonesia
National Museum of Indonesia;
Jakarta History Museum;
Museum of PKI Treason;
Bali Museum;
USA
Metropo
Guggen
Nationa
Philade
Hirshho
Australia
Malaysia
Singap
Peranak
Asian C
Nationa
Vietnam
War Remnants Museum;
Pakistan
Lahore Museum;
National Museum of Pakistan
Iran
Nationa
Azadi M
Spain
Reina Sofa;
Institut Valenci d'Art Modern;
Guggenheim;
CaixaForum Barcelona;
MACBA;
Turkey
Istanbul Modern;
UK
British M
Natural
Victoria
Nationa
Royal A
Tate Mo
Russia
Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts;
State Historical Museum;
State Hermitage;
State Darwin Museum;
State Russian Museum;
Zurab Tsereteli's Art Gallery;
Novosibirsk State Art Museum;
Moscow Kremlin;
China
Nanjing Educational Museum;
Capital Museum;
Tianjin Museum;
The National Museum of China;
The Capital Museum;
Beijing Planetarium;
Xibaipo Memorial;
Kazakh
Abai Ku
Museum
Almaty
Central
Geology
Kazakh
Thailand
Royal Barge Museum;
Museum of Siam;
Bang Khun Thien Museum;
Bangkok Planetarium;
Prasart Museum;
Italy
Vatican Museums, Rome;
Galleria Palatina, Florence;
Musei Capitolini, Rome;
Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan;
Greece
Acropol
Nationa
Athens;
Benaki
Athinais
Athens
Archaeo
Nepal
National Museum of Nepal;
Iraq
National Museum of Iraq;
Japan
Tokyo N
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.
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:
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:
If you have any plan to visit this country in the future. If so why would you
like to go there.
Some other topics you should be able to answer if you preparer for this cue card topic:
1.
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4.
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8.
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 partners 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 wont
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.
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:
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 behaves very politely with all and never discriminates among
students.
Apart from teaching s/he does some social works, creative stuffs and or
anything which is beneficial for others.
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.
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 relatives 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.
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.
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.