ielts speaking cue cards

IELTS
SPEAKING

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Describe your
favourite
photograph.
Where was the photo
taken?
Who took the photo?
What can be seen
from the photo?
Explain why it is the
favourite photograph
for you.

Talk about a subject
you are studying.
What subject are you
studying?
What is the subject
about?

How do you feel
about it?
Explain why you are
interested in it.

Describe a
restaurant you
know.
Where is this
restaurant?
What type of food
does this restaurant
serve?
How often do you go
to this restaurant?
Explain why you
would recommend
this restaurant.
Describe an artist
or entertainer you
admire.
Who are they and
what do they do?
How did they
become successful?
How did you find out
about them?
Explain why you
admire them.

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Describe your
favourite movie.
What’s the name of
the film?
What’s the theme of
the film?
Why do you like it?

Describe a special
occasion in your
life.
Where did it take
place?
When did it take
place?
Who was there?
Explain your feelings
on this occasion.

Describe one of the
shopping centres
you often go to.

Where is the
shopping centre?
How often do you go
to the centre?
Why do you often go
to it and its
characteristics?

Describe your
holidays.
Where do you go for
the holidays and how
long do them last?
Who do you go with?
Talk about any
interesting things
happening during
your holidays.

Describe an old
person that you
know.
What is your
relationship with this
person?
How often do you
see them?
What do people think
about this person?
Explain why you like

them.

Describe a lake, a
river or a sea you
have visited.
Where is this lake?
How often have you
visited it?
What activities you
do there?
Explain why you like
this particular place.

Describe a TV show
that you enjoy.
What type of show is
it?
How often is it on?
How popular is it with
other people in your
country?
Explain why you like
it.

Describe something
you own which is
very important to
you.
Who gave it to you?
What is it? How long

have you had it?
Explain what it
means to you.

Describe an
important choice
you had to make in
your life.
When did you have
to make this choice?
What did you have to
choice between?
Did you make a good
choice or not?
Explain how you felt
when you were
making this choice.

Describe an object
you particularly
like.
What is it and what
does it look like?
What is it made of?
What is it for?
Explain why it is
special for you.

Describe a present
you have given

someone.
Who did you give it
to?
What kind of present
was it?
How did this present
compare to other
presents you have
given?
Explain why you
decided to give this
particular gift.
Describe something
healthy you enjoy
doing.
What is it that you
do?
Where do you do it?
Who do you do it
with?
Explain why you
think doing this is
healthy.

Describe a game or
sport you enjoy
playing.
What kind of sport is
it?
Who do you play it

with?
Where do you play
it?
Explain why you
enjoy playing it.

Describe a song or
piece of music you
like.
What's the song or
piece of music?
What kind of song or
piece of music is it?
Where did you first
hear it?
Explain why you like
it.


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Describe a website
you often browse.
What's the website's
name?
How long have you

been using it?
What details or
information about the
website can you
give?
Explain why you
often browse this
website.

Describe the best
gift/ present you
have received.
What is the gift?
Who sent it to you?
When did you
receive it?
Explain why it was
the best gift / present
you have ever
received.

Describe a subject
taught in your
school.
What was it and who
taught it?
How was it taught?
What did you learn
from the class?
Explain how it helped

you.

Describe a teacher
who has influenced
you in your
education.
Where did you meet
him/her?
What subject did
he/she teach?
What was special
about him/her?
Explain why this
person influenced
you so much.

Describe a foreign
country you have
never been to.
Where is this
country?
When will you go
there?
Why would you like
to go there?
Explain why this is a
good country to visit.

Describe what you
usually do in your

leisure time.
What do you do?
Who do you do it
with?
Where do you do it?
Explain why you like
to spend your free
time this way.

Describe an
important
decision/choice
that you made in
your life.
What was the
decision?
When did you make
this decision?
What was the result
of your decision and
was it a good or bad
result?
Explain why it was an
important decision or
choice for you.
Describe a place
that you like to go
to.
Where is this place?
How do you get

there?
What does it look
like?
Explain why you like
this place.

Describe someone
you know who is a
good cook.
Who is this person?
How do you know
him/her?
What kinds of food
does he/she cook?
Explain why this
person is good at
cooking.

Describe a bad
weather experience
you have had.
What sort of bad
weather was it?
When did it happen?
Where were you
when it happened?
Explain how it
affected you.

Describe your

favourite animal.
What kind of animal
is it?
Describe it briefly.
Why do you like the
animal?
Explain why it is your
favourite animal.

Describe a stressful
day at
school/university/w
ork.
How did the day
start?
How did things go
wrong?
Who were the people
involved?
Explain why it was
stressful.

Describe a
traditional meal that
you prepare in your
country on special
occasions.
When do you eat that
meal?
How do you prepare

it?
What ingredients are
used to prepare it?
Explain why this meal
is prepared on
special occasions.

A product you
bought and was
dissatisfied about.
What was the
product?
Where did you buy it
from?
What was not
satisfying?
Explain what you did
about the product.

Describe a difficult
thing you did well.
What was the difficult
thing? How did you
do it?
Why or how it was
difficult.
Explain what it taught
you.

Describe an

unusual or
interesting thing
you did recently.
Where did you do it?
When did you do it?
Who did you do it
with?
Explain why it was
unusual or
interesting.

Talk about the most
important benefit of
the internet.
What is it?
Why do you prefer it?
How can students
take advantages of
it?
Explain the
importance of it in
your country.

Describe a piece of
modern technology
you own.
What is it?
What do you use it
for?
How long you have

owned it?
Explain why it is
important to you.