February 6, 2020 - IELTS BAND7

IELTS Cue Card Sample Questions # Marriage

February 6, 2020 IELTS Research

Marriage is a relationship that is made in heaven, the kind where two souls meet to have a beautiful life. However, in today’s time, people often get into relationships quicker than most people change their clothes. Sometimes, therefore these relationships do not work out. People then believe that there is a fault in marriage as an institution. Everyone can have their own opinion about things, but this time we are looking at a cue card on marriage.

Describe a happily married couple. You should say:

how do you know them?

how long is their marriage?

what do you like about their marriage?

Also, explain, why do you think they are happily married?

IELTS Marry Ghaziabad

SAMPLE ANSWER

I have been quite sceptical about marriages for a long period of time until a very close friend of mine got married. Today I am going to talk about her marriage. There are very few close comrades that I have but out of them, a special friend of mine got married last year. It was an arranged marriage and to me it felt like the biggest mistake she has done! Her husband is a techie and she is a travel blogger. I felt she will have to compromise on her career to ensure her relationship works fine.

I met here a few months back, to know that her husband is completely supportive of her career and respects her choices. She told me about an incident where she had got a big assignment and it collided with the marriage of an important person in their family. Her husband, without informing her, told everyone in the family that they would not be able to make it because of his work priorities. For me it was a beautiful gesture.

It has only been a year and I have met the guy just a few times but we have become really good friends in the short course of time. It feels more like a family and I really love them as a couple. The one thing that I believe makes their marriage work, is irrespective of the differences they have, they respect each other and their choices. The fact that no one is forcing oneself on others, I believe makes them the best couple I have ever met.

STRONG WORDS

WORDS	MEANING
sceptical	doubting that something is true or useful
arranged marriage	a marriage planned and agreed by the families or guardians of the couple concerned.
techie	a person who is expert in or enthusiastic about technology, especially computing
compromise	an agreement or settlement of a dispute that is reached by each side making concessions
supportive	providing encouragement or emotional help
collided	come into conflict or opposition
gesture	a movement of part of the body, especially a hand or the head, to express an idea or meaning