August 14, 2023 - IELTS BAND7

CUE CARD – Describe a colorful event.

August 14, 2023 IELTS Research

Speaking -Part 2 (Cue Card)

Describe a colorful event.

You should say:

What the event was?

Why it was so colorful?

What happened at the event?

And describe how you felt attending that event.

Sample Answer

An individual has to attend several events and occasions in his/her life. I too had enjoyed many functions related to different themes, but I am going to talk about a specific one which I most recently experienced. Pacing back to the month of March, the society in which I live organized an event to celebrate the festival of colors, which in India is popularly known as “Holi”. This festival is celebrated each year with zeal and enthusiasm by the followers of Hindu religion. While celebrating this festival, people plat with colors and have a varied selection of dishes to choose from. All the members of our locality contributed a fixed amount to the chosen president for this function. Ever since this function was decided to be celebrated, everyone had been keenly looking forward for it to arrive. On the day of the event, all of the members were full of joy and happiness. On a long table, different colors were placed on plates for the people to use and play with. Everyone there was exchanging greetings and sweets with each other. One could feel the togetherness present in the air that day. Big speakers blew in full volume with amazing Bollywood songs to set the mood of fun. Colors flew in the air as everyone was splashing on them on each other. Some were even using colored water through water cannons. There was harmony among all of us. To sum up, I’d say that it was one of the events where I felt the most present in the moment. It gave me a new beginning as I forgot all the hatred and sorrow that I had faced before this celebration.

STRONG WORDS

Word	Meaning	Sentence
Contributed	Provide something	Harsh contributed the highest for the party.
Enthusiasm	Confidence	Her enthusiasm persuaded other participants to get through the tasks.

Speaking -Part 3 (Follow up questions)
Here are some examples of follow up questions that examiner may ask during your speaking (part 3) related to cue card ‘Describe a colorful event’.

Q1. How do people celebrate public events?

In my opinion, it mostly depends on the type of the function. But in almost all events, a lot of varied food items are served, friends gather together to have chit-chat with each other and sometimes even enjoy deinks of their likings. These events are full of excitement and cheerfulness.

Q2. Do you think it is important to celebrate events?

Well, I partially agree with this statement as even though I do believe that life’s a short path and every little achievement deserves its own celebration, however, not everybody on this planet is fortunate enough to conduct a grand celebration due to limited financial resources.