Vidhi Dhanola, Author at IELTS BAND7

CUE CARD – Describe a popular place for sports.

June 13, 2023 Vidhi Dhanola

Speaking -Part 2 (Cue Card)

Describe a popular place for sports.

You should say:

Where is it?

When you went there?

What you did there?

And explain how you went their?

Sample Answer

Well, I am someone who loves to play sports and so today, I would like to throw some light on one of my favorite places where I love to play. The place is a park named as Ramsay’s, and is just a minute’s distance away from my house. The park is quite big and includes amenities for all sorts of age groups.

I first went their with my father when I was ten years old, as the city was new for me. Ever since then, it became more of a daily ritual to go there and sometimes I used to go there alone as well, just so as to enjoy with friends which I made there itself. Every evening at 5.00, I used to go there and play myriad of games with my friends who were mostly residing in the colony. I used to play volleyball, hide and seek and many other sports. Since the park was huge, old people used to stroll around the park, meanwhile young boys play football and basketball.

To be very honest, I have very fond memories attached to my childhood days, and if I ever get a chance to relive those days, I would certainly do that without giving it a second thought. The park is still there and is quite popular among people as everyone goes there to enjoy and play sports.

Thus, this is a popular place for sports.

STRONG WORDS

Word	Meaning	Sentence
Passion	Enthusiasm to do something	I have a passion for dance.
Zeal	Great energy or enthusiasm	I have a zeal to learn guitar.

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 popular place for sports’.

Q1. Do young children like to do sports?

Definitely, youngsters are very much into sports. Especially, in today’s time when the government is being so supportive and promoting Indian sportsperson globally. Children are more enthusiastic and have the zeal to make a career out of it.

Q2. What are the benefits of sports to children?

There are end number of advantages of playing sports. Firstly, a sportsperson is always fit and fine both physically and mentally. They are more disciplined and consistent with their practice, followed by a balanced diet. Moreover, some individuals are actually able to shape their passion for sports into profession, where they are not only able to represent our country internationally, but also earn a handsome salary as well.

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CUE CARD – Describe an advertisement you do not like.

June 7, 2023 Vidhi Dhanola

Speaking -Part 2 (Cue Card)

Describe an advertisement you do not like.

You should say:

When did you see it?

What it is about?

Where you saw it/how you came to know about it?

Why you did not like it?

Sample Answer

There are a lot of advertisements which I watch in my daily life. But today I would like to talk about an advertisement which I do not like. It is a face cream, which somehow manages to promote the unreal beauty standards in the society. I saw it for the very first time when I was watching a movie on television and had a short break of five minutes. The cream was named fair and lovely, which sounded really messed up to me, as it convinced many young girls to adopt irrelevant beauty standards in order to seek validation and feel accepted by the society.
I personally did not like it because it was really disturbing for me to watch young girls purchasing it, just so that they can look fairer, depriving them of their natural skin color and adding on to the unrealistic beauty standards. This advertisement somehow promotes the idea of perfect beauty, which ofcourse is a myth.

Therefore, this is an advertisement I do not like and support.

STRONG WORDS

Word	Meaning	Sentence
Myth	misconception	There are a lot of myths associated with the Indian culture.
Deprive	strip	Women have long been deprived of their rights.

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 an advertisement you do not like.’.

Q1. Do people usually buy stuff after watching advertisements?

I definitely think so, because nowadays the products are advertised and marketed every few minutes, which grabs the attention of the audience, thereby slowly convincing them to buy the products.

Q2. Is music useful in advertising?

Well, yes. Music is very important in advertising things, as it helps to gain more viewership, which in turn leads to higher number of purchases.

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CUE CARD – Describe a website which helped you to do something/ website you visit often/ use regularly.

May 31, 2023 Vidhi Dhanola

Speaking -Part 2 (Cue Card)

Describe a website which helped you to do something/ website you visit often/ use regularly.

You should say:

Which site is it?

How did you know about it?

How did it help?

Why do you visit it often?

Sample Answer

With the advent of technology, it is readily apparent that we are heading towards a technologically advanced future. Nowadays, internet has a lot of websites which one can scroll and surf through. But today, I would like to talk about a site which I quite often visit for my research papers and assignments. The name of the website is Merriam webster.

I came to know about it when I was in second year of my college and my English professor gave me a dissertation of thirty thousand words on a topic. I was very much stressed, as I have never done any such research before. So, I seek help from my seniors who were then in the final year of the college. One of my seniors named Shreya then introduced me to the website where I was actually able to find a lot about the different words, their meanings , followed by synonyms and antonyms.

The website was quite helpful in my research, as it helped me with the names and pronounciation of certain words around which my research revolved. It was because of that, I was actually able to complete my thesis before time, and not only that, I also recieved high grade in my research, for which I was presented with a fellowship of 5000 Rupees. Ever since then, I have been using that website for my study related purposes, like assignments and projects.

Therefore, this was a website which helped me to do something important.

STRONG WORDS

Word	Meaning	Sentence
Halt	stop	Everything came to a halt during Covid pandemic.
Imperative	of utmost importance	A balanced diet is imperative to good health.

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 website which helped you to do something/ website you visit often/ use regularly’.

Q1. Will the internet replace teacher one day?

I do not think so, because teachers are imperative to a child’s good academics. Physical interaction between a teacher and a student is must. In fact sometimes when students have any doubts, teacher tries to come up with creative ways of solving them, which is not the case with the computers.

Q2. Can internet help the children with studies?

Definitely, Infact I strongly feel that most of the studies today are possible because of internet itself. Even during pandemic, when everything came to a halt, the major part of the syllabus was covered through zoom classes and google meet, followed by online exams as well.

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CUE CARD – Describe a place you visited that has been affected by pollution

May 30, 2023 Vidhi Dhanola

Speaking -Part 2 (Cue Card)

Describe a place you visited that has been affected by pollution.

You should say:

Where is it?

When you visited there?

What kind of pollution you saw there?

And explain how this place was affected?

Sample Answer

In the name of globalisation and development, we have somehow managed to ruin our natural habitat by exploiting resources. As a result of this, the levels of pollution has increased drastically. Today, I would like to shed some light on one of the world’s most polluted cities, Delhi.

I went there few years back, when I was in my final year of graduation. My bosom friend, Riya who was then my roommate took me there to shop for her sister’s wedding. It was a three day stay, we booked a hotel in advance.

The thing which startled me the most was the air. The moment we reached there, the air was so much polluted that one could clearly make out the difference. The city had tall apartments, industries and high rise buildings which all came at the cost of natural environment. The air pollution is predominantly due to the smoke from the vehicles which comes as a result of burning petroleum or diesel. The expulsion of these harmful gases in the air from the factories or industries is what is responsible for the bad air. The levels of oxygen has decreased in the air whereas the rise in the carbon monoxide and other nitrogenous gases is particularly responsible for the severe health concerns like, breathing problems such as asthma, bronchitis and skin allergy and irritation followed by acute migrane. Initial few days I was sick, but then with consistent medication i was finally able to get back on my feet. It was only then, that I was finally able to go for shopping for the wedding.

Therefore, this was a place where there was a lot of pollution.

STRONG WORDS

Word	Meaning	Sentence
Poaching	illegal hunting	Poaching of tigers for their skin should be banned.
Exploit	make use of	We should not exploit nature for our selfish needs.

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 place you visited that has been affected by pollution’.

Q1. What kind of pollution are serious in your country?

There are several sorts of pollution that are widespread in my country. The most prominent ones are water pollution and air pollution.

Q2. What can individuals do to protect our environment?

There are a lot of key steps that one must take to preserve nature, like planting more and more trees in order to recover the lost forest cover. Government should implement strict code of conduct in areas which is surrounded by forests and should impose penalty on illegal hunting and poaching of animals.

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Near Ballupur Chowk, Dehradun

9634777700

7249900007

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Parsvnath Plaza, Saharanpur

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