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IELTS Cue Card # Describe a place you visited that has been affected by pollution

Describe a place you visited that has been affected by pollution.
You should say:
– Where is it
– When you visited this place
– What kind of pollution you saw there
And explain how this problem can be solved

Sample Answer

Humans have shown negligence towards the care of mother nature over the past few decades, the result of which can now be perceived. Pollution can broadly be classified into three types – Air, Water and land pollution. Air pollution is the major reason for global warming and climate change. While water pollution is responsible for destroying water-based ecosystem. Whereas land pollution has even disastrous effects like soil and groundwater poisoning.
Today I’m going to talk about the alarming air pollution levels I experienced in Delhi. It was during winters last year when I visited Delhi to see my aunt after so long. Delhi had changed a lot since my last visit. I was shocked to see smog all around the place that even the air felt so heavy to breathe.
Once I reached my aunt’s house I enquired about the abnormal air quality levels but she told me that these levels were normal here. Such poor quality of air had adversely affected the lives of people in Delhi, causing irreversible lung damage to children and also increasing the risk of cancer, epilepsy, and diabetes. Prolonged exposure to such poor air quality causes migraine, lung cancer and even early death.
I believe no government policies or external efforts can improve the air quality in Delhi, it is the people of Delhi who have to come up with changes in their lifestyle to handle this situation. More use of public transports should be adopted, usage of Electric vehicle must be promoted rather than polluting petrol or diesel engines, avoid burning plastic wastes and using fans instead of Air conditioners can be some helpful measures.
Such small but regular efforts would gradually change the air pollution levels in Delhi.

Follow up questions:

Q1. What kinds of pollution are there in your country?
Answer: In India, there are almost all kinds of pollution, be it marine pollution, air, land or noise pollution. All together these pollution have led to drastic climate change in my country, due to which there is also a loss of biodiversity.

Q2. Are people concerned about environmental problems in your country?
Answer: Yes, there are some people in my country who are concerned about the environmental problems. In fact I know a few environmentalists who are actually working hard to decrease the pollution levels in our country and persuading others to be eco friendly.

Q2. Do you believe climate change is a serious problem?
Answer: Yes, I believe climate change is a major problem now that the whole world is facing. It has led to extreme weather conditions in different countries. Last year due to climate change there was a glacier burst in my state Uttarakhand which caused massive destruction in the region. Hence it is one of the most serious problems nowadays.

 

IELTS Cue Card # Describe something or someone that made a lot of noise.

Describe something or someone that made a lot of noise.
You should say

 

• Who or what made the noise?
• What was the noise like?
• What did you do when you heard the noise?
• And how you feel about it?

Sample Answer:

We come across different kinds of noises that disturb us daily as there is a lot of noise pollution in India. So, I am going to talk about one such instance where a fan made a raucous. It was the time of summers and I was sitting in the examination hall, ready to give my entrance exam for IIT. It was an old government school building which had a worn out fan on the ceiling.
It constantly made a caterwauling sound which broke my concentration and I couldn’t properly focus on my exam. I could feel that it was disturbing almost every candidate sitting in the hall but we all knew we had to take control of our senses and outperform in the test, as everybody had been preparing for it since last two years. It was scorching hot so we couldn’t even think of turning it off. I felt that it was galling to have such a problem during an important exam. However, I knew how important that exam was for me, I gathered all my senses, took a deep breath and gave my best to the exam. Once the time ran out everyone started going out of the exam hall, I could again hear the shriek sound of the fan but this time it didn’t irritate me and I felt joyful that my exam went well.
Today when I look back I realised that one should always have the skill to have a control over their senses and focus on what is more important.

Follow Up Questions:

Q1. Where can people hear a lot of noise in your country?
Answer: As there is a lot of noise pollution in India, people can hear all sorts of noises at public places like bus stations, railway stations, malls and on the roads where there is a huge traffic. Apart from that, in India, various kinds of processions like religious and weddings keep happening which creates a lot of raucous.

Q2. What can be done to reduce traffic noise?
Answer: The government can make strict rules about unnecessarily honking and this should be considered a traffic violation. Other than that, the loudspeakers should be banned specially near the places like hospitals and schools.

 

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IELTS Cue Card Describe a time you made a promise to someone

Describe a time you made a promise to someone
You should say:
– Whom did you make the promise to
– What the promise was
– Why you made the promise
– Was the promise easy to achieve

Sample Answer:

Several times in life, we come across situations where we make commitments to different people. Today I would like to talk about one promise that I made to my family when I was in school. I was in grade 10th when I had promised my parents that I will score above 90 percent in my boards examination.
I was always an average student in school while other kids in my neighbourhood were either brilliant or above-average which sometimes made me self conscious and I was always apprehensive if I would ever be able to make my parents as proud and happy as other parents in our neighbourhood. So I made this promise to my parents and to myself that I will prove to be better than my past and show that I’m capable of performing exceptionally well even in the academics.
As there is a saying that, it is easier to make promises but it is hard to keep them. Likewise even I had to work really hard to keep this promise. I first worked on my weak points. Time management was the most essential part to achieve my goals and I drafted a good time-table with daily time-bound goals. It was not an easy task and I had to burn the midnight oil. Gradually I started seeing good results in school’s term examinations and pre boards. Finally, after a year’s preparation, I appeared for my class 10th Board exams and performed well. The results were outstanding and I was happy to keep my promise. Though it was not really easy to keep this promise but this journey towards success always helps me to be motivated in life.

Follow Up Questions:

Q1. Do Indian parents make promises to their children?
Answer: Yes, Indian parents do make promises to their children which are mostly about buying new toys or expensive gifts for them especially as a reward when perform well in academics or extra-curricular activities.

Q2. How do people feel when others break promises?
Answer: It is very disappointing when other people break their promises. In fact, in India promises are frequently made and seldom kept. I believe that we should not make promises that we cannot keep. One should think before they make promises.

 

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IELTS Cue Card Describe a famous person that you are interested in

Describe a famous person that you are interested in
You should say:

 

• Who this person is
• Why do you like him/her?
• And explain why you like this person

Sample Answer

Since my childhood I have been into Indian classical music, it fills me up with joy and pleasure. Undoubtedly my favourite celebrity is a great musician. The name of this person is A.R. Rahman. He is a film composer, producer, singer and songwriter who works predominantly in Tamil and Hindi films.

Some of my favourite songs by him are kun faya kun, tum ho, phir se ud chala. I like listening to his interviews on the internet, wherein he tells about the technicalities of classical singing in a very easy and practical manner.
The magic of his composition is what makes me his admirer. And apart from that he is also a great human being. Once I got a chance to meet him at Chennai airport and I was impressed by his generosity.

He has played a major role in introducing our beautiful music culture to the rest of the world. He has been awarded with Padma Bhushan, Academy Award for best music and Grammy awards for the 2008 film Slumdog millionaire.

I like him for his modest nature and his remarkable work in Indian Cinema. He has multiple times represented India on a global level and I think we need more musicians like him to make our cultural music popular in the globe and I am sure a lot of musicians see him as a role model.

 

Follow Up Questions:

Q1. Do you want to be famous?

Answer: Yes, I would like to be famous one day. It is everyone’s dream to be famous because it has various perks. As Singing is my passion and I want to be a famous play-back singer in our country.

Q2. Do you think that famous people are generally happier than ordinary people?

Answer: Definitely! I believe famous people are much more happier than ordinary people because they are loved by a huge fan following. Moreover, they are satisfied with their life as they can fulfil their needs because they have enough wealth to do so.

 

 

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