Category: IELTS speaking audio

We are living in times when people often live to impress others. We do things to get recommendation from others. This time in cue card we are looking at questions about things that have become simply fashion status and people have them because others have, nothing else.

Describe a thing that has become a fashion status and people buy it for no reason.
You should say :

• what is it?
• why people use it
• do you have it?

explain how has it influenced people nowadays.

SAMPLE ANSWER 1

In my opinion, I think iphone has surely become a fashion status. Earlier, people who could afford it bought it. But, now it seems everyone wants to have an iphone to prove that they earn no less than others. People often take loans or save for like months to have the phone. Most of them do not entirely know the technology behind it and have it just to have it.

The main reason behind people going for an iphone is it has got good camera and on that note, they are not wrong. The other good thing about it is that it never catches virus so your data is safe even after years of use. However, I still don’t have an iphone and right now have no reasons to buy it either.

iPhone is a symbol of perfection and people who buy it often mark it as a symbol of perfection in their lives.

SAMPLE ANSWER 2

I think pricey sunglasses and those expensive clothes that people buy are surely for fashion status and nothing else. More often than not, one can get the same stuff or even better from the local market. But, with the advertisement industry doing the rounds, people often go get things that they believe everyone else is buying.

And then there is this maniac of doing things like their favorite stars. If they find their favourite stars wearing a certain brand, they are more likely to buy things. So, sunglasses of RayBan for example. They surely are good but then most people who buy them don’t even know why they are buying it.

Wearing sunglasses has surely become a cool thing these days. People wear them and click themselves to show case how amazing their lives are.

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We are living in a globalised world which has advanced in technology to an extent that messages are passed in seconds and people can see themselves when talking over miles. With media becoming so much popular, people are so much more aware of what is going in the world. This time we are looking at a cue card that talks about a person in news.

Describe someone in the news you would like to meet.

You should say:

• who the person is
• what they do
• why they are in the news

And explain why you would like to meet them

SAMPLE ANSWER 1

In recent it has been Kapil Sharma, one of the best comedians of our country who has been in news for all the notorious reasons. Kapil started off with winning The Great Indian Laughter Challenge and then went on to win six seasons of Comedy Circus. After that he started off with the show, “Comedy Nights with Kapil which became of the most viewed shows of the time.

However, recently he has been in news for having a fight with a great team member and the backbone of his show Sunil Grover. Sunil used to play a character in his show making him the most loved. But, with this fight, he has decided to leave the show.

I want to meet him and know what exactly is it going on his head right now. People are accusing him of being selfish and mean and having lost his empathetic side. I want to know what does it feel like to be one of the most loved comedians to be someone who people are talking wrong about.

SAMPLE ANSWER 2

There are so many people in news but I think the one person I would love to meet would be Narendra Modi. Narendra Modi is our current prime minister and has been one of the most successful prime minister in recent decades. He, after a very long time, was able to get majority and for the first time in recent times, we see the entire nation following a man.

So, when Narendra Modi says that he will eradicate black money, people do believe in him and are ready to stand in queues for him. He has too an extent brought the waves of digitalization in our country. So, you could see even the small vendors having the paytm sign outside their shops.

I really want to meet him because I am awed by his personality. The way he gives speeches. I would like to know his point of view on the decisions he make and how does he takes the call. Also, how does he talk in a one to one conversation and what is his view point for the youngsters of the country.

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Creative people are those who do things differently. Not necessarily they do different things but they even do the same things differently. These are often described as the people who built things and changed the ways. This time we are discussing a cue card on the creative person who met in your life.

Describe a creative person you admire :

You should say –

• who the person is?
• how you know that person?
• what they do that is creative?

and explain why you admire that person?

SAMPLE ANSWER 1

There have been many people I have met over the course of years but I remember one particular person I was amazed at. It was during our college days and he was our classmate, Avinash Singh Rathore. I remember him as one of the guys who would make amazing cartoons and had great writing skills.

We were partners in crime because of our consecutive roll numbers. So, we would sit at the last seat and then would write about the events happening in the class. We would make fictional characters and then write stories together. He would be the one who would make amazing cartoon and I would write down the conversation. By the end of the day, we would post it on facebook and have a great laugh!

The reason I really admired him was because he was very calm and yet so smart.His opinion on world was so different from others and I loved it.

SAMPLE ANSWER 2

The one person that comes to my mind when I hear “creative” is my father. Since my childhood, I have seen him fixing things that everyone rejects. Making new things from what is left over. According to him, nothing is ever wasted. Its utility to achieve one thing is over now and now can be used for something else.

Once a bed broke in our house and when everyone else was thinking of where should it be thrown my father made a beautiful desk out of the bed. I think creativity is not just about drawing things out or writing something beautiful. It is about leading a life in ways that are different from others. And on that, my father has surely led a beautiful life.

The reason I really admire him is because when everyone is busy in the hustle and bustle of life he is the one person who has remained calm and yet achieved things that left people awe struck.

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