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

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.