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IELTS Cue Card Sample Answer # Important Email

We are living in this digital world with almost everyone having an email account. We all are connected with our family, friends and the people we either work for or in some way are connected. In today’s era, almost every information comes on mail and there are certain things which are really important for us. So, for example, it could be the first job letter, your winning game article or for that matter anything. Let us today have a look at a cue card that talks about an important email that a person got.

Describe an important email you have received.
You should say:

  • who sent it to you.
  • when you got it.
  • what was it about

and explain why this email was important to you.

Sample Answer One

There are so many websites that I subscribed to and there are so many emails that I get every day but I remember, having to receive a mail about my selection for the Gartner.Inc. It was truly an amazing feeling because it meant I would be able to work with the best company providing BI services and it also meant I had proved my mark.

I can clearly recall, I was sitting on my couch with my laptop in hand and working over a new assignment that I had got and meanwhile, something just struck me. I went to my mail and started scrolling the mails. The mail that I got was of the previous day and it said that I need to sign some documents and then some other formalities before I could go and start my work at Gartner.

The reason it was very important for me because I had truly worked for it, sacrificing a lot of things that people of my age were doing. There were times when I felt exhausted and the other times when I just did not have anyone to talk to. On receiving the mail, I first called my parents and they were proud and I was happy. Finally, I could work on something that was creative.
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Sample Answer Two

I am a travel blogger and just like any other job, initially, it is tough!  There are days, months when one is just giving his or her best and working on the blog, putting content and yet does not receives any money. I remember, when I started my own travel blog, it took me around six months before I started getting some decent amount of money. It was only with that money that I could make some other plans as well.

It was some time back and I was sitting on my couch, completely exhausted over a particular post trying to figure out something and worried about paying my bills. The landlord had come to my house sometime back asking for the rent and I had nothing to give. For the first time in years, I had really questioned my job and my decision to become an entrepreneur.

Lost in my thoughts, I opened my mail account and there was this mail from Google. Initially, I thought, it must be some random mail but later on when I started reading it, it was the mail regarding the number of viewers on my site and Google has decided to finally pay me for the services that I was doing and it was a check of 70000 rupees.

In a time when I did not have money, when I could not even think of surviving, when I had started questioning my dreams and my decisions, the mail was an assurance that I was on the right path and that I am meant to be successful and that the only thing that I need to take care of is my work.|

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IELTS Cue Card Sample Answer # Special Thing

There are so many things that we want in our lives, but no matter how rich you are, there are certain things that are so special that we wait for the right time, the right amount of money, we make sacrifices in other things, and save for that one big thing, the one thing that is really special for us. Let us today have a look at the cue card sample question related to it.

Describe something special that you saved money to buy.

You should say:

  • what was it
  • why you bought is
  • how long you saved money to buy it

and explain why it was important to you to buy it.

SAMPLE ANSWER 1

I remember buying my first laptop after months of saving. At that time, there were two kinds of job that I was doing, one was as a freelance writer and the other was of a Software Engineer. Although I could have bought a 30000 laptop from the earning of a month when the day came closer of actually buying the laptop, I for a second thought about it again and for some reasons decided not to buy a normal personal computer and decided to buy a Macintosh.

There was no definite reason for buying it. It is just that while I was about to buy my first laptop, something just came back to me. Some years ago while having a conversation with my uncle, I told him it is a laptop which is very important for me. I would buy myself a Macintosh as the first laptop.

The Macintosh that I fell in love with was MacBook Air. You could just go on doing your work in it forever. And then there is so much attachment with the machine because of his founder, Steve Jobs. I mean every time you work on a Macintosh it feels like you are doing great work and you are being unique.

I remember having saved for three months before I could buy a Macintosh and it took me many sleepless nights before it was mine and trust me the day it was mine, it was amazing, beautiful. Its features were so amazing that it has been six years since I first bought my first Macintosh and it is still running fine.

The reason that I bought it was that I wanted to know Apple better and it is when you use a device of a certain company that you are able to know the company and its ethics better.
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SAMPLE ANSWER 2

I am a blogger and there was a time when I wanted to open my own travel blog. For me to be able to open and run an efficient blog, I required a camera. Having thought a lot about it and talking to many people, I decided on buying a DSLR. But, DSLRs are expensive and the one that I thought was fit for my job cost me around 50000.

During that time, I remember earning 35000 monthly and after having covered my expenses I was left with almost 15000 per month. It took me around 3 months before I could buy my first DSLR.

It is because of it that today I am able to click great photographs and also shoot videos. At that time, I felt as if I am spending money, but looking back at it I can surely say that I had done investment. My blog is now running really well and it is great to be able to make something new every day.

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IELTS Cue Card # Making Notes

Making notes is one of those things that is very important in the cue card section of IELTS. Not only important, it is one of the trickiest part because what you are going to speak in this section depends entirely on the notes that you have prepared for this section. In this post, we will learn how to make effective notes, the kind of notes that will help you give a great cue card answer.

We call it making circles. Diagrams are the most easiest way to express something. So, if you know the topic and have a diagram in hand for that, explaining it is so much more easier. The cue card we are referring for this understanding is – FAVORITE EQUIPMENT

Brief Explanation – The cue card wanted you to speak off your favorite equipment, why do you like it, how do you use it and why is it important to you.

STEP 1

DRAW THE MAIN CIRCLE

Yes, you need to draw the first circle and write down the main topic for the cue card.
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STEP 2

DRAW THE CIRCLES JOINING THE MAIN CIRCLE AND WRITE WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT(HERE THE USE).

See, here you are talking about computers and the three main things for which you need it are – entertainment, blogging and coding. Now, when this is done, it is time for you to delve deeper.
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STEP 3

DELVING DEEPER

Now, when it comes to blogging, why do you need it? Well, there is content that needs to be uploaded and then there are photos and then videos.

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When this is done, let us move towards the next main thing.
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Now, when it comes to entertainment, well you need to watch movies, youtube, gaming and then facebook. So, write them down.

What about coding?

 
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When it comes to coding, you use the computer to code on python , C, C++ and then you even make use of Oracle. So, write them down. Finally, you will have something like this –
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But, then what are these rectangle boxes. We did not created them right? Well, when writing about all the important things you are going to talk about, make sure you make a note of the vocabulary. So, these rectangular words are the vocabulary words that you will be using in the cue card answer.

When this done, you are ready to get a great band. So, go on practice and get the band!

 

IELTS Cue Card Latest Question # Favorite Equipment

We are living in times when machines have made our lives easier. One simply cannot imagine life without them. So, you cannot imagine life without things life oven, fridge, computer or a toaster or may be a thermometer. This time let us have a look at the latest IELTS cue card questions that revolve around your favorite equipment.
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NOTES

Vocabulary Notes

computer

internet

cyber addiction

gadget

cutting-edge

digital

device

virtual

Detail Notes

favorite equipment : computer

use : blogging, coding, entertainment

why important : is my bread earner. gives knowledge

if not present : tough life.

SAMPLE ANSWER

The world is rapidly changing and from times of stone age we have moved towards the age when we are surrounded by the cutting-edge technology. In today’s world if someone is hesitant in using computer, he/she is likely to lag behind other people. However, this is not the reason why I love computers. My love towards computers is because I believe that they have made our lives easier like never before. Not only this, computers have opened up so many new career prospects that its absence is felt the hard way.

I personally use computers for either coding or writing. There is this thing about coding, it makes you feel as if you are the creator and it is truly an amazing experience. Even more, being a blogger, I need to put content on my site and do things like video editing and other stuff. Having a computer allows me to have the best of both worlds. To an extent, it is actually my bread earner. Not only this, when combined with Internet, there is almost nothing that one cannot achieve. To an extent, the device has actually made me a cyber addict.

Sometimes I wonder if I don’t have computers, there would nothing else that I will be able to do because it consumes so much of me. However, I do have a love for reading so may be I will join some publishing house where articles are printed the usual way. Or may be I could work more on my badminton skills and do something there.

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