IELTS Speaking Cue Card Samples/Topics with Answers 2020
The Cue Card is the second task in the speaking section of the IELTS examination. While answering this question, you are expected to have some skills and one of the skills is framing the answers based on the topic.
What is a cue card?
During the IELTS examination, you will be given a cue card, which is also called a task card, consisting of 3-4 questions and some instructions that will guide you on how to answer the questions given in the cue card. You will not be given an option to change the question, you have to speak about whichever topic you receive in the cue card. But you will be given a minute to think about the answer. You will also be handed a pencil and a paper, if you are not able to remember the points which you have prepared in that one minute, you can write down the points in the given paper.
You are given exactly 1 minute in the IELTS speaking test to prepare on a particular topic and this topic will be called the IELTS Cue card. You are asked to speak continuously for 2 minutes until the examiner asks you to stop. Then the examiner will ask some questions regarding the topic given. The test lasts for 2 – 3 minutes including the 1 minute preparation time. For more information, bookmark this particular web page.
List of Cue Card Samples
The cue card samples given below are categorised according to different topics.
FAVOURITE:
Describe your favourite Picture or Photography you like
A song that has special meaning to you
Describe A Special or favourite Toy you liked in your childhood
Describe a favourite song that you like
Describe a restaurant you like(to go to)/ that impresses you
Describe an Indoor Game that you would like to play
Describe an area of science you like or interested in
Describe An free time activity you like to do after study or work
TIME BASED:
Things You Want to Buy in the Future
An age/stage in your life you enjoyed most
PERSON:
A person You Admire/Love Essay
Describe someone you consider a good leader
Describe one of your Family Member You Spend The Most Time With
An Occasion You Unexpectedly Met Someone for the first time
Describe Someone in the news you like to meet
Someone/Something Made A Lot Of Noise
An Older Person Who You Admire
An Interesting Neighbor You Like
talk about an interesting conversation you had with a stranger
Describe A Famous Person that You Are Interested In
A Person Speak A Second (Foreign) Language Well
A Time When You Waited For Something or someone to arrive
OBJECT:
Describe a picture or photograph in your home
A Gift You Gave That Took A Long Time To Choose
Describe a piece of electronic equipment that you find useful
A Time You Borrowed Something useful
A house/apartment you like to live in
An item of clothing that someone bought for you
Describe a painting or work of art
A program or an app in your computer/ phone
Describe a time someone or something made noise
PLACE:
A Place you remember well that is Full of Color
A country you have not been to yet
A street that you like to visit
A place near water you visited
Describe a place where you often go to relax
WORK/STUDY:
A Project at Work or Homework Assignment
A Course You Like to Study and found useful
Describe a piece of work you did quickly
Describe your Dream/ideal/Perfect Job
Describe something that you want to learn more
EMOTIONS/ASPIRATIONS:
Ambition You Have Not Yet Achieved
Describe something A Child that Made You Laugh
A Paid Job You/A Friend Enjoyed Doing
An experience you had as a member of a team
A disagreement you had with a friend
a recent activity or event that made you happy
a difficult decision you made in your life
A TV Program that Made You Laugh
Describe the Best and exciting experience in your life
Describe an exciting or Interesting Thing You Did
Describe an Advertisement which you found very persuasive
A Time You Used Your Imagination
A Time You Need to Use Imagination
A book that had a major influence on you
Describe a success your friend has had or achieved
A special and memorable meal you have had
Describe an experience you spent time with a child that you know
A positive experience when you were a teenager
Describe an unusual/ an unforgettable or memorable meal
Describe a time you were friendly to someone you didn’t like
Describe an ambition you have not achieved yet
OCCASIONS:
An Occasion When You Got Up Very Early in the morning
Describe a birthday party celebration that you attended
OTHER CUE CARDS:
Describe A Successful Small Company or Business that you know
An article about healthy living that you read from magazine or online
A film you watched at home or in a cinema
The First Time You Used a Foreign Language to communicate
local news people interested in
Describe Something you learned in a place or from someone
A Meal You Had With Your Friends in a restaurant
Describe An Interesting Animal you have ever seen
Describe a Natural Landscape scenery
Describe a bicycle/Bike/ Car Trip
Describe a language other than English you would like to learn
Describe A Big/Large Company you are interested in
A time you miss an appointment
Something you did which was a waste of time
An important letter or email you wrote
Art or craft activity you did at school
Describe A Movie or performance You Recently Watched
Describe Something you do that keeps you fit and Healthy
Describe a time when you were looked at the sky
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- It contains 83 part 1 topics
- 41 cue card questions with answers
- They are cue card topics that appeared in the recent IELTS exams(2020)
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