300 IELTS Speaking Exam Cue Cards

Here is the list of around 300 past cue cards that were asked in the IELTS Speaking Exam.

Person Cue Cards

Describe a person you have seen (met) who is beautiful or handsome
When and where you saw or met this person?
Talk about the personality?
Why do you think this person is handsome or beautiful?

An intelligent person that you know
Who is the person?
What does he do?
Why do you think he is smart?
How do you feel about him?

Describe a person who solved a problem in a smart way
Who this person is?
What the problem was?
How did he/she solve it?
And explain why you think he/ she did it in a smart way

Describe a time when you were cheated/ when someone lied to you / someone did not tell you  the complete truth
What was the occasion?
Who was the person?
What did he hide?
Why do you think he did not tell the whole truth?

Talk about an interesting old person you met
Who is this person?
How you met him?
Why you found him interesting?

Talk about a time when you traveled with an old person
When and Where?
What was the conversation you had?
How did you feel about it?

Describe an old person you know and respect
Who he or she is?
How do you know this person?
What he or she is like?
And explain why you respect him or her.

Describe a time when you showed or taught a young person how to do a thing
Who was the young person?
What did you teach him/her?
How did you feel after teaching?
Do you think the young person was benefited?

Describe a person you would like to study or work with
Who is that person?
Why would you like to study with him/her?
What will you study?

Talk about a friend or person who recently got success
Who was the person?
When did he get success?
How did you feel?
Why did you think it is important?

Describe a person you wanted to be similar to when you were growing up
Who is this person?
Where and under what circumstances did you meet him/her?
What were the physical attributes – eg. height/hair/eye color/scent?
What quality about him/her inspired you?
How was the attitude of this person towards you and towards others

Describe a teenager you know
Who is he/she?
How do you know this teenager?

Describe a place(/person/home) you like to visit but you don’t want to live there
What place is it?
When do you visit that place?
How do you feel about it?
Why you don’t want to live there

Describe a person whom you have never met but heard a lot about him and would like to meet
Who this person is?
What this person does
Why do you think this person is interesting?
What do you want to do with this person?

Describe a foreign person who you have heard or known that you think is interesting
Who the person is?
How do you know him/her?
What kind of person he/she is?
Explain why you think he/she is interesting.

A talkative person
Who is he/she?
How do you know him/her?
Do you like him/her?

Describe a famous person that you are interested in
Who this person is?
How do you know about this person?
What sort of life they had before they became famous?
How this person became famous?
And explain why you like this person

Describe a mistake you have made
What it is?
When you made it?
How you made it?
How did you feel about it?

Describe a photo of yourself that you like (or you have taken)
When it was taken?
Where it was taken?
Who took it? or How you took it?
Explain how you felt about the photo.

Describe a person who you think is very open
Who this person is?
How do you know this person?
Why do you think this person is very open?
Explain how you feel about this person.

A person you think has interesting ideas and opinions
Who is this person?
How do you know this person?
What kinds of ideas and opinions he has?
What do you think of this person?

Describe a person who helps others in his or her spare time
Who this person is?
How often this person helps others?
How this person helps others?
Why this person helps others?
How do you feel about this person?

Describe a person who likes to travel by plane
Who is this person?
How do you know this person?
Where this person travels to?
Explain why this person likes to travel by plane

Talk about someone who is professional in his or her job
Who is this person?
What job does he or she have?
Why does he/she like the job?
Explain why this person is good at the job.

Describe a person whose job is important to the society
Who is this person?
What job does he or she have?
How do you know this person?
Explain why his or her job is important to the society.

Describe someone older than you, whom you admire.
Who this person is?
How do you know this person?
What kind of things do you like to do together?
Explain how you feel about this person/ why you admire him/her.

Describe an experience when you were with people and you got bored
When was it?
Where was it?
Why did you get bored?
How did you feel about it?

Describe a person you only met once and want to know more about
Who is he she?
When you met him/her?
Why do you want to know more about him/her?
Explain how you feel about him/her.

Describe a person who has apologized to you
Who this person is?
When did this happen?
What this person said for apologizing?
Explain how you felt about the apology.

Describe an energetic person that you know
Who is this person?
How do you know this person?
Why do you think this person is energetic?
Explain how you feel about this person.

Describe a person in the news that you want to meet
Who he or she is?
What did this person show up on TV for?
How do you know what this person is?
Why do you want to meet him?

Describe a person who taught you something important
Who the person is?
What he/she is like?
What did he/she teach you?
How did you feel about him/her?

Describe a polite person whom you know.
Who is the person?
How do you know him/her?
And explain why you think this person is polite.

Describe a friend/person who is a good leader
Who this person is?
How do you know this person?
What does he do?
How this person behaves?
Why do you think he is a good leader

Describe an interesting neighbor of yours
How long you have known this neighbor?
What sort of person is he/she is?
How often do you see him/her?
And explain what kind of relationship you have with him/her.

Describe an introverted person whom you know.
Who the person is?
How well do you know him/her?
What makes him/her introverted?
And explain how you feel about this person.

Describe a person who impressed you the most when you were in primary school
Who he/she is?
How you knew him/her
Why did he/she impressed you the most?
And how you feel about him/her.

Describe a person who contributes to the society
Who this person is?
How do you know him/her?
What type of work he/she does?
And explain why you think he/she contributes to the society.

Describe a creative person whose work you admire
Who he/she is?
How do you know him/her?
What creative things he/she has done?
And explain why you think he or she is creative.

Time / Occasion Cue Cards

Describe an occasion when you wasted your time.
Where you were?
When it was?
What did you do?
And explain why you think it was a waste of time

Describe a time when you told your friend an important truth
Who your friend is?
What the truth was?
What your friend’s reaction was?
And explain why it was important for you to tell the truth to your friend.

Describe something that saves you time.
What is it?
When do you usually do it?
Why do you do it?
And explain how you think it saves your time.

Describe a situation when you did not have enough time
What were you trying to do when you didn’t have enough time?
Why was this task important to you?
What circumstances led to you not having sufficient time?
What did you do to improve the situation?

Describe a time when you found something that someone lost
What did you find?
When did you find?
Where you found it?
How you returned it back to its owner?
How did you feel?

Describe a time you got lost in a place you didn’t know about
When did it happen?
Who was with you?
What did you do?
How did you feel about it?

Describe a time when you searched/looked for information on the internet
When was it?
What information were you looking for?
Where you were searching on the Internet?
How did it help you?

Describe a time when you’re waiting for something special that would happen
What you waited for?
Where you waited?
Why it was special?
And explain how you felt when you were waiting.

Describe a time when you had to change your plan / you changed your mind
When was it?
What was the plan?
Why you had to change it?
How did you feel?

Describe a quiet place you like to spend your time in
Where it is?
How did you know it?
How often do you go there?
What do you do there?
And explain why you like the place.

Describe a time when you organized a happy event successfully
What the event was?
How are you prepared for it?
Who helped you to organize it?
And explain why you think it was a successful event.

Describe an occasion when you got up extremely early
When did you get up early?
Why you got up early?
What did you do?
How did you feel about it?

Describe the happiest day you had
Where you were?
Who you were with?
What did you do?
And explain why you think it was the happiest day.

Talk about a special day which was not that expensive or on which you didn’t have to spend a lot of money
What was the occasion?
Where you went?
Who did you celebrate with?
Why it didn’t cost you much?

Describe a time you got up early.
When was it?
Why did you get up early?
What did you do after getting up?
How did you feel about it?

Talk about a time when you gave advice to someone
Who do you advise?
What the advice was?
Why you gave the advice?
And how you felt about the advice?

Describe a time when you changed your opinion
When it was?
What the original opinion was?
Why you changed it?
And explain how you felt about it

Describe a time when you enjoyed your visit to a park or a garden
Where it was?
What it looked like?
What you did do there?
And explain why you liked it there

Describe someone you really like to spend time with
Who is this person?
How did you know him/her?
What do you usually do together?
And explain why you like to spend time with him/her.

Describe a time you saw children behave badly in public
Where it was?
What the children were doing?
How others reacted to it?
And explain how you felt about it

Describe a time when you heard a stranger talking over the phone
When?
Where?
What were you doing at that time?

Describe a time you received horrible (bad) service.
When did it happen?
Where did it happen?
Who you were with?
What happened?
Why the service was horrible?

Describe a time when you enjoyed free time.
When it was?
Where you were?
What did you do?
How did you feel about it?

When was the first time you admired the sky
What were you doing?
Who was with you?
What did you see?

Describe a time when you first met someone
Who was it?
Where did you meet?
When was it?
How was your experience?

Describe a time you were sleepy but had to stay awake
When did it happen?
Why you were sleepy?
Why you had to stay awake?
And how you stayed awake?

Describe a time when you encouraged someone to do something that he/she didn’t want to do
Who he or she is?
What you encouraged him/her to do?
How did he/she react?
And explain why you encouraged him/her.

Describe a situation or a time when you helped someone
What the situation was?
Who the person was?
How you helped them?
Explain how you felt after helping them.

Describe a time when you helped a friend
When it was?
How you helped him/her?
Why you helped him/her?
And how you felt about it.

Describe a time when you helped a child
When it was?
How you helped him/her?
Why you helped him/her?
And how you felt about it.

Describe a time when you were excited
Where you were?
When it was?
Who you were with?
Explain why were you excited.

Describe a time when you traveled by public transportation.
When have you traveled?
Where have you traveled?
What was the purpose of your travel?
How did you feel about it?

Describe a time you made a promise to someone
To whom did you make the promise?
What the promise was?
Why you made the promise?
Was the promise easy to achieve?

Describe a time when you needed to use your imagination
When it was?
When did you need to use imagination?
How difficult or easy it was?
And explain how you felt about it.

Describe a time when you had to wait in a long line
When it was?
How long the queue/line was?
What it was about?
How you felt about waiting in this long queue or line?

Describe a time when you forgot something important
When did it happen?
What you forgot?
What was the result of your forgetting?
Why it was important

Describe a time when you were stuck in a traffic jam.
When and where it happened?
How long you were in the traffic jam?
What you did do while waiting?
And explain how you felt when you were in that traffic jam.

Describe a time when you observed the stars
When did you observe the stars?
Where and with whom you went?
What did you observe?
And explain how you felt when you saw the stars.

Describe a time you were friendly to someone you didn’t like
When and Where it happened?
Who he/she was?
Why you didn’t like this person?
And explain why you were friendly to him/her on that occasion.

Describe a time when you shared something with others (or another person)
What you shared?
Who you shared with?
Why you shared it?
And explain how you felt about sharing it.

Friends Cue Cards

Describe an old friend you got in contact with again
Who he or she is?
What he or she is like?
How did you get in contact?
And explain how you felt about it.

Describe something you made yourself for your friend (handmade present)
What it was?
When did you make it?
Who you gave it to?
How did you and your r friend feel about it?

Talk about something that you borrowed from your friend
What was it?
When did you borrow it?
Whom you borrowed it from?
What did you do with it?
Why you borrowed it?

Describe an interesting conversation you had with your friend
Who did you speak with?
Where you were?
What the conversation was about?
And explain why you think it was interesting.

Describe a gift you would like to buy for your friend
What gift you would like to buy?
Who you would like to give it to?
Why you would like to buy a gift for him/her?
And explain why you choose that gift.

Describe an argument two of your friends had.
When did it happen?
What it was about?
How it was solved?
How did you feel about it?

Describe a habit your friend has and you want to develop
Who your friend is?
What habit he/she has?
When you noticed this habit?
And explain why you want to develop this habit.

Job / Business Cue Cards

Describe one of your grandparent’s jobs
What was it?
When?
Where?

Describe a perfect job you would like to have in the future
What it is?
How did you know it?
What it is like?
And explain why you think it is perfect.

Things you usually do well (or do regularly) for your job or study
What are the things?
What do you do?
When do you do it?

Job you would not like to do in the future
What is the job
Why you don’t want to do it?
How do you feel about the job?

Describe an occasion when you got positive feedback for work that you did
What did you do?
When was it?
Why you got positive feedback?
How did you feel about it?

Describe a successful small business that you know
What is the business?
Where it is?
Who runs the business/how do you know about this business?
And explain why you think it is successful.

Describe a large company that you are interested in
Which company is it?
What it is like (what kind of business it does do)?
How do you know about it?
How do you feel about it?
Why do you have an interest in this company?

Describe a company where you live that employs a lot of people
What does it do?
How many people does it employ?
What kind of people work there?
How do you feel about it?

Describe a businessman you admire
Who is this person?
How do you know this person?
What kind of business this person does?
Why do you admire this person?

Describe a family business
What is the business?
What type of customers?
How do you know it?
What products does it sell?
Why do you like it?

Food Cue Cards

Describe a kind of food that people eat during special events
What it is?
How is it cooked?
Why do people eat it?
Why do you like it?

Describe an occasion when you ate a kind of food for the first time
When you had it?
Where you ate it?
What it was?
And how you felt about it?

Describe a dinner you really enjoyed
When it was?
What did you eat?
Who you were with?
And explain why you enjoyed it.

Describe chocolate you didn’t like.
What it was?
When you tasted it?
How it tasted like?
And explain why you didn’t like it.

Describe a cafe you like to visit.
Where it is?
What kinds of food and drinks it serves?
What do you do there?
And explain why you like to go there.

Health Cue Cards

Describe a healthy lifestyle you now
What it is?
How do you know it?
What one would do to live this lifestyle?
Explain why it is healthy.

Describe an article on health that you read in a magazine or online
What the article was?
When and where did you read it?
What did you learn from the article?
Explain why you think it is a good or bad article.

Talk about an article that you have read about health
What it was?
When did you read it?
Where did you read it?
Why did you read it?
Why do you think it was an interesting read?

Describe a long walk you ever had
When did this happen?
Where you walked?
Who you were with?
And explain how you felt about this walk.

Life Cue Cards

Describe a positive change in your life
What the change was?
When did it happen?
How did it happen?
And explain why it was a positive change

Talk about a newly built public facility (such as parks, cinemas, etc) that improves/influences local life quality in your city
What the facility is?
Where is it?
How does it improve life quality?
How do you feel about it?

Describe an invention that has changed how people live.
What it is?
How has it changed people’s lives?
What benefits did it bring?
And explain if it is more important for older or younger people.

Describe a thing you cannot live without (not a mobile or computer)
What it is?
How long have you had it?
Why you cannot live without it?
Explain how you felt when you were without it.

Describe a resolution you made in the new year
What is the resolution?
How will you complete it?
How do you feel about it?
Why you made this resolution?

Country / City Cue Cards

Describe a special date in your country’s history
What was it?
When did it happen?
What people did do on that day?
Why is it special?

Describe a good law in your country
What is the law?
How you came to know about this law?
Whom does it affect?
Why is it good?

Describe a rule that you don’t like
What it is?
Why you don’t like it?
How do others feel about the rule?
And explain whether you’ve followed the rule.

Describe a law on environmental protection
What it is?
How you first learned about it?
Who benefits from it?
And explain how you feel about this law.

Describe an interesting part of your country or A place that is interesting in your country
Where it is?
How did you get to know about it?
What is it famous for?
Explain why you think it is interesting.

Describe a country in which you would like to work for a short time
Where you would like to work?
What kind of job would it be?
When would you like to go?
Why do you want to work there?

Describe a plant grown in your country that you think is important
What it is?
Where it is grown?
Why is it important to your country?

Describe a plant, vegetable, or crop that you are familiar with.
What it is and where it grows?
How you became familiar with it?
What do you like or dislike about it?
And explain why this is important for your country.

Describe a product made in the region you come from or a popular product from your hometown
What it is?
What does it look like?
What is it used for?
How is it made?
Explain why your country makes it.
Explain why is it popular.

Describe a popular/well-known person in your country
Who is this person?
What he/she has done?
Why he/she is popular?
And explain how you feel about this person.

Describe a change that can improve your local area
What it is?
How it can be done?
What problem it will solve?
How do you feel about it?

Describe a tradition in your country
What it is?
Who takes part in it?
What activities there are?
And explain how you feel about it.

Talk about an important river or lake in your country or hometown
Which water body is that?
How do you know about it?
Why does it impress you so much?

Talk about a traditional product of your country that you bought
What is it?
How is it made?
When did you try it for the first time?
Why do you like it?

Describe a place in a village that you visited
Where it is?
When you visited this place?
What you did do there?
And how do you feel about this place?

Talk about a beautiful city
Where it is?
How do you know it?
What is it famous for?
Why do you think it is a beautiful city?
What are the special points of the city?

A street market in your city / A street market where you did shopping
Where is it?
What can you buy there?

Describe a time you bought something from a street or outdoor market
When it was?
Where the market was?
What did you buy?
And how you felt about it/

Describe a part of a city or a town you enjoy spending time in.
Where it is?
What it is like?
What do you do there??
And explain why you enjoy spending time there.

Describe a city that you think is very interesting
Where it is?
What it is famous for How you knew this city?
And explain why you think it is very interesting.

Describe a town or city where you would like to live in the future
Where it is?
How do you know about it?
What is it famous for?
And why would you like to live there?

News Cue Cards

Describe an important piece of news that you received via text message
Who shared the message with you?
What the news was about?
How was it written?
And explain why the news was important.

Describe a piece of international news that you have recently heard
What the news was about?
Where and when you heard it?
What you were doing when you heard it?
Explain how you feel about this news.

School Cue Cards

A subject you did not like when you were at school but now you find interesting
What was the subject?
Why you did not like it then?
Why do you find it interesting now?

Describe your first day at school
Where it was?
What happened?
Explain how you felt on that day.

Describe a school you went to in your childhood
Where it was?
What it was like?
What did you learn there?
And how you felt about it?

Describe your experience when you changed your school/college” or Describe an experience about moving to a new school or house
Why did you change your school/college?
When was it?
Was that helpful?
What were the consequences after that?

Describe a time you moved to a new home/school
When did you move?
Where did you move?
Why did you move?
And how you felt about it?

Language Cue Cards

Describe a thing you did to learn another language
What language did you learn?
What did you do?
How it helped you learn the language?
And how you felt about it?

Describe a time when you first talked in a foreign language
Where were you?
Who you were with?
What did you talk about?
And explain how you felt about it.

Describe a person who speaks a foreign language well:
Who is this person is
Which foreign language does he speak?
Why he/she learned this foreign language
Explain why you think he/she speaks the foreign language well.

Study Cue Cards

Describe a course that impressed you a lot
What the course was about?
Where you took the course?
What you did do during the course?
And explain why it impressed you a lot.

A book you want to write
When you had this idea?
What kind of book do you want to write?
Is it difficult or easy?
And explain why you want to write this kind of book.

Describe a book you read that you found useful or Describe an exciting book you read
When did you read it?
What type of book is it?
What is it about?
Why did you find it useful?

Talk about an interesting talk or a lecture
When did you hear?
Where you heard it?
What was it about?
Who was the speaker?
Explain why you think it was interesting

Describe an area of science that interests you
What it is?
How did you learn about it?
Why are you interested in it?

Computer Cue Cards

Talk about a problem solved through the Internet
What the problem was?
How you solved this problem?
How long it took to solve the problem?
How did you feel about it?

Describe a situation you were not allowed to use your cell phone
Where was it?
When was it?
Why you were not allowed?
What did you want to do with your cell phone?

Describe a person you follow on social media
Who is he/she?
How do you know him/her?
What does he/she post on social media?
And explain why you follow him/her on social media.

Describe a time you saw something interesting on social media
When it was?
Where did you see it?
What did you see?
And explain why you think it was interesting.

Describe an advertisement that you remember
What is it?
When and where you saw it?
What happens in it?

Describe a time when your computer broke down:
When it was?
What you were doing?
What did you do about it?
And how you felt about it?

Describe a program or app on your computer or phone
What is the app/program?
When and where you found it?
How do you use it?
And how do you feel about it?

Sports Cue Cards

Talk about a game or sport you enjoyed when you were young
What was the game?
When did you play it?
Who did you play with?
How did you feel about it?

Describe a computer/phone game you enjoy playing since your childhood
What the game is about?
When did you start playing it?
How often do you play this game?
Why do you enjoy playing it?

Describe an outdoor sport that you haven’t done yet and would like to do in the future.
What activity is it?
When and where would you like to do it?
What special skills or equipment would you need?

Talk about a toy you liked in your childhood
What was the toy?
Who gave it to you?
How often did you play with it?

Describe a natural talent you want to improve like sports music
What it is?
When you discovered it?
How do you want to improve it?
And how do you feel about it?

Describe a party / describe a party you attended or joined
When was it?
Who joined you?
What happened at the party

Describe a live sports match that you have watched
What it was?
When you watched it?
What it was like?
And how you felt about it?

Describe a famous athlete you know
Who is he/she?
How do you know him/her?
What has he/she achieved?
And explain why he/she is famous.

Describe a water sport that you would like to try in the future
What is it?
Where you will do it?
Whether it is easy or difficult?
Why would you like to try it?

Describe an experience when you played an indoor game with others.
What did you play?
Who did you play with?
Why did you play?
How did you feel about it?

Describe an indoor game that you liked to play when you were a child.
What is it?
With whom did you play?
How often have you played it?
How did you feel about it?

Describe a puzzle (jigsaw, crossword, etc) you have played
What it is like?
How easy or difficult it is?
How long it takes you to solve it?
And how do you feel about it?

Film / Music Cue Cards

Talk about a singer or musical band (favorite singer/musical band) you enjoy listening to
Who is it?
Why do you like listening to their music?

Describe the time when you had to sing a song or a poem in front of the public
Where were you?
What did you sing?
How did you feel?

Describe an event you attended in which you didn’t like the music played
What the event was?
Where you were?
What the music was like?
And explain why you didn’t like the music.

Describe a line that you remember from a poem or song
What it is?
What poem is it from?
How did you know about it?
How did you feel about it?

Describe an interesting song
What the song is?
What story does the song tell?
Whether the song is popular?
And explain why you think it is interesting.

A performance you recently watched
What it was?
When you watched it?
Who you were with?
Why you watched it and how you felt about it?

Describe a story someone told you and you remember
What the story was about?
Who told you this story?
Why do you remember it?
And how do you feel about it?

Talk about a TV Program that made you laugh a lot
What is the program?
When and with whom you watched it?
What are the characters?
Why did it make you laugh?

Describe a film/movie that made you laugh
What is the name of this movie?
when did you watch it?
Who you watched it with
why it made you laugh?

Describe a film you would like to share with your friends
Where you watched it?
What it was about?
Who you watched it with?
Why do you want to share it with friends?

Describe a film you watched or Describe a film that made you think a lot
When and where you watched it?
What was the movie about?
Why did you choose to watch it?
How did you feel about it?
And explain why it made you think a lot.

Describe your favorite movie
When and where you saw it?
What type of film it was?
What the film was about?
And explain why it is your favorite film.

Home Cue Cards

Describe a picture or photograph in your home/room that you like
What is it about?
Where is it in your home?
How you got it?
Why do you like it?

Describe your idea of a perfect home or dream house
Where this place would be?
What it would look like?
When you would like to live there?
Explain why it is ideal for you.

Describe a house or an apartment you would like to live in
What it is like?
Where it would be?
Why you would like to live in this house/apartment?
And how you feel about this house/apartment.

Describe a piece of equipment that is important in your home
How you got it?
What do you use it for?
How often do you use it?
And explain why you think this thing is useful.

Talk about equipment that was broken and you got repaired (or which had a problem)
What the equipment was?
What was the problem?
When and how you got it repaired?
How did you feel about it?

Describe something that you brought home from a tourist place
What is it?
When did you buy it?
From where did you buy it?

Prize / Gift Cue Cards

Talk about a prize you want to win
What prize it is?
Why do you want to win?

Describe a prize that you received
What it was?
When you received it?
What did you do about it?
And explain how you felt about it.

Talk about a gift for which you spent a long time choosing/make
What it was?
Who was the person you gave it to?
How did he or she feel about it?
Why it took a long time for you to choose?

Describe a special cake you received from others
When did it happen?
Where did it happen?
Who you got the cake from?
And explain why it’s a special cake.

Talk about a time when you received money as a gift
Who gave it to you?
When did they give it to you?
Why they gave money?
How did you feel about it?

Place Cue Cards

Describe a place you visited that has been affected by pollution
Where is it?
When you visited this place?
What kind of pollution you saw there?
And explain how this place was affected.

Describe a place such as a park or sports ground which has developed in your city for the betterment of people
Where is the place?
How did you come to know about it?
What difference has it made to the people?

Describe a faraway (remote) place that you would like to visit
What place is it?
Where is it located?
How would you go there?

Talk about a place where you like to study (indoors/outdoors) or where it is easy for you to study
Where is it?
When do you study there?
What do you study there?
Who do you go with?
Why do you like to study in this place?

Talk about a place where you spend time with your friends
What is it?
Where is it?
Why do you go there?
What do you like about that place?

Describe a time you visited a new place
Where the new place is?
When you went there?
Why you went there?
And explain how you feel about the place.

Describe a place full of color
Where is it?
How do you know about it?
When you went there?
What you did do there?
Explain why you think it is colorful.

A park you visited and liked
Where is it?
When you went there?
Why did you like it?

Describe a crowded place you have visited
Where is it?
When you went there?
With whom you went there?
And explain how you felt about being there.

Vacation / Journey Cue Cards

Describe a place you visited on vacation
Where it is?
When you went there?
What you did do there?
And explain why you went there.

Describe an unusual vacation you had.
What did you do?
When and where you did do it?
Who you did do it with?
And explain why you think it was interesting or unusual.

Describe a short trip that you often take but do not like
Where you go?
When you go there?
Why did you go there?
And explain why you do not like this trip.

Describe an important journey that was delayed.
Why was it important?
What caused the delay?
What happened at the end?
Describe what caused the delay.

Describe a long car journey you went on
Where you went?
What you did do at that place?
Who you went there with?
Explain why you went on that journey by car.

Describe a bicycle/motorcycle/car trip you would like to go on.
Who you would like to go with?
Where you would like to go?
When you would like to go?
And explain why would you like to go by bicycle/motorcycle/car.

Describe an unforgettable bike(bicycle) trip
When it was?
Where you went?
What happened during the trip?
How did you feel about it?

Describe an occasion when the vehicle you were traveling in broke down
When was it?
Where did it happen?
Who was with you?

Clothing Cue Cards

Describe your favorite clothes
What is it like?
Who gave it to you?
When do you wear it?
Explain how you feel about it.

Describe an occasion when you wore your best clothes
What is it like?
Who gave it to you or where you bought it?
How often do you wear it?
Explain how you feel about it or why you enjoy wearing it.

Describe a person who wears unusual clothes
Who is he?
How do you know him?
What kind of clothes does he wear?
Why do you consider that his clothing choices are weird?

Describe an item of clothing that someone gave you or Describe an important piece of clothing
What the clothing was?
Who gave it to you?
When you got it?
And explain why this person gave you the clothing.

Describe a uniform you wear (at your school or company)
When do you wear it?
Who bought it for you?
What does it look like?
How do you feel about it?

Event Cue Cards

Talk about an important/Special event you celebrated
What was it?
When did you celebrate?
Where did you celebrate?
Who was with you?
Why was it special?

Describe a volunteering experience you have had
What it was?
Where it was?
Why did you volunteer?
How did you feel about it?

Describe an occasion when you received an incorrect information
What was the incorrect information?
When did it happen?
Why did it happen?
How do you manage the situation?

Describe a special day that made you happy
When was it
What was the occasion?
Why did it make you happy?

Describe an occasion when many people were smiling
When did it happen?
Who you were with?
What happened?
And explain why many people were smiling.

Something Cue Cards

Describe something or someone that made a lot of noise.
Who or what made the noise?
What was the noise like?
What did you do when you heard the noise?
And how do you feel about it?

Something you bought but did not use much
What was the thing?
When did you buy it?
Why did you not use it?

Describe when someone gave you something you really wanted
Who gave it to you?
What was the thing?
When you received it?
Why you needed it?
How did you feel about it?

Talk about a thing you complained about something (but finally got a good result)
What did you complain about?
Who you complained to?
When did it happen?
What was the result and why you were satisfied with the result?

Describe a time when you tried to do something but weren’t very successful.
When it was?
What have you tried?
Why it was not very successful?
And how you felt about it?

Describe something you received for free
What it was?
Who you received it from?
Where you received it?
And how you felt about it?

Describe a thing you bought and you are happy about
Explain why you bought it.
Why you selected this product?
From where you purchased it?
And explain why are you so happy about it

Describe an item on which you spent more than expected
What it is?
How much did you spend on it?
Why you bought it?
And explain why you think you spent more than expected.

Describe something you bought that was difficult to use at first
What is it?
When you bought it?
What does it do?
Explain how difficult was it to be used.

Describe an occasion when you lost something and then got it back
What did you lose?
How you lost it?
Where you found it?
How did you feel about it?

Describe something important that you lost
What it was?
How you lost it?
Why was it important to you?
How did you feel when you lost it?

Describe a bag you want to own
What kind of bag it is?
Where do you want to buy it?
How much it will cost you?
Why do you want this kind of bag?

Describe something that helps you concentrate
What it is?
When do you do it?
How did you learn about it?
How it helps you concentrate?

Describe an interesting thing you have learned from a foreign culture.
What it is
How did you learn it?
Why did you learn it?
And explain how you think it will help others.

Describe something that surprised you
What it is?
How you found out about it?
What did you do?
And explain whether it made you happy.

Activity Cue Cards

A Leisure activity that you do with your family
What activity it is?
When do you do it?
With whom do you do it?
Do you enjoy doing it?

Describe an art or craft activity (painting, woodwork, etc) that you had at school
What did you make?
How you made it?
What it looked like?
And how you felt about this activity.

Describe an activity that you usually do that wastes your time
What it is?
When do you usually do it?
Why do you do it?
And explain why you think it wastes your time.

Describe an activity you do to keep fit
What the activity is?
When and where do you usually do it?
How do you do it?
Explain why it can keep you fit.

Describe an expensive activity that you enjoy doing occasionally
What it is?
Who do you do it with?
Why is it expensive?
And explain how you feel about it.

Describe an activity that you do after school/work.
What it is?
When and Where do you do it?
Who do you do it with?
And how do you feel about it?

Describe an art exhibition that you visited.
When did you see this exhibition?
Where the exhibition was held?
What was on display?
And explain your impression of the exhibition.

Decision Cue Cards

An important decision you made with the help of someone
What was the decision?
Who helped you?
How he helped you?

Describe a decision made by others/someone that you disagreed with
What the decision was?
How was it made?
What you disagreed with?
And explain why you disagreed with it.

Describe a difficult decision that you once made.
What the decision was?
When you made the decision?
How long did it take you to make the decision?
And explain why it was a difficult decision to make.

Describe a good decision you made recently
What it was?
When you made it?
What the result was?
And explain how you felt about it.

Advice / Conversation Cue Cards

Describe an important conversation that influenced you
When did this happen?
Who you were talking to?
What you talked about?
How this conversation influenced you?

Describe a conversation topic you were not interested in
Who you talked with?
When you had the conversation?
What the topic was?
And explain why you were not interested.

Talk about an interesting conversation
Who was the person?
When and where did you have the conversation?
What was the conversation about?

Describe any advice you received on your subjects or work
Who advised you?
What advice did he give?
Are you happy with the advice?

Describe a good service you received
What the service was?
When you received it?
Who you were with?
How did you feel about it?

Goal / Challenge Cue Cards

Talk about a celebration organized after an achievement
What was the achievement?
When did it happen?
How did you celebrate?
How did you feel about it?

Talk about someone who encourages you to achieve goals
Who is the person?
How is he/she related to you?
How does he/she encourage you?
What this person encouraged you to do?
Something about that person which you like the most?
Why this encouragement helped you to achieve the goal?

Describe a difficult challenge that you completed/met
What was the challenge?
When and where did you complete/meet it?
Why was it difficult?
How did you feel about it?

Describe a difficult thing you did
What it was?
How did you complete it?
Why it was difficult?
And how you felt about doing it?

Describe a goal you want to achieve in the future
What the goal is?
What would you do to achieve it?
When will you achieve it?
Explain why you want to achieve it.

Describe an ambition that you haven’t achieved
What it is?
Why you haven’t achieved it?
What did you do?
And how you felt about it?

Describe a competition you would like to take part in
What kind of competition it is?
What would you do in this competition?
Why does this competition interest you?

Describe an experience you had as a member of a team
What it was?
Who were the members of the team?
What role did you play in this team?
And explain how you achieved your goal.

Talk about something you enjoyed doing in a group
What it was?
With whom you did do it?
When you did do it?
How did you feel about it?

Describe a plan in your life that is not related to work or study
What it is about?
Why you have made it?
What do you need to do first?
And explain how you would feel if it is successful.

Weather Cue Cards

Describe one time when the weather changed your plan
When did this happen?
Where you were?
What kind of weather it was?
Explain why you couldn’t finish the thing.
What you did do at the end?

Describe your favorite weather.
What kind of weather it is?
When this weather usually occurs?
What do you usually do during this weather?
Explain how this weather affects you.
And explain why you like this type of weather.?

Animals Cue Cards

Describe a fishing area that you visited once.
Where it is?
How did you know about it?
When and with whom you went there?
And explain how the overall experience was.?

Describe an aquatic animal
What it looks like?
When did you see it?
Where did you see it?
Explain why it is interesting.

Describe an interesting animal
What it looks like?
When did you see it?
Where did you see it?
Explain why it is interesting.

Describe a time when you were really close to a wild animal
What it looked like?
Where did you see it?
What did it like to eat or do?
Why do you like it?

Family Cue Cards

Describe one of the family members you spend the most time with
Who is he/she?
What do you usually do together?
What kind of person he/she is?
Why do you spend most of the time with him/her?

Describe a time when you felt proud of a family member
When did it happen?
Who is this person?
What did the person do?
And explain why you felt proud of him/her.

Describe a family which you like and are happy to know
Who they are?
Where do they live?
How do you know them?
And explain why you like them.

Describe a family member whom you would like to work with in the future.
Who the person is
Have you ever worked with the person before
What kinds of work you would like to do with the person
And explain how you will feel if you can finally work together.

Describe something important that has been kept in your family for a long time :
What is it?
When your family had it?
How your family got it?
And explain why it is important for your family

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