WHAT IS A CUE CARD?
In the IELTS speaking test, the candidate is required to speak on a topic for about 1 to 2 minutes. The pattern of IELTS exam is designed to check the understanding level of English. The important thing to keep in mind that the topic given in IELTS speaking test cannot be changed. With the speaking topic, 3 to 4 cues are provided which helps candidates to answer the question to the point.
Describe a short trip that you often take but you do not like
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where you go
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when you go there
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why you go there
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Explain why you do not like this trip
Well, being a voracious traveller, I love to travel. Also, I am an architect by profession and which requires me to cruise to different locations for site visits and work purposes. Although I love undertaking site visits, I don’t like visiting this new site at CST in Mumbai. This place is around 50 km away from my home and office in Thane.
As I mentioned earlier, I am required to go there twice a week to supervise the construction of a residential tower. To top it all, I am compelled to travel by the insanely crowded local trains, where there is no space either to stand nor to sit. The scariest part is that I have to further take a cab ride of 20 minutes to reach the site of work and if at all there is traffic, then the commute can easily stretch to 3-4 hours.
I detest this journey as it is filled with pollution and highly inconvenient. It’s no secret that a metropolitan city like Mumbai is high on pollution. Moreover, travelling in the local train and cab for around 5 hours, to and fro, really takes a toll on my body and sucks out every ounce of energy that I have. However, as work is a priority for me, I still travel there twice a week with no complaint.
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