Friday 29 January 2016

IELTS Speaking Cue Card 03 - Describe An Activity You Like doing

Describe an activity you like doing. You should say - 
  1. Where you do it? 
  2. Who you do it with? 
  3. Why you enjoy doing it? 
  4. And say what kind of people you would recommend that activity to and why? 

Sample Answer - 

There are varied activities that a person performs or engages in each day. Some of them are career oriented, while others can be recreational or leisure time activities. 

One such activity I like doing is to play outdoor sports such as cricket or football. I do this activity almost everyday during the evening hours, when I am generally free from my busy schedule. As I am also a member of the city's sports club, so I often visit the TT Nagar stadium to play these sports. I enjoy doing this activity with my college time friends. Apart from this I have also come to know a lot of new people of my age, who also actively take part in such activities and it is really fun and enjoying to play sports such as cricket and football with them. 

As it is said that "All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy" I like to do this activity because it helps me to relax myself after a busy day. Moreover, as sports are considered to be one of the best forms of physical exercise, I prefer to play them so that I can remain fit and healthy. I would like to recommend people of almost all age groups to engage in outdoor sports especially children and youngsters as it will help them to develop and grow both physically and mentally. 

In addition to it, playing sports eases out stress and can be helpful even against depression and other mental disorders. So it would be really beneficial for people if they indulge in outdoor sports on a regular basis. 

Some other activities one can talk about - 

Reading Books
Listening to Music 
Shopping
Travelling
Painting/ Art/ Dance
Photography 
Creative Writing

The points and response structure can be more or less on the same pattern as almost all the above mentioned activities, helps a person to relax mentally. However it can be noted that each activity has its own set of benefits and the key to answer such questions in an effective manner is to lay more stress on "Why you enjoy doing it?" part, as it will help you fetch more points which can be related directly to the question asked.

(This model answer can be followed as an example of a very good answer. However, please note that this is just one example out of many possible approaches.)