1. Describe one of your 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 you spend most of the time with him/her?

2. 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

3. 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?

4. Describe a goal that you achieved, which was set by yourself 

• What it was
• When did you set it
• How did you achieve it
• Explain how it influenced your life

5. Describe a person who has apologized to you

• Who this person is?
• When this happened?
• What this person said for apologizing?
• Explain how you felt about the apology?

6. Describe an interesting animal.

• What it looks like
• When you saw it
• Where you saw it
• Explain why it is interesting

7. Describe an article on health that you read from a magazine or online

• What the article was
• When and where you read it
• What you learned from the article
• Explain why you think it is a good or bad article

8. 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?
• Why you want to meet him?

9. Describe one time when the weather changed your plan 

• When this happened
• Where you were
• What kind of weather it was
• Explain why you couldn’t finish the thing
• What you did at the end

10. 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

11. 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?

12. 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?

13. Describe a successful small business that you know

• What is the business is?
• Where it is?
• Who runs the business/how do you know about this business?
• And explain why you think it is successful?

14. Describe the happiest day you had

• Where you were?
• Who you were with?
• What you did?
• And explain why you think it was the happiest day?

15. Describe a person who taught you something important 

• Who the person is?
• What he/she is like?
• What he/she taught you?
• How you felt about him/her?

16. Describe a difficult challenge that you completed/met 

• What was the challenge?
• When and where did you complete/met it?
• Why was it difficult?
• How you felt about it?

17. 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?

18. Describe a job you would not like to do in the future 

• What is the job
• Why you don’t want to do it?
• How you feel about the job?

19. Describe a uniform you wear (at your school or company)

• When you wear it?
• Who bought it for you?
• What does it look like?
• How you feel about it?

20. Describe a situation or a time when you helped someone

• What the situation was?
• Who the person was?
• How you helped them?
• Explain how your felt after helping them?

21. Describe an indoor game that you liked to play when you were a child.

• What is it
• With whom did you play
• How often you played it
• How did you feel about it

22. 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?

23. Describe a change that can improve your local area 

• What it is?
• How it can be done?
• What problem it will solve?
• How you feel about it

24. Describe an occasion when you lost something and then got it back.

• What you lost?
• How you lost it?
• Where you found it?
• How you felt about it?

25. Describe a time when you were excited cue card January 2020

• Where you were?
• When it was?
• Who you were with?
• explain why were you excited?

26. Describe a time when you traveled by public transportation

• When you traveled?
• Where you traveled?
• What was the purpose of your travel?
• How you felt about it?

27. Talk about an interesting conversation

• Who was the person
• When and where did you have the conversation
• What was the conversation about

28. 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 you want to share it with friends

29. Describe a place where you read and write, apart from your home

• What is it
• Where is it
• Why do you go there to read and write

30. Describe a school you went to in your childhood 

• Where it was?
• What it was like?
• What you learned there?
• And how you felt about it?

31. 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?

32. Describe a person who likes to travel by plane 

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

33. When was the first time you admired the sky or a beautiful sky you enjoyed seeing

• What were you doing
• Who was with you
• What you saw

34. A Leisure activity that you do with your family IELTS Cue Card 

• What activity it is?
• When do you do it?
• With whom do you do it?
• Do you enjoy doing it?

35. Describe a place full of colour

• Where is it?
• How you know about it?
• When you went there?
• What you did there?
• Explain why you think it is colourful?

36. Describe an experience when you were with people and you got bored

• When was it?
• Where was it?
• Why did you get bored?
• How you felt about it?

37. Describe a product made in the region you come from or a popular product from your hometown

• What it is, how it looks like?
• What is it used for?
• How is it made?
• Explain why your country makes it?
• Explain why is it popular?

38. Talk about a celebration organized after an achievement or describe a situation when you celebrated your achievement.

• What was the achievement?
• When it happened?
• How did you celebrate?
• How you felt about it?

39. Describe an advice you received on your subjects or work 

• who advised you?
• what advice did he give?
• Are you happy with the advice?

40. Describe a time when you first met someone

• Who was it?
• Where did you meet?
• When was it?
• How was your experience?

41. Describe a special day that made you happy

• When was it?
• What was the occasion?
• Why did it make you happy?

42. 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 you like it?

43. Talk about a gift for which you spent long time to choose/make.

• What it was?
• Who was the person you gave it to?
• How he or she felt about it?
• Why it took long time for you to choose?

44. Describe an experience when you played an indoor game with others?

• What you played
• Who you played with
• Why you played
• How you felt about it?

45. Describe a time you were sleepy but had to stay awake 

• When it happened?
• Why you were sleepy?
• Why you had to stay awake?
• And how you stayed awake?

46. Describe a practical skill you learned

• What this skill was
• When you learned it
• How you learned it?
• And explain why you think it was important?
• How you felt about it?

47. Talk about someone who encourages you to achieve goals or someone who encouraged you to achieve a goal (PAST TENSE) 

• 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?

48. Describe a time when you were cheated/ when someone lied to you / someone did not tell you the complete truth.

• What was the occasion/
• What the situation was?
• When this happened?
• Who was the person?
• What did he hide about?
• Why do you think the person did not tell the whole truth?

49. 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 to you?

50. Talk about a newly built public facility (such as parks, cinemas etc) that improves/influence local life quality in your city

• What the facility is?
• Where is it?
• How does it improve the life quality?
• How you feel about it?

51. Talk about something that you borrowed from your friend.

• When did you borrow?
• Whom you borrowed it from?
• What you did with it?
• Why you borrowed it?

[NEW]: IELTS Cue Cards have been added to IELTS Makkar final version pdf  book for January to April 2020 expected cue cards:

52.  Describe an educational trip you went on in your school days

• Where was the trip?
• What you did and what you learned?
• Who went with you?

53. Describe an important building in your hometown

• Which is the building?
• Where it is?
• How you know about the building?
• Why you think it is important?

54. Describe a new skill you want to learn

• What it is?
• How would you learn it?
• Where you can learn it?
• and explain why you want to learn it?

There are all cue cards for January 2020 and in addition, you can review IELTS cue cards for September to December 2019 as it is still important.

Read Also: 

• Expected topics for IELTS writing task 2 in January 2020
• Expected Cue Cards for IELTS Speaking June to August 2020

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