IELTS Cue Card Questions (Jan-April 2024): Recent Prompts for Speaking Practice

The IELTS speaking test is a significant component of the exam, designed to assess a candidate’s ability to communicate effectively in English. One of the key sections of this test is the Cue Card segment, where candidates are presented with a topic and asked to speak on it for 1-2 minutes. To aid in your IELTS preparation, here is a compilation of Cue Card questions from January to April 2024.

Jan-April 2024:

  1. Talkative Person (A person you know who likes to talk a lot)
  2. An occasion when people near you made a lot of noise
  3. Something that helps you work or study better
  4. A useful object in your home you can’t live without
  5. A piece of technology that you feel difficult to use
  6. A city where you’d like to stay for a short time
  7. A time when you taught a friend or relative something
  8. A time when you missed or were late for a meeting
  9. A place you visited that was affected by air pollution
  10. A new development in your city (e.g. shopping mall)
  11. An interesting old person
  12. Something you did that made you feed proud
  13. A free time activity you enjoyed when you were younger
  14. A person you like or want to work or study with
  15. A time when someone gave you something you really wanted (gift)
  16. A complaint you made and you were satisfied with the results
  17. Something that you would like to learn in the future
  18. A character from a film/movie
  19. A time you went to a noisy place
  20. A daily routine you enjoy
  21. A piece of news that you heard about someone you know well
  22. Your first day at school that you remember
  23. A place in your home where you like to relax
  24. A person you met at a party and enjoyed talking with
  25. An advertisement you don’t like

May-Dec 2023

  1. An occasion when you spent time with a child
  2. An occasion when you got lost
  3. A piece of clothing you wear most often
  4. An occasion when you got incorrect information
  5. A place away from your home you want to visit in the future
  6. An enjoyable experience in your childhood
  7. A game you played in your childhood
  8. A new shop opened in your city
  9. An invention that you know
  10. A car journey
  11. A book you’ve read many times
  12. A person you know who moved into new accomodation
  13. A popular person
  14. A film you watched but did not like and disappointed
  15. A someone you know who often helps others
  16. An ideal house or apartment where you want to live