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Describe a food you like to eat at home. v.1

Describe a food you like to eat at home. v. 1
Describe a food you like to eat at home. You should say: what is it how it is prepared who prepares it at your home and explain why you like it. Model Answer 1: I like to eat fried rice with vegetable and fish curry at home. In fact, this is a common dinner item in our country and I often eat these items at home. Fried rice is prepared by boiling the rice and then fried with eggs and vegetables. Vegetables are mixed and prepared by using other spices and water. Finally, fish curry is cooked using the fish, spices, water, oil and salt. When these items are cooked individually, they are served together for either the lunch or dinner. At our home, my mum mostly does the cooking stuff. She most of the time prepares this food item but sometimes my younger sister helps her cooking this item. The fried rice with egg, vegetable and fish are my most favourite menu. I eat this menu at least 4-5 times in a week and yet I never get bored with this menu. If I eat rich foods like Chinese menu or Thai menu 2/3 times in a week in a restaurant, I feel like not to have it again. But the menu I am talking about is quite delicious, tasty and nutritious. One will never feel uninterested eating it. This is a common dish in our country and because of the geographical location we grow plenty of paddies, vegetables, and have lots of fishes in our rivers and ponds. My mother has a special skill of cooking and the fried rice with vegetable, and fish curry she cooks is simply second to none. These are the main reasons for me to like this menu.     Sample Answer 2: I love to take paratha and mutton bhuna at home and this is a delicious food in my taste. This is a great cue card topic to talk about and I feel lucky with this. The preparation process of this food is simple. You will need some flours and prepare them accordingly to make the parathas. But cooking the mutton is a bit complex and takes more time than preparing the usual foods. You will need to clean the mutton properly before cooking and then apply some mixed types of spices with the meat. Preserving the prepared meat for half an hour will help the spices to get in to the deep of the meat. Finally, put the mutton in the cooking pot with the expected amount of water. It needs almost half an hour to complete the cooking process. Usually, my mother is in charge of cooking at our home. But sometimes, I help her out in the preparation process. Besides, I also help mom when she falls sick and cannot continue the cooking for the family. In fact, cooking for a large family is really difficult and needs lots of preparations. So, often it becomes hard for mom to complete all the tasks. Further, the maid, who has been appointed for help in cooking, also is irregular. So, when it is about cooking the mutton and making the paratha, I extend my helping hand to my mother. Paratha and mutton have an especial appeal to me. The taste is different from the other types of food. And they do not make me feel bored. The paratha that I take is fried with a special type of oil which raises the taste while the mutton becomes tastier with the addition of potatoes. So, I like the foods much.   Similar Cue Card Topics Your ability to talk about this Cue Card would enable you to talk about the following Cue Cards as well: 1. Describe your favourite menu. 2. Describe a menu you like to eat at a restaurant. 3. Describe a dish you liked very much. 4. Describe a food item you would like to try. 5. Describe a food item you know how to cook.
Describe
a
food
you like to
eat
at home. You should say: what is it how it is
prepared
who prepares it at your home and
explain
why you like it. Model Answer 1:

I like to
eat
fried
rice
with
vegetable
and fish curry at home. In fact, this is a common dinner
item
in our country and I
often
eat
these
items
at home.
Fried
rice
is
prepared
by boiling the
rice
and then
fried
with eggs and
vegetables
.
Vegetables
are mixed
and
prepared
by using other
spices
and water.
Finally
, fish curry
is cooked
using the fish,
spices
, water, oil and salt. When these
items
are cooked
individually
, they
are served
together for either the lunch or dinner. At our home, my mum
mostly
does the cooking stuff. She most of the
time
prepares this
food
item
but
sometimes
my younger sister
helps
her
cooking
this
item
. The
fried
rice
with egg,
vegetable
and fish are my most
favourite
menu
. I
eat
this
menu
at least 4-5
times
in a
week and
yet
I never
get
bored with this
menu
. If I
eat
rich
foods
like Chinese
menu
or Thai
menu
2/3
times
in a week in a restaurant, I
feel
like not to have it again.
But
the
menu
I am talking about is quite delicious, tasty and nutritious. One will never
feel
uninterested eating it. This is a common dish in our country and
because
of the geographical location we grow
plenty
of paddies,
vegetables
, and have lots of fishes in our rivers and ponds.

My mother has a special
skill
of cooking and the
fried
rice
with
vegetable
, and fish curry she cooks is
simply
second to none
. These are the main reasons for me to like this
menu
.
   
Sample Answer 2:

I
love
to take
paratha
and mutton
bhuna
at home and this is a delicious
food
in my taste. This is a great
cue
card
topic to talk about and I
feel
lucky with this.

The preparation process of this
food
is simple. You will
need
some
flours and prepare them
accordingly
to
make
the
parathas
.
But
cooking the mutton is a bit complex and takes more
time
than preparing the usual
foods
. You will
need
to clean the mutton
properly
before
cooking and then apply
some
mixed types of
spices
with the meat. Preserving the
prepared
meat for half an hour will
help
the
spices
to
get
in to the deep of the meat.
Finally
, put the mutton in the cooking pot with the
expected
amount of water. It
needs
almost half an hour to complete the cooking process.

Usually
, my mother is in charge of cooking at our home.
But
sometimes
, I
help
her out in the preparation process.
Besides
, I
also
help
mom when she falls sick and cannot continue the cooking for the family. In fact, cooking for a large family is
really
difficult and
needs
lots of preparations.
So
,
often
it becomes
hard
for mom to complete all the tasks.
Further
, the maid, who has
been appointed
for
help
in cooking,
also
is irregular.
So
, when it is about cooking the mutton and making the
paratha
, I extend my helping hand to my mother.

Paratha
and mutton have an especial appeal to me. The taste is
different
from the other types of
food
. And they do not
make
me
feel
bored. The
paratha
that I take is
fried
with a special type of oil which raises the taste while the mutton becomes tastier with the addition of potatoes.
So
, I like the
foods
much.
 
Similar
Cue
Card
Topics Your ability to talk about this
Cue
Card
would enable you to talk about the following
Cue
Cards
as
well
: 1.
Describe
your
favourite
menu. 2
.
Describe
a
menu
you like to
eat
at a restaurant.

3.
Describe
a dish you liked
very
much.

4.
Describe
a
food
item
you would like to try.

5.
Describe
a
food
item
you know
how to cook.
10Linking words, meeting the goal of 7 or more
88Repeated words, meeting the goal of 3 or fewer
15Mistakes

IELTS speaking Describe a food you like to eat at home. v. 1

Speaking
  American English
11 paragraphs
668 words
5.5
Overall Band Score
Coherence and Cohesion: 5.5
  • Structure your answers in logical paragraphs
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    Support main points with an explanation and then an example
  • Use cohesive linking words accurately and appropriately
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    Vary your linking phrases using synonyms
Lexical Resource: 5.0
  • Try to vary your vocabulary using accurate synonyms
  • Use less common question specific words that accurately convey meaning
  • Check your work for spelling and word formation mistakes
Grammatical Range: 6.5
  • Use a variety of complex and simple sentences
  • Check your writing for errors
Task Achievement: 5.0
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    Present relevant ideas
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