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Describe a shop that recently opened in your city/country. v.1

Describe a shop that recently opened in your city/country. v. 1
Describe a shop that recently opened in your city/country. You should say: what its name is where it is who the typical customers are and say if you have bought anything from the shop. Why/Why not? [You will have to talk about the topic for one to two minutes. You have one minute to think about what you're going to say. You can make some notes to help you if you wish. ] Sample Answer: I would like to thank you for this nice cue card topic. A store for babies named “The Baby Shop” has been opened in my locality. The shop is specialized for babies and sells products for children only. The shop provides the best necessaries for the children including the newborn babies. This is a great cue card to answer and I am feeling lucky with this. The shop is located in the centre of my town and initially has only a single branch in my country, Indonesia. Being located in the centre of the town, the shop is accessible from every corner and remains open round the day. This is a great shop for the babies and provides a wide range of necessary stuff for the people. Interestingly, it sells almost all types of products for babies ranging from zero to five years old. New parents are the typical customers for this shop. Besides, the other parents who have babies under five-years-old at their home are also the visitors to this shop. They frequently visit the shop and get their necessaries. The options are broad and thus there are plenty of chances to get the right product for their babies. Moreover, people who need any baby products and cannot find them in other places also visit this shop. This is of a great importance to them. Recently, I had to visit the shop for getting a baby product. In fact, one of my cousins has become a new mother and I went to see the baby. Before visiting the baby, I was planning to what I can take as a gift for the baby. Suddenly, I realized that baby shop is the best place to find the right thing for the newborn. I visited the shop and got some clothes for this newly born angel. More Ideas to help you prepare your own answer: Cue Card Topic: Describe a shop that recently opened in your city/country. 1.   A new shop for toys, named TOY STORE, has been launched in my city, Jakarta in Indonesia, a few months ago. The shop is located in the centre of the city. The shop has different types of customers and most of them are children. Often their parents visit the store to get the right toys for their children or to present any other children. Actually, I did not buy anything from the shop so far because I do not have any child in my family. Besides, I have not been invited to any event related to children as well. 2. A new hairdresser has opened its branch here in Mumbai. The shop is named as Hair Styler. The shop is located at the end of the street where I live in the city. People of all ages need a haircut. So, no specific type of customer visits the shop; rather almost all of them take the service. Recently, I have taken a haircut from the shop. It was nice indeed. The haircut price was reasonable too. 3. The bookstore named 'The Library' has newly been opened in our town. The store is located in the downtown of Manchester. The store sells almost all types of books including textbooks for academic studies, novel, poetry and more. Usually, the book lovers, teachers and students are the typical customers of this store. I also have become one of its customers. Recently, I have bought a bestselling novel from the store. They sold the book at a discounted price. 4. The newly opened flower shop, named ‘Flowers Dane’ is a nice shop. The shop is located in the southeast corner of the 23rd Street in Orlando. The shop has some specific types of customers. Everyone comes here to get the right flower for their beloved ones or for their home decoration. I bought some roses from the shop last week. I took the roses to decorate my home as some guests were supposed to arrive. 5. I have seen a new clothing store in my city. It is named as ‘Outfit 1’. The store was located on the Baraga street in Indonesia. The store sells different types of clothing for all ages of people. So, people of all classes and ages visit the shop whenever they need to purchase new clothes. I also went to visit the shop and bought a nice pair of jeans for me. I liked it so much for its simple design and reasonable price.
Describe
a
shop
that
recently
opened in your city/country. You should say: what its name is where it is who the typical
customers
are and say if you have
bought
anything from the
shop
. Why/Why not? [You will
have to
talk about the topic for one to two minutes. You have one minute to
think
about what you're going to say. You can
make
some
notes to
help
you if you wish.
]
Sample Answer:

I would like to thank you for this nice cue card topic. A
store
for
babies
named
“The Baby
Shop”
has
been opened
in my locality. The
shop
is specialized
for
babies
and sells
products
for
children
only
. The
shop
provides the best necessaries for the
children
including the newborn
babies
. This is a great cue card to
answer and
I am feeling lucky with this.

The
shop
is
located
in the
centre
of my town and
initially
has
only
a single branch in my country, Indonesia. Being
located
in the
centre
of the town, the
shop
is accessible from every corner and remains open round the day. This is a great
shop
for the
babies
and provides a wide range of necessary stuff for the
people
.
Interestingly
, it sells almost all
types
of
products
for
babies
ranging from zero to five years
old
.

New parents are the typical
customers
for this
shop
.
Besides
, the other parents who have
babies
under five-years-
old
at their home are
also
the visitors to this
shop
. They
frequently
visit
the
shop
and
get
their necessaries. The options are broad and
thus
there are
plenty
of chances to
get
the
right
product
for their
babies
.
Moreover
,
people
who need any baby
products
and cannot find them in other places
also
visit
this
shop
. This is of a great importance to them.

Recently, I had to
visit
the
shop
for getting a baby
product
. In fact, one of my cousins has become a
new
mother and I went to
see
the baby.
Before
visiting the baby, I was planning to what I can take as a gift for the baby.
Suddenly
, I realized that baby
shop
is the best place to find the
right
thing for the newborn. I visited the
shop
and
got
some
clothes for this
newly
born angel. More
Ideas
to
help
you prepare your
own
answer: Cue Card Topic:
Describe
a
shop
that
recently
opened in your city/country. 1.
 
A
new
shop
for toys,
named
TOY
STORE
, has
been launched
in my city, Jakarta in Indonesia, a few months ago. The
shop
is
located
in the
centre
of the city. The
shop
has
different
types
of
customers
and most of them are
children
.
Often
their parents
visit
the
store
to
get
the
right
toys for their
children
or to present any other
children
.
Actually
, I did not
buy
anything from the
shop
so
far
because
I do not have any child in my family.
Besides
, I have not
been invited
to any
event
related to
children
as
well
.

2. A
new
hairdresser has opened its branch here in Mumbai. The
shop
is
named
as Hair Styler. The
shop
is
located
at the
end
of the street where I
live
in the city.
People
of all ages need a haircut.
So
, no specific
type
of
customer
visits
the
shop
;
rather
almost all of them take the service.
Recently
, I have taken a haircut from the
shop
. It was nice
indeed
. The haircut price was reasonable too.

3. The bookstore
named
'The Library' has
newly
been opened
in our town.
The
store
is
located
in the downtown of Manchester.
The
store
sells almost all
types
of books including textbooks for academic studies, novel, poetry and more.
Usually
, the book lovers, teachers and students are the typical
customers
of this
store
. I
also
have become one of its
customers
.
Recently
, I have
bought
a bestselling novel from the
store
. They sold the book at a discounted price.

4. The
newly
opened flower
shop
,
named
‘Flowers Dane’ is a nice
shop
. The
shop
is
located
in the southeast corner of the 23rd Street in Orlando.
The
shop
has
some
specific
types
of
customers
. Everyone
comes
here to
get
the
right
flower for their beloved ones or for their home decoration. I
bought
some
roses from the
shop
last week. I took the roses to decorate my home as
some
guests
were supposed
to arrive.

5.
I
have
seen
a
new
clothing
store
in my city. It is
named
as ‘Outfit 1’. The
store
was
located
on the
Baraga
street in Indonesia. The
store
sells
different
types
of clothing for all ages of
people
.
So
,
people
of all classes and ages
visit
the
shop
whenever they need to
purchase
new
clothes. I
also
went to
visit
the
shop
and
bought
a nice pair of jeans for me. I liked it
so
much for its simple design and reasonable price.
12Linking words, meeting the goal of 7 or more
110Repeated words, meeting the goal of 3 or fewer
11Mistakes

IELTS speaking Describe a shop that recently opened in your city/country. v. 1

Speaking
  American English
9 paragraphs
818 words
5.5
Overall Band Score
Coherence and Cohesion: 5.5
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Lexical Resource: 5.0
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Grammatical Range: 6.0
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