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Describe a trip you have taken recently. v.1

Describe a trip you have taken recently. v. 1
Describe a trip you have taken recently. You should say: where you went who went with you why you went there and describe things you saw and did on your trip.   Model Answer 1: Recently, about several weeks ago, I was on an official vacation because my casual leaves from my work were getting accumulated year after year. In fact, I was working too much, so as soon as I asked for some vacation time for a holiday trip for my whole family, my company gladly agreed. Immediately, the next day, my whole family, including my parents, my young wife and a couple of my siblings were well on our way to one of the stunningly beautiful port cities of my country. Of course, before deciding about our destination, we argued long among ourselves as to what were some of the best spots to choose for our trip. Some argued that we would travel to a tourist spot of a neighbouring country of ours because the weather there was perfect at that time of the year. Some others argued that we would travel to Europe. But, in the end, we agreed to the proposal of my loving mother who suggested that we would travel to a major port city in my country because it was so naturally beautiful. In fact, my mother told us that she had long held a dream in her heart to witness how all those foreign and beautiful looking ships, full of many different kinds of people and cargos, from different parts of the world, were docking at our port. But, as for the remaining members of my family, we went there mainly to enjoy the beautiful mountain site, with plenty of trees underneath of it, and swimming in the warm water of our ocean. Then, of course, we also wanted to enjoy the barbeque of some freshly-caught sea fishes. Anyway, it was a nice family trip because we all did some fun things, which included swimming in the ocean, enjoying a speed boat ride, taking a family picture of ours at the feet of the rather large mountain site along with many other beautiful pictures at different interesting parts of the city. We also didn’t forget to purchase some beautiful boutiques to carry with us to home as some souvenir.   Sample Answer 2: A few days back, we went to (. . . tell the name of the place that you would like to talk about. . . ) on an official trip. This trip was arranged by our office and all of our colleagues and some of their relatives went there. As it was an official tour and I had been thinking about going to such a trip, I agreed to go. The place was a good picnic spot and historically important. I have had plans to visit the place and when I heard that an official tour has been arranged there, I simply agreed to go on the trip without giving any second thought. On the trip day, all of the participants met at our office ground and took our seats on the bus. It was about 3-4 hours journey and at 11: 30 am. we reached the spot. We visited the small museum there, took bath in a pond, ran through the narrow roads and bridged, climbed at small hills, played cricket, took photos, took our meals, arranged a singing competition, raffle draw program and many more interesting things there. We saw historical significances and a documentary on a wide-screen projector arranged by the governing authority of the place, we visited a small museum, and we saw beautiful fishes in the rivers, birds on the trees and many eye-catching sceneries there. We stayed there the whole day and returned home after the evening. That was a good trip that I really enjoyed.   Tips for talking about this Cue Card Question: For this cue card, you can talk about a trip you remember. Since this question requires you to talk about a trip you recently had, you must mention that you had this trip only a few days back. Even if you talk about a trip that you actually had a few years back, you should describe it as if you recently returned from this trip. First, mention the place where you went for this trip. Then describe what type of trip it was and who was with you on this trip. While mentioning the place, it is advisable to mention the city/ place name and then name the country, location is such a way so that someone who does not know about this place can guess where it might be. If it was a family trip, mention who went with you. Similarly, if this was a trip with friends or colleagues, you should very clearly mention this. For the next question, mention what was the reason you wanted to have this trip. Mention whether it was a recreational trip, family trip, official/ business trip of something else. Give some background of the planning and preparation for the tip and finally, mention your experience during this trip. Try to give an interesting description of your journey, staying, activities, sightseeing and other experiences to make it an attractive tour. Also, mention what you learned from this trip and why you enjoyed it. Since the final question particularly asks you to talk about the things you did and saw on the trip, try to mention some of the following things and activities about your trip: 1. A visit to a museum. 2. A visit to an interesting historic place 3. A visit to a royal and famous place 4. Surfing 5. Scuba diving 6. Attending local festivals 7. Watching theatrical performances and other art shows. 8. A trip to a local place. 9. Hiking 10. Skating 11. Skiing 12. Swimming 13. Testing local cuisine etc. You should add the things you watched or things you did in your trip apart from the ideas mentioned above. Describing your trip to an interesting was is more important than mentioning so many activities or things worth seeing for this cue card. To get a really good score, describe the trip in such a way that it creates interest to the listener to have a trip there too.   Part 3 – Two-way discussion: Q. What are some famous tourist spots in your country? Q. What are the positive impacts of tourism in your country? Q. What are the negative impacts of tourism in your country? Q. What do you think are the reasons people visit new places? Q. What can you tell about the future of the tourism industry in your country?
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a
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trip
you have taken
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recently
. You should say: where you
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went
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who
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went
with you why you
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went
there and
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describe
things you
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saw
and did on your
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trip
.
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Model Answer
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1: Recently
, about several weeks ago, I was on an
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official
vacation
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because
my casual
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leaves
from my work were getting accumulated
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year
after
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year
. In fact, I was working too much,
so
as
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soon
as I
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asked for
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some
vacation time for a holiday
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trip
for my whole
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family
, my
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company
gladly
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agreed
. Immediately, the
next
day, my whole
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family
, including my parents, my young wife and a couple of my siblings were
well
on our way to one of the
stunningly
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beautiful
port cities of my country.

Of course
,
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before
deciding about our destination, we argued long among ourselves as to what were
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some
of the best
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spots
to choose for our
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trip
.
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Some
argued that we would travel to a tourist
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spot
of a
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neighbouring
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country
of ours
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because
the weather there was perfect at that time of the
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year
.
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others argued that we would travel to Europe.
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, in the
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end
, we
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agreed
to the proposal of my loving mother
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who
suggested that we would travel to a major port city in my
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country
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because
it was
so
naturally
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beautiful
.

In fact, my mother
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told
us that she had long held a dream in her heart to witness how all those foreign and
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beautiful
looking ships, full of
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many
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different
kinds of
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people
and cargos, from
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different
parts of the world, were docking at our port.
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But
, as for the remaining members of my
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family
, we
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went
there
mainly
to enjoy the
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beautiful
mountain site, with
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plenty
of trees underneath of it, and swimming in the warm water of our ocean. Then,
of course
, we
also
wanted to enjoy the
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barbeque
of
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some
freshly
-caught sea fishes.

Anyway
, it was a nice
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family
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trip
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because
we all did
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some
fun things, which included swimming in the ocean, enjoying a speed boat ride, taking a
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family
picture of ours at the feet of the
rather
large mountain site along with
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many
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other
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beautiful
pictures at
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different
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interesting
parts of the city. We
also
didn’t forget to
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purchase
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some
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beautiful
boutiques to carry with us to home as
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some
souvenir.
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Sample Answer 2:

A few days back, we
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went
to (.
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.
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.
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tell
the name of the
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place
that you would like to
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talk
about.
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.
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.
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)
on an
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official
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trip
. This
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trip
was
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arranged
by our office and all of our colleagues and
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some
of their relatives
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went
there. As it was an
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official
tour and I had been thinking about going to such a
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trip
, I
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agreed
to go. The
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place
was a
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good
picnic
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spot
and
historically
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important
. I have had plans to
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visit
the
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place
and when I heard that an
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official
tour has been
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arranged
there, I
simply
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agreed
to go on the
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trip
without giving any second
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thought
.

On the
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trip
day,
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all of the
participants met at our office ground and
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took
our seats on the bus. It was about 3-4 hours journey and at 11: 30 am. we reached the
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spot
. We visited the
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small
museum there,
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took
bath in a pond, ran through the narrow roads and bridged, climbed at
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small
hills, played cricket,
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took
photos,
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took
our meals,
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arranged
a singing competition, raffle draw program and
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many
more
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interesting
things there. We
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saw
historical
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significances
and a documentary on a wide-screen projector
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arranged
by the governing authority of the
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place
, we visited a
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small
museum, and we
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saw
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beautiful
fishes in the rivers, birds on the trees and
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many
eye-catching sceneries there.
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We
stayed there the whole day and returned home after the evening. That was a
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good
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trip
that I
really
enjoyed.
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Tips for talking about this Cue Card
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: For this cue card, you can
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talk
about a
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trip
you remember. Since this
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question
requires you to
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talk
about a
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trip
you
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recently
had, you
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must
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mention
that you had this
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trip
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only
a few days back. Even if you
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talk
about a
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trip
that you
actually
had a few years back, you should
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describe
it as if you
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recently
returned from this trip.

First
,
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mention
the
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place
where you
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went
for this
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trip
. Then
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describe
what type of
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trip
it was and
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who
was with you on this
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trip
. While mentioning the
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place
, it is advisable to
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mention
the city/
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place
name and then name the
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country
, location is such a way
so
that someone
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who
does not know about this
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place
can guess where it might be.

If it was a
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family
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trip
,
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mention
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who
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went
with you.
Similarly
, if this was a
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trip
with friends or colleagues, you should
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very
clearly
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mention
this.

For the
next
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question
,
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mention
what was the reason you wanted to have this
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trip
.
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Mention
whether it was a recreational
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trip
,
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family
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trip
, official/ business
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trip
of something else. Give
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some
background of the planning and preparation for the tip and
finally
,
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mention
your experience during this trip.

Try to give an
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interesting
description of your journey, staying, activities, sightseeing and
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other
experiences to
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make
it an attractive tour.
Also
,
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mention
what you learned from this
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trip
and why you enjoyed it.

Since the final
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question
particularly
asks you to
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talk
about the things you did and
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saw
on the
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trip
, try to
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mention
If the text is a generality, 'of the' is not necessary. Did you mean "some"?
some of the
following things and activities about your
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trip: 1
. A
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visit
to a museum.

2. A
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visit
to an
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interesting
historic
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place


3.
Three successive sentences begin with the same word. Consider rewording the sentence or use a thesaurus to find a synonym.
A
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visit
to a royal and
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famous
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place


4. Surfing

5. Scuba
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diving


6. Attending local
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festivals


7. Watching theatrical performances and
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other
art
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shows
.

8. A
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trip
to a local
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place. 9
. Hiking

10. Skating

11. Skiing

12. Swimming

13. Testing local cuisine etc. You should
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add
the things you
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watched
or things you did in your
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trip
apart from the
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ideas
mentioned above. Describing your
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trip
to an
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interesting
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was is
more
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important
than mentioning
so
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many
activities or things worth seeing for this cue card. To
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get
a
really
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good
score,
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describe
the
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trip
in such a way that it creates interest to the listener to have a
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trip
there too.
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Part 3
Consider using an m-dash if you do not want to join two words.
–
Two-way discussion: Q. What are
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some
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famous
tourist
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spots
in your
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country
? Q. What are the
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positive
impacts of tourism in your
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country
? Q. What are the
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negative
impacts of tourism in your
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country
?
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Q
. What do you
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think
are the reasons
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people
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visit
new
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places
?
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Q
. What can you
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tell
about the future of the tourism industry in your
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country
?
14Linking words, meeting the goal of 7 or more
146Repeated words, meeting the goal of 3 or fewer
27Mistakes

IELTS speaking Describe a trip you have taken recently. v. 1

Speaking
  American English
25 paragraphs
1117 words
5.5
Overall Band Score
Coherence and Cohesion: 5.5
  • Structure your answers in logical paragraphs
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    One main idea per paragraph
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    Include an introduction and conclusion
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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: 5.5
  • Use a variety of complex and simple sentences
  • Check your writing for errors
Task Achievement: 5.0
  • Answer all parts of the question
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    Present relevant ideas
  • Fully explain these ideas
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    Support ideas with relevant, specific examples
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