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Describe a wedding ceremony you attended. v.1

Describe a wedding ceremony you attended. v. 1
Describe a wedding ceremony you attended. You should say:  when and where it was  who were getting married  what happened at the wedding and explain what type of wedding ceremony it was.   Model Answer 1: Talking about a happy and fun event like wedding ceremony has always been a favourite subject for me because attending such happy occasion brings a lot of joy among the people while also witnessing a rare moment of the new beginning of life. Today, I would like to talk about one such wedding ceremony that I attended about a few months ago. I would like to say that it was a “marriage from heaven”. Some even called it “marriage of the year” because thousands of people attended it. By the way, a wedding ceremony, a traditional one in the cultural context of my country, of one of my first cousins, who also happened to be the only child and son of his parents. So, they made all kinds of arrangements, which included bringing some of the best catering people from the town to cook virtually all kinds of traditional and non-traditional delicious dishes and hiring a famous musical band of my country to play music, to make the wedding ceremony even a more memorable one. By the way, the marriage had taken place at a local but very big party centre which could accommodate thousands of people. At the ceremony, the guests were busy greeting each other while enjoying some snacks. The music was being played at one corner of the party centre people some young people were also dancing to the tune of music. One of the best things about that wedding ceremony was that the party centre was decorated with some marvellous lighting system, potted plants and some fresh flowers. And, of course, people dressed to kill to make the wedding ceremony to look even more colourful and dreamy. Anyway, I enjoyed this wedding ceremony because there were so many nice things that were going on at the ceremony while it also followed the traditional values and customs of our culture. In fact, I would say that it was a wedding ceremony, which was enjoyed by all kinds of people of all ages from all over the city. It was an expensive wedding ceremony, but the fun was worth it.   Sample Answer 2: One of the memorable wedding ceremonies that I attended and enjoyed was the wedding party of my cousin. It was in the year 2007 and I was 21 years old at that time. I can recall that it was mid-summer and I took 4-day-leave from my university to attend the program. My cousin Ruby got married and she was the daughter of my eldest maternal uncle. Among our cousins, she was the eldest and she was 24 years old when she got married to a doctor. I was at the wedding from the very beginning, shopping till the departure of the bride to her father-in-law's house. The whole house was decorated, we celebrated a ceremony 3 days long, lots of relatives and neighbours came to congratulate the bride and they brought some gifts for her as well. The host prepared several delicious dishes and sweets and everyone wore new and traditional dresses. Everyone enjoyed, sang and danced, the whole program was recorded and everyone cried when the bride left the house. Yes, that was a typical wedding that followed the general traditions and customs. It was nothing different from the traditional marriages that are generally performed in most of the part of the country except some minor tribes and society. If fact we enjoyed the wedding because a typical marriage ceremony in our country has lots of interesting and enjoyable parts that people celebrate with boundless joys. We mostly followed the customs and thoroughly enjoyed the whole wedding program.     Similar Cue Card Topics Your ability to talk about this Cue Card Topic would enable you to talk about the following Cue Card Topics as well: Describe a celebration you recently joined Describe a party you remember well Describe a ceremony you enjoyed participating Describe a family program you recently celebrated
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Describe
a
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wedding
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ceremony
you
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attended
. You should say:
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when and where it was
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who were getting married
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what happened at the
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wedding
and
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explain
what type of
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wedding
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ceremony
it was.
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Model Answer 1:

Talking about a happy and fun
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event
like
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wedding
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ceremony
has always been a
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favourite
subject for me
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because
attending such happy occasion brings
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a lot of
joy among the
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people
while
also
witnessing a rare moment of the new beginning of life.
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Today
, I would like to talk about one such
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wedding
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ceremony
that I
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attended
about a few months ago.

I would like to say that it was a
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“marriage
from heaven”.
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Some
even called it
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“marriage
of the
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year”
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because
thousands of
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people
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attended
it. By the way, a
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wedding
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ceremony
, a
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traditional
one in the cultural context of my
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country
, of one of my
first
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cousins
, who
also
happened to be the
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only
child and son of his parents.
So
, they made all kinds of arrangements, which included bringing
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some
of the best catering
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people
from the town to cook
virtually
all kinds of
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traditional
and non-traditional delicious dishes and hiring a
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famous
musical band of my
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country
to play music, to
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make
the
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wedding
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ceremony
even a more memorable one.

By the way, the
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marriage
had taken place at a local
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but
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very
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big
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party
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centre
which could accommodate thousands of
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people
. At the
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ceremony
, the guests were busy greeting each other while enjoying
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some
snacks. The music was
being played
at one corner of the
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party
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centre
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people
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some
young
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people
were
also
dancing to the tune of music. One of the best things about that
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wedding
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ceremony
was that the
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party
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centre
was decorated
with
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some
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marvellous
lighting system, potted plants and
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some
fresh flowers. And,
of course
,
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people
dressed to kill
to
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make
the
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wedding
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ceremony
to look even more
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colourful
and dreamy.

Anyway
, I
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enjoyed
this
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wedding
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ceremony
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because
there were
so
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many
nice things that were going on at the
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ceremony
while it
also
followed the
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traditional
values and customs of our culture. In fact, I would say that it was a
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wedding
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ceremony
, which was
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enjoyed
by all kinds of
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people
of all ages from all over the city. It was an expensive
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wedding
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ceremony
,
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but
the fun was worth it.
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Sample Answer 2:

One of the memorable
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wedding
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ceremonies
that I
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attended
and
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enjoyed
was the
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wedding
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party
of my
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cousin
. It was in the
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year
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2007 and
I was 21 years
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old
at that time. I can recall that it was mid-summer and I took 4-day-
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leave
from my university to attend the program.

My
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cousin
Ruby
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got
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married and
she was the daughter of my eldest maternal uncle. Among our
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cousins
, she was the
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eldest and
she was 24 years
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old
when she
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got
married to a doctor. I was at the
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wedding
from the
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very
beginning, shopping till the departure of the bride to her father-in-law's
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house
. The whole
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house
was decorated
, we celebrated a
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ceremony
3 days long, lots of relatives and
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neighbours
came to congratulate the
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bride and
they brought
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some
gifts for her as
well
. The host prepared several delicious dishes and sweets and everyone wore new and
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traditional
dresses. Everyone
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enjoyed
, sang and danced, the whole program
was recorded
and everyone cried when the bride
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left
the
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house
.

Yes, that was a typical
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wedding
that followed the general traditions and customs. It was nothing
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different
from the
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traditional
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marriages
that are
generally
performed in most of the part of the
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country
except
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some
minor tribes and society. If fact we
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enjoyed
the
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wedding
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because
a typical
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marriage
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ceremony
in our
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country
has lots of interesting and enjoyable parts that
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people
celebrate with boundless joys. We
mostly
followed the customs and
thoroughly
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enjoyed
the whole
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wedding
program.
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Similar Cue Card Topics Your ability to talk about this Cue Card Topic would enable you to talk about the following Cue Card Topics as
well
:
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Describe
a celebration you recently
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joined
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Describe
a
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party
you remember
well
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Describe
a
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ceremony
you
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enjoyed
participating
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Describe
a family program you recently
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celebrated
8Linking words, meeting the goal of 7 or more
85Repeated words, meeting the goal of 3 or fewer
18Mistakes
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IELTS speaking Describe a wedding ceremony you attended. v. 1

Speaking
  American English
8 paragraphs
693 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: 5.5
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Task Achievement: 5.0
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    Present relevant ideas
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