IELTS Cue Card Sample 42

Describe your favourite animal

You Should Say:

· What kind of animal is it?

· Describe it briefly

· Why do you like the animal?

and describe why it is your favourite animal

Follow-up Questions:

· What do you need to do to take care of it?

· What’s the future trend of the animal?

· How do you think of the poaching of some precious animals such as pandas?

Possible Answer 1:
Today I am going to tell you about my favourite animal, what it is, where it lives, when I first encountered it and why I like it so much.

I like lots of animals, so it is difficult to choose just one. However, I think my favourite animal is the Warthog. Warthogs live in Africa, they are a sort of wild pig. They get their name because they have four fleshy bumps on their faces, which look a bit like warts. These are part of the defence mechanism for males when they fight. Some people think warthogs are ugly, but I think they are lovely, they have great character.

I was lucky enough to spend some time volunteering at a property in South Africa. At the property, there were three young warthogs which had been orphaned after their mother was poached – killed for food. The baby warthogs were therefore hand-reared. When they were old enough, they were set free to run around in the wild. However, because they were so used to people they preferred to stay nearby.

These three warthogs were very friendly, intelligent and loved to play. They also like to follow their leader. In the wild, baby warthogs will run after their mothers, these three young hogs used to follow us. They would run after us even if we were in a vehicle or on a horse – once they even tried to follow the landowner when he took off in his helicopter! The pigs (as we started to call them) loved to be scratched and cuddled, they were very affectionate. They were also very nosy, whatever we did, they wanted to be with us!

I love warthogs, they are energetic, loyal, and funny and I think they are beautiful too. Though I do understand the saying ‘beauty is in the eye of the beholder!’

[ Written by - Lucy Marris | Careers Adviser (UK), TEFL teacher (Vietnam) ]

Possible Answer 2:
My favourite animal is cow and it is much more beneficial than other animals. It gives us milk which is a nutritious protein supply for us. It provides us meat and the leather equipments are made from its skin. In some countries, the cow is used for plowing the land and for faming purposes. The teeth and bones of this animal are sometimes used to make comb, buttons and other useful things. In some areas, the dung is used as fertilizer and to burn fires.

The cow is a four footed animal and its skin is thick. Grass is its main food and they are mostly domestic animals. I like this animal mostly because of its closeness to human and its usefulness for us. In my childhood we had 5-6 cows at our home and they were very friendly. They had been very helpful for us. I like it as it is very gentle and sober animal. I also enjoy when I see a cow is ruminating and giving milk to her calf.

Tips for Answering this Cue Card:

Talk about any animal that you feel you would be able to give some information about. Mention some benefits this animal offers to answer the question why this is your favourite animal. You can talk about a domestic animal like cow, goat, camel, sheep, cat, dog etc and as you already know about the characteristics and their benefits, you should be able to answer the questions asked for this cue card. You can also talk about any wild animal that you know about as an answer of this cue card. For instance, if you know some details about the tiger, lion, elephant, hawk, kangaroo etc. as well.

Mention the following points as part of this cue card topic:

Name: Give the name of the animal and if there is any different name other than the dictionary name of this animal mention that as well. You are free to talk about any bird as well as birds are also animal. Mention which species and genre it falls it falls under.

Characteristics of this animal: Mention if it is a domestic/ wild/ bird / highland animal or if it lives in water or flies in the sky. Give some details about what this animal eats, how they live, what are their outlooks and characteristics.

Why you like it: There could be 3-4 reasons you like an animal including the look, their benefits, their characteristics and their closeness to human. Apart from that mention that this is an animal that helps people on some tasks and mention how we are benefitted from this animal.

If you can answer this cue card topic you should also be able to answer the following cue card topics as well:

1. Describe a domestic animal you know about.
2. Describe a bird that you like.
3. Describe a useful animal.
4. Talk about your favourite bird.
5. Talk about a wild animal you have seen.
6. Describe an animal which is common in your country.
7. Describe an animal that you like to have in the future.

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