Describe a place you would like to visit in your free time
The cue card
Describe a place you would like to visit in your free time.
- You should say: where it is
- You should say: what you would do there
- You should say: how long you would stay
- You should say: and explain why you want to go there
How to answer it
The whole card is hypothetical, so it lives or dies on conditional grammar rather than storytelling. Pick somewhere you know enough about to be specific — a lake two hours away beats a country you have only seen in photographs. Give the 'how long' bullet a real answer with a reason attached (a weekend, because any longer and there would be nothing left to do).
What moves the band
- Sustain the conditional: I'd probably head there in spring, I imagine I'd spend most of the time, what I'd really want to do is.
- 'Free time' is in the prompt — say why this is a rest rather than a trip, and you have answered the card rather than a generic travel one.
Part 3 questions reported with it
Part 3 follows the topic of the cue card, so these are the discussion questions the same candidates were asked next.
- Why do people enjoy visiting new places?
- Do younger and older people like the same destinations?
- What are the benefits of travelling as a family?
- Will tourism become more popular?
These are candidate recalls. These are questions reported by test-takers after their exams, not official or leaked IELTS material. Wording varies by test version, location and memory. Use them for timed practice — never as a prediction of what you will be asked.
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