Describe a food you eat on special occasions
The cue card
Describe a food you eat on special occasions.
How to answer it
Describe the preparation, not just the dish: who makes it, how long it takes, why nobody bothers with it on an ordinary Tuesday. Effort is what makes a food ceremonial, and saying so gives you a direct route into the Part 3 questions without repeating your card.
What moves the band
- Food-process lexis: it's slow-cooked, it takes the best part of a day, we only make it once a year, from scratch.
- The 'diets are changing' question wants a then-and-now contrast with one cause.
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.
- What foods are eaten at festivals in your country?
- How do everyday meals differ from special meals?
- Why are ceremonial meals important?
- Are diets in your country changing?
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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