Speaking Part 2: Cue Cards Flashcards
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Which strategy best uses your 1-minute preparation time?
Answer: Jotting brief keywords for each bullet point
Short keyword notes for each bullet help you stay organized while speaking naturally.
Reading your notes aloud word-for-word is discouraged because it can do what?
Answer: Make your speech sound unnatural and rehearsed
Reading verbatim sounds robotic and hurts your fluency and natural delivery scores.
Which signposting phrase helps structure a long turn?
Answer: The first thing I want to mention is...
Signposting phrases like 'The first thing I want to mention' organize your ideas clearly.
To extend your answer to the full two minutes, you should do what?
Answer: Add reasons, examples, and personal feelings
Elaborating with reasons, examples, and emotions naturally fills the time well.
If you cannot think of a real example, the best approach is to do what?
Answer: Create a believable hypothetical one
Inventing a plausible example keeps you fluent and is fully acceptable in IELTS.
Using a range of linking words in Part 2 helps demonstrate what?
Answer: Coherence and cohesion
Varied linkers show coherence and cohesion, a key Speaking band criterion.
Which is a good way to begin your long turn?
Answer: I'd like to talk about...
Opening with 'I'd like to talk about' clearly introduces your chosen topic.