Describe A Piece Of Good News You Heard From Others

IELTS Speaking Part 2: IELTS Cue Card

Describe a piece of good news you heard from others.

You should say:

What it was?
When you received this news?
How you received this news?
Why you feel it was a good news?

Note: You will have to talk about the topic for one to two minutes. You have one minute to think about what you are going to say. You can make some notes to help you if you wish.

Model Answer 1:

Introduction:
I am sure that everyone has different kinds of good news that they receive from time to time. 

Here I would like to talk about the best news I ever received, something that made my day, and to this day, I still remember it.

What it was?
The good news I received was that I had been accepted into the university of my dreams. Ever since I was little, I had dreamt of going to a certain university and working hard to achieve my goal.

When I found out that I had been accepted, I was over the moon. It was a moment that I will never forget and something I will always cherish.

When you received this news?
I received this news when I was in my final year of high school. I had been eagerly awaiting the results of my applications, and so when I got the news that I had been accepted, I was ecstatic. This was a moment that I had been dreaming of, and it was finally here.

How you received this news?
I received this news in a unique way. I had been waiting for a letter in the mail with the results of my application, and I was eagerly awaiting the day it would arrive. However, it was not the mail that brought me the news.

Instead, it was a text message from my friend. She had found out that I had been accepted and so she sent me a text message to let me know. I was so surprised and excited to finally get the news that I had been waiting for.

How you received this news? and Conclusion:
I felt this was good news because it meant that all my hard work had paid off and I had achieved my goal. I had worked hard for years, and it was finally paying off.

It was also a moment of pride for me because I was able to prove to myself and to others that I was capable of achieving my goals. It was a moment of joy and happiness, and I will always cherish it.


Model Answer 2:

Introduction:

  • In our day-to-day life, we hear a lot of news from others.
  • Some are good and some are not so good.

What it was?

  • Here I would like to talk about a news, which I heard from my neighbours.
  • The news was that an international level sports stadium is going to open in my home town.
  • About six months ago, as I was walking in a park near my home, I saw some neighbours standing in a group and discussing something.

When you received this news? and How you received this news?

  • I joined them and came to know that they were talking about this stadium.
  • As it is the sports facilities in my hometown are not so good and the young people do not have a place to develop their sporting talent.
  • Many young people who are serious to do sports as a career has joined academies in Jalandhar and Phillaur.
  • If there will be such facilities locally, then many more youngsters would be encouraged to do sports regularly.

Why you feel it was good news?

  • I feel it is good news because we are leading sedentary lives.
  • There is hardly any physical activity.
  • Obesity has become a common problem among people, especially young children.
  • The youth is going towards drugs and other such vices.
  • An NGO, run by some NRIs of my home town has donated two acres of land for this project.
  • Our local MLA has got the approval for this and is being very proactive in fetching funds for this project.
  • This stadium would have underground car parking to accommodate 500 cars.
  • The construction work has already started.
  • The stadium would have a seating capacity of 5000.
  • It would have covered seating areas also.
  • There would be changing rooms for the sportsmen and washrooms for the public.
  • There would be a drinking water facility at regular intervals.
  • There would also be surveillance cameras all over so that no untoward incident happens.
  • If people know they are being watched, then they refrain from doing anti-social things such as petty crimes.
  • There would be lights run by solar energy.

Conclusion:

  • The stadium would be so well lit even at night that sports could be played there 24/7.

Model Answer 3:

Introduction:

  • In our day-to-day life, we hear a lot of news from others.
  • Some are good and some are not so good

What it was? and How you received this news?

  • Here I would like to talk about a news, which I heard from my neighbours.
  • The news was that a multi-speciality hospital is opening in my home town.

When you received this news?

  • I heard this news about six months ago.
  • About six months ago, as I was walking in a park near my home, I saw some neighbours standing in a group and discussing something.
  • I joined them and came to know that they were talking about this hospital.
  • As it is the medical facilities in my hometown are not so good and the people who suffer from any medical facilities have to be shifted to Jalandhar or Ludhiana.
  • Many people who are serious, sometimes suffer from irreversible damage to their health because of this delay.
  • For example, if a person suffers a heart attack or stroke, then there are injections which prevent irreversible damage to the heart or brain.
  • If there will be such facilities locally, then many people would get timely treatment and get well very soon and lead normal lives.

Why you feel it was good news?

  • I feel it is good news because we all may need such treatment at any time during our lives.
  • We are leading sedentary lives nowadays.
  • There is hardly any physical activity.
  • Obesity has become a common problem among people, especially young children.
  • Obesity is the root cause of many ailments.
  • An NGO, run by some NRIs of my home town has donated two acres of land for this project.
  • Our local MLA has got the approval for this and is being very proactive in fetching funds for this project.
  • This stadium would have underground car parking to accommodate 500 cars.
  • The construction work has already started.
  • The hospital would be 200 beds.

Conclusion:

  • It would have separate wings for all specialities.
  • There would also be surveillance cameras all over so that everything would be under scrutiny.

IELTS Speaking Part 3 : Follow up Questions

Here some examples of follow up questions that you may asked during your speaking part 3 by examiner related to cue card “describe a piece of good news you heard from others”.

1. How do people share the good news?
People share the good news in many ways. They just tell each other face-to-face. They also use social media like Facebook, Twitter and Whatsapp. They also call the other person and tell about any good news. They write e-mails also for this purpose.

2. How does modern technology affect the delivery of information?
It affects in many ways. It has made the delivery of information instant. You just update your status on Facebook or Whatsapp and all your parents and group members are reached at once.

3. When do people share the good news?
People share good news when they want their near and dear ones to know what good has happened to them. For example, if anyone becomes a parent, he wants to share this news with everyone. If anyone buys a new home or a new car then he wants his friends and relatives to know about that. If anybody clears an exam or gets a new job, he wants others to know about it.

4. What kinds of good news have you received before?
I have received many kinds of good news. I received the good news that my cousin was blessed with a baby girl. I also received the good news that my cousin had topped his 8th-grade exam.

5. What kind of good news do people like to hear?
People like to hear good news about any achievements of their friends and relatives, any celebrity visiting their town or city, any festival celebration and any new movie released by their favourite actor or actress.

6. Why do people share news on social media?
Social media is a quick and time-saving platform for sharing news. People just have to post one message and it reaches a very wide audience instantaneously.


Important Vocabularies:

1. Cherish

to keep an idea or feeling in your mind for a long time.

Example:
It was a moment that I will never forget and something I will always cherish.


2. Ecstatic

extremely happy.

Example:
I had been eagerly awaiting the results of my applications, and so when I got the news that I had been accepted, I was ecstatic.


3. Unique

being the only one of its kind.

Example:
I received this news in a unique way.


4. Capable

having the ability or qualities to do something.

Example:
It was also a moment of pride for me because I was able to prove to myself and to others that I was capable of achieving my goals.


5. Sedentary

involving little exercise or physical activity.

Example:
I feel it is good news because we are leading sedentary lives.


6. Obesity

the condition of being very fat or overweight.

Example:
Obesity has become a common problem among people, especially young children.


7. Proactive

taking action by causing change and not only reacting to change when it happens.

Example:
Our local MLA has got the approval for this and is being very proactive in fetching funds for this project.


8. Surveillance

the act of carefully watching someone or something, especially in order to prevent or detect a crime.

Example:
There would also be surveillance cameras all over so that no untoward incident happens.


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