Describe a piece of local news that people are interested in IELTS cue card

IELTS Speaking Part 2: IELTS Cue Card

Describe a piece of local news that people are interested in

You should say
What it was about?
Where you saw/heard it?
Who was involved?
And explain why people were interested in it?

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 Answers and follow up questions to Describe a piece of local news that people are interested in IELTS cue card:

Model answer 1:

Introduction:
Well, to remain up to date with happenings around the world I always follow the news but I keep a deep interest to read the local news as they have a direct impact on our lives.

What it was about? and Where you saw/heard it?
Let me talk about one such local news that I came across in the local newspaper last week which was about the construction of a park for the city dweller. Actually, in my locality there is no park however there is a vacant plat that people use to dump the garbage.

At the same time, you can see stray animals here all the time. This plot is more like a scar on the face of my locality. This place not only stinks but also spreads diseases.

Who was involved? and And explain why people were interested in it?
But the locality administration has now decided to transform it into a public park. It would definitely help to make my locality clean and green. In addition, it would allow the community members to socialize as we see in the evening as well in the morning time, people like to visit parks, where they sit together and talk. It would be a wonderful place for old people to sit together to play cards, gossip and enjoy other activities. Similarly, it would also provide a safe playing area for children. In my area, most children play on the streets which are quite dangerous as there is always a risk of accidents.

But, a park would offer them a safer place, where they can play. In fact, as per the news, the new park would have swings and rides to allure them. Last but not least, people these days suffer from many health concerns but in the park, they can go for a walk and practice yoga which really benefit the people and would ensure well- being of the community members.

Conclusion
As per the news story, the construction work would start by next month and I just saw that this one local news of my area has bought a huge smile on the faces of local residents.

Model answer 2:

Introduction:

  • I am a person who loves to read the news all the time, be it on my phone or an actual newspaper in the morning
  • I believe it is very important to be aware about things that are happening in the society.
  • Most of the news that we read is related to politics, sports, healthcare, celebrities, or crime and mostly people are interested in news related to crime.

What it was about?

  • So, today I would like to talk about a kidnapping and murder that happened in my city.

Where you saw/heard it?

  • It was around 20th December when a 5 year old boy was kidnapped from outside his house.
  • The parents got a ransom call after kidnapping after which they informed the police.
  • The kidnappers told the parents about the location where they had to drop the money on a particular date.
  • The police had laid a trap to catch the kidnappers but they managed to run away with the money.
  • When the news about kidnapping became public there were a lot of protests in my city as people become worried about the safety of their children.

Who was involved?

  • The front page of our local newspaper carried only the news about kidnapping as everyone wanted to know whether the young boy has been rescued or not.
  • Sadly, 10 days after the kidnapping the police discovered the body of the young boy at the border of our city.
  • I think almost everyone in our city cried for the young boy that day.

And explain why people were interested in it?

  • The case was solved after 3 months when police were able to trace the mobile phone records of the kidnapper, who was a next-door neighbour.
  • Later, he confessed to the crime and told the media that he did the murder because the boy had identified him as the neighbour uncle who had a big dog. He was scared to get caught.
  • This was very sad news for our city.

Model answer 3:

  • I watch news channels such as AajTak and Zee News for the latest news, but here I would like to talk about a piece of local news that was very interesting for me.

What it was about?

  • The news was that Gurdas Maan, a famous Punjabi singer is coming to my home town to perform for charity.
  • He is coming on the 16th of next month.
  • He will be performing in the Grand Cabana, a five star hotel in my hometown.

Where you saw/heard it?

  • I heard this news last Sunday, on PTC Punjabi news channel.

Who was involved? and And explain why people were interested in it?

  • I found this news very interesting because GurdasMaan is my favourite singer.
  • He is a multifaceted personality.
  • He is a singer, actor, director, and a lyricist as well.
  • He writes the lyrics of his songs himself.
  • He has also acted in many Punjabi movies.
  • All my family members also love his songs.
  • When we go out anywhere together we play his songs in the car.
  • All his songs have messages.
  • He even performs in stage shows.
  • He always has his tambourine in his hands when he performs.
  • There is a village near my hometown where he comes every year and performs for charity.
  • I went there last year.
  • It was an electrifying experience.
  • This time he will be coming to my home town.
  • He is coming next month to raise some money for the rehabilitation of the youth of Punjab villages who have become drug addicts.
  • I would like to meet him and get his autograph and thank him for the commendable work he is doing for the people.
  • So, this is the piece of local news that I found interesting

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 local news that people are interested in”

1. Do people read newspaper where you live?
Yes, people in my city love to read the newspaper. In fact, there are so many people in my society who read almost 2-3 newspapers every day. I guess the reason behind it is that the literacy rate in my city is one of the highest in my country. So, the educated people love to read newspaper so that they have some content to discuss with their colleagues or neighbours. Also, there is a newspaper publishing company in my city which is also the largest selling English daily in North India.

2. Do people prefer local or international news?
I think there are lot of factors which decide whether a person would read local or international news. For example, because of Covid everyone is equally interested in both international as well as local news. People know about the development of vaccine and they also want to know about the number of Covid cases in their city. At the same time, if we leave Covid aside, then we can say that small businessmen or people from weak economic backgrounds are mostly interested in local news whereas those who are working for multi-national companies are more interested in international news.

3. Do you think it’s important to have a national identity?
Yes, I think it’s very important to have a national identity because it encourages people to understand the country they live in and work for the betterment of their country. Also, for countries which have gained independence, it helps the people to realize the sacrifices made by their ancestors and it teaches them to uphold those values.

4. How can people develop their national identity?
I think there are many ways in which people could develop their national identity. The first and easiest way would be to wear the traditional attires of their country. Secondly, they can wear pins of their flags or hoist the national flags outside their country. In my country the government has installed huge National flags in majority of the city centres and also they have established a law according to which our national anthem is played in the movie theatre before the screening of any movie.

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Describe a piece of local news that people are interested in IELTS cue card

Describe a piece of local news that people are interested in IELTS cue card

Introduction:
Well, to remain up to date with happenings around the world I always follow the news but I keep a deep interest to read the local news as they have a direct impact on our lives.
What it was about? and Where you saw/heard it?
Let me talk about one such local news that I came across in the local newspaper last week which was about the construction of a park for the city dweller. Actually, in my locality there is no park however there is a vacant plat that people use to dump the garbage.
At the same time, you can see stray animals here all the time. This plot is more like a scar on the face of my locality. This place not only stinks but also spreads diseases.
Who was involved? and And explain why people were interested in it?
But the locality administration has now decided to transform it into a public park. It would definitely help to make my locality clean and green. In addition, it would allow the community members to socialize as we see in the evening as well in the morning time, people like to visit parks, where they sit together and talk. It would be a wonderful place for old people to sit together to play cards, gossip and enjoy other activities. Similarly, it would also provide a safe playing area for children. In my area, most children play on the streets which are quite dangerous as there is always a risk of accidents.
But, a park would offer them a safer place, where they can play. In fact, as per the news, the new park would have swings and rides to allure them. Last but not least, people these days suffer from many health concerns but in the park, they can go for a walk and practice yoga which really benefit the people and would ensure well- being of the community members.
Conclusion
As per the news story, the construction work would start by next month and I just saw that this one local news of my area has bought a huge smile on the faces of local residents.

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