You should say What is the name of the puzzle? How you came to know about it? How this puzzle is solved? Why do you like this puzzle so much?
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 puzzle you enjoy solving IELTS cue card:
Introduction: Well, solving puzzles is one of the best mental exercises and people of all ages should be in the habit of playing puzzle games.
What is the name of the puzzle? I would like to take this opportunity to talk about my favourite puzzle Sudoku which I started playing when I was hardly 10 years old. As the name suggests this game has its origin in Japan and it is extremely popular among people of all ages.
How you came to know about it? I vividly remember my father introduced me to this game. It is a wonderful mental exercise that stimulates cognitive growth.
How this puzzle is solved? My father taught me how to solve this puzzle in which there are 9×9 grids and each column must contain 1 to 9 digits without being repeated and he challenged me to solve it. It seemed quite easy and more like child’s play so I accepted the challenge but soon I realized it’s not that easy.
Why do you like this puzzle so much? Eventually, I solved the puzzle in 1 hour. In those days It used to appear in every Saturday newspaper and I used to solve it with great enthusiasm to see my interest developing my father bought me a Sudoku puzzle book with hundreds of puzzles that my sister and I used to solve every evening.
This game forced us to use our brain more and more and unlike other puzzles, a person never gets bored of playing this game. In fact, even today I play Sudoku regularly. I have downloaded an application on my smartphone and it has various difficulty levels.
I can even compete and win from other players online by solving the puzzles least number of moves.
Conclusion: I highly recommend those who have never played Sudoku to try it once and you will realize how interesting it can be a free time activity that keeps us mentally active and fit.
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 puzzle you enjoy solving”.
Describe a puzzle you enjoy solving IELTS cue card
Introduction: Well, solving puzzles is one of the best mental exercises and people of all ages should be in the habit of playing puzzle games. What is the name of the puzzle? I would like to take this opportunity to talk about my favourite puzzle Sudoku which I started playing when I was hardly 10 years old. As the name suggests this game has its origin in Japan and it is extremely popular among people of all ages. How you came to know about it? I vividly remember my father introduced me to this game. It is a wonderful mental exercise that stimulates cognitive growth. How this puzzle is solved? My father taught me how to solve this puzzle in which there are 9×9 grids and each column must contain 1 to 9 digits without being repeated and he challenged me to solve it. It seemed quite easy and more like child’s play so I accepted the challenge but soon I realized it’s not that easy. Why do you like this puzzle so much? Eventually, I solved the puzzle in 1 hour. In those days It used to appear in every Saturday newspaper and I used to solve it with great enthusiasm to see my interest developing my father bought me a Sudoku puzzle book with hundreds of puzzles that my sister and I used to solve every evening. This game forced us to use our brain more and more and unlike other puzzles, a person never gets bored of playing this game. In fact, even today I play Sudoku regularly. I have downloaded an application on my smartphone and it has various difficulty levels.
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