Describe a song or a poem about a history of your country.
You should say When you heard it? Where you heard it? How do you feel about 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 song or a poem about a history of your country IELTS cue card:
Introduction: Well, the history of a country can be learnt in so many learning different ways but I always find learning through music the most fascinating.
When you heard it? Here I would talk about a song that represents the history and culture of my country. It none other, but the country’s national anthem and I heard it the very first time when I was in first grade.
Where you heard it? Actually, it is more like a ritual in my country that in every school National Anthem is played during the morning assembly. It’s a way to make children get familiar with the country’s history and promote unity at the same time. National Anthem is in the regional language, Hindi and is written by the famous poet, Rabindranath Tagore and it describes the country India in a very aesthetic way.
It talks about famous rulers and kings of India and highlights the various features of the geography of India, especially the Himalayas, rivers along cultural diversity. By reciting it over and over, I have learnt it by heart. I must say that I particularly like the musical notes of this song and every time I listen to it, it evokes my patriotic feelings.
How do you feel about it? This one song unites the entire nation and makes people of different religions, caste and creed feel united. That’s the reason why it is always played on national days to bring the entire nation together.
Similarly, during sports events also it is played to boost the morale feeling.
Conclusion: Overall, it is one full song that is associated with the history of my country and is of great importance to every Indian.
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 song or a poem about a history of your country”.
Describe a song or a poem about a history of your country IELTS cue card
Introduction: Well, the history of a country can be learnt in so many learning different ways but I always find learning through music the most fascinating. When you heard it? Here I would talk about a song that represents the history and culture of my country. It none other, but the country’s national anthem and I heard it the very first time when I was in first grade. Where you heard it? Actually, it is more like a ritual in my country that in every school National Anthem is played during the morning assembly. It’s a way to make children get familiar with the country’s history and promote unity at the same time. National Anthem is in the regional language, Hindi and is written by the famous poet, Rabindranath Tagore and it describes the country India in a very aesthetic way. It talks about famous rulers and kings of India and highlights the various features of the geography of India, especially the Himalayas, rivers along cultural diversity. By reciting it over and over, I have learnt it by heart. I must say that I particularly like the musical notes of this song and every time I listen to it, it evokes my patriotic feelings.
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