What the song is? What story the song tells? / What it is about? Whether the song is popular? And explain why you think it is interesting?
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 an interesting song IELTS cue card:
Model Answer 1:
Introduction: Well, music is something that everyone loves and we often find some songs quite interesting either due to the music or lyrics. Here I would like to talk about a song that represents the history and culture of my country and I find to be the most interesting.
What the song is? It is none other but the country’s national anthem and I heard it for the very first time when I was in first grade.
What story the song tells? 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 country’s history and geography 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 describes the country India in a very aesthetic way.
It boasts the various features of the geography of India, especially the Himalayas rivers along with the cultural diversity and integrity of Indians. By reciting it over and over, I have learnt it by heart though its lyrics are little challenging to memorize. 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.
Whether the song is popular? This one song unites the entire nation and makes people of different religions, castes and creeds feel united. That’s the reason why it is always played on national days to bring the entire nation together.
And explain why you think it is interesting? Similarly, during sports events also it is played to boost the morale of the players and to release their national feeling. I find this piece of music highly inspirational and energy giving that whenever I feel low I play it loud to feel rejuvenated.
Conclusion: Overall, it is one song that I find interesting.
Model Answer 2:
Introduction: I am a music lover and I have lots of songs which I find interesting. However, since the past few days, I am liking one song a lot and listening to it many times.
What the song is? The name of that song is ‘Manike Magee Hithe’. This is a Sri Lankan song but it is so famous worldwide that this song now belongs to the world and became an overnight sensation. It is sung by a young singer named Yohani and her co-singer is Sateeshan. They have sung this song in the Sinhalese language.
What story the song tells? This song is about a beautiful girl in a rural village in Sri Lanka. “The boy who sings the song is in love with this girl and he tells her not to ignore him and his feelings. So this song is an expression of feelings of love. There have been multiple other versions by different singers. Some opted to directly translate the Sinhalese song into Hindi or other regional languages and some artists gave their own twist and meaning to the song. The song is catchy, melodious and harmonizing. It can make anyone dance.
Whether the song is popular? This song is extremely popular in current times. It became an instant hit after it was released in May 2021 and almost everyone was singing it. It was dubbed in many languages and was viewed on YouTube across South Asia and was trending globally. In three to four months the song surpassed 100 million views on YouTube. I also saw innumerable remixes and many celebrities tweeting about it and lots of people making Instagram reels.
And explain why you think it is interesting? and Conclusion: In my opinion, this song is interesting because of a couple of reasons. It has proved that music has no boundaries. Even though people do not understand the language most of them were singing it and enjoying it. This song also marked the first major breakthrough viral marketing in Sri Lanka. It brought fame not only for the singer but also for Sri Lanka.
Model Answer 3:
Introduction:
I love music and I love listening to Hindi and Punjabi songs.
Most of these songs are very meaningful.
What the song is?
Here I would like to talk about a Punjabi song by a famous Punjabi singer GurdasMaan, which I find very interesting.
The name of the song is Boot Polishan.
It is from his album Boot Polishan
It was released in 2008.
What story the song tells? / What it is about?
The song gives the message that work is worship.
Instead of begging for money a person should work and earn.
It does not matter if the work is big or small such as polishing shoes of people.
If a person works and earns, he can always hold his head high.
Whether the song is popular? And explain why you think it is interesting?
I heard this song about two years ago and since then it has become my favourite song.
Actually Gurdas Mann 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 good messages.
He even performs in stage shows.
He always has his tambourine in his hands when he performs.
Conclusion:
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.
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 an interesting song”.
1. Do teenagers and adults enjoy the same kind of songs? It depends on the personal taste. Generally speaking, teenagers like songs with fast beats and adults like songs with good lyrics and soft music.
2. What are the factors, which make people like a song? A song should have good lyrics, a good composition, a pleasing voice and a good video to be liked by people.
3. On which occasions do people in your country sing together? In my country, people sing together on birthday parties, marriages, anniversaries and national holidays like Independence Day and so on.
4. Which kinds of songs are suitable for children? Why? I think folk songs are very suitable for children because they keep children connected to their culture and tradition. As it is, today’s children are following the global culture and so, they need to be kept in touch with our traditional culture. Folk songs are a good way to connect with our culture.
5. What do old people like to listen to? Old people like to listen to religious songs, old film songs, and songs with slow beats.
6. How would your grandfather feel if you gave him some hip hop music to listen to? I don’t think he will like it. He loves old Hindi film songs.
7. Why do you think old people like old songs? I think it is so because they feel connected to that time. Such songs bring back nostalgic memories of the past.
8. Why do you think people of different age groups have different favourite songs? This is because tastes change with age. At a younger age, we like faster beat songs. When we grow older, we start liking slow songs, meaningful or devotional songs.
9. What kinds of music do (small) children in India like to listen to? Small children like to listen to songs with fast beats on which they can dance, even if they don’t understand the lyrics.
10. What are the differences between popular music and the music that (young) children like to listen to? I don’t think there is any difference. Children like popular music.
11. Why do some people like to play music (= play a musical instrument} in the open? They do also perhaps because they want to share their art with the people outside, or they want to play music in natural surroundings.
Introduction: Well, music is something that everyone loves and we often find some songs quite interesting either due to the music or lyrics. Here I would like to talk about a song that represents the history and culture of my country and I find to be the most interesting. What the song is? It is none other but the country’s national anthem and I heard it for the very first time when I was in first grade. What story the song tells? 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 country’s history and geography 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 describes the country India in a very aesthetic way. It boasts the various features of the geography of India, especially the Himalayas rivers along with the cultural diversity and integrity of Indians. By reciting it over and over, I have learnt it by heart though its lyrics are little challenging to memorize. 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. Whether the song is popular? This one song unites the entire nation and makes people of different religions, castes and creeds feel united. That’s the reason why it is always played on national days to bring the entire nation together. And explain why you think it is interesting? Similarly, during sports events also it is played to boost the morale of the players and to release their national feeling. I find this piece of music highly inspirational and energy giving that whenever I feel low I play it loud to feel rejuvenated. Conclusion: Overall, it is one song that I find interesting.
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