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A website you visit often

IELTS Speaking Part 2 · cue card

Describe a website you often visit.

You should say:

  • what the website is
  • how you found it
  • what you use it for
  • and explain why you like it

You have one minute to prepare and should speak for one to two minutes.

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Band 7+ sample answer

About 243 words, roughly two minutes spoken. Use it for ideas and language, not to memorise: examiners notice rehearsed answers.

A website I visit almost every day is Wikipedia. I know it's a very common answer, but I genuinely use it more than any other site apart from email.

I don't remember exactly how I found it, because it just appeared at the top of search results for every school project, but I started using it seriously in secondary school, when I realised I could read about one topic and then click through to ten others.

I use it in a few ways. The obvious one is checking facts quickly, for example a date in history or the population of a country. But I also use it in a slightly unusual way to improve my English. I'll read an article in Bangla and then the same article in English and compare how they express the same ideas. It's helped me pick up a lot of academic vocabulary. And sometimes, honestly, I just go down a rabbit hole late at night, starting with something like the history of tea and ending up reading about ancient Chinese trade routes.

What I like most is the idea behind it. It's free, there are no adverts, and it's written by volunteers around the world. Of course it's not perfect, and I've learned to check the references at the bottom before trusting something important. But I find it inspiring that millions of people share knowledge without being paid, simply because they think everyone should have access to it.

Useful vocabulary

click through to
follow links to other pages
pick up
learn without formal study
go down a rabbit hole
keep reading related topics for a long time
ending up
finally arriving somewhere
the references
the sources listed for information
have access to
be able to use

Part 3 follow-up questions

  1. Is information on the internet reliable?
  2. Should schools teach students how to evaluate websites?
  3. Will the internet replace books as a source of knowledge?
  4. Why do people trust some websites more than others?
  5. Should internet access be free for everyone?

Tip: in Part 3, give an opinion, a reason and an example, and consider another point of view. Aim for 3–5 sentences per answer.

How to practise this card

  1. Set a one-minute timer and write keywords for each bullet, not full sentences.
  2. Speak for two minutes and record yourself on your phone.
  3. Listen back: did you cover every bullet and the "explain" part? Note one phrase from the vocabulary list to use next time.
  4. Answer two Part 3 questions out loud, then try the card again with the AI Speaking Partner.

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