MPORTANT LAW IN YOUR COUNTRY: (I E L T S SPEAKING CUE-CARD APRIL 26TH, 2014 NORTH INDIA

REPEATED IN NOVEMBER 2014)

What it is? Who it is designed to protect? What people think of it? Why it is important?
Laws are important to society to ensure the safety and well being of our families and way of life. Our constitution
gives us many rights and many new laws are enacted by the legislators from time to time.
One important law that I like was passed few years ago, I think in 2008. It was prohibition of cigarette smoking in the
public places nationwide.
Earlier it used to be a common sight to see people smoking anywhere they liked. Life became very difficult for nonsmokers specially; in the public places like Railway platforms, bus-stand; cinema halls and even airports.
But after this law came into force; Chandigarh became the first smoke-free city in India and slowly other cities also
started to enforce this rule more strictly.
As per this rule, a person found smoking in the public place can be fined up-to 500 Rupees.
Soon after enacting this law, I read in the newspaper that some famous movies stars like Ajay Devgun, Sharukh
Khan had to pay penalty when they were caught smoking in the public places.
Not only this,now a pictorial warning has be displayed on all tobacco products. You can see all cigarettes packs now
come with a statutory warning on them; moreover, now cable television network also completely prohibits displaying
smoking in advertisements and movies.
Although smoking is a personal choice, but we all know the harmful effects of smoking even on the passive
smokers. I personally can't stand people who smoke. Thats why, I consider it to a very important law to protect the
non-smokers Now all the restaurants, pubs need to have a non-smoking and smoking section so that non-smokers
can freely enjoy their time without worrying too much about inhaling smoke.
I feel that more of such laws should be enacted in our country and they should be implemented strictly. It would do a
lot of good to the entire society. So, if we find a smoker by our side, we can tell gently him that smoking is prohibited
in the public places.

What sort of rules do families often have in the home?

How important is it for family members to respect these rules?
Have the typical family rules changed since your parents were children?
Rules at school
Why do schools need to have rules?
What is the best way to ensure that school rules are obeyed?
Do you think the focus of school rules should be discipline or fairness?
Law and society
Why do you think societies need to have laws?
Is prison always the best form of punishment?
Should state legal aid be available for everyone?
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A DIFFICULTY YOU FACED USING SOME EQUIPMENT:

As requested by some student. I had posted this earlier in May.
I have always been interested in photography. So, to pursue this hobby few months back, I bought a very expensive
camera. This camera came with interchangeable lens. When I bought it, the salesman gave me a user manual
guide which contained detailed information on how to use the camera.
After few days, I went to see my friend Kamal who lives in the hills in Solan. I took my new camera along with me to
be able to click some photographs.
We went to a river side and I found this spot to be an ideal place to capture some natural landscape.
After unpacking my camera, both me and my friend tried to fix the lens to the camera, we even succeeded in fixing
the lens but no matter how hard we tried we could not get a clear image. All the pictures we clicked looked blurred.
At first, I thought I must be moving the camera while taking the shots, so we even fixed it on the tripod but we got
the same result again and again.
After trying hard for almost two- hours I gave up and used my mobile phone to click some pictures. I felt very sorry
for not being able to use this expensive camera. I even started doubting the company and felt cheated.
After coming back to my hometown, I straightaway went to the electronic store from where I had bought the camera.
I wanted to return the camera back, however, the salesman was able to immediately fix the lens.
I think it was something to do with the shutter and selecting the right mode, I should have read the instructions
manual more carefully.
Anyhow, I was pleased when the salesman offered me to help me in the future as well.
Now, I have fully learnt how to use this piece of equipment and I have clicked some beautiful pictures using this
camera.
I can say now I m quite confident.
I am planning another visit to be with my friend Kamal this weekend; and this time, I am not going to miss the
opportunity to capture the beautiful river side in Solan and get the perfect shot.
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Follow-up Questions: Is it easy to take good photographs?
What are the pros and cons of digital photography?
Should people share their photographs online?
When can an image be worth a thousand words?
Is a photograph a reliable form of identification?
Which invention has transformed your country most?
Would you like to be an inventor?
How long should someone be able to profit from an idea?
Do you think intellectual property laws are too strict?
Should all medicines be free to manufacture

A foreign film that you liked:

(Asked in different Test Centers in North India in July. Probably will be asked in August too) Repeated in Oct 2014)
I am going to talk about a very interesting movie which my friend recommended to me. He down-loaded this movie
from the internet and gave it to me in his pen drive. So I watched this movie on a laptop in the weekend.
This is basically an Italian movie which has been remade in English. The name of the movie is Good Bad and Ugly.
I think its a very old movie probably made in the sixties.
The plot in this movie revolves around three main characters: Good, Bad and the Ugly.
They are three different people from three different walks of life; they get to know about a stolen gold treasure
hidden somewhere; and in their own way they try their best to find this treasure.
In search of this treasure, their destiny takes them into different directions. And during the search they cross each
others path many times and try to out-do each other; not just that, they even try to kill each other. But time and
again, they save themselves somehow and thus, meet again and again in different locations looking for the gold.
Finally, there last destination is a graveyard, where the treasure is hidden. They come so close to the treasure but
again they start fighting with each other. In this fight the Good and the Bad lose their life and its the ugly who gets
away with the treasure.
I liked this foreign movie very much because of the beautiful story-line it has. Then, the comedy in it made me burst
out in laughing. The plot is set in the eighteen century with the backdrop of civil war and cowboys theme, so it
transfers you to a different world altogether.
Although, its a long movie but I never wanted to miss out even a single shot because of its catchy dialogues and
background musical theme. Over all, it was fun watching it. I consider it a master piece and dont mind seeing it
again and again.
As dictated in Way-Ahead Class by Vinay Chand
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Additional Questions :
Do you ever watch foreign films?
How often do you watch a film?
How often do you go to the cinema?
Are most of the people in the cinema usually children or adults?
How much time does it take to watch one film?
How much time do you spend watching films?
Who do you usually watch films with?
Where do you prefer to watch films?
Do you prefer to watch films in a cinema or at home? (Why?)
What kind of films do you like to watch? (Why?)
Is there any kind of film that you don't like to watch? (Why?)
What kinds of films did you like to watch when you were a child?
Do you think that people easy to watch English movies in your country ?
Do you think that watching films will help learning language ?
Do you think that watching film will help you to understand the life style of other people ?
Reading books and watching movie, which will help better you to learn the language ? why?
What people usually prefer ? (reading or watching)

Describe a person you wanted to follow and be like him/her when you grow up:
I E L T S SPEAKING ASKED on 25th Oct, North India.
During my elementary school, I was greatly influenced by my science teacher.
At that time, I wanted to be like her when I grow up. She taught me from my 2nd till 5th grade. I wanted to be like her
for many reasons.
She was a good role model; all the students had great respect for this teacher as she was very hard working and
understanding so I wanted to be like her.
At that time, science used to be my favorite subject and I thought my teacher knew so much. She had answers all
our questions. Students would always turn to her for advice. She was always very kind and had great sense of
humor; so we all loved her very much; but, I would always wonder how does she know answers to all our questions
and that's why I admired her.
This teacher was a powerful speaker. When she spoke everybody paid attention. She spoke with a lot of authority.I
think, no other teacher spoke like her.
She would take part in organizing all the extra-curricular activities in the school, so most of the time she would be on
the stage. I wanted to speak like her, when I grow up. I noticed her carefully she would speak so gently and would
smile all the time.
I also liked the way she dressed up. The kind of clothes she wore as well as the choice of her color was quite
different than the others. It suited her personality so much, I always asked my mother to buy me the same kind of
clothes that my teacher wore,in fact , I even bought couple of dresses matching the same color like my teacher.
She was mother of two school going children and I observed her to be a very good mother. She would talk very
politely with her children and let them do whatever they wanted. Her children always stood first in their classes.
Overall, I found my science teacher to be very simple yet extraordinary; excelling in all fields. Thats why I had great
admiration for her and I always wanted to follow and be like her.
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Additional Questions:
Compare the differences between education in your city with them in 20 years ago?
Compare the differences between university and middle school.
Compare the differences between students now and past.

A USEFUL APP YOU USE ON YOUR MOBILE PHONE.

Asked in different IELTS centre in India in Oct 2014. Most likely to be asked in Nov and December as well.
You know, today mobile phones are considered to be our third limb. I must admit, I use my mobile phone all the time, recently I
downloaded one very useful app from Google play which was recommended to me by my friend. It is called as NTES
(National Train Enquiry System) with this app we can book or cancel our railway ticket through mobile phones. Not only that, it
has many other interesting features which makes it truly useful.
As you know, Indian railways has the worlds largest railway network. People in our country mostly travel by train for their
long distance journey or to commute to their offices every day.
With so many people using the railway system; it sometimes becomes very difficult to stand in the long queue to book a ticket.

So this app helps us to book a ticket at our own convenience.

Not only that, you can find out if some trains have been canceled, diverted or rescheduled. For instance, last year when I didnt
have this app; once I was travelling to Delhi; I reached the station at the right time but then found out that train was running late
by three hours, you wont believe, I had to wait at the station on a cold winter morning for 3 hours for my train to arrive. Now
with this app I can know the exact position of the train between two stations.
This app is very helpful not only for me but my other family members as-well who dont use computer or internet that much.
For example, when some relative visited us last month and their train got delayed, thanks to this app, we were there to receive
them at the right time.
Thorough this app we can even book a meal before hand at any station. All these features make is one of the most useful
application which every rail traveler should download.

Describe historical place that you found to be interesting:Where is it located?

Who suggest you to visit it?
What you find interesting about this place?
Asked on Oct 11th 2014 India
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Last year, as a part of field trip from my school, our history teacher suggested visiting Kalinbangan, which is a
famous historical place near my hometown Sriganganagar in Rajasthan. Its approximately 30 Kilometers away and
we went there by our school bus.
Kalinbangan has great historical importance; its the oldest civilization of the world related to the Indus valley
civilization and Kalinbangan is considered to be the first planned city of the world by the historians.
During our visit we got to see many interesting things at this site. We were guided by a guide who knew all the
details about this place.
He showed us the first ever ploughed fields by any human civilization, which dates back to 2800 BC. Many crops
like peas and chickpeas were grown here. It shows how farming was done in a planned way at that time. Then, fire
altars used for worship and animal sacrifice have also been found here.
We also got a chance to see the mud bricks wall used to construct the houses and the roads. I got to know that
there were 8 main roads well connected to all the houses. Moreover, all the houses had 5 to 6 rooms with tiles used
for floor, a bath room and a neat drainage system. Most of the houses had their own wells for water.
I was really surprised to see such a planned city just like any other modern city today.
In the museum close by the site at Kalinbangan we got to see colorful pottery used to store water and grains. These
potteries were painted with bright colors showing pictures of human beings and animals. Then there were seals with
different figures on them excavated from this site. moreover, copper bangles and other ornaments take you by
surprise. I guess its from these bangles that Kalibangan takes it name from.
At little distance from the city, a burial ground has also been found which gives an idea how they buried their dead
ones with lot of respect.
Overall, I got to learn so many things about ancient culture and civilization by visiting this place. Earlier, I had no
idea that I lived so close to the worlds oldest planned city. But after this visit, It really made me feel proud of my
area and its rich heritage.
Classroom discussion:What type of people visit historical places?
Do people of your country like to visit historical place?
Should paying for a ticket is necessary in historical places?
What is the best way to know about the history?
Is watching historical film a good way or not?
Should film directors always show history based true stories or not?
What do you think of the future trend of historic places?
Will government strengthen its protection toward historic places?

What are the changes brought about by the historic place in local economy, people, etc?
What is the effect of tourists on the place?
Describe someone you know who has an interesting or unusual job.
- What that person is like
- What that persons job
- What you think is interesting or unusual about that persons job
Asked on Oct 11th Chandigarh India.
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When I think of a person whose job I find most interesting. My thought goes to one of my friend who studied with me
in the same school but;now works as a photo journalist.
His name is Vipul. He has always been interested in photography right from his school days. I remember, even then
he participated in many photography competitions later, he took up three years course to become a professional
photo journalist.
At present he works for a very reputed national news paper. I find his job to be very interesting for many reasons.
Firstly, he gets to travel around everywhere for free not only nationally; thrice he has got a chance to visit
international destinations. What I find interesting about it is that he does not have to spend even a single penny for
these visits, the newspaper takes care of all his expenses so, he gets to see all these places as a part of his job.
Although, right now Vipul is only 22 years old yet he gets a very handsome salary. He makes much more money
than many other people I know who have been working for a longer time than Vipul. So, he is able spend all this
money the way he wants, for instance, few months back he bought a car to gift it to his father; as a result; I find that
his parents are also very proud of him.
What I like most in his job is that he gets a lot of freedom as he does not have to report to any immediate boss on
the day to day basis moreover, his job timings are also very flexible. Since he has the passion for photography, he
loves his job very much and enjoys doing it independently. He has only been showered with praises for clicking
some extraordinary pictures for the newspaper.
Another interesting aspect of his job is that he gets to meet some important dignitaries and celebrities. I can never
forget how he managed to get free passes to watch the last world cup live when others were struggling to even buy
tickets for the final match.
I think he is quite satisfied how his career is taking shape. So, In my friend circle, I cant think of any one else whos
got more interesting job than Vipul.
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class by Vinay Chand.
What are the effects on a person of having a good job?
Where do people get information about jobs, from newspaper or TV?
What are the main qualities that employers want (or, require) their employees to have?
Do you think most people's working conditions in your country today are better than in the past?
Do you think working conditions will improve in the future?
Do you think job satisfaction is very important?
Do you think it's important for people to have good relationships with the people they work with?
Why do you think some employers and employees don't have a good relationship?
Do you think it's reasonable (or, fair) that people have different salary levels?
What are some examples of jobs that you think should be paid at a higher rate than other jobs?
Besides a salary, how do you think employers could reward employees for doing a good job?
What do think is the best age to retire from work?

An Elderly Person whom you admire/ respect:

An elderly person who has made a great impression on my life is the local village head (chief) of my village. His
name is Mr. Satwant Singh; He is around 70 years old. From what I have seen, he is the most respected man in my
entire village. Everybody, right from the small children to grown up people, have a lot of respect for him.
As a result, He has been the village head from last 30 years. I think I have seen my village transforming under his

dynamic leadership. He has done so much for our village. For instance, the small primary school with one teacher is
now a full fledge high school. So I can say, he has brought education at our doorstep. Now, students from our
village dont have to go to far away places for their studies.
He is also the man behind setting up of a big dairy in my village which has created job resources for people and
increased their living standard. Then, our village today boasts of good roads health facilities, and a park. All the
credit for all these facilities goes to this man.
I personally like him because he leads a very simple life and sets the right example for others. Although he does not
have his children of his own yet he pays the fee of many poor children of my village. He is an illiterate person but he
actively takes part and promotes education camps for the adults in our village.
It is his wish that everybody in our village should be able to read and write.
One more quality that needs a mention here is that although he is in his seventies yet; he is very active and healthy,
he proudly says that he has always maintained a very healthy lifestyle. Every morning I see him taking a round of
the entire village and talking to people. Now he has a goal to set up a sports complex in the village to provide sports
facilities to the youngsters. He is finding ways and means to this sports complex in our village. Overall, I can just say
that we are blessed with his presence. I pray to God to grant him healthy life and wisdom to keep leading our village
in the right way.

DESCRIBE A PERSON YOU KNOW WELL FROM YOUR SCHOOL

DAYS: asked on 27th September 2014
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Who is your best friend?/How did you meet?/What do you do with your friend?/Tell me the way you make friends
with others and you think what people should be your friends?
A person I know from my school days is also my best friend, His name is Rahul. We met in a boarding school in
Shimla when we were studying in 3rd class.
So, both of us studied in the same school and in the same class. So I can say we have been best friends since our
early childhood days.
At that time, we often used to go to school and return back home together. We would also go to a nearby forest
every Saturday and Sunday and have lots of fun.
Presently, He is doing his M.B.A from U.S.A. These days I stay in touch with him through emails and sometimes we
even chat and once in a while, he calls me when he gets time.
Rahul has always been a very hard working person, I remember, even as a young boy, he would help his father in
his shop after school, even now he is doing a part time job in a bakery along with his studies; so I admire him very
much. Moreover,He advises me about so many things; for instance, he is the one who told me to go for IELTS class
at Way-Ahead Institute and plan about studying in U.S.A
I share everything with my Rahul and he also shares everything with me; He is always the first one to wish me on
my birthday; also he was the first person I called up as soon as I got my result.
He helps me whenever I need him; when my of my cousin wanted to study in U.S.A, he arranged her prospectus
and helped her with her accommodation.
What I like the most in Rahul is that he is very simple and straight forward person and always speaks the truth. He
even criticizes me when I am not right; like, when I argued with my teacher one day, he straight away told me that I
was wrong and I should feel sorry about it.
We both even have similar taste. Both of us like to listen to old Hindi songs and also eat South Indian food. Our
favorite is Kishore kumar and we like to eat dosa very much. Whenever he comes back during his holidays we
definitely visit a South Indian restaurant in our hometown, whats more, he is very good cook himself and also plays
very good guitar. I am longing to see him as soon as he returns to India after completing his studies.
Additional Classroom Discussion Questions:===================================
Is friendship important in your culture?
How many close friends can you have?
Is it easy to make friend nowadays?
Are friends more important than family?

Why people prefer friends over family?

Are your friends mostly your age or different ages?
Do you usually see your friends during the week or at weekends?
The last time you saw your friends, what did you do together?
In what ways are your friends important to you?
What are the important things among good friends?
Do you have any friends from foreign country?
What are the differences between real life friends and online friends?

IELTS SPEAKING:- EXERCISE YOU LIKE DOING (Asked on September 20th Chandigarh)
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Although I have a busy life style yet I find some time everyday to do little-bit exercise. I think its important to exercise
every-day.
The exercise I like doing is mainly brisk walking, I first started doing it few years ago by walking briskly for 10
minutes, over the years it has become my habit and now I can continuously walk for 45 minutes or so.
I do this exercise in the park near my house; either early in the morning or late in the evening when I am more free
to do it.
At this time; there are other people in the park exercising too; It motivates me to walk for a little longer.
I like brisk walking for many reasons: Firstly, it does not require any kind of special equipment unlike other exercises
, sometimes I have seen many people spending a lot on special training equipments and kits whereas brisk walking
does not require any such things or a special trainer or training under the supervision of a gym instructors. So,
anyone and everyone can do this exercise easily.
Then, brisk waking has many benefits: This helps me to remain fit and active all through the day, walking stretches
our muscles thereby making our body more flexible. More oxygen flows in our brain which helps us to have a
stronger memory power.
Moreover, I am able to burn out my extra calories and keep the extra kilos in check. I have noticed, many people
spending a lot of money just to keep their weight in check. So , why not walk instead!
Even I read somewhere that people who walk regularly live longer than those who dont.
The day I skip this exercise it makes me feel lazy; so it has now become my habit, and I thoroughly enjoy it. So; this
is one thing, I am going to keep doing for the rest of my life.
As dictated by Vinay Chand in Way-Ahead IELTS class.
Additional classroom discussion Questions:==================
Why does walking make people healthy?
Why do people walk in the morning?
Do people from different age-group do exercise differently?
Are there other activities better than walking?
Why do people worry more about their health as they grow older?
Why do some people continue some bad habits when they know they are damaging their health?
How can we teach young children to adopt healthy lifestyle?
Could government do more to promote healthy life?

SOMETHING YOU ENJOYED DOING IN YOUR CHILDHOOD DAYS

When I was small I used to do many naughty things. One such thing that comes to my mind which I really enjoyed
doing was plucking guavas/mangoes from orchard on my way back home from school.
I remember we were group of four-five children from my locality. We used to go to school on our bicycles.
On the way back, after school; there was a guava orchard on the way. This orchard was fenced with barbed wire.
We used to park our bicycle under one tree and where as two children would stand outside the fence to keep a
watch on the farmer where as other three would jump inside.

There, we would find a tree full of guavas and pluck the guavas quickly. We all liked eating these guavas sitting near
a river bank near the orchard.
I used to enjoy doing this very much until one fine day, when the farmer caught us red handed. He reported this to
our parents and we all got scolding from our parents.
From that day onwards we never did it again.
However, after few days the farmer came to my home with the bag full of guavas. I thanked him very much and felt
sorry for my mistake.
Questions for Way-Ahead Class discussion Today:Why do you think people want to be a part of a group?
Why do people want to imitate what others do in a group?
Do all groups need leaders?
What other types of people are needed in a team?
Why do you think some people are not good at teamwork while others are?
What type of jobs can be done with others and what types of jobs need to be done alone?
Does social pressure changes the behaviour? Why?

SOMETHING POSITIVE YOU DID AS A TEENAGER?

I E L T S SPEAKING CUE CARD 22ND FEB INDIA.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------As far as I can remember, when I was 14 years old, I joined an
environment club in my school.
This club was formed by one of my classmate-who was very active and concerned about environment.
At first, I just joined the club in order to support this friend however, soon I became a a very active member of this
group too.
Three teams were formed and I was appointed to lead one of the team.
To start, we only had 12 members and our main work was to educate, create awareness and also clean the area
around our school in the weekends.
Soon the club stated to become popular with other students. With the support of our teachers and a local N.G.O
named Conservation Himalayas, The club became very popular in the school and slowly students from other
schools also started participating in some activities of the club.
We encouraged students to collect the old newspapers from the locality and sell them in order to buy some plants,
which we started planting in the neighbouring area. Not only that, each student was assigned to take care of certain
number of plants and water them.
With the support of local newspaper many young people got to know about our work. We even created an online
forum to promote the work that we were doing.
Now, even though I am in college, but this club has grown from strength to strength. Today it has more than 7,000
active members. I participate in the annual program of the club. The plants that we had planted few years ago have
grown into full-fledged trees.
Even Today, I feel very proud of my work as a teenager, whenever I see these trees and the recognition that I get
on the annual meet of this club.
Additional Short Question for Discussions:
1.What are the problems of the teenagers?
2. How do society view the teenagers?
3.How are the teenager now different from the teenagers of your time?
4.What is the difference between teenagers planning their work and old people planning their work?
5.Why Planning is important?

A foreign film that you liked:

(Asked in different Test Centers in North India in July. Probably will be asked in August too)
I am going to talk about a very interesting movie which my friend recommended to me. He down-loaded this movie
from the internet and gave it to me in his pen drive. So I watched this movie on a laptop in the weekend.
This is basically an Italian movie which has been remade in English. The name of the movie is Good Bad and Ugly.
I think its a very old movie probably made in the sixties.
The plot in this movie revolves around three main characters: Good, Bad and the Ugly.
They are three different people from three different walks of life; they get to know about a stolen gold treasure
hidden somewhere; and in their own way they try their best to find this treasure.
In search of this treasure, their destiny takes them into different directions. And during the search they cross each
others path many times and try to out-do each other; not just that, they even try to kill each other. But time and
again, they save themselves somehow and thus, meet again and again in different locations looking for the gold.
Finally, there last destination is a graveyard, where the treasure is hidden. They come so close to the treasure but
again they start fighting with each other. In this fight the Good and the Bad lose their life and its the ugly who gets
away with the treasure.
I liked this foreign movie very much because of the beautiful story-line it has. Then, the comedy in it made me burst
out in laughing. The plot is set in the eighteen century with the backdrop of civil war and cowboys theme, so it
transfers you to a different world altogether.
Although, its a long movie but I never wanted to miss out even a single shot because of its catchy dialogues and
background musical theme. Over all, it was fun watching it. I consider it a master piece and dont mind seeing it
again and again.
As dictated in Way-Ahead Class by Vinay Chand
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Additional Questions :
Do you ever watch foreign films?
How often do you watch a film?
How often do you go to the cinema?
Are most of the people in the cinema usually children or adults?
How much time does it take to watch one film?
How much time do you spend watching films?
Who do you usually watch films with?
Where do you prefer to watch films?
Do you prefer to watch films in a cinema or at home? (Why?)
What kind of films do you like to watch? (Why?)
Is there any kind of film that you don't like to watch? (Why?)
What kinds of films did you like to watch when you were a child?
Do you think that people easy to watch English movies in your country ?
Do you think that watching films will help learning language ?
Do you think that watching film will help you to understand the life style of other people ?
Reading books and watching movie, which will help better you to learn the language ? why?
What people usually prefer ? (reading or watching)

A Prize you have been waiting to get

Why do you need it : How you are going to get it.
Everyday, I go to my college. Sometimes, I have to either use a public transport or ask somebody in my family to
drop me there. So from quite some time I have requeste my father to buy me a a two wheeler. However, he has put
a condition for me that If I score 7 bands in IELTS he would gift it to me as a prize for my achievement. My father is
a man of his words so I know if I get this score. I am sure to win this Prize.
I have been working hard to win this prize and its a matter of just few days now.
I need a two wheeler badly, I dont like travelling by the public transport. I have to often start early from my home
and wait for it, even sometimes I get late; moreover, its overcrowded at times and I dont even get a comfortable
place to sit.
Then, when I ask my other family members to drop me; they seem to be too busy. So, If I achieve my target and get

two-wheeler as a prize. I wont have to depend on anyone. I can go wherever I want at my own convenience. I can
also drive to the mall outside my city for shopping.
Ever since my father has set this target for me; I have started to take my classes at Way-Ahead Institute more
seriously. I even get up early in the morning and revise my lessons every-day. In the evenings I go back to my class
to do an extra session to improve my listening and reading skills.
I am sure that I will be secure 7 bands and get this prize from my father. That would really make my life much easy
and I will be able to join my other friends on the weekends to spend some leisure time visiting some interesting
places in and around my hometown.
Additional Questions:Why do you think some school teachers use competitions as class activities?
Is it a good thing to give prizes to children who do well at school? Why?
Would you say that schools for young children have become more or less competitive since you were that age?
Why?
What competitions are popular among students?
What rewards are suitable to give to children when they make big achievements?
Do benefits do you think people have from taking part in competitive sports?

alk about a book that you have read recently.

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To be honest, I dont like reading much but, here I would like to talk about a very popular book recommended to me
by one of my teacher at Way-Ahead Institute few weeks ago entitled The monk who sold his Ferrari by the famous
writer Robin Sharma.
This book is one of the best-seller of all times. Robin Sharma, is an Indian born American writer and motivational
speaker very popular all over the world.
The story in this book revolves around a character who is a rich and popular lawyer by profession who is busy in his
life like any other person in todays world, practicing law in United States. Like any other individual, he is in a rat
race to earn more and more wealth without caring much for his own health.
Suddenly, one day he has a heart attack and he is about to die; but life gives him another chance so, he quits his
job and moves to the East in search of peace and new life.
Further the book gives details as to how he meets some sage and learns about ancient Indian practices to keep
himself mentally and physically fit. His life takes a complete U turn after following some ancient eastern practices.
I liked reading this book because it gives us many suggestions as to how we can survive in a very fast paced world.
For example, one of the advice given in this book is that if we get up an hour early, everyday then, in one year we
can have 365 hours extra in our lives.
Moreover, the language used in this book is so simple that we can easily understand it.
After reading this book, I started taking out time to exercise daily; so I can say it had a great impact on my life.
In future, as and when I get some time; I am going to read some more interesting books by this great author.
As dictated by Vinay Chand in Way-Ahead IELTS CLASS
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AdditionalQuestions:
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Do you think people read more books now than the past?
Compare fictional books to non fiction books?
Do you think people are going to read books in the future too?
How can we inculcate good reading habits amongst children?
Do you think reading habits differ based on gender?
What kind of books do children like to read? Is it different from what old people like to read.
Who is your favourite author and why?
Is it a good idea to make movies from the books written by some great writers?
In future books will no longer be used in the school. Do you agree?

What is the difference of reading on a screen and from the book?

We can save lot of paper and in-turn trees by reading on screen do you agree?
A company whose services you like the most?
Asked on September 6th 2014
What kind of services that company provides? Who helped you in that company? What services do you get from this
company?
Here, I am going talk about an online company whose services I have been using from last three years. The name
of this company is Flipkart. I first heard about this company in 2010 from my friend when I was searching for a book
for my exams. I couldnt find it anywhere in the local bookstore. That was the first time I used the services of
Flipkart. Thereafter, I have been a regular visitor to their website.
This company has been set up by two young entrepreneurs: Sachin Bansal and Binny Bansal, who started the
company with mere investment of 4 lakh Rupees in it in the year 2007. They started by selling books online, Today
they generate more than $100 million as their annual profit with more than 900 full time employees working for them
and they sell many different products. It is projected to be one of the fastest growing company of the world.
I like this company because of the edge they have over other online stores.
For instance, they have a 24x7 call centre where the sales executes assist all the buyers, for example, when I chose
to buy a mobile last year, I was given a lot of assistance by the tele-caller, who helped me in choosing the best
mobile within my range.
Next, its Flipkart which first stated the idea of cash on delivery. So, when we are fully satisfied with the purchase its
only then that we need to pay. Due to this; Flipkart has won the faith on many online buyers in India.
Then, there is constant reminders by email or notification on mobiles about many discount coupons offered by them,
which can be used as gift vouchers on different occasions. For example, I gifted a watch to my friend on his birthday
using the gift vouchers. Not only did he receive the gift on his birthday, but he was wished by the sales executive of
the company as well.
Finally, there is also a provision of getting a product exchanged or getting complete refund incase, you are not
happy with their products.
So, I am really impressed with the services that this company offers to its costomers, thats the main reason behind
its success story.
So, overall I have no hesitation in saying that Flipkart has really made online shopping very easy and convenient for
us by their innovative ideas and excellent customer service.
Additional Questions:
What Kind of jobs need public interaction?
What kind of jobs do not need any public interaction?
What is important while dealing with the public?
Do you think staff any role to play in company success?
Are innovative ideas necessary for success?
How important is the appearance of office ?
A Festival celebrated in your country which has become international: Possible question in September
My country India has diverse culture and rich heritage. There are many festivals celebrated in our country, here, I
would like to talk about one such festival which is not only popular in our country but is growing very popular in many
parts of the world as well.
Its the festival of lights better known as Diwali. Every year in the month of November the entire country is in the
festival mood. Although its mainly the festival of Hindus but people from all religion, caste and creed celebrate this

festival jubilantly.
Going by its history, the festival is celebrated in the memory of lord Rama, who returned to Ayodhya after spending
14 years in exile to keep his word. Moreover, on the same day Sikhs sixth guru freed 52 kings from Gwalior fort. So,
the entire nation celebrates it together.
As many Indians live in different parts of the world, now it is recognized in many countries as an official Indian
festival. For instance, it is even celebrated in the White House in U.S.A.
On this day all the houses, offices are lit with colorful lights. Many companies offer discounts on their products to
attract the buyers as employees and workers get bonuses and incentives to celebrate Diwali with their families.
Gifts are distributed to the near and dear ones. Sweets shops are flooded with loads of sweets specially prepared
for this festival.
In the evening earthen lamps are lit and crackers are busted. Children have a lot of fun as there is at-least five days
vacations in the schools. So, everybody makes it a point to be at home during this festival.
On the flip side, environmentalists often fume as its gets very polluted during Diwali and lot of money is wasted
unnecessary on many things. Sometimes negligence leads to fire and loss of life. However, Diwali continues to be
the most famous Indian festival now celebrated world over.
Additional Questions:
What is the concept of a holiday in your country?
Why do you think holidays are important in modern life?
Do you think it is important to observe traditional customs?
Have people changed how they spend their time on holidays and festivals compared to in the past?
Do you think that some celebrations or festivals will disappear or be forgotten about in the future?
Are there any special local festivals where you live? How do you celebrate New Year?
Do you think it is important to have local festivals?

WAY-AHEAD IELTS
January 4

Check list for writing a good letter for General Category students.
The Task for the I E L T S General Training Task 1 Writing.
The I E L T S General Training Writing Task 1 asks you to write a letter of a minimum of 150 words in response to
some situation or problem. The task will probably ask you to complain about something, to request information, ask
for help, to make arrangements and/or explain a situation. All these are fairly similar tasks.
Here's my Check list for writing a good letter for General Category students.
1.Read the question carefully, try to underline all the task words ( all the verbs) in the question. Make sure you
answer all these task words in your letter, even if one task word remains unanswered you will lose marks for it.
As I said above, task achievement (answering the question) is one quarter of your total mark and it is an area in
which everyone should focus before they start writing the answer for the question.
For example if the question is:- You have lost your credit card. Write a letter to the bank manager (to report) the
loss. Tell him (how you lost it). Request the manager( to cancel) the card and (issue) a new card.
Opening Salutation: Dear Sir/ Madam will be already give to you in the exam.

2. Paragraph 1: Ask yourself what is the purpose of the letter. Put the purpose in the first introductory paragraph:
like
Dear Sir,
I am writing this letter to report the loss of my credit card.
other way of starting can be:I am writing to ask/ tell//inform you that...
I am writing to ask/inquire...
I am writing with regard to...
I am writing with reference to...
I am writing in connection with...
I am writing in response to...
In reply to your letter, I am writing to... (if the question indicates that you have had a letter)
I'm very grateful for...
I'd like to thank you very much for...
I very much appreciated...
Apologizing
I'm very sorry that/about...
Please forgive me for...
I'd like to apologize about...
Please accept my apologies
3. Paragraph two: should contain background information: Since in I E L T S test you are not suppose to reveal your
real identity. you can replace your name with (xyz) like
Sir, I am (xyz) I hold a bank account no.(123) in your bank from the last ten years. (background information)
4.Paragraph 4:Try to answer the question (What happened and how it happened: (The substance of the Letter ) and
write the details in this paragraph. you should go into each and every detail.. like
"Sir, last Tuesday, I was on my way to New Delhi, on the way, I decided to refill the fuel in my car at the gas station.
After getting it done I checked my wallet to pay the amount through my credit card, but I found it missing.
Immediately, I called my brother back at home to check it in my bed room. He searched it everywhere but was
unable to find it. Then, I realised that I have lost my credit card.
(additional words to can use to start:Complaining
I'm writing to express my dissatisfaction/annoyance/ about...
I'm writing to express my anger at...
I am not happy about...
... is not what I expected/was expecting.
I want to know what you are going to do about this situation.
Thanking
5. Paragrah 5: You should try to answer the question: What do you want the other person to do for you.
Remember that you are asking for a favour so you should be very careful with the words that you use to ask a
favour. Try to be as polite as you can( Could you Please/ Would you mind/ Kindly...
like( Sir, Would you please cancel my card immediately and issue me a new card. I shall be grateful to you.

Asking for Help

I would like you to...
I would be grateful if you could...
I need to ask your advice about...
I'd like to ask for information about...
What I'm looking for is...
6. Closing Salutation: Depending whether you are writing a formal or informal letter you should write the closing
salutation to sign off your letter. For a formal letter use: (if you are writing to a person who is not closely known to
you like a librarian/ professor/ employer) Yours faithfully, OR Yours sincerely,
If you are writing to your friend or family member or a person well known to you)
i.e. informal letter/ Semiformal letter, it would be good to use: /Regards, /Yours, /Best wishes,
I hope this lesson will be useful to all General Category students.(Vinay Chand If you have any questions call me in
the evening when I am not in the class +91-8890207924)
I am going to talk about a very popular city Trivandrum.
It lies in the south western coast of India.
I got a chance to visit this city few years back.
Its the capital city of the state of Kerela, which is also known as Gods own Country.
It is a beautiful coastal city which earlier was a small fishing village but became very popular for its beaches in the
sixties.
Its known for its greenery. Its so green that Mahathma Gandhi- the father of our nation, even called it one of the
best city to live in India. The city is built around 7 small hills all covered with coconut trees and beaches.
You will love the climate here as it doesnt go beyond 32 degree Celsius in the summers and in winters it remains
around 20 degree Celsius; as a result, many tourists from around the world and North India flock here during the
winters.
What I liked most about this city is its beaches. Kovalam beach needs a special mention. Theres miles of fine sand,
shark free water for people who love to swim, range of sea food restaurants facing the beach and coconut groves.
This attracts lots of visitors here and so tourist industry has flourished in the last few decades. Not only this, there
are many ayurvedic saloons known for their herbal treatments.
During my visit, I got a chance to travel by a boat for the first time. I was told that during the festival season many
boating competitions are held here in which people are eager to participate with great enthusiasm.
I also visited the famous temple which was recently in news for its Gold treasure, thought it is only a recent finding.
Finally, I am so glad that our country India has such a diverse culture. The food, people their occupation- everything
was so different from what we see in the North.
I wish I could plan out another visit to Trivandrum and enjoy some sea food once again.