IELTS SPEAKING CUE CARD
[PART 2]
Describe a tall building in your city that you like or dislike
You should say:
- Where it is
- What it is used for
- What it looks like
And explain why you like or dislike it
PREPARATION
When talking about buildings, you need to know some categories of buildings first. Are they industrial, commercial, or residential? When you categorize buildings, you will be able to focus more easily on what type of building you are going to talk about. When describing a tall building, make sure that your examiner can visualize how tall it is. What’s that building made of? How tall is it? What’s the function of that building then?
CATEGORIES OF BUILDINGS
Industrial
a. Heavy Industrial Buildings or Manufacturing Facilities = used to manufacture construction materials like cement, steel, and the like. Also, used by car manufacturing companies.
b. Cold Storage Buildings = for storing a large amount of foods and keeping them refrigerated
c. Warehouses = used by companies for storing their goods
Commercial
a. Hotel & Lodging
b. Shopping Malls/Centers
c. Office Buildings
Residential
a. Condominium / Apartment
b. Luxury Home or Estate
ADJ for BUILDINGS High-rise, large, tall Impressive, towering, attractive Derelict (in poor condition & neglected), dilapidated (in a state of disrepair) Modern, State-of-the-art, Ancient, Prehistoric
VERBS TO USE for BUILDINGS Erect, build, put up
TYPES OF BUILDING MATERIALS
Aluminum, Brick, Concrete, Fiber cement, Glass, Steel
SAMPLE MONOLOGUE
There’s one high-rise building that’s recently erected in our city, which attracts a lot of visitors because of its unique design, it’s called TOWER 101. It’s actually a condominium and if I’m correct, there are 3,000 residential units all in all. I reckon its height is 250 meters and that’s actually half the height of the Taipei 101 building in Taiwan.
Well, what I like about this building is its design, it’s minimalistic, there are only two colors – black and grey. The right side of the building is black and the left side is grey and the walls are made of glass. From afar, it looks like there are two buildings standing next to each other, but when you come closer you will realize that it’s only one building standing. The grey color creates an illusion, people from a distance think that there are two vertical buildings standing next to each other but actually, there’s only one building standing. Well, I first knew this building just a couple of weeks ago because this building was heavily advertised on local TV. I was intrigued by its advertisement so I decided to pay a visit.
To be continued…
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continuation… When I got there, I talked to one of the real estate agents and I learned that that building is actually the tallest building not just in our city but in the entire state. I was very surprised to know that. She also said that the materials were imported from Europe. Not only that, she assured me that the building is earthquake-resistant, that it wouldn’t collapse even if the magnitude of the earthquake is really strong because she said that the building is equipped with some modern technology from Japan. Learning that made me like that building even more because you know safety is a priority. But you know what, what made me more surprised was when I learned that one of the designers of this building was my former classmate in high school. I was at a loss for words when I knew that. I just couldn’t believe it.
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