Aspiration  Aspire a hope or ambition of achieving something Ch(k)aracteristics

Method 1 – Using Question Prompts
For the first of our three IELTS Speaking samples, I’m going to use one of the cue cards you saw on the introductory page.
Describe something healthy you enjoy doing.
You should say:

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  what you do
  
• 
  where you do it
  
• 
  who you do it with
  

and explain why you think doing this is healthy.

If your mind likes to work in a structured way, you’ll probably find this method the easiest to use.

Step 1 – First, pick out the keywords from the bullet points. I’ve underlined them for you here:

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  what you do
  
• 
  where you do it
  
• 
  who you do it with and explain why you think doing this is healthy.
  

So, we’re basically using the bullet points as they stand. However, it’s important that you know these two things:

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  You don’t have to use all the bullets points.
  
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  You can talk about other things as well.
  
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  You may find that you have plenty to say using the questions prompts ‘what’, ‘where’, ‘who’ and ‘why’ in the bullet points. In case you don’t have enough ideas, or one or more of the bullet points doesn’t fit with what you want to say about the topic, we’ll use the other two question words as well.
  

Here is the full list of all 6 question prompts:

• 
  what
  
• 
  where
  
• 
  who
  
• 
  why
  
• 
  when
  
• 
  how
  

Step 2 – Next make some notes using each underlined word as a headline. Do this as quickly as possible, ideally in 30 seconds.
If you think of something you really want to say that doesn’t fit under these headings, just write an extra heading – other – and jot it down under this. The key is to stay focused on the topic.
Sample notes for this cue card: