Describe a sport that you only have watched before but have not played yourself IELTS Cue Card
IELTS CUE CARD TOPIC
Describe a sport that you only have watched before but have not played yourself
You should say:
- What it is
- When you watched it Where you watched it
- Who you watched it with
- And explain how you felt about it
Sample 1
Being a sports enthusiast, I keep on watching various sports, and I play some of them. Today I would like to talk about a sport which I have watched, but I still need to play it.
The game I watched was baseball. I watched it with one of my friends at a local cricket stadium. I felt good about it because I am from India, which is a country primarily known for cricket. There is a lot of competition on the cricket field.
There is a lot of money involved in it. That’s why most teenagers and youngsters try to become cricketers: To lead their careers towards an impressive trajectory. Baseball is a game that matches cricket. In baseball, there is a person who bowls.
There is another person who hits with a bat, and there is a keeper as well. Some of the rules are the same. This game sounds interesting to me because I have played cricket many times. I want to play this game because of the skills I learned by playing cricket, which I can utilize for playing baseball.
Moreover, I plan to settle in the USA after pursuing my graduation. Baseball is the national game of the USA. By playing this game, I would learn about American culture. When I shifted to America, it would be easy for me to make new friends. Most Americans play baseball, and if I know how to play baseball, I can rub shoulders with them and share a good camaraderie by playing many games together.
Follow-ups
Here are some examples of follow-up questions that the examiner might ask during your speaking part 3 related to the cue card “Describe a sport that you only have watched before but have not played yourself”.
1. What kind of sports would you like to play in the future?
The sports that are easily available in my country like cricket, football, and basketball, I have played to a large extent. However, certain sports are expensive like golf that I haven’t played yet. That is why I would like to try my luck at them. Moreover, there are adventure sports like bungee jumping or skiing that I would like to try.
2. Why are there many athletes in advertisements?
There are many athletes in advertisements. It is due to the reason that people seek flashes of inspiration from them. As the athletes have a good physique, so people try to imitate them. So, if athletes promote anything, the audience takes that with huge interest. So that’s why there are too many athletes in advertisements.
3. What are the features of people who watch sports games online such as gender or age?
Watching games online is not gender specific. However, the percentage of males is higher in this case and as far as age is concerned. So these days, people from all age groups watch sports games online. However, the percentage of people between 18 to 25 age group is high.
4. What’s the most popular sport in your country?
I belong to India, and cricket is the most famous sport in our country, and people take it as their religion. Moreover, they treat the famous cricketers as God and sometimes as their role models.
5. What kinds of sports are popular now but not popular 50 years ago? Sports like tennis were not very popular in India because there were few players. However, these days, the number of players who play lawn tennis and table tennis has grown appreciably. So that’s why such games are also gaining prominence.
6. Do you think there are too many sorts of sports games on TV?
I don’t think so because most of the time, the other entertainment options on TV are high, such as dramas and movies. So sports games entertainment is still less as compared to other mediums of entertainment.
