1- a situation when you waited for a bus or a train 2- a challenging profession you know about

If you can talk about the cue card topic 
"Describe your favourite drink 
item."
 you should be able to talk about the following IELTS cue cards topics 
as well: 
x
Describe one of your favourite food or drink item. 
x
Describe something you often purchase.
x
Describe something you have recently purchased for someone.
x
Describe a popular drink item or food in your country.
Describe a noisy place you have been to.
 
You should say:
x
where it was 
x
why you went there 
x
why it was noisy 
and explain how you felt about being there. 
[You will have to talk about the topic for one to two minutes. You have one 
minute to think about what you're going to say. You can make some notes to 
help you if you wish.]
Model Answer:
Markets are always noisy and if it is a street market on a busy street in the city, 
the noises are more severe. Usually, the noises are created for the increased 
crowd around the market. Last week I went to the Chinatown Street Market in 
Singapore. 
Chinatown street market is one of the most famous street markets in 

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Singapore and it is visited by a substantial number of people. The market 
remains open from morning to midnight. Usually, the market becomes more 
crowded and noisy during the evening hours and before its closure. The 
Chinatown street market is famous as almost everything is found here 
including items of fashion, electronics, potteries, plants, clothing, toys and 
souvenir. The products are sold in small stalls and almost all the stalls are well 
decorated with a wide range of products and goods. Besides, the street market 
is also renowned for the street restaurants. Though the restaurants are set in 
relatively small spaces, they are also crowded with customers of different 
types. Delicious foods are prepared and sold here and the shoppers enjoy the 
foods whenever they could manage a break from their shopping. 
I went there to buy a small toy for presenting my neighbour’s son on his 
birthday. Mr Nicholas is a European and lives just the opposite of our 
apartment in Singapore. He is a businessman and lives with his family here. His 
eldest son, Robert has turned 10 this month and to celebrate the day, he 
invited us all. Thereby, to join the event, I planned to buy a piece of toy for the 
boy. The boy was intelligent and thus I planned to get something special for 
him. I planned for numerous things like presenting him a book or a watch or a 
mug. But finally, I came to the decision that I would buy a set of chess for him 
which will make him intelligent and smarter. Accordingly, I went at the 
Chinatown street market as this is a famous place. My dad had bought a set of 
chess for me which was accompanied with crystal pieces. The set looked very 
nice and I planned to get one like that for Robert. 
Generally, people around the globe come to Singapore and this is a usual 
tradition to shop here. People find more interest in shopping as the products 
sold here at the street markets belong to the top quality. Moreover, the prices 
of the products are flexible. The people who come to buy products have the 
option to haggle about the price with the sellers. The number of shoppers gets 
an increase in the afternoon and in fact people rush here to shop as the place 
is excellent with plenty of options. Although the shops look ordinary in size 
shape and decoration, they are able to compete with any superstore or large 
shopping malls in Singapore. The products they sell have a great variety and 
some of the stalls also sell products of different brands. Since everyone 
gathered in the street, it appeared that life was buzzing here. The shouts of the 
sellers, loud haggling between the buyer and sellers, discussion of people over 
different issues and the surrounding environment made it noisy, I think. 
It was a pleasure for me to be at the Chinatown street market as I do not 

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actually have more chances to go for shopping. I, in fact, do not need to shop 
as my dad does everything for me. I am not allowed to move for shopping as 
my parents are against the issue. But this time, my dad asked me to buy the 
present for the kid as he could not manage time for his several business 
involvements. Besides, he might be testing me if I am gaining some real life 
skills to survive. Often my mom accompanies me as they believe that females 
should not walk alone on the streets but she also did not accompany me to 
buy the chess set. So, I was responsible to buy the present and I did that 
perfectly. It was a great pleasure for me and I have gained some confidence 
that I could do something alone. It is a testimony for me that I am getting 
matured. I felt really good for being at the Chinatown street market.