Describe a puzzle you have played
IELTS CUE CARD TOPIC
Describe a puzzle have played.
You should say
What is the name of the puzzle?
How you came to know about it?
How this puzzle is solved?
Why do you like this puzzle so much?
NOTE – The examiner gives you one minute to plan your answer, and to help you prepare for the topic, the examiner provides you with a pencil and a notepad. You’ll have to answer the questions given on the topic for one-to-two minutes
Sample Answer 1
Introduction
- I feel good while solving puzzles
- To me, it seems to be a good stress buster.
What is the name of the puzzle?
- Although I have tried my hand at solving different types of puzzles, I like Rubik Cube the most.
- It is a three-dimensional puzzle combination.
- Mr Eron Rubik is the creator of this game.
How you came to know about it?
- When I was in 8th standard, I went to my cousin’s place to spend my summer holidays.
- During that time, I developed an interest in Rubik Cube.
- My cousin used to play it every day.
- Upon seeing him, my interest level also escalated.
- When I came back from the holidays, I immediately bought Rubik cube equipment.
How this puzzle is solved?
- Solving this puzzle is an uphill task.
- Initially, the hardest part is to solve it.
- The newbies can solve it, provided they work with determination, dedication and discipline.
- Once you are comfortable with solving it, then you need to climb the next hurdle
- Any person with regular practice can solve it.
- But doing the task in the stipulated time is a daunting task.
- Often people feel uncomfortable while doing it.
Why do you like this puzzle so much?
- I like this puzzle because it teaches us a wonderful lesson.
- This game has led to a paradigm shift in my concentration level.
- In our lives, we face numerous challenges.
- We often get stuck in the middle of a problem.
- During that time, we need to remain positive and work with serenity, this puzzle game teaches you the same.
- Never lose your composure in case of adversities.
Sample Answer 2
Being a gaming freak, I have this uncanny knack for playing various types of games. However, when it is about Puzzle games, there is no denying this conviction that they enhance our mental ability.
Although I have played numerous puzzle games, my favourite is the word search game. First time I played it at my friend’s place during last year’s summer vacations.
I started liking this game from that day. The unique feature of this game is its graphical interface. The developers have left no stone unturned while crafting it.
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The word search boards work with numerous elementary topics: such as vegetables, groceries, livestock, wild animals, countryside, urban areas, nations, public transportation, housing etc. there are columns and rows in this game with some missing letters. The task of a player is to find those missing words.
Words placement is horizontal and vertical in the first two levels. However, from level three onwards, it is diagonal as well. After finding the missing word, the player needs to circle the whole world.
As the levels progress, the game is hard to play. This game is a judicious combination of knowledge and entertainment. .On the one hand, my vocabulary has enhanced, and on the other hand, I can handle conflicts adroitly. There is a paradigm shift in my cognitive ability due to my regular indulgence in this game.
Due to its enormous benefits, this game is a must-have for contemporary era students.
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Sample Answer 3
Introduction:
- One of the best ways to exercise our brains is by playing puzzle games.
- Since childhood, I have this uncanny knack for playing puzzle games.
- During childhood, I used to be an inquisitive kid. Many times I did reverse engineering of toys to check how they function.
- Solving crossword puzzles in Sunday’s newspaper was a part of my routine.
- I have an immense interest in solving jigsaw puzzles
- When I turned 16, my bosom friend Stephen, gave me a surprise by gifting me a 300-piece jigsaw puzzle.
What it is like?
- For me solving a puzzle with 300 pieces was a daunting task.
- Because I used to find it extremely difficult to solve even a 100 piece puzzle.
- The game came in very good packing.
How easy or difficult it is?
- When I started playing the puzzle, I found it overly challenging
- Due to scarcity of time, I played it during the weekend.
- Since I was unable to solve it, many times, I thought of quitting it.
- However, the player inside me motivated me to go ahead.
- I started playing it with determination, dedication and discipline.
- Finally, after a struggle of 6 hours, I came out victorious and had solved it.
And how do you feel about it?
- I had a sigh of relief because I didn’t want to be a quitter.
- I celebrated my triumph by giving a party to Stephen and my family.
- I learned a big lesson that day, and it was “Persistence conquers resistance.”
- That day of my victory is still etched in my memories.
Sample Answer 4
Introduction
Although I have many hobbies, playing puzzle games works like a charm for me.
What is the name of the puzzle?
Recently I had tried my hand at a Jigsaw puzzle game, and I liked it.
How you came to know about it?
Last year, I went to my friend’s place for dinner. There I observed him closely playing the Jigsaw puzzle game. From that day, I developed an interest in this game.
How this puzzle is solved?
There is no denying this conviction that solving puzzles is a daunting task. To solve them adroitly, one needs to think beyond the conventional domain. Also, the player needs to work hard with determination, dedication and discipline. With regular practice, the player gains confidence. A confident player can easily pass all the hurdles with tremendous hard work and a bit of luck.
Although with practice anyone could solve it, completing it in time is an uphill task. Many people often feel disheartened when they are unable to solve it.
Why do you like this puzzle so much?
The primary reason behind liking this game is that it exercises your brain. By regularly playing this game, I have enhanced the capability of my brain. Moreover, this game teaches us to handle conflicts adroitly.
Apart from this, whenever I play this game, I get into a state of flow. My time passes too quickly, and my worries go for a toss.
Lastly, this game has made me a productive person instead of watching television, I play this game to rejuvenate myself.
Follow up Questions
IELTS Speaking Part 3: Follow up Questions
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 puzzle you have played”.
1. Why do parents let their children play puzzles?
Parents allow their children to spend their time playing puzzle games because these games help children to develop their analytical skills. Moreover, puzzle games help children to think beyond the conventional domain and develop their brainpower too. Apart from this, their concentration level improves. Lastly, by playing puzzles and winning them they get into a state of flow and foster their willpower too.
In nutshell, parents believe that by playing puzzle games, children can make effective use of their most precious resource that is time. Because puzzle games give you a sense of accomplishment when you solve them. They do not provide instant gratification like other games where you can use various tricks and techniques. For solving a puzzle game you need to toil hard and hence they provided you with delayed gratification which is a must-have to not become addicted.
2. What kind of puzzles improve people’s intelligence?
Solving puzzles is a prudent approach to enhance the working of our brain and make it more sharp and active. Puzzle games such as Trivia puzzles, Mechanical Puzzles, Word Search puzzles Crossword puzzles.., Logic Puzzles.,Math Puzzles.,., Sudoku. etc. help us to enhance our cognitive skills and strengthen our intelligence.
These games improve your concentration. Because without having central focus you cannot cross the hurdles in a puzzle game. Hence when people get deeply involved in a game, they learn who to focus on a task with determination, dedication and discipline. This way they develop intelligence
3.Which age group plays Puzzles the most?
Playing puzzle games is a time-consuming process. Because once you get involved in the game you get into a state of flow, where time passes in a jiffy and hence, you do not come to know how much time you have utilized while playing the game.
Moreover, there is no denying this conviction that youngsters and middle age people remain too much engrossed in their routine, and, they do not have much time to play these games. Because if they spend time playing games, this could harm their performance at the work.
Therefore children and elderly people play these games the most because they have free time at their disposal. And playing puzzle games to make effective use of leisure time is a worthwhile proposition.
4. Which do you think is better? A detective movie or its original novel?
Being a voracious reader I love to read novels. Therefore for me reading an original novel is better as compared to watching a detective movie. Moreover, in movies, facts are usually exaggerated.
So I do not get the real feel from the detective movies.
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