IELTS Speaking Cue Card

I often go out to eat, to restaurants and cafes with my friends. I have some regular places that I like but the one that I always love to visit is Bocca Café in my hometown Pune. I was in college when I first visited the café and ever since, it has been my favourite place to spend time with friends.

The café has a nice ambience with courtly staff. It offers a variety of food and drinks unlike other conventional cafes. The food ranges from vegan to non-vegetarian with a myriad of options from continental to international cuisines. The mocktails served there are some of my favourites. They have a separate menu just for mocktails as well as hot beverages including different kinds of coffee and tea.

I visit the place at least once a month with my friends to sit and talk about our lives. The ambience of the café is very natural as it is filled with house plants and flowers. It gives me a sense of relaxation and calmness. I usually have some fun with friends playing Jenga, having some delectable food and just chatting until we run out of words. Sometimes, I go there alone taking my work with me to let myself feel fresh and get some new ideas for my company. 

It is my go-to place whenever I feel like getting away from the hustle and bustle of my life. The place holds so many memories from my college years where my friends and I celebrated many birthdays, graduation and getting jobs. It feels warm and cozy to just sit there alone listening to some music. Also, I absolutely love the lip-smacking food and being a regular, I am sure I have tasted almost all of the items on the menu.

 

Vocabulary:

1. Courtly - friendly
2. Delectable - very delicious
3. Hustle and bustle - activity in a noisy setting
4. Lip-smacking - tasting extremely good

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Part 3 Follow Up - Questions & Answers

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1. What kind of people would like to go to a cafe?

People who enjoy spending time outside while drinking coffee or tea prefer going to a café. Often, people plan to meet with friends at cafes as they are good places with a nice ambience and pleasant environment to spend some good time. Besides, some people like to study or work in cafes when they want a change of place.

2. Why do young people like studying in a cafe instead of at home?

Sometimes, people like to have a change of place so they can concentrate better and this is why people like to go to a café to study and have some beverage to help them think better. At home, they could have some kind of distraction which makes them become busy with other things but at a café, all their concentration would solely be on studying.

3. Do older people like to drink coffee?

Yes, but I don’t think age has anything to do with having a preference to drink coffee or not. A lot of people like drinking coffee every morning while some others never do. Even older people like having coffee once or twice per day as they are used to drinking it and enjoying it as well.

4. Do Indian people like to drink coffee?

In India, a majority of people like drinking tea. I have to say, there are more tea stalls than coffee shops in India. People are used to having tea and love drinking it every single day. This is also a kind of custom that has been prevalent for years. In my family, everyone drinks tea except my sister and me as we prefer coffee.