Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

IELTS Speaking Part Cue Card Sample Answer: Talk about an interesting animal   What is the animal? How did you get it? Why is the animal interesting? Tell about the animal’s unique habits   I would like to talk about a dog. It was recently gifted by my sister to my son. The name of…

IELTS Speaking Part Cue Card Sample Answer: Describe a person who has apologized to you. What was the issue? Who apologized? What mistake had that person committed? Did you forgive the person?   Around 2 months ago, I hosted a birthday party for my cousin. The party was well attended by most of my family…

Shopping at markets 59. Do people in your country enjoy going to open-air markets that sell things like food or clothes or old objects? Which type of market is more popular? Why? I live in a country where the weather is very hot. Although most markets are open-air markets in my country, most people do…

Shopping 57. What can shops do to make shopping more pleasant for their customers? I find it quite irritating when a salesperson comes to me and asks if I need something. For a starter, salesperson should not always be offering help because one needs some time to explore. Moreover, there should be some soothing music…

Things to buy in your country 53. What typical things can visitors to your country buy? My country is very popular for hand-woven carpets. What is more, visitors love to buy other cultural clothes. It is very hard to find such things in other areas of the world as they are unique to this region.…

Family responsibilities 51. What responsibilities do parents have towards their children? Parents need to take care of their children by providing for their basic necessities and wants. Moreover, parents need to provide emotional and moral support to their children their hard times. 52. What responsibilities do children have towards their parents? It is the responsibility…

Family or friends 49. Which are more important to you: your family or your friends? For a lot of people, friends are important. Nevertheless, I do not consider friends to be important for me. Friends just go away at the time of need, but family members tend to help each other in the time of…

Attitudes to family 47. In what ways have families in your country changed in recent years? In the past, people in my country used to live with their extended families, but now most people live with their nuclear families. Besides that, about 50 years ago, people used to have 8 to 10 family members in…

Conserving the countryside 43. Why is it important to protect the countryside? It is fundamental to protect countryside since it provides us food. Most of the farming is done in the countryside and if we do not protect countryside, our crops would be affected. Furthermore, countryside is the area where our culture is pervasive. Thus,…

Attitudes to tourism 41. Why do you think people like to travel to different places in their free time? We all get bored because of our mundane routines. When a person travels to different places, it gives the person the opportunity to explore different cultures and norms.   42. How do you see tourism changing…