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Describe a Modern Building [IELTS Speaking Part 2]

Written by · December 1, 2018

I have talked before on this website about how to describe buildings. Here I gave some general information and example questions and here is some useful vocabulary. Today, however, we are going to get more specific. I will show you how to describe a building for IELTS speaking part 2. We’ll look at how to analyze the cue card, make suitable notes, and then give a perfect answer.

The Cue Card – Describe a Building

There are different possible ways that you may be asked to describe a building for IELTS speaking part 2. You could be asked some of the following.

Describe a building…

  • in your hometown
  • in your country
  • that you really like
  • that you visited when you were a child
  • that has historical significance

However, today we will pick one that seems pretty common:

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