IELTS Speaking · Part 2 · Cue card
Describe a time a stranger helped you
Last updated 2 September 2026
In short
This Part 2 cue card asks you to describe describe a time a stranger helped you. Your long turn has to cover 4 prompts (where you were; what the situation was; how the stranger helped you; how you felt about it), and the last one carries the most marks.
The cue card
Describe a time a stranger helped you.
You should say:
- where you were
- what the situation was
- how the stranger helped you
- and explain how you felt about it
How to structure your long turn
- 1
where you were
- 2
what the situation was
- 3
how the stranger helped you
- 4
and explain how you felt about it
Rounding-off questions
Do people help strangers as much as they used to?
Would you help a stranger in the same way?
Where this leads: Part 3 on people and relationships
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