IELTS Speaking · Part 2 · Cue card
Describe a useful skill you have learned
Last updated 2 September 2026
In short
This Part 2 cue card asks you to describe describe a useful skill you have learned. Your long turn has to cover 4 prompts (what the skill is; how you learned it; how difficult it was; how it has been useful), and the last one carries the most marks.
The cue card
Describe a useful skill you have learned.
You should say:
- what the skill is
- how you learned it
- how difficult it was
- and explain how it has been useful
How to structure your long turn
- 1
what the skill is
- 2
how you learned it
- 3
how difficult it was
- 4
and explain how it has been useful
Rounding-off questions
Which skills are most useful today?
Is it easier to learn skills as a child or an adult?
Where this leads: Part 3 on skills and success
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