IELTS Speaking · Part 2 · Cue card
Describe something valuable you lost
Last updated 2 September 2026
In short
This Part 2 cue card asks you to describe describe something valuable you lost. Your long turn has to cover 4 prompts (what it was; how you lost it; what you did about it; how you felt), and the last one carries the most marks.
The cue card
Describe something valuable you lost.
You should say:
- what it was
- how you lost it
- what you did about it
- and explain how you felt
How to structure your long turn
- 1
what it was
- 2
how you lost it
- 3
what you did about it
- 4
and explain how you felt
Rounding-off questions
Why do people become attached to their belongings?
Do people own too many things today?
Where this leads: Part 3 on shopping and consumerism
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