IELTS Speaking Part 2: IELTS Cue Card/ Candidate Task Card

Talk about a new law you would implement where you live to make it a better place

: You should say

What law would it be
Will it be easy to introduce such a new law
Will it be popular
and what the benefits of such a new law would be

: Sample Answer

The place I currently live in is a big city called (…say the name of the city or are you live in…) and it has got lots of problems and issues which need to be addressed. We have lots of laws and rules and many of them need amendment and better implementation. If I am in a position to impose a new law to make my city a better place to live in, I would make a new law that would make it mandatory for every house owner to plant at least 10 trees in their area and would prohibit cutting any tree unless permitted by the law enforcing authority

A country should have at least 33% trees and forest of the total area for a natural balance in the country and the existing percentage of trees and forest in our country are alarmingly lower than that. Particularly in our city, this rate is almost less than 5% which makes it an imbalanced city to live in. It is not easy to enhance the forests in this city as it is a populated city and has very minimum open space. So making this rule a mandatory one would help us make the city greener and better

Currently, most of the house owners do not have trees in their premises and there are places where this can be done. So if every landlord of the city plants some trees and takes care to grow those properly, that would improve the environment of the city. Moreover, the house owners should not be free to cut any tree whenever they want. They need to take permission and give proper reasons if they really need to cut any tree

This would not be an easy law to implement. Lots of house-owners would not be interested in following this newly implemented law and would complain that there is no spare space for doing it. However, if the law is implemented and imposed, over time that would be achievable. Once the consciousness and necessity are understood and we start feeling our obligation towards the Mother Nature and our society, many people would feel the importance of it

This new law would have a great number of benefits. There is no alternative than to plant trees and keep the environment healthy and this law would make our city a better place to live in