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

Describe a handcraft item which you made yourself

: You should say

what it was
how you made it
what you did with it
and explain how you felt about making it yourself

: Sample Answer

Kite flying is a popular activity in China and I have made different types of kites in various occasions all by myself. For this cue card topic, I would love to talk about a dragon kite that I made when I was around 16 years old

Qingming Festival, also known as Tomb Sweeping Day, is a traditional and widely celebrated festival in China and it usually falls in April. During this festival, many people, especially children and young, play around with a variety of kites. On such an occasion I made a kite which was more than 4 feet in length and looked like a red dragon. This sort of kite is usually called dragon kite and it is quite tough to make and fly. When a traditional kite might take an hour to be made, a dragon kite sometimes takes more than a week, depending on the size and shape of it

It took me more than 4 days to complete this kite and I required to purchase some special papers, colour, plastic, glue, ribbon, and sticks to make this kite. First I had to use the sticks of different sizes to build the main shape of the kite. The sticks were linked to each other very strongly and I used glue, sticks and plastic to make the final shape of the kite. Then I checked whether the structure was strong enough to fly or not. After that, I wrapped the frame with colourful papers and plastics to give it a beautiful shape. I was quite happy to see the final outcome and was convinced that it would fly without any obstacle. The wings of the dragon were more than 1 feet each and I had to be very careful while making it. Any wrong shape of the wing would actually ruin the whole project. I had to make it strong while keeping it light. That was a tough challenge but luckily I was quite successful in making the final kite

When I made the kite and finally flew it in the sky, it was a great experience for me. I was relieved that it was flying and looked good. People were looking at that large size dragon kite and some of them appreciated it. It was embracing the white cloud in the sky and went higher than most other kites. It was moving as if a great dragon was acting as a guardian of the sky and protecting the people below it. I was quite excited when it finally declared its prominence in the sky