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

 Describe a problem in your city/hometown

: You should say

what it is
how serious it is
what causes this problem
and say what can be done to solve/reduce this problem

: Sample Answer

I live in (… say the name of your city…) and this city has a very large population. With the increasing population, unplanned urbanisation, rapid industrialisation and lack of proper steps from the authority have led to many different problems here and traffic congestion, in my opinion, is the worst of all

Traffic jam in large cities is a common problem; however this in our city is far worse. It is a common scenario in our city that cars are stuck on roads and passengers and drivers have to wait for an unusually long time before they can move forward. Sometimes cars and buses remain unmoved for more than an hour and people get very depressed and annoyed due to this. The long lines of cars and buses and their movement at a snail’s pace have become a very annoying yet common scenario in this city. The rush hours are even more devastating and bad traffic kills a considerable amount of time each day. The business owners, office goers, students and their parents and people from all walks of life suffer seriously due to this uncontrollable traffic jam. Everyone seems like devastated and vexed about it, authorities know that as well, and yet there no proper steps to solve this heinous problem

There are many reasons behind this problem and an increasing number of cars and vehicles, in my opinion, is the main reason. The number of cars is increasing more rapidly than the construction of new roads and roads are becoming more congested. Second, lack of proper traffic control system and scarcity of traffic police could be another reason for that. Moreover, the public transportations are not as reliable and updated as they should have been and due to that people are mostly relying on private cars in my city. Violation of traffic rules is another main reason for this unbearable traffic jam

Some effective measures must be taken in order to address this serious problem. Since this is already a grave issue, steps should be taken before it gets worse. First, government and road authority should invest more money for building new roads and for the repairing and maintaining of old ones, particularly in areas where traffic jam is more severe. On the other hand, public transportations should be improved so that people use them more frequently. Restriction on private car ownership in our city is also required for the control of increasing traffic jam. At the same time, it is essential that stricter traffic rules be issues and violation of traffic regulation should be severely punished in order to reduce the traffic jam