π Describe a special cake you received from others (Part 2) + Transcript
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What is the IELTS Partβ―2 prompt and how should I structure my answer?
Hello, hello, lovely and welcome into IELTS Speaking Part 2. Describe a special cake you received from others. You should say when it happened, where it happened, who you got the cake from, and explain why it's a special cake. Rory, are you ready to tell us your tasty story? Yes.
I suppose the one that immediately comes to my mind is my last birthday cake. So speaking about when I got it, this would have been the twenty-fourth of August 2025, actually. Um, since that's when my last birthday was. I went round to my parents with a few of my friends and some relatives from abroad joined us. Um, just since it was a joint birthday party as well. One of my aunts has uh A similar birthday to me, I think she's the day before. So because it was happening at the same time, we were all together. And if we consider exactly where this was, I know I said it was my parents, but um it was such a nice day we decided to have the party in the back garden on the decking. Um and then When I think about who gave it to me.
I actually don't remember. Um but I suspect it was a joint birthday cake from everybody, um and they all covered it in candles. Uh actually almost to the extent it was a fire hazard, um there was one for every year, and it was my thirty sixth. As for why it was special, well it's a birthday cake, or it was a birthday cake, and who doesn't love that? I think it was also just nice uh Because of who it was from and what it symbolized as well, um getting older and wiser and being surrounded by people who love and care about you. Or in this case, people who love and care about me. Um plus uh even though I'm not a big fan of sugar and I've always uh well, I'm always trying to cut down, I absolutely love the taste of birthday cake and I seldom get to habits, so this was like a special treat for me.
Um it was It wasn't a particularly special one in terms of like the toppings or the icing or anything, but it's just like a nice taste to have. If I hadn't been given it, uh I doubt it would have been a big deal, um but it it's nice to have these little gestures, isn't it?
And what about your family? Did they enjoy the cake?
I assume so, because there was none of it left by the time the party was over.
When and where did Roryβs special birthday cake celebration take place?
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So dear listener, describe a cake. Describe a special cake you received from others or describe a cake. Describe a cake you liked, you know, like anything about a cake. And we're talking about a birthday cake or a wedding cake or just a cake. I think we only really have cake for birthdays and weddings, isn't is that it? No, like sometimes you know, like on a on a Friday. You just go shopping and you just buy a cake, you know.
Oh, maybe this is you. I don't do that.
No, okay. But if I feel like it, you know, why not? Yeah, I can get myself a cake. And it's special. Right, Delysna, but the vocabulary is gonna be very specific. We need to describe a cake. The easiest option is to talk about your birthday cake. Even if you didn't have a cake for your birthday, just say it.
But you will have to describe it.
Yeah. And you start off with One cake that comes to mind, that one cake I remember, is my birthday cake.
The first thing that stands out in my mind. So the first thing you can think of.
I got it in August, I got it last year, I got it l last month, or I got it in May, like when when's your birthday? I went round to my parents, I visited my parents, or I went round to my friends, I went round to my boyfriend, girlfriend, to my colleagues. Maybe you got a cake at work.
Who gave the cake to Rory and why can the giver be hard to remember?
Ooh, that would be nice.
Yeah. So I celebrated with my colleagues at work, my colleagues gave it to me, or I went round to my ta ta. My relatives were there, my aunts, uncles, And it was a joint birthday party. So all of us got together. Like family friends. It was a shared birthday. Mmm, a shared birthday. So I invited my friends and my relatives, my family.
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
What is the IELTS Partβ―2 prompt and how should I structure my answer?
0:05β2:39
2
When and where did Roryβs special birthday cake celebration take place?
2:39β4:27
3
Who gave the cake to Rory and why can the giver be hard to remember?
4:27β6:17
4
Why was the cake considered a βfireβhazardβ and what does that reveal about its size?
6:17β8:18
5
What makes the cake special beyond the candles β symbolism and personal feelings?
8:18β11:15
6
How does Rory describe the cakeβs taste, texture and ingredients for IELTS vocabulary?
11:15β13:49
7
What grammar tips (conditionals, passives) does the host give for talking about the cake?
13:49β16:32
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