SpeakingGlossary
Cue card
Also written as task card, long turn
The card you get in Part 2 of the Speaking test, with a topic and a few points to cover. IELTS calls it a task card. You get one minute to prepare, then speak for up to two minutes.
Guides that use this term
IELTS Speaking Part 2: The Cue Card and the Long Turn
In Part 2 you get a task card and one minute to make notes. Then you talk alone until the examiner stops you. You may then answer one or two short questions.
Speaking
Fluency and Coherence: What Counts as Fluent, and What Does Not
Fluency and coherence covers two things: how smoothly you speak, and how well your ideas connect. Speed is not what the descriptors reward. This guide shows the bands, and what changes from band 6 to band 7.
Speaking
Checked against ielts.org's Speaking format page on 8 September 2026.