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What if I have never been to the place on the cue card?

Nov 4, 2026
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You are asked to describe a place, not to prove you have been there, so choose the nearest one you can picture. If the card names somewhere you know only from photographs, say so in the first sentence and describe what those images show.

You are asked to describe a place, not to prove you have been there, so choose the nearest one you can picture. If the card names somewhere you know only from photographs, say so in the first sentence and describe what those images show. The five blocks still work: light, people and change can be reported from a picture.

If the card names somewhere you have never visited, say so in one short clause and move straight to what is visible: the view, the people who use it, and what has changed there. A sentence about your intention to visit adds no detail and invites a follow-up you cannot answer. Report what you have seen in photographs or heard from people who go there.

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