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Describe a habit your friend has and you want to develop.: IELTS Speaking Cue Card

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  • Which friend is it?
  • What habit is it?
  • Why do you want to develop this?
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Cue 1:Which friend is it?

  • Introduce your friend by name and mention how long you have known them.
  • Describe a little about their personality to give context to their habit.

Example

My friend, Riya, has been my close companion since college. She is a very organized and disciplined person, which is something I admire about her.

Cue 2:What habit is it?

  • Clearly state the specific habit you want to develop.
  • Explain how this habit manifests in your friend's daily life.

Example

The habit I want to develop is her ability to wake up early every morning. Riya has this routine of waking up at 5 AM, which allows her to start her day with exercise and planning.

Cue 3:Why do you want to develop this?

  • Discuss the benefits you see in adopting this habit.
  • Mention any personal challenges you face that this habit could help address.

Example

I want to develop this habit because I believe waking up early can make me more productive. Currently, I often feel rushed in the mornings, and I think having that extra time would help me plan my day better and reduce stress.

Conclusion

  • Summarize your thoughts on your friend's habit and your desire to adopt it.
  • Express any hopes or goals related to developing this habit.

Example

In conclusion, Riya's early rising habit is something I truly admire. I hope to incorporate this into my life to improve my productivity and overall well-being.

Following this structure will ensure you cover all the essential points while providing a clear and engaging response to the cue card topic.

Tips to answer this Cue Card

1: Being Vague About the Friend

Candidates often mention a friend without providing specific details. This can make the response less engaging and informative.

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Tip

Clearly introduce your friend by sharing their name and a little background to make your answer more personal and relatable.

2: Lack of Specificity in the Habit

Describing a habit in general terms can lead to a weak response. Candidates should avoid being too broad or unclear.

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Tip

Focus on one specific habit your friend has. Describe it in detail, explaining how they practice it and its impact on their life.

Weak Justification for Development

Failing to explain why you want to develop the habit can make your answer seem unconvincing or superficial.

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Tip

Provide clear reasons for wanting to adopt the habit, such as personal growth, health benefits, or improved relationships, to strengthen your response.

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Band 6-7

The habit my friend has is she won't waste her time while doing things in the house. Every time she will spend her time with the books. While reading the books we get so much knowledge and I like that quality of her. The way she spends her time with the books. I also want to do that but my mind will get stuck while doing that activity and I want my mind to improve for that. Every time she has recommended me a new book to read and to understand what does the writer want to say. The main motive of reading the books is to get to know what the writer has wrote in it and what is the main motive what the writer wants to explain us. While reading the books we can improve our vocabulary, grammatical errors, whatever we have. For this I want myself to put some time and to take out the time for reading the books. I like this quality of her. While reading the book she shared some of the phrases with me and sentences that she liked and I just liked it. But when I take the book and sit for reading my mind gets stuck and it starts headache. For this reason I won't read the books much but in future if I get the chance of reading a book for sure I'll not leave that chance. I feel happy while reading.

Band 6-7

My best friend, she advised me to think from heart rather than think from mind or think being rational. She advised this to me because I'm a very practical and a very rational person. I am generally right and that's my problem. Being right is not the complete picture or complete part of the solution. You need to understand the feelings of the person who is standing next to you in order to get your job done. I need to embrace this habit of being a little bit emotional because although things work with irrationality a lot, in order to get people or make people work with things, you need to embrace, you need to connect to them emotionally. Without getting connected to them emotionally, the work is not, they will not be ready to do your job unless and until they are in right state of your mind. And in today's world, connecting emotions is one of the most important things because people are very lost. Everyone knows rationality is a very important aspect of your life, but when you think with your heart or when you embrace some emotional conversations with people, they get comfortable around you and they are willing to talk to you with all their problems and then you can make things work. I want to learn this thing in order to improve my relationships with people because to the world I'm a very rational, harsh and cruel person. What I actually mean of being is I'm a very grounded and practical person who prefers making things work. But it's again, I need to learn the lesson that always making things work is not the right approach to life. In order to build meaningful relationships and networks, I need to connect with people emotionally, then only they will be willing to do or sacrifice a lot for me when I'm in need or else I can't make friends or I can't make connections at all.

Band 6-7

My best friend is an air hostess, so she has a quite customer pleasing attitude. She has endless patience and that is something I want to learn from her. She could be in the toughest of the situation with the most difficult of the people and yet she will have a smile on her face and still try to situate, ease the situation calmly in the most effective manner as possible. And I think any person who has calmness and patience will be able to approach any situation and find solutions and that is why I want to learn this from her. I really wish I had this because I am someone who loses patience quite often and then I am stuck in a situation that could easily be solved if only I had kept my head calm. But I did not and that's why I want to learn this from her. She always, always has a smile on her face and that's another thing I want to learn from her. I think it's a subsidiary of your first one and that is having endless patience.

Band 6-7

Every individual has their own habits and behavior and there are certain behaviors that others possess and we would like to practice that habit as well. For example, back when I was in my 12th grade, I had a friend who was really bright at studies and he used to have a stick protein and have it. And he used to keep all the details of books and journals he read and that was a really fascinating sight for me. And while watching the habit of him, I really want to experience that habit by performing it by myself.

Band 6-7

So, the habit which my friend have currently is about listening and observing to people. Listening and observing to people really help them to grow in life. So as an extrovert myself, I really try to keep the people not talk in front of me and thus I make them quiet often. So in order to get loudest in the room, I make them quiet and we try to be loudest in the room. So that's why he is more absorbent plus he listens better and his listening skills are much better than me. So that's why.

Band 6-7

The habit I want to learn from my friend is making projects very much clear and representative. I like that habit of her very much. She prepares projects very enthusiastically and very much with very much precision. That's the thing I like about her. It is my college friend, my college friend refers to the degree friend of mine, whatever the project man used to give us, especially the project they used to handle, they used to handle us was in groups. The groups were of five to six members, especially, yeah, moreover, with giving projects and we have to narrate that project, make a kind of presentation and explain it to the students of our class and additionally, we used to get marks depending on and preparing such kind of project and plus our presentation in the class, that's what she will be the member of the project, member means a group leader of the five to six members of the group and my friend used to assign duties, what kind of duties we are going to take among one another. So, she decides everything, I take this, you take that, with such kind within two or three days, we used to accomplish this project and we used.

Band 6-7

I have a childhood friend whose name is Iron. She has many qualities than me. Moreover, she is a great friend with different kind of good habits. One of the favorite habit I love about her is her way of studying and waking up in the early morning for studying. Since childhood, I have admired her for her such a great habit. Even now, she follows the best way to become and to continue this habit. I have asked her many ways and tips that she would do to continue this habit. Even now, from her daily activities, it is evident that she follows her early waking up habit. It is the most important quality that everyone should have in order to succeed in life. Getting up early can make a person more active and more enthusiastic throughout the day. On the other hand, she is such a good friend and helps me to develop this skill by making more recommendations and helping me by calling me in the early morning and helping me also to get up as she does.

Band 6-7

I will choose, oh, Sara is a, Sara is a, Sara has a very good quality, Sara has a very composed and calm nature, she, during, especially during the difficult situation, she always approaches the problem with a level-headed and, and solve it very gracefully. Additionally, her communication is very gentle and kind, which creates the atmosphere of, which creates a positive and supportive atmosphere. I think this is the good quality to learn and incorporate in my life. With consistent effort and intention, I can cultivate this habit into my life. It is just taking a mindful thought and taking a deep breath, I am able to incorporate this habit and by the time it will become my second nature and I'll find it out, find it out that I am able to also solve the situation with the same grace and calm mind and this way I can, this way I can, I am able to achieve this and I can also solve the problem in a positive way.

Band 6-7

I want to talk about a habit my friend has and I admired it a lot because it can also make me more impressive and also benefit me a lot. The habit that my friend has is maintaining a good exercise in the early morning. He is my one of the friends who is residing before my house. In the early morning itself he go for the walking and similarly he continues to do some exercises and I observed that he do not miss a day in the early morning. Even there are exams or any important schedules he never forgot to do his exercises. His commitment and his dedication made me so much impressed. So I want to inculcate this habit into myself for betterment of my life. So if I want to inculcate this then I can I should sleep early early in the night so that I can wake up early in the morning so that I can complete my exercises in the early morning. After that I can start the day with very calm and pleasant peace which can be driving my day very smoothly. However this type of habit inculcation is so typical but I try to inculcate so that it can make my life so much positive and also it will help to grow myself.

Band 6-7

The one habit I would like to adopt from my friend is meditation. He does meditation every day, around 20 minutes. I was quite shocked to know that it has really significant effects on his productivity. Every day he come around 9 am to office and leave exactly at 5 pm. While the time he was working, he spent most of the time in a most productive way. You can see he don't get distracted, he was very focused and work oriented person. One day I asked him what was the secret behind his calmness and focus and he told me the secret of practicing meditation. I came to know that meditation brings the mindfulness and joy throughout the consistent practice. So that's the one habit I would like to develop in my lifetime. I still try to build my resilience and try to practice meditation but every time I try it's quite difficult. So I started it back a week and now it's been a week since I've started meditation. I could feel some of my receptors starting respond to it. I could feel calmness, patience that has been developed in me. I would also like to develop his mindset, the way how he think about the world as well. So I hope meditation along with his thought process, these two are major habits I would like to adopt from him, majorly focusing on meditation. Apart from this, he is also very humble and kind to all the people. That really inspired me and I would like to adopt that skill as well because being humble and kind, everyone will always make people feel better and whatever you get, you get it back too.
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