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

You should say

  • 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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All Answers

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Band 6-7

I'd like to describe a habit that my friend has and I don't. It is about separating your work and personal life and giving equal importance to both. Basically, to shorten it, I can say there's proper work-life balance. So, my college friend named Deeksita has also been working in an office like me since past 2 years. In fact, we both joined different companies but at the same time. But I have seen her separating her work-life and personal life very efficiently. She works at the given specified working hours and also gives importance to her family and friends after office hours. But at the same time, I don't have the habit of following that. I tend to take my work to my home as well and my family and my friends have been complaining that I don't give them enough time. And it is affecting my social well-being. So, I think it is best to have proper work-life balance because you will never get to have family time or you will never get to spend more time with your friends if you go further in your life. Your career keeps developing but it is important to keep in mind that both should have equal importance for your own well-being as well. Taking work from office to home can induce a lot more stress and can have a very harmful effect.

Band 6-7

So, one of my close friends, one of my best friends back in my place, he has a very good habit of waking up early in the morning, going for a jog, going for a run, he runs like for 15 kilometers a day and then in the evening he goes to the gym and works out. This is the one habit which I want to incorporate from him, which I want to learn from him, which I want to take it from him, which I want to take from him, because most of the time I will be doing my work or I will be involved mostly in my projects and stuff, so I won't be able to find the time to properly work out or go for a run and due to this, I have actually gained a bit of weight in the past few months. So, this is the one habit which I want to try and incorporate into my daily life and I want to make use of this habit a lot. So, I just want to, this habit is going to be very helpful for me in the future to stay fit, to stay healthy and to stay active all the time, because my work mostly consists of long shoots or long video shoots once or twice a week, so that's very stressful. So, this habit will be very helpful for me and it will help me in a lot of ways. So, yeah, this is the one habit which I want to incorporate from my friend and which I want to develop. Thank you.

Band 6-7

My friend named Nitya has a habit of accepting all the things with ease and smile even during in her hard situation. So I feel that is a good habit and I wanted to learn that from her because everybody will get into a time where they'll be in hard situations and feel so low. So I wanted to develop that quality in me to accept the situations and move on and that was that was a one one of the best and good quality that everybody has to get it. So and whenever we feel low we have to motivate our our self. There is nobody to encourage you. We have to do that from ourselves. Yeah, that's the good good habit to develop and apart from that we should stay positive all the time and do not think of the situations the hard situations we actually felt and we have to move on. Whenever we feel low we can call to our close friends or with whom we can share our feelings. We need to call to them and talk to them freely so that we will feel better. So this all things are done by my friend named Nitya and I wanted to learn that from her and even I many times call to her and she has given me this idea to move on do meditation if you feel low that's the best remedy.

Band 6-7

The habit that I want to indulge in my life by seeing a friend is crocheting and embroidering. I find it really difficult to do those and the results that she produced has always mesmerized me for to a greater extent. Even she has this embroider with my name on it and she gifted it for me on the birth on my birthday. She is a friend of mine from fourth standard and we still maintain our friendship. I find it hard to kill my boredom so I wanted to start something more like crocheting and embroidering. She is more into embroidering and she even owns her own brand in Instagram. To a greater extent she has influenced me. I admire her for the fact that she goes an extra mile to start a business at this age and even I wanted to do that as a side hustle. Do the present work that I do at any time.

Band 6-7

One of the habit of my closest friend Hrithik is his organization of things. Like he has a keen thing about organizing the things like he needs his clothes to be set in a proper position and his bedsheets should be properly aligned. On the other hand, my case is totally different from him as I don't care about where I am putting my clothes and whether my bedsheet is not properly set or not. I don't care about that. But he has this thing to maintain his things properly. So I would like to adapt one of his great habit I would say that maintaining the things in a proper way is very beneficial because I obviously don't find my things when I really need them. Also, it not only helps you to find the things but also maintain the cleanliness in the house because whenever I wash my clothes, I just throw them on a chair or some stool and it kept over there for a long time and I don't arrange them to like properly set in the wardrobe. On the other hand, Hrithik does quite opposite like he iron his clothes properly and then he arrange them and stack them in his wardrobe. So I think that doing this would improve one of the things that I would like to change in myself and that's the quite great habit that he has that I

Band 6-7

I believe habits form a personality of a human it comprises of good habits as well as bad habits that we can acquire and some habits are automatically inherited in us from generation to generation. I believe habits form an essential component in human life. One habit that I want to develop is reading newspapers every day. My best friend named Ayesha she has a habit of reading newspapers on everyday basis without interrupting for an hour. I believe this is a habit I want to develop as it increases English proficiency and communication skills within a given period of time. I want to enhance my vocabulary related to general topics communication and interaction in on everyday basis. She is a great influence on many of our friends. I also want to raise the bar like her to develop a smooth fluency in English and want to acquire a great hold on speaking skills and soft skills in English. This habit makes me believe that I can achieve a complex habit in my leisure time which helped me great which helped me achieve success and made me believe that yes I can do something like her I can enhance my capability to being a good person with a good habit.

Band 6-7

I would like to discuss about a habit of my friend. Firstly, to add some pointers to this, I would like to admit that there is a nice story that is attached with my friend. Shaker is my best friend since my childhood. He wished to read books everyday. Basically, in starting, he don't know how to read books. Later, he enhanced his vocabulary and started learning English. Now, he became pro in English. So, he is reading books very well. Recently, he told me about a book called Alchemist, which is about a life of a traveler. In that book, the author described about traveler. The traveler traveled around many countries. In the middle of his journey, he fell in love with a girl. But unfortunately, he lost his love life and again decided to do traveling. During his journey, he met an old man. He told him about a treasure which is present in the Egyptian mummies. Finally, he got treasure. By listening this story, I got interest in learning books. In the end of the story, the author described about everything happens due to a reason.

Band 6-7

The habit of my friend which I want to develop is reading books even though I have the habit of reading but I was like if even if I start a book then it I can't complete it till end so I have one friend who completes a book in a one shot that is why I want to develop reading continuously and not to give up in between. So this is the one which I felt like I need to develop and all and I want to develop reading continuously as a habit because it keeps me grounded and I will be relaxed if I read some good books I feel good and I will get good shot of dopamine which makes me feel so soothing and happy.

Band 6-7

Yeah, I want to tell about my friend whose name is Rajshekhar. I find him very focused during the work. He did not divert himself for any other activities except work related issues. Work related issues in the workplace. Even though we sometimes we indulge in other activities, but he focused us to talk about the work only. So I feel that is the habit I want to have in me. So daily I used to practice that, but during the work time I will get divert for thinking something which is not related. So I am focusing myself to

Band 6-7

My friend Sashmita, she has been my classmate for the past 6 years. She has the great habit of studying at least 5-6 hours per day. Although I try to develop the habit, I always end up studying for at least 2-3 hours only. I want to develop this habit because this habit can make me score even better grades in my upcoming exams. I always personally thought that this habit of hers had made her to score the 1st rank in her class every single time. So I think I need to develop this habit too. The habit of studying 5-6 hours is the best because practice makes you perfect. We are right now preparing for our board exams. This habit of hers has been helping her very much and she is really developing. We both were on the same level, we were on the same level, we were getting the same mark. Once she started having a habit of studying at least 5-6 hours per day, she had been getting better grades than me. I think it has helped her in a lot of way. When I tried to do it, I ended up doing it for a week or so but I was really exhausted at the end of it. I think it worked well for her but for me, I would prefer some other technique. But I think this is the best habit that can help anyone out to figure out what they are doing wrong and what they have to improve. Practice makes everything perfect.
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