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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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All Answers

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Band 6-7

I have a friend who I met via an online game during COVID. His name is Wakomo and he comes from Turkey. He has a strange habit of thinking about the daily objects and what's more is that he really cares about them. So he takes on projects like every week to make things for the tools that he uses in his daily life, ranging from pens to his notebooks to even his phone. So he has crafted stuff to make them feel more comfortable in his house. It sounds hilarious but it is very admirable because it's just really nice to see him take care of these things in such an endearing manner. Recently he built a house for his pens. So he had like 70 different kinds of pens and he did not want to let go of any of them because he thought that every single pen had a different purpose. So what he did was he made a wooden structure like a house for all of his pens. So he made separate rooms to classify the pens for the purposes that he uses these pens in his daily life. So some of these pens which he used for sketching, he kept them in a separate compartment whereas the others that he used for calligraphy or for writing academic papers, he kept them separately. I would love to develop such a habit but it needs to come from within. I don't think it can really be copied because copying such a habit is a weird thing to do. It just needs to come from within. You need to develop that yourself.

Band 6-7

The habits, sorry, habits, they are quite contensitive. My friend who has been suffering from liver enlargement due to unhealthy lifestyle and lethargic qualities, I wish to enhance it. The reason behind this is I want him to be healthy, fit and in a good posture as he was before. Nowadays he has developed a belly fat and obesity, I would like to say. And furthermore, he does not exercise, not even a single bit. To make his progress consistent, I would like to ensure him to hit the gym at least twice a week and focus a healthy dietary plan, which will help him in getting a better and healthier life, not now, but in future, I am sure about it.

Band 6-7

so one habit that my friend has and I really really want to develop is waking up in the morning when the Sun has just rose and it's because I have always like since many years I have been a person who just likes to wake up late in at night and work whatever work I have whether it's it's mostly study work and I find it very calming to work at night when there are no people around and no disturbance so over the course of time I have just gotten used to it my circadian rhythm has just set accordingly and I find it very difficult to wake up in the morning but the thing is that it's not really healthy to sleep late and also wake up late in the morning alongside that there is this fact that the mornings are beautiful I've tried once or twice and I've always found myself to be at peace when I wake up in the morning to just listen the sound of birds and when it's a little chilly outside and the weather is calm that you can hear all kinds of birds and the trees are just just they look greener in the morning it's very mild it's not very hot moreover the thing is that if you do get up in the morning then you can get more things done till noon than you would generally if you wake up late so you can always have that sense of achievement that you have got and gotten some things done

Band 6-7

It was during my school time. My best friend named Shruti, she has been my friend from the school age. Right now we are in the age where we do jobs and have a daily life with our family in different cities. So I keep seeing her updates and I keep checking her updates on Instagram, social media. So the habit that I like the most about her is being up to date on her daily life with her friends and family circle which I usually I'm not that consistent of giving updates to my family members or my friends because I don't maintain a regular social media. She has regular platforms of social media like Instagram and Snapchat where she keeps sending her daily information or daily fun activities or updates that she does on a daily basis like Snapchat and for her work on Instagram. So this habit interests me a lot because about being consistent about your daily life to your friends and family makes it more fun to live and more interesting to know about their life and also about expressing your life to them. Yeah so this is one habit that I would want to pick up from my friend in later life maybe. I think that's it.

Band 6-7

This is another habit of my friend which I like to learn or to try once as making models out of polymer clay. I used to make simple models with air dry clay but by looking her preparing such clay models, polymer clay models which are so cute and at the same time it's so realistic. So I would always like wish to start something with the polymer clay so it will be more durable at the same time it is so pleasing to my eyes. The friend who has studied with me in my 10th standard, I came across her account in Instagram once when she shared it with us in our 10th group and at that time I wish I could have learned from her workshop how it's molding and all the other things. I only know about the air dry clay which is so simple that after the breaking of its package it will be settled within some time span and before that hardening of that particular clay we have to make some models out of it and unlike the polymer clay which is more complicated than the air dry one. So that is one of the things which I like because the things which is made up of it was so simple.

Band 6-7

So, as I was having a conversation with one of my old friends, I got to know he has a habit of working out before starting the day right in the morning. Now, as he explained, he would either go for a run or some quick freehand exercises like pull-ups or push-ups or sit-ups. I was quite amazed because this is something I myself struggle with a lot, but I learned some techniques from him how to overcome it. I personally would like to learn it because I feel once you have had a workout session, you would feel refreshed for the whole day and can start in a much more energetic way. I have seen him implement it over 5 years now, although I have not tried it for myself extensively, but he said he will be helping me throughout the way to catch up with this. As we were talking, I realized he did not achieve this in one day. To build a habit, he himself said it took around 8 months of consistent efforts. Even on the days he did not wish to wake up or go out for a workout, he would have to force himself sometimes and eventually it became a natural process. His body would not start the day unless he had had a workout session. This is why I also wish to develop this habit.

Band 6-7

Here I am talking about my best friend, Bhavika. She has a really wonderful habit of reading novels and taking out new words she finds from them. She keeps updating her dictionary. It helps her to enhance her vocabulary. And she finds new words, she writes the meaning of them and with their uses. This is a wonderful habit. I want to develop this habit because I myself feel I lag on the vocabulary basis. I lag my speaking skills and sometimes my writing skills too. That's why I also want to develop this habit and make my own personal little dictionary in which I write new words quite often. I really like this habit of hers. I hope she helps me out to develop this habit and in the promise. And I would really love to enhance my vocabulary this way in future and become a perfectionist in this matter.

Band 6-7

There is a habit in my best friend Rohan which I would like to develop in myself too. It is that he maintains his personal hygiene and takes care of his health. I have been trying to take care of my health lately but I find that I am unable to do so because I am quite a lazy and lethargic person. But my friend Rohan goes to the gym daily and takes care that his health is up to the mark always and he maintains his physical fitness to such a level that it is quite extraordinary to be called. I also find that he maintains a very nice personal hygiene. He takes bath daily and maintains a distance from those people who are not so clean and he keeps on washing his hands regularly and sanitizing his hands when he does not have the access to water. He also maintains a very nice diet in which he includes all kinds of nutrients so that he has an adequate intake of proteins and carbohydrates in order to build strength and muscles. Additionally, he works out regularly and he keeps on coming to my house trying to influence me that I should do the same. I do like to do exercises with him but after some days I fall behind and I am unable to progress further. This is the problem that I have been facing in developing this habit but I think that very soon I shall be able to keep up with him and will surely include this habit as mine. Thank you.

Band 6-7

She is a friend of mine in college. She is extra positive and enthusiastic. She is my bestie and I want to develop the habit of being positive and to be like TKDC. Don't worry about the future, just move on in the present. She used to teach us a lot of life lessons like whenever we encounter difficulty in life, a difficult situation like death or something related to relationship. She will be taking everything easy and she will not take out her mind too deep into the matter. She will think everything as a positive even if it is a bad occasion or a bad day. She usually makes everybody around her happy including herself. We used to be besties and I want to develop the character of being positive because I am generally a negative person. Actually, I used to think even the good things as bad things. So, I want to develop the habit of being positive and to develop a personality of being positivity.

Band 6-7

she is my best friend and she's and is closest friend of mine since childhood her name is Lakshika and I hate one bad habit about her that she often replies late to my texts which really annoy which I really found annoying which I really find annoying and it's very it's very annoying and frustrating I often I get frustrated by her late replies that's why I fought with her and I want to develop it because if she started replying me faster then I'll not get sad and I'll be happy because she's the only friend I am having which is
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