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Describe a person from whom others like to ask for advice: IELTS Speaking Cue Card

You should say

  • Who this person is
  • Why people like to ask for his/her advice
  • What kind of advice he/she often gives
  • And explain how you feel about the person
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Cue 1:Who this person is

  • Introduce the person by name and relationship to you.
  • Mention their profession or role in the community.

Example

The person I would like to talk about is my uncle, Rajesh. He is a retired school principal and has always been a pillar of support in our family.

Cue 2:Why people like to ask for his/her advice

  • Highlight his qualities that make him approachable and trustworthy.
  • Discuss his experience and knowledge that adds value to his advice.

Example

People like to ask my uncle for advice because he is very patient and listens carefully. His extensive experience in education gives him a unique perspective, and he always provides practical solutions.

Cue 3:What kind of advice he/she often gives

  • Specify the areas in which he provides advice, such as career, education, or personal matters.
  • Give examples of specific advice he has offered in the past.

Example

My uncle often gives advice related to education and career choices. For instance, he once advised my cousin to pursue a degree in engineering because of her strong analytical skills, which turned out to be the right choice for her.

Cue 4:And explain how you feel about the person

  • Share your personal feelings and admiration for this person.
  • Explain how his advice has positively impacted your life.

Example

I have immense respect for my uncle. His guidance has helped me make important decisions, like choosing my college major. I feel grateful to have someone so wise and caring in my life.

Conclusion

  • Summarize the key points about the person and their influence.
  • Express your overall appreciation for their role in your life.

Example

In conclusion, my uncle Rajesh is not only a source of wisdom but also a great mentor. His advice has shaped many lives, including mine, and I truly value his presence in my life.

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: Avoid Vague Descriptions

Using vague language can make your answer unclear. It's important to provide specific details about the person to make your response engaging and informative.

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Use specific examples and characteristics to describe the person, such as their profession, personality traits, or experiences that make them a good advisor.

2: Don't Overlook Personal Feelings

Neglecting to express your feelings about the person can make your answer less personal and relatable. Sharing your emotions adds depth to your response.

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Include a sentence or two about how this person has impacted your life or why you admire them, to create a more heartfelt response.

Avoid Generic Advice Types

Mentioning only generic types of advice can make your answer sound repetitive. It's important to specify the unique advice this person gives.

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Tip

Provide examples of specific advice they offer, such as career guidance or relationship tips, to illustrate their expertise and make your answer more compelling.

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Band 6-7

Yeah, actually, usually people tend to ask the advice from the persons in success talks and all. But I personally think a person who has been successful should not be considered for taking advice. Basically, we should take advice from the one who has failed several times. The society has said them in a way that if you are not successful, they can't give you advice. But according to me, the perfect person to give advice would be a failure because he has failed several times and he knows the drawbacks and he knows what mistakes can make you unsuccessful and which you should not repeat in order to get successful. So in my opinion, if I were given a chance to ask advice, I would ask an unsuccessful person because he would give me the best ever advice and a good advice is not to say whether you should do this or do that, like yes or no statement. The good statement, the good advice would be to just declutter your thoughts and show you the all possible circumstances to which you should follow and what decision will lead to what decision will lead to what type of outcome they should be correctly able to reinforce you in the situation. They should need to try to understand your situation and they need to put all the basic outputs and make you take the decision that advice that person's advice would be the best according to me. So instead of going to successful, it's best to take advice.

Band 6-7

I would like to say that Sonal Shah has been my mentor for around six seven years and she has been amazing because I am in the same field as her whenever I'm stuck I need an advice or guidance she's the right person and I reach out to her every time because it is the journey has been so much relatable in case I have any questions any doubts I'm stuck somewhere she's the right person who can help me out with the experiences right and that is the reason I always believe that she's one person that I look forward to and if I need any advice and guidance I'll surely reach out to her you

Band 6-7

In my perspective advice has an integral part in our life. We could receive a positive or a negative advice. I think both are important and I would like to talk about someone who give interesting advice. Well it's one of my cousin who lives next door and his name is Arjun. He is actually currently working as an engineer in a private company. Well what make him different is he has this ability to think out of the box. He has this interesting ideas and opinions for everything. Whenever I want an advice I always go to him and he always told he always give me unique advice. I think everyone in our neighborhood will get to know him and ask him for his advice. Because he has such an interesting ideas are in his brain. I still remember when I am frustrated with my one of my projects and when I asked him about it he gave a superb idea and it will that it would work and it will work for me and I'm super excited after that. I also told my friends that about him.

Band 6-7

I have seen a lot of people taking advices from others in order to decide a perfect, in order to take a perfect decision on a specific topic. So here I am going to talk about my grandfather whom I have seen helping a lot of people in deciding, to help them to decide what they should choose. So he is nearly 80 years old but he has a good memory and is really physically fit. I really love him for his kind and compassionate nature. So whenever I go, whenever I visit my mother's house, I always see him sitting, sitting on a stone bench near our paddy field and I always see him with some other neighbours, some neighbours where they would be discussing about their difficulties or problems they are facing and he always try to relax them and make them comfortable and try to give an advice to them. They always take his advices seriously because his advices have had a lot of, had created a lot of positive impacts in their lives and he really advises them by listening to all the details of the problem, by analysing that and try to give, try to give a better option. So I think being able to give an advice on a topic is really important because one should have a really good knowledge about that topic. But my grandfather really knows how to take that courage and do that.

Band 6-7

Today, I would like to talk about a famous person who gives advice to the other people. I know her from my degree onwards, like bachelor's degree onwards, who give advice to the people who are in their lowest time, especially for in their studies or their marriage or any personal problems. From that time onwards, I know her personally. After that, she started to a counseling center where people are coming to see her and talk about their problems and she tried to solve the problems and she advised for them to get better from their situation. I found it very helpful for the people to get advice for their personal problems and how they clear, get out from that.

Band 6-7

Okay, so in this scenario, I would also like to go to my mom only, because she's the only person who can understand me well, from the very initial stage when I'm maturing things and understanding things well enough. And I would say she's very intellectual in nature, because she knows everything and having also experience of life also, like what all these things are working and mechanism of life as well. So I think she's the right person who can give me advice, whether it is related to my education problems, whether it is related to my personal problems. She's the only person who I can rely on. And she always guiding me for how you can represent yourself as a individual and you can raise your voice against any wrongdoings. So she's the person who can guide me throughout my life as well. And she will definitely keep going this way only and yeah.

Band 6-7

The person who others will ask advice for is my father. He is a well known personality in my village and he is aware of all the things that could happen in nearby future. So people mostly like to ask for his advices. When he was in his younger age, he used to get all the troubles. In spite getting all this, he championed by facing every hurdle without giving up and he had a huge experience. With that experience, he used to advise people to get into a good way.

Band 6-7

Well, I would like to describe about my father because in decision making I believe he has huge experience due to his capability in running a huge coconut business in my town. He always says that to make a decision we should always consider from both sides, analyze it and wait patiently until the right time arrives. So the main thing he always says is to focus on the process but not the result. I feel very grateful and blessed to have a person like him because when I need an advice to take a decision I will go to him and ask him for decisions to help me out. Many people don't have this facility right next to them but I have this facility of taking a immediate advice in my home.

Band 5-6

Okay, that person is my mom. She's always there for me and she always helps me in a hard time. When I feel like I'm down, she always helps me. Sometimes I feel very sad and I help my mom every time. She cooks food for me very good and I'm always happy around her. She buys food for me, she buys clothes for me, she buys everything for me and she's everything for me. Whenever the situation is very difficult and I can't handle it, she's always there for me and she's the only person I trust. Whenever I'm ill and I'm not able to move from the bed, she's always there for me and she always cares for me. And she always helps for me like a money problem. Whenever I face a money problem, she always helps out for me in this situation. And I like her so much. The advice I like from her, like whenever I'm confused to do a course or a degree, she encourages me to do a degree because a degree is more perfect. And she always helps me in the study. One year before, I was confused about my marriage. She cleared my confusion and said, please start a new life and always stay for me. Like she's a very good person. She's very happy for me. She's every time around me and helps me. I'm very good friends around her.

Band 5-6

There are many person in my life who are advice others and other ask advice from them. But today I would like to talk about a person that I know who is very give advice which relevant advice gives for us. His name is Dr. Divya Chowdhury. She is my uncle's daughter means my cousin's sister. She is 27 years old and she is a nurse. She works in emergency department and also she does their work honestly. I like her because of she is my role model and also she is my uncle's daughter so I am proud of them. Whenever someone ask advice from her career also their occupation also their job. She also advice them and also she suggest them right path of others life and also she cares about other decision and also she like to talk them like this.
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