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Describe a person who helps to protect the environment: IELTS Speaking Cue Card

You should say

  • Who this person is?
  • What actions they take?
  • How they inspire others?
  • And explain why you admire them.
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Cue 1:Who this person is?

  • Introduce the person by name and their relationship to you, such as a friend, family member, or community leader.
  • Provide a brief background about their passion for environmental protection.

Example

The person I want to talk about is my uncle, Rajesh. He is an environmental activist who has dedicated his life to protecting nature. Ever since I was a child, I have seen him involved in various environmental initiatives, which has inspired me greatly.

Cue 2:What actions they take?

  • Describe specific actions this person takes to protect the environment, such as organizing clean-up drives or planting trees.
  • Mention any projects or campaigns they are involved in that have made a significant impact.

Example

Rajesh organizes monthly clean-up drives in our local park and has planted over a thousand trees in our community. He also runs workshops to educate people about recycling and reducing plastic use, which has helped raise awareness among many residents.

Cue 3:How they inspire others?

  • Explain how this person motivates others to join their cause, perhaps through their enthusiasm or by leading by example.
  • Share any stories of how they have influenced friends or family to take action for the environment.

Example

His passion is contagious. Many of my friends have joined him in his clean-up drives, and he often shares inspiring stories on social media, encouraging others to take part. He has even inspired my younger sister to start her own small garden at home, promoting the idea of growing plants.

Cue 4:And explain why you admire them.

  • Discuss the qualities you admire in this person, such as their dedication, knowledge, or ability to connect with others.
  • Reflect on how their actions have positively impacted your own views on the environment.

Example

I admire Rajesh for his unwavering commitment to the environment and his ability to inspire change in others. His dedication has made me more aware of my own habits, and I now try to reduce waste and recycle more. He shows that one person can truly make a difference.

Conclusion

    Example

    In conclusion, my uncle Rajesh is a remarkable person who not only protects the environment but also inspires those around him to do the same. His actions remind us that we all have a role to play in safeguarding our planet for future generations.

    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: Vague Descriptions

    Avoid being too general when describing the person. Vague answers can make your response less engaging and informative, which may not impress the examiner.

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    Tip

    Provide specific examples of the person's actions and characteristics to create a clearer picture of who they are.

    2: Neglecting Personal Impact

    Failing to explain how the person inspires others can weaken your response. It's important to show the broader impact of their actions on the community.

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    Tip

    Include anecdotes or examples of how this person has motivated others to take action for the environment.

    Lack of Personal Connection

    Not expressing why you admire this person can make your answer feel impersonal. Personal connections add depth to your response.

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    Tip

    Share a personal story or feeling that illustrates your admiration for the person's efforts in protecting the environment.

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    The person I know is Rahul, he is one of my friends who helps to protect the evening ornament. He always takes care of his own surroundings. He gathers volunteers to clean up the community. He uses bicycles to reduce the pollution. He grows organic vegetables in the garden. He has solar panels. In weekends, he always cleans up the surroundings. He also explains to every children the use of recycling and conserving water. I admire him most because he is always motivated to protect the evening ornament. For instance, he avoids using plastic bags. He uses normal bags to reduce the soil pollution. He always saves water.

    Band 6

    Although I have met a lot of people in my life who are helping to protect the environment, but one person that really inspired me a lot in the same field is one of my friends. I would like to talk about her. I met her in my undergraduate program. The way she used to speak to others and the way she was determined with her positive mindset really inspired me a lot. She used different sorts of things to help the environment, protect from such as pollution.

    Band 6

    I know many persons who protect the environment in many different ways, but here I talk about the special person which I know personally. He is one of my friends. Her name is Mr. Nitish Bharadwaj. He is a very kind person against the animals and he is very helpful for all the people. He protects the environment in a different way. First of all, he starts a rescue to find those who are cutting the trees and the plants nearby the area. And after that he distributes 1,000 plants in our locality to grow environment-free, environment green and also take help from the police station to put boards near the big trees and farm area that no people are restricted to cut the trees and also check on the points where the big trees are there. And he also rescues animals that are in need. There are some pet animals, people who left them when they are no need. He always helps those animals like dogs, cats, sometimes rats. And he does all the things with their own pocket money. And he always stands for the environment and always helpful for the rescue. And I admire this person because he donates all his amount on this rescue and the protection of plants and growing of plants. And also he takes different seminars in our state to aware people among the greenery.

    Band 6

    A person who helps the environment is someone who is really conscious about the state of our planet. Someone who is aware and well read about the dangers that climate change and global warming hold for our planet. So someone who is doing their very best in helping the environment in whatever way they can. For example, if someone makes sure they reuse and recycle plastic and they make sure that they plant more trees and avoid driving wherever possible. If they walk more than drive that helps wonders for the planet. So I do believe that that is a person who is doing their very best in preserving our planet.

    Band 6

    I am not familiar with any person who protects the environment, but I have heard somewhere that there is a South Indian celebrity named Vivek, so he was inspired by Prime Minister Abdul Kalam, so he is also known as the Zalman of India, so his aim was to plant lakhs of trees in India before his death, but unfortunately he died somehow by heart attack, then his followers are now planting trees on his birthday, on his remembrance, and there is also this another old lady, she has planted around 20 to 30 K of trees in her lifetime, and she not only planted them, but she is maintaining those trees, so that is one thing that I have two people I have seen protecting the environment, but from my opinion, I have seen a lot of youngsters and NGOs getting inspired by these people, inviting them as chief guests in their functions, and they are also starting a plantation drive in their NGO, being a part of few NGOs, I have came through these people, and I have also been a part of these plantation drives, so this is how they have inspired youngsters, and it is really inspiring that people chose to take the positive side to prevent the environment by planting trees.

    Band 6

    So, an environmentalist is a person who helps to protect the environment. Somehow I feel everyone is involved in protecting the environment with various activities which we should consider doing every day. Just for an example, a gardener protects her garden, the flowers, the trees, the plants in the garden. If a gardener is not present, people will try to break or just destroy the garden. So a gardener is also a part of environmentalist, I would say. A garbage disposal area is also an area which helps to protect the environment. So I think each and everyone is involved into that. Just for another example, if you look at, we should be aware of what all activities we are doing, just for that we are doing. Nowadays, electrical vehicles are the most evolved technology and one should make use of it instead of just emitting the carbon dioxide which is harmful for the nature. And utilization of the electrical vehicle or e-vehicles will be really helpful for the environmental protection. And it will also emit less, it will although emit radiations, but it will be in a very less amount as how we are utilizing the fuels. So I think everyone is equally important in keeping the environment clean and tidy.

    Band 6

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    Band 6

    So the person who explained to me what an environment is and why should we consider our environment and protect it is my 8th grade teacher. As far as I can remember, I admire her so much, she has a great leadership skill and she is really enthusiastic about protecting our nature. On every Saturday, we used to plant trees in our school premises to promote the awareness of having a good and healthy environment. Furthermore, the teacher, apart from this academic activity, also gives us plans from school so we can go into our home and plan these over there. Also, there used to be a competition like which one has planted a great garden or photos of garden which you have at home and after that you will be getting the reward. Well, in an overalls, anyway, alright.

    Band 5-6

    A person who helped me to protect the environment was my brother whose name was Ajay. Me and my brother both are in the same standard at the same school. One day in school our school organized a protect the environment event that day my mind was not able to go on that event. So my brother give me some talks about the environment that our environment is our basic need and without this we cannot survive so me and my brother are we and my brother brother going to that environment and we both we both to at at at first of all we have we we clean our surrounded school surrounded area and our local village area after that we after that we we plant plant trees on our on our ground ground area and and outside the school area after after that there was a lecture given by some superior officer I don't know but he was a superior officer they come they come that that they give a brief speech on environment and and that feel so good so I think everybody

    Band 5-6

    So as I am a environmental engineer, I saw my teachers who are inspired me to take care about the environment. Environment is way too important to us as the environment contains water, air and soil. So if it is containment or contaminant, then we are facing so much problem. So we have to take care about this. Now we can take care of the water by treating them. We don't hurt by treating them. And we don't use to... We don't, we cannot use to... Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. As I am an environmental engineer, my teachers always inspire me to think about environment. Our environment contains soil, water, air. So we have to take care about this. Nowadays soil noise pollution is also a worried thing. So we have to take care about this also. Ground water is limited in our environment. So we cannot use it too much. We have to clean our river body and ponds and other lakes also, which can use as potable water. We have to do plantation to save our environment from global warming. To protect our soil, we can dump our waste here and there. We have to dump it in engineered landfill to control soil pollution. So as we are environmental engineer, we have to inspire the people by saying the importance of environment. They have to think about the activities which is done by them. Because environment is the important thing where we are living in the nature. So we have to take care about this also. Now noise pollution in Diwali or any other festivals, we cannot crack the crackers as much as they can. Because noise pollution is also a hectic thing. Because in the area of hospitals and other family areas, there are various types of old people who suffer from this type of noise pollution. So we have to take care about this also as we are the social animal.
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