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Describe A Person Who Likes To Grow Plants: IELTS Speaking Cue Card

You should say

  • Why does he/she enjoy growing plants?
  • Who is the person?
  • What does he/she grow?
  • Where does he/she grow them?
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Cue 1:Who is the person?

  • Introduce the person you are describing, mentioning your relationship with them.
  • Provide some background information about their interest in plants.

Example

The person I want to talk about is my grandmother. She has always had a deep love for nature and gardening. Ever since I was a child, I remember her spending hours in her garden, nurturing her plants and flowers.

Cue 2:Why does he/she enjoy growing plants?

  • Explain the reasons behind their passion for gardening.
  • Mention any personal or emotional connections they have with plants.

Example

My grandmother enjoys growing plants because it brings her peace and joy. She often says that tending to her garden is a form of meditation for her. Additionally, she loves the idea of growing her own vegetables and herbs, which she believes are healthier and tastier than store-bought ones.

Cue 3:What does he/she grow?

  • List the types of plants, flowers, or vegetables that the person grows.
  • Share any special or unique plants that they are particularly proud of.

Example

In her garden, she grows a variety of plants, including roses, marigolds, and a small vegetable patch with tomatoes, spinach, and green chilies. One of her proudest achievements is a beautiful hibiscus plant that blooms vibrant red flowers.

Cue 4:Where does he/she grow them?

  • Describe the location of the garden or growing area.
  • Mention any specific features of the space that contribute to the plants' growth.

Example

She grows her plants in our backyard, which is quite spacious and gets plenty of sunlight throughout the day. The soil is rich and well-drained, and she has even built a small compost area to enrich the soil naturally.

Conclusion

    Example

    In conclusion, my grandmother's passion for growing plants not only beautifies our home but also teaches me the value of patience and care. Her garden is a reflection of her nurturing spirit, and it inspires me to appreciate nature more.

    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 less engaging. It's important to provide specific details about the person and their gardening habits to create a clearer picture.

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    Tip

    Include specific examples, such as the types of plants they grow and their reasons for gardening, to make your response more vivid.

    2: Neglecting Personal Connection

    Failing to explain why the person enjoys growing plants can make your answer feel incomplete. Personal connections add depth to your response.

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    Tip

    Share a personal story or insight about the person's passion for plants to enhance your answer and connect with the listener.

    Lack of Structure

    A disorganized response can confuse the listener. It's important to structure your answer clearly to cover all cues effectively.

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    Tip

    Follow the cue card prompts in order, addressing each question systematically to create a coherent and logical response.

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    I would like to share an experience where I got to meet a stranger who was so intrigued by all the plants that she was able to look at and I was at a shop where I was just buying some flowers for my friend, bouquet in particular and then I got to meet this girl who was buying flower pots for her house. So I assumed she did grow her plants in her home only. The one plant that I remember in particular that she was talking about and asking about from the shopkeeper was Bonanza and she was very much intrigued by the colorful plants as well. She was looking for roses and daisies as well.

    Band 6

    The person, my mom really loves to grow plants, you know, in our house there are two balconies filled with different kinds of plants. Every morning she will get up and water those plants because it helps her to calm her mind, you know, she enjoys being around nature. As we live in city she don't have that area to go or walk around in nature, she's very far from nature. She believes that if she grows plant in her house it will help her to stay connected with nature. And you know the best thing about that she treats those plants like her own children. She talks to them and says so many good things so she heard from somewhere that when you talk good things with the plants they grow better. She mostly likes to grow like flowers, different types of flowers like jasmine, roses are there I've seen and sometimes she wants to grow some home gardening like green chillies, coriander, curry leaves. She loves to grow that also because it gives her pleasure that she's growing her own food which really helps her to understand everything about what she's growing, how she's growing. Every week she will, every two weeks I think, so she will call a gardener who will help with sowing the seeds or giving them some kind of food, you know, like which helps.

    Band 6

    My father is attracted towards the plants more. He loves greenery around him and his main motive is to set up a garden around my home where it attracts huge, large amount of birds. He loves watching birds and likes to feed those organisms. The workload and pressure he is facing everyday is reduced. Once he returns home and walking towards his garden and witnessing new blooms from the flowers. The main plants in my home I would say are hibiscus tree and many other small flowering plants and also some medicinal herbs grown in my home. In addition to that we used to have some fruiting trees like guavas, custard apples, chikus etc. Having those fruits gives us a special taste because each day we are producing time towards it and giving our love. There are many myths and some scientific reasons like swicking towards the plant will give us more fruits or the fruiting will be plenty and it will be more sweeter than it left them idle and without showing some affection towards it. It is work sometimes.

    Band 6

    I have a friend named Sakshi. She is really keen and loves to grow plants. She is a nature lover and has about 100-150 plants in her garden. She grows a lot of vegetables and fruits in her garden like tomatoes, oranges, lemons, corianders, bottle gourd etc. They are purely organic. She loves to grow organic farming. All of them she had grown organically, not using the hybrid seeds. The place where she usually plants all of these is the garden that is just in front of her house. She is really investing her time, a lot of time in growing the plants. On a day to day basis, she regularly waters the plants and gives them manure. On weekends, she even sits around them and gives them a good haircut.

    Band 6

    The person who I want to describe now is my father. My father has a good hand in the agriculture. So they love to grow more and more plants in surrounding my area and in farm also. So they are renowned as a plant man because they want to grow more and more trees. And why they want to grow plants? Once they have said me that they would like to grow more and more plants because they give medicinal properties and they have lot of advantages to have plants surrounding our home. For instance they have said me that once a time I got injured and I applied some medicinal plants on my heel. So that assist to relieve from pain. Additionally I would like to say that some plants have medicinal properties. So it is necessary to grow the plants in surrounding to our home. And my father believes that it is the greater affinity to grow these plants in our surrounding because they are very helpful. Furthermore I would like to say that they oftenly grow the plants in farm and they are fond of growing the trees. So they have a green hand in the farming. So they adopt to grow more and more plants. And furthermore I would like to say that I also like to grow new plants in surrounding my area. So I also like to grow new plants as like my father.

    Band 6

    The person who likes to grow a lot of plants, in my point of view, is my mom. Ever since I was a child, I have seen her growing a lot of plants and planting new trees every now and then. I live in a two-bedroom apartment, so in all I have four balconies in my house, in which three of them are filled with a lot of plants and greenery. She has planted a lot of plants till now, which include shrubs and saplings. Some of them are medicinal plants as well. She waters them daily and makes sure that the plants do not get dehydrated. She also adds fertilizers into them every week, once in a week. And she tells me that if we are having food on a daily basis, plants also need food so that they could survive and get all the nutrients necessary. I have learned a new thing from her that we need to cut or trim the parts of the plant once its flowering stage has completed, so that it gets a chance for the new flowers or leaves to grow in that place. And she has shaped the plant structure very well, so that it looks good. My most favorite plant from my own garden is the money plant, which has grown very huge and she has tied it all over the balcony window, so that it gives a look of a very good... window, which is full of greeneries and leaves. Also, she has a dream of owning a farmhouse where...

    Band 6

    Talking about a person who likes to grow plants, one of my friend named Janu is planting tree occasionally on her garden and school stuff because she is very environmentally friendly and she planted so many plants in our village and our school and our gardens, she thinks that plants can be used for future and plant is very important for our life so she is very unique on the idea of planting the trees but she is right because of saving the environment is the best thing we do for the future so I appreciate her work and she is very brave because she pays so much criticism from other students because not all students want to do that thing but she never she never feel regret about it and she plants so many trees and she doing because of her sake and for our sake also I think she is very brave person.

    Band 6

    First of all, yes, I absolutely, I find a great deal of satisfaction in growing plants. There's something truly rewarding about neutering a tiny seed or a small cutting. Watching it develop into something vibrant and alive. My grandfather loves to grow plants and he has his own garden.

    Band 6

    So, person who likes to grow plants is none other than my father and he likes to grow, he has his own nursery at my place and he likes to grow over there vegetables like tomato and carrots and he has his hobby of growing plants, he waters them every day and he takes good care of him, gives them proper sunlight and so it is very nice that he has this hobby and he nurtures them also very, very well.

    Band 6

    Plants have a very important part in our life. We are totally dependent on them for our food and it's our duty to protect them and to grow the number as much as possible. Today I want to describe about a person in my family who is very gracious towards the growing of plants and cultivation of them. The person is none other than my mother. Her name is Radhika. She is 55 years old. She has done this habit from her father and who is very good in cultivation and they have a very large number of species in their hometown. My mother occasionally grew the plants and trees in my home garden. There are very big space present in my house where we have grown such a high numbers of the plants which have very good impact on the environment and whenever I wake up in the morning, I usually prefer to go to the garden so that I can have a very good oxygen over there which help me to feel calm and more focus in my life. She is very fond of planting the trees. Wherever she finds the empty space she tries to plant the tree at that space. It is very important for my mother to have a plant surrounded by my home so that in my home the air can be circulated within very good circumstances. So it's very important to plant the trees and we should learn the habit of planting tree and I have learned this from my mother very well and I will definitely pass this habit to my children as well.
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