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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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    All of us like to indulge in different types of leisure activities or spend evenings. So my grandmother used to enjoy planting trees in our courtyard and among different varieties she used to plant different varieties of plants in our courtyard and among them her favorite was the rose plant. She used to plant different varieties of rose which was of different colors and varieties. Some may be clustered, some may be too small even to see and some may be big enough that can be used for different types of decorative purposes. She used to enjoy growing plants in our courtyard because she enjoyed spending time in the garden and enjoying her leisure time while planting the trees and she enjoyed the company of the plants because more than that most of the time she would be in the courtyard enjoying the colors of the flowers and she would be watching the different types of insects and the birds that are coming near her plants. She used to say that along with her the different varieties of the birds and the flies are enjoying the plants that she is planting. So I used to think that she was simply wasting her time by planting the trees and spending most of the time in the courtyard while she used to say that it is not about spending time in the courtyard, it is by planting the trees she is able to relax herself and she can enjoy her leisure time more beautifully.

    Band 6

    Well, here I would like to talk about my mother who is a nature lover and she always try to grow various kind of plants in the kitchen garden and she loves gardening and as she have also done some specific diploma in the botanical, so she has been doing gardening since her childhood and she love to grow various vegetables as she is of opinion that the vegetables and fruits from market are adulterated with the fertilizers, so she always try to grow them at her home in order to make them fertilizer free and she always try to decompose the things and use the manure as a good diet for plant to regrow, so I am also learning this technique from my mother and as she is nature lover and she is of opinion that from plants we learn a lot of things like how to be consistent and how to grow, when proper time come they grow in their own way, so apart from that in this polluted area, so as I am residing in Delhi, so in this polluted area she always try to tell us that the plants are such that provide us oxygen and also help us to breathe naturally, so that's why she is insanely in love with the plants, so this is all about the person who...

    Band 6

    These days, due to global warming and the climatic changes that are occurring all over the world, I believe that it is the responsibility of every citizen to plant more and more trees and to support our forestation. This is very crucial for our future from perspective. I would like to talk about my grandfather, who is an avid gardener and he loves gardening a lot. He is now 82 years old, but still he prefers to plant trees, take care of them, nurture them. He does these all things for the entire day. He retired at the age of 75 and it's been like around 6 to 7 years he has been spending much more time on doing these all things in the gardening. It makes him feel very relaxed and it makes him engaged in doing some of the other things because as now he doesn't have a lot of work to do apart from the household work. It makes him feel very bored and lonely the entire day as he has been working for around 55 to 60 years. So I believe that it's very difficult for him. It makes him feel relaxed. He also is very fond of doing this gardening, previously also used to plant different kinds of plants in our garden area. He usually plants different kinds of flowers which he purchases around after 2 to 3 months he purchases new different flowers from the nursery and then plants them according to the different season. He has also tried to grow some of the vegetables, but unfortunately due to the climatic conditions and not proper nurturing it has not grown, but he also makes the fertilizers at home. He tries out, he manures and mixes up all the soil and the waste and creates a homemade fertilizer and it's amazing to look at the lush green carpet of greenery which we have which provides us fresh flowers and vegetables.

    Band 6

    Well, here I would like to talk about my father only, because in my life I have seen him a plant lover, trees lover, because he has not only decorated the garden with floral plants and many vegetable plants, along with this he has decorated the balcony of our house as well. He in the morning always take care of the plants, he watering to the plants and after that he took care of the plants that if there is cutting required he used to do on the weekends only. I have seen him, he has almost planted more than 100 plants in the balcony. There are some plants which are having medicinal properties like aloe vera he has added and that he use it for his making vegetable curry as well as he apply on his face for his glowing skin. And apart from this he has planted many indoor plants which increase the beauty of the house as well as it has its importance in environment as it release lot of oxygen. And I have seen him a plant lover and a growing plant I have learned from my father and whenever I visit my house my father always motivate me to be a environment concerned and grow plant as much as I can.

    Band 6

    Well, I like to talk about a person who really likes to grow plants and the person is my uncle. He is my father's elder brother and he is very calm, very productive and very active. What I like about him is the most that he is very admirable and very wise man. He is a person who really like to grow plants. Since childhood, I have seen him that every time we go outside to travel and he sees some new plants that he likes, he asks the owner for its seeds and always bring the seeds with him and grow in near garden of our home. I have seen his fascination about growing plants since childhood and I really like the thing that he always is very productive and have a great amount of knowledge of growing plants. I think he has grown up to 500 plants till date and I think once time he was saying that he will plant more than 1000 plants and I think he will really do it and that's the thing that I really admire about him the most. He also get an award from local government, local mayor for planting more than 500 plants in our hometown and I think he will get more awards and rewards for planting trees as it is a very great initiative that he run at Sujalpur. He also have one group known as plant and clean up Sujalpur that is going to be very big in near future.

    Band 6

    Well, one of my friend, his name was Dev, he was more passionate about nature, to grow a plant in different places, he had make a target at that time that he will grow plant every day with the looking that he should grow 10 plants every day, so he was my friend, I always help him to grow, to passionate about what he wants to do in his life and he was totally focusing on to grow a nature, help mother nature to save because in today's time people are only cutting a trees and establishing industrialization and different roads and different road infrastructure, so my friend was so good and so skillful that he has not focus on his career but he has focus on a mother nature, the thing I like about him is that you always motivated with doing his work, he never fail, he never demotivated what he is doing, he always try to grow more fast and more easily and more productively, he has make a one group in whatsapp so that many people can give a different idea that how to do, when to do, so he had joined a different groups which they do on Sunday, so that every young generation people and also a youngster who is doing their NMC job they can also join and motivate them so that the mother nature can save.

    Band 6

    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.
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