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Describe a person you only met once and want to know more about.: IELTS Speaking Cue Card

You should say

  • Who is it?
  • When did you meet?
  • Why do you want to know more about him/her?
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Cue 1:Who is it?

  • Begin by introducing the person briefly, mentioning their name and a key characteristic.
  • Share the context in which you met them, such as the event or situation.

Example

I want to talk about a woman named Priya, whom I met at a friend's wedding. She was a distant relative of the bride and had a vibrant personality that immediately caught my attention.

Cue 2:When did you meet?

  • Specify the date or occasion of the meeting to provide a clear timeline.
  • Describe the atmosphere of the event and your initial impressions of the person.

Example

I met Priya last December during my friend’s wedding reception. The atmosphere was lively, with music playing and people dancing, which made it easy to strike up a conversation with her.

Cue 3:Why do you want to know more about him/her?

  • Explain what intrigued you about the person and why you feel a desire to learn more.
  • Mention any specific qualities or stories they shared that left an impression on you.

Example

I want to know more about Priya because she shared fascinating stories about her travels abroad. Her adventurous spirit and the way she described different cultures really inspired me, and I’d love to hear more about her experiences.

Conclusion

  • Summarize your feelings about the person and your desire to connect with them.
  • Mention how you plan to find out more about them, if possible.

Example

In conclusion, meeting Priya was a delightful experience, and I hope to connect with her again. I plan to ask my friend for her contact details so I can reach out and perhaps meet her for coffee to learn more about her adventures.

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: Lack of Detail in Description

Providing vague or minimal information about the person can make your answer uninteresting. It's important to engage the listener with specific details.

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Include descriptive adjectives and anecdotes that highlight the person's characteristics and your impressions during the meeting.

2: Ignoring the Cues

Failing to address the specific cues can lead to an incomplete answer. This may result in a lower score for coherence and relevance.

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Tip

Structure your response by clearly answering each cue: who the person is, when you met them, and why you want to know more.

Overly General Statements

Using general statements without personal connection can make your response feel impersonal. This can hinder your ability to connect with the examiner.

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Tip

Share personal feelings or thoughts about the encounter to create a more engaging and relatable narrative.

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The toy which I liked in my childhood was a panda doll, which makes me pleasant and makes me more blush. The pandas are the most beautiful creatures of the world, which looks gigantic and has pooshy cheeks and they are like stars in the clouds and they dream in me. Furthermore, these have been given by my father. My father is a very very beautiful artistic person, who makes me think of that. Every day you will face every difficulties and make you suffer and move forward. Pandas are always seen in Japanese countries. It is my lifelong dream to visit a Japanese country and click a photo with the original pandas, which makes sounds better.
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All Answers

Here are all the answers by real-users practicing speaking for IELTS Cue Cards on our IELTS Prep App.

Band 6-7

A person who captured my mind still is Chirag. He is from Mumbai. I met him 2 years ago through an online media and it's actually an application where we can release our stress to someone else and can share our feelings with them. So I started chatting with Chirag. Initially I never knew his name but later he told me about his name and about his place. When I kept in touch with him, I felt like relieving my stress and he always wishes me good morning and good afternoon without any reason. So that's actually a positive thing that everyone can get because in these busy days we never get time to wish each other but he was the person who always wishes me good morning and good afternoon. Whenever I talk to him, I feel like so motivated. He also has some problems but still he says something motivate you and make me so positive. In addition, I didn't even met him through offline but I just want to know why this person is having a connection with me as he used to wishes me during my birthdays and I usually forget to wish him back on his birthdays. So that's a positive thing.

Band 6-7

The person I met only once was Dr. Madhuri Kanetkar. She is a retired Lieutenant General. I met her at our SMC event. My lab CEO told me the project that I was working on was one of her pet peeves. I spoke 2 minutes to her about the progress of the project and demonstrated what all we were able to achieve in such a short span of time. She was thoroughly impressed by our work. When I spoke to her, I was just in awe of how she presents herself at the age of 60, how she carries herself, the way she speaks. We can learn a lot from her. Maybe if I meet her someday, I would like to ask her what her day looks like, what does she do, how is she so fit at this age and what are the tips and tricks that I should incorporate in my life that makes all the difference at this age.

Band 6-7

A person that I met only once but really want to meet again would be Urooj Ashfaq. She's a female comedian in India. I met her by chance during a comedy festival I was attending. She was not on the guest list and she just appeared there as a surprise guest and I got to meet her backstage for only like a few minutes, which didn't feel enough. I couldn't really ask her any questions or tell her anything about myself and it was mostly a greeting that was exchanged and I even got to click a picture with her. But looking at the picture, I always keep feeling that I wish I could have had more time with her. I wish I could have asked her more questions about how she writes her comedy pieces, how she finds the courage to enact them in front of a large audience. Alongside that, I feel like I really wanted to also tell her about how she's impacted my life, how she's made me laugh, how she's made

Band 6-7

Hi my name is Shreya and I met a famous person her name is Swetha Mohan and I met her at a marriage of my cousins and she was just so interesting to know about and I really wanted to know more about her. I wanted to know what's her favorite color, what's her favorite food, what's her favorite ideas, what's her favorite animal. I want to know really more about her so I can just write them up in a journal and I can give it to her. It shows her love for passion and shows how much I love her, her voice, her accent, her pronunciation. I really like that and I really want to know more about her than this. She is just so kind and caring. When I first met her I started talking to her I just felt a butterfly in my stomach I I couldn't stop it and I really liked it so much.

Band 6-7

I once met a woman in the ICU. She was a patient relative. I really caught my attention. Probably she is in her 40s. She had a very calm and patient nature. No matter how stressful the situation was, she never panicked or raised her voice. She always listened carefully to the doctors and nurses, asked thoughtful questions. What made me curious about her was a small notebook she carries. She always carried it. She would often write things down, maybe medical details, maybe her own thoughts. I wondered if she was a doctor or writer, or just someone who liked to keep records. She did not talk much about herself, but there was something about her that made me want to know more about what kind of a life had she lived. How did she stay so strong and composed? I still think about her sometimes. I really want to talk to her for some time, sit beside her and share the ideas or her thoughts. For this reason, I even sometimes think about her. If I meet her again in my life, I want to talk to her for some time, to know more about her and what is about her thinking, and to share some ideas. But I don't know if I would meet her again in my life. But this person, I feel very mysterious, and I would love to know more about her.

Band 6-7

Three years ago, I had to change schools. Since my old school didn't have high school, higher grades, I had to change to a new one to pursue further education and get my diploma. On my first day, luckily, I managed to make friends, and she was real nice and stuff. However, we had PE class once a week. In my PE class, there was this girl that Merle seemed nice, kind, and smart. And from her vibe, you could tell she has many stuff that people don't know about. I felt like she had a good personality, but she didn't speak much. So I wanted to know more about her. I wanted to know about her thoughts and her motto, what drives her to continue. She seemed like a hard-working person. Overall, I saw her focusing on her class. She never made any trouble. She never went into fights with anyone. She kept reading most of her time, so I just wanted to ask her what does she read, what does she like, what interests does she have, and stuff like that. She seemed really serious, so I had this feeling of desire of just wanting to know more about her and listen to her ideas.

Band 6-7

It's a great question. And I would like to talk about a person whom I met in Bangalore at my antler cohort. So antler organizes such events. So every week they call an entrepreneur in specific domain. So this person, her name was Pooja, and she was an entrepreneur from America. And her startup was into developing, you know, tech enabled baby cribs. So I really liked her presentation, like her journey, like how she started in India as a developer. And after shifting to America, how she become an entrepreneur, the challenges she faced, really inspired me, how she, you know, I thought through, went through her challenges, the strategical steps she took about her, you know, visa, how she got O-1 visa, and how, you know, she got funding and etc. to support her. So why I would like to meet her because I still had some unanswered questions, like how she exactly, you know, managed her visa while she was working, at the same time, how she can start a startup, you know, while she was working, because usually visa rules doesn't allow it. So what are the tricks and her suggestions, you know, that allow that, that she can give it to me so that it can help me as well. So these are the reasons, these are a few reasons which, for which I would like to meet her again, if I get a chance.

Band 6-7

The person that I only met once and want to know more would be a professor that came to our school named Mrs Rita Patel. She came to our school to give us a TED talk wherein she mentioned her life story and honestly it was such a moving story in which she dealt with a disability and she still is on a wheelchair and she lives her life with such a positive vibe that it is amazing to look at and you just feel so motivated listening to her. In the lecture, in the TED talk that she presented to us, she told us her life story and she told us that how being positive in her life has changed the view and the pattern and the growth of her life. I feel that knowing her in the future or knowing her in depth, knowing the kind of person that she is and the kind of difficult decisions that she had to make in her life would make me feel motivated and make me feel a little less disheartened about the fact that there are people in the world that go through so many difficulties and they still reach to a point where it is serene to watch them. They come to a point of success where we cannot imagine ourselves being such physically able. I would say she has been the greatest motivation in my life. Just having to talk to her once has made such a huge impact on my life and so I would love to know her more.

Band 6-7

In today's world, we come across a lot of people whom we've met only once, but their personalities leave a living impression on us. One such person who I met a few months ago was I met a cousin to know more about him. I'd like to meet him again and learn about this person. The person I'm talking about names Alex, I met him while I was traveling to my hometown on a flight. He was my co-passporter and sat behind me throughout the flight. I met Alex a few months ago while I was traveling from London to my hometown. I was sitting on my sofa and he came and sat beside me. We greeted each other. Then we started our conversations. During our conversation, I came to know about his scientist and he's working on some unappropriate research. I was fascinated by his knowledge and the way he's presented his thoughts. However, the flight was not that long and we had to depart after the journey. I was really crazy to know more about him, his research and his personal life. I hope I meet him again someday and learn more about him.

Band 6-7

So the one guy I met once and want to know more would be this random dude I met in a really busy concert. It was a rock tribute concert to ACDC, Led Zeppelin, Scorpions and Metallica. And the band was one everyone was anticipating, a really superb band and really do justice to the name tribute. So this guy, he's from northern part of India, he had come to my city to study. I believe he had completed his studies and he was currently working there. He turns out was also a part of a band himself. He actually plays for small gigs in smaller venues. He plays guitar and keyboard, primarily a keyboard. And since I also play the guitar, we had a lot to talk. We had so much in common when it came to our interests, likes and tastes. I can tell you he had really good taste when it came to the music and the songs he liked. Moreover, he was a really sweet guy. We had a lot of good time. We laughed, we headbanged, we sang all the lyrics. We corrected each other's lyrics because you know, people tend to make mistakes when it comes to singing songs. In addition to that, we also shared three to four bottles of beer, two pitchers of wet beer. We ate a lot of good food. We sang to our heart's content. And overall, it was really good experience. I did get his name, but I could not get his phone number. I did try finding him on Instagram, but I could not find his Instagram email or his messaging ID. So I still remember that guy because it was really a memorable experience. Really nice guy. Very rare to find people like that nowadays.
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