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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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When I was a kid, I had a little pencil box which had these four buttons which gave the pencil box an operative use. When you press the button, the box would open up. When you press the second button, a little part of it would slide out. Basically it was just a little electronical and a fun thing to have and I owned it when I was in 6th. One day after break, I was standing and talking there with one of my friends and another friend of mine was running through the hallway and accidentally she pushed my shoulder and my pencil box hit the ground and it broke into multiple pieces to the point that it was not functional anymore.
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All Answers

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Band 6-7

There are many person we meet once and forget. Today I would like to talk about one person whom I found very interesting and I would like to meet her once again and also want to know more about her. Her name is Dr. Jitisha Patel. We met at one conference which was regarding advancement in implantology. There she took a lecture and after listening to her I came to know that she is having two kids and she works for full time at her clinic and after that she also takes care of her house and kids. In addition, I also came to know that she never misses to take part in such kind of workshops and she keeps updated herself for the new advancement in clinical practice. So I was wondering like how she is able to manage all this thing all alone and I truly feel that she is very interesting personality. I would like to know more about her and not only that I also think that if I get opportunity I would like to work under her in her clinic. Other than that I feel that when she talks she captivates everyone with her beautiful smile and charm. She is a

Band 6-7

The person I want to meet once again is my ex-girlfriend, because it was a very different experience. She was from a different country, and we met only once. And that was in Vietnam, in last year, 2024. And I got to know so many different things about her, about her life, about her different culture, the Japanese culture. And I learned the 3 ceremonies, and then for some reason we broke up right now. But I feel like if I had the chance, I would like to meet her once again, because she made me learn so many new things. I feel like I have grown as a person after I met her. And now the way I look at life, and all the different things, it's very different. She's the one who also introduced me to different food, like sushi, like ramen, and I really love them. Even now I eat it. And for me, right now, if I even watch an anime on the TV, I just think of her. And I'm not saying that it was love, but I'm just saying that I respect her in a different way. So that's very important for me. And, you know, there are times when you feel low, that happened to me as well. So maybe that's why.

Band 6-7

A few years back, when I was travelling from Amritsar to Delhi via flight, I met a person who sat adjacent to me. He was from the USA. While I was travelling, we were talking to each other and I was reading a book and he saw into my book and said, what are you reading? I told him about me. We were talking a lot and the person really shares about his life experience to me which was very enhancing and very amazing. I listened to his stories, his life experience, the company which he is working, what he is doing and also about his adventurous trip. So overall, whatever story I listened from him was very interesting because I have never lived such kind of life. My life was always very limited because since the time I was in college and till the time I am working, my life is very reserved. I never travelled a lot and I never met ample amount of people which makes my life very limited. But when I listened stories from him, I thought, oh this kind of life is possible so I want to live that kind of life.

Band 6-7

Well, there is this person I really want to visit one more time and she is my friend that I had from school. If, as I go back, describe a person you only met once and you want to know more about her. Who is this person who I met only once? Well, there is this girl that I met while I was availing the public transportation. As I had been coming back from my college, she was my co-passenger. So, there is something that allured me to her and it was her calmness, her kindness and also I felt she is a good communicator. In short span of time, we spoke about almost everything underneath the sun. Beginning from her family histories, school, studies, our interests, our future plans. But unfortunately, I couldn't get her contact number. Otherwise, I believe that even today if I was in communication with her, we would have been the best of friends. Moreover, she belonged to the same place as I had stayed earlier. We were neighbours too. She just lived across the road. But maybe it wasn't the will of God for us to meet at that particular time. Anyhow, what inspired me about her is that she had come from a very poor family. And the hard work she had put in to become a doctor is what mesmerized me. Because her parents were normal daily wage workers. They didn't have any means to teach her to that particular degree. But she did all kinds of odd jobs.

Band 6-7

A few days back when I was travelling from my home town to back to my college after completing my vacation, I met an interesting guy during my train journey. He seemed quite interesting. His personality was quite captivating actually, the way he was dressed up and the way he spoke. His stories held meanings that seemed very, that it drove a person to listen to them. I felt captivated by his personality. And more, if I ever got a chance to meet him again, I would love to ask him about his interests, what he does in his life and the way that I, since I heard a lot of his stories, I would like to know how he experienced all these, how he got to experience all those things in his life.

Band 6-7

Well, there's this person that I met recently, and being a teacher, which is my profession, and I truly believe that when you are a teacher, you are forever a learner. And hence, I go to a lot of seminars, and it was during one of these seminars, I think I took a seminar on gender equality, and I met this person, met this professor or lecturer. His name was Gandhi Jayanti, and he had this charisma about him. The way he answered every question, the way he handled criticism, because again, this topic on gender equality is a very debatable topic, and how he was able to answer all these questions, all these criticisms being thrown at him, it was really something delightful to be watching. It was truly a one-time experience that I would really like to experience once again, and hence, this is one of the main reasons that I would really like to meet this professor one more, and just to have a chat with him, how does he do, and how does he have such a great personality that he has. Therefore, this makes a valid reason why I want to meet him. This person really added something to me, something in my heart, he really changed. You know how it is sometimes when you just meet a person once, and you are at awe by how they speak, and how they smile at things. It was really delightful to watch him speak on the topics, the way he handled criticism.

Band 6-7

The person that I met only once and want to know more about is my mom's friend Usha. She is actually my mom's childhood friend and they have been together for more than 35 years now. The reason that I would like to meet her is she actually is my mom's friend. She is actually my mom's childhood friend and they have been together for more than 35 years now. I would like to describe about this person who is my mom's friend. I would like to describe about this person who is my mom's childhood friend and they have been together for more than 35 years now. I have heard a lot about her from my mom. During those 80s there were lot of discrimination when it comes to race and everything. In that time this person who is my mom's friend was actually so comforting and giving all sorts of help for my mom when it comes to studies and being her friend, sharing a shoulder. My mom actually grew up with her not only as a good human or a person she also got to know a friend who has always been there for her. So it was a win-win situation for both of them but yet when I first met her it was just I was so curious to first meet her and when I first met her she was the same person who will talk when they were in their 20s. Very energetic, so young and full of josh and fun. She immediately got along with me despite the age difference. She immediately got along with me and we actually started discussing about lot of things and she has also been a lecturer and a principal. She started sharing lot of good things, good deeds that she has overcome as of now when it comes to her school and everything and work. So I started hearing very interesting things and things that I should have I have never heard of. So that made me so curious.

Band 6-7

This is my, this is one of my favorite thing to talk about. When I had a flight to Andaman, I just recently met a couple. They were quite old. They were like almost 70s. He really was very obedient and calm. That old man just came to me and spoke like what are you studying, what is your hobbies, what do you do in your free time. He was just speaking with me casually and I replied to him very nicely. And even his wife started to speak like you remind me of my daughter, you look very beautiful and she was just praising me. And after that I just told like I am studying engineering and I am planning to do my masters. And he told me like, he just blessed me and said you have taken one of the best decision. Even my son is studying abroad and even if you want any details or if you need any help, just contact me and he gave me his visiting card. I just want to know more about him like how was he in his childhood. Because now he is very active, he is very calm and kind. He just gave a tip to the waiter. We had lunch together and I just want to know more about him because he is very and moreover he was old but still he wanted to help others. When a lady got stuck in the check-in, he helped her. He helped her lifting her luggage and all. I was so astonished by his character.

Band 6-7

Yeah, it's Vijay. His name is Vijay. He's a famous actor in Tamil industry. And when I was meeting him a few years back, I got a ticket for the celebratory award function. That time I met him and he's a very good person. And because I meet him, because of his behavior, he's a world famous actor. But his behavior is like a normal man. And his behavior and his screen presence is very different. And I see the difference between the real and the reality. What a person in this real life, what an actions and what an attitude and what an aggressive in his movies. But he's come to the real life, he's a quite calm and quiet person. When I see him, I feel the cloud of moon. What I feel about that and his attitudes and he's behaving to a person. When he's walking through the carpet, that time it's bodyguards, chapel was there. And he's taking his hands, his own hands, he don't want to take that chapel to show his simplicity. What a person and I like him and I want to adopt from his behavior. And I can see that money cannot give more weight to his head. He's taking money for his each film, he's around 1000 crores. He's like a symbol and he's not showing his head weight of that money he have. And he's simply talk to every person and he's playing with the kids. And I also want to become like him, I want to become what he showed.

Band 6-7

I would like to discuss about someone I met in the metro station. She was a girl named Aarti. When I was on my way to my office, I met her and she was just sitting next to me and fortunately she just started the conversation by asking my name.
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