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Describe a person you would like to study or work with: IELTS Speaking Cue Card

You should say

  • Who is that person?
  • Why would you like to study with him/her?
  • What will you study?
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Cue 1:Who is that person?

  • Begin by introducing the person with their name and a brief background.
  • Mention how you know this person or how you became aware of them.

Example

The person I would like to study with is Dr. Anjali Sharma, a renowned environmental scientist. I first learned about her work during a seminar at my university, where she spoke passionately about climate change and sustainable practices.


Cue 2:Why would you like to study with him/her?

  • Discuss the qualities or expertise of the person that attract you.
  • Explain how their mentorship could benefit your personal or professional growth.

Example

I admire Dr. Sharma for her deep knowledge and innovative approach to environmental issues. Studying with her would provide me with invaluable insights and practical skills that are essential for my career in environmental science.


Cue 3:What will you study?

  • Specify the subjects or areas of study you wish to pursue with this person.
  • Explain why these subjects are important to you and how they relate to your goals.

Example

I would like to study topics such as renewable energy technologies and conservation strategies. These areas are crucial for addressing the pressing environmental challenges we face today, and I believe they align perfectly with my aspiration to contribute to sustainable development.


Conclusion

  • Summarize your thoughts on the importance of studying with this person.
  • Reiterate how this experience would shape your future.

Example

In conclusion, working with Dr. Anjali Sharma would not only enhance my knowledge but also inspire me to make a meaningful impact in the field of environmental science. I am eager to learn from her expertise and contribute to a sustainable future.


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

Using vague language can make your answer unclear. It's important to provide specific details about the person to make your response more engaging and informative.

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Tip

Use specific examples and adjectives to describe the person's qualities and achievements. This will help paint a clearer picture for the examiner.


2: Lack of Personal Connection

Failing to explain why you want to study with this person can weaken your response. Personal connections make your answer more relatable and interesting.

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Tip

Share personal experiences or aspirations that connect you to the person. Explain how their qualities inspire you or align with your goals.


Ignoring the Study Focus

Not clearly stating what you will study can leave your answer incomplete. It's essential to specify the subject or skills you wish to learn.

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Tip

Clearly outline the topics or skills you want to study with this person. This shows your intent and helps structure your response effectively.


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I like to taste different types of cuisine. Here I would like to talk about my favorite dish at my traditional festival of Onam which is Sadya. Sadya is popular in my city. We are experimenting these cuisines on Onam festival day. Onam is a famous festival in my city. All family members get together in my home and we make a delicious Sadya. There are many ingredients includes that Sadya. Moreover, we make a big feast that day as well as we create a lot of memories together and we wear that day the traditional dress called Sari and men wear the Dhotis. That festival is really important to us because the whole day we are conducting different kinds of games at our homes and all the family members came together. It's a memorable day in my life. This is the festival. We are making the Sambar and Aviyal. These all the kinds of foods are making with the vegetables.

Talk about a toy you liked in your childhood
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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.

Describe a time you were in a place where you didn't know the local language
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Anonymous student Band 6.5

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As India is a very large country full of diversity, so there are many places which have their own language and speak their native language. The place which I visited and I didn't know about their language was Leladakh, which is about 300 km away from my hometown and it is a very good place as it consists of different kind of trees, animals and have many scenic views and I visited over there last year in summers as it was the best time to visit because it has many, it was cold over there and we had summers in our area so it was the best time to visit over there and I went over there with my whole family.

Describe a time when your friend damaged something you owned
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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.

Describe a book you recently read
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It Ends With Us is a book I read recently. It's by the author Colleen Hoare. It's mainly a story about two teenagers, Atlas and Lily, and how they just handle their life going through high school, adolescence, and just domestic violence at home. Both of them come from very, very different families. However, they have one common determining factor between them, which is domestic violence. The abuse that they've seen their moms go through is just insane, and they connect through that on a different level. They're actually in the same high school, but they never speak to each other until Atlas actually crashes into an empty house next to Lily's villa. When Atlas is homeless and he doesn't have anywhere to go, he just comes and breaks into the house next to Lily's, and Lily helps him with all the daily necessities like clothes and food, medicines and stuff. Furthermore, their friendship blossoms into love, but it doesn't really fructify as Atlas has to leave. This book really gave me a lot of knowledge about domestic abuse and how to deal with it.

All Answers

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Band 6-7

The one person whom I like to study with is my boss and he is one of the most kindest and calm person. He always be nice to us. I got an opportunity to work with him before 2 months and those 2 months were really productive and it was a great part of my life. I learnt a lot from him especially related to darks and engineering whatever I am doing right now. So that would be a great opportunity for me to study and work with him. Currently he is pursuing his PhD in Imperial College of London, UK. Right now I am working as a scientific machinist here. If I get an opportunity in my future for sure I would like to go and study with him. There are multiple reasons why I chose this person. Firstly, the way how he teach or how he communicate with his juniors are very nice. He make sure that everyone understand him. He is very calm, composed guy. So that is one of the reason why I like to work with him. The other reason is the way how he understand the fundamentals and the research excellence. He went behind the excellence and that's how he reached his position now. So his persistence moreover with his excellence always drive me to learn more from him. That's the reason why I always like to study and work with my boss of my company.

Band 6-7

I would like to ask a question about the networking system. When I first got to know this, he was a very competent and a trained person. He's got very good time with networking and security and that is the reason that I am looking forward to work with him. So, this is the reason that I came to know about this one. I have written about the need to understand the networking system and to give it to the IT industries. But that knowledge was very limited and I would like to extend it so that I can prepare for some of the examinations and get the certification. So, Mr. Prisma, I have contacted Mr. Prisma to get the work done on the networking ideas and technologies that are being used in IT industries. And he has accepted my offer and that I will be doing my best for all. So, he will start on next month, on 1st of November. Moreover, Mr. Prisma has a certification in CCMT and also passed out on CCMT. And he is a very qualified and educated person. One more thing that I love most about him is that he is very kind and good at teaching. And he is very elegant when he is passing information to the students.

Band 6-7

I would really like to work with the foreigners as they usually come from different background and different culture, work culture, so it will bring me refreshing ideas that can help me with my further career, further career ahead and I would especially like to work with Koreans as they are known for their hardworkness and their competitiveness which will also bring competitiveness in me like as a person for me I am not that competitive so I think it will help me with my competitiveness which will help me build my career in the further years

Band 6-7

I would like to study with my friend as she was very talented and she have knowledge on various subjects like maths, physics, chemistry so that she can share the knowledge with me as I am little bit poor in mathematics. Studying with her helped me a lot. She will be guiding me how to solve a problem. She is very kind person and friendly. I feel like and also she is also interested to study or work with me as I am very much into sports. I will help. We both play together. She will help me regarding the academics and I will help her regarding the sports. We both play and study together from since my childhood. As we both stay close, our homes are not so far but we love to go to each other place and do combined work. We will plan accordingly. One week she will visit my home. The following week I will go to her home. So, it's a good thing I can say.

Band 6-7

The person I like the most to study and learn from him is my professor, Mr. Prajapati. He is a senior professor at our university. During my bachelors, I met him in a lecture in which he deeply explained about organic farming. My interests include in organic farming and sustainable agriculture. So I want to learn about organic farming and sustainable agriculture. Additionally, he has different communication skills that I want to be learned. Moreover, I want to study with him because of his good behavior and a positive attitude towards students. I think he is a very intelligent and knowledgeable person in our university who had a good grip about agriculture studies. I want to study different agriculture subjects with him, however, I prefer agriculture extension and organic farming are the two subjects which I want to study with him and learn about them in depth because it helps me to grow personally and I can develop my skills. These benefits in my selection of career, it boosts my opportunity.

Band 6-7

As I like to know many various different people, but here I would like to talk about one person with whom I want to study or work is my mom. She is very frequent in learning and adapting new things in life. Moreover, she has the ability to solve the problems as well as she has very unique tips and tricks with her. The language or the work can be felt easy while working or studying with her. She is a motivation to me because she has a lot of potential to make new things understandable and let people understand it also. She also, as she is a teacher in the government school, she tends to make new tips and tricks for the students who are weak in studies and works with them to achieve their high school grades. Moreover, I feel very proud and she has a very good tips and technique ability which helps people to learn or do things easily and quickly.

Band 6-7

As I can proudly say that I am a sociable person. I have so many inspirational celebrities that can inspire me. Well, to be honest, I am really a sociable person. I have a lot of friends and relatives who can inspire me. But today I will shed some light on a specific personality who is a Bollywood actor. His name is Sonu Sood. Now he is 54 years old now. He started his career in Bollywood by his debut movie named Ravan. Now he is a renowned actor of Bollywood. He started his career when he went to Bombay for modelling. Earlier he used to study in Punjab. He belonged to a city named Amritsar. If I talk about his education, he did his high school studies from Punjab and now he is a very famous eminent Indian. The best thing about him is he is very kind and humble. He helped a lot of needy people in the pandemic. While a lot of people were afraid of going out, he was helping others who were in need. He is a very kind and humble person. He has a lot of friends and relatives who can inspire him. He has a lot of friends and relatives who can inspire him. He has a lot of friends and relatives who can inspire him.

Band 6-7

I want to work with Mrs. Sudha Murthy. She is well-known philanthropist from India. She is also well-known writer. I had read her two books which gives me a lot of knowledge and moral stories. I would like to work with her because she had described nature of her work and the bond she shared with her colleagues during her TED talks. She is really very helpful and enthusiastic manager or we can say boss. So for to nurture myself and my working skills and social skills too, I want to work with her. I want to learn from her the nature of work she done, the charities she is doing for empowering the women and the other lot of things she managing with her work. She also known to be one of the finest writer. So it will also give me immense pleasure to known her source of imagination for writing. And I will also like, I would also like to

Band 6-7

I would like to study with APJ Abdul Kalam because he had gone through all the tough situations in his life but still he has given a remarkable history for India with new inventions that we cannot forget. I also get the motivation and inspiration through him so that we also may come to the point of success like them who were really patriotic towards our India and had nothing in hand but the talent to bring our India to the top as best they could. Same way, this is our obligation to do the same for our country India like APJ Abdul Kalam. Not only he but every person who is successful in his field and is a role model for others. Therefore, I am pleased to have a life like APJ Abdul Kalam. Success.

Band 6-7

So, the person that I want to study with is none other than my friend and my life partner Jerry. The reason that I want to study with him is because he is a dedicated person, a sincere person and whenever I ask him for any help, he is always available. Additionally, I would say that Jerry is kind of a person who always keeps me, makes me happy and he is actually the lifeline of a party. I would say having a good sense of humor, so whenever I am getting bored, he is there to cheer me up, he is an inspiration. The subject that I would like to study with him is theology because I think it is the subject of same interest, furthermore, the hospital administration is again the subject of same interest. So, these two subjects I would like to study with him, he has lot of knowledge and a vast variety of information on these topics, we could study together and furthermore, I could enhance my knowledge, grow more into that subject, into the depth of the knowledge and definitely I would say that Jerry and me like a combination together as partners would be a great time of study together. I would say moreover like Jerry and me together makes a good team, so whenever there is a teamwork, it always bring results, so we have to put ourselves into something and we have seen always that good results come together and it brings a great joy in the end.
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