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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.

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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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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

Certainly, the person with whom I would like to study would be my best friend Deepak. Why I like to study with Deepak is that he is very kind and supportive when it comes to academics and studies. Whenever I don't know, whenever I lack knowledge or clarity about a certain topic, he teaches the topic in depth so that it will be very clear for me, the subject doesn't appear vague for me and he doesn't make me feel dumb because I don't know the subject. Rather, he would be supportive and encourage me so that I feel confident and put in more efforts to get better clarity about the topics which we study. So, that's why I like to study with Deepak. And the topics which I would like to study would be definitely science. So, as we both are from science background, we would be discussing more about the general physiology, more about treatment protocols, the functioning, biochemistry which involves interactions of different molecules and genetics of course, the structure of gene, the genetic variations and how it affects the production traits in humans as well as in case of animals.

Band 6-7

so a person I would like to study or work with so that person would be my current manager his name is Clark Kevin and he's really good person he's a very genuine person that I ever met so coming to the point why he's really good like he really helps me a lot like he knows that I am a fresher I'm a fresher and he used to guide me he used to provide me with the content that I could learn and he just you know regularly checks up on me and on top of that he also provides me with the opportunity that I can you know grow up with and recently he provided he asked me to create a live board that consists how we can monitor the data quality of a live dashboard so I came I came came to him and asked him how can I do that he really helped me a lot he guided me throughout the dashboard how can you make it how can you make it more effective he just made it a piece of cake for me and I really did that job and got a good appreciation from my senior boss and I'm very lucky to have a manager like him and he's really really good companion

Band 6-7

As I am a professional dancer, I would love to work with the people in this field, specifically choreographer named Harsh Bakchandanani. I am an avid watcher of his dance videos which he posts on Instagram. I am his follower as well. I am really enthused by his dancing skills. His dance leaves a significant impression on me. So I wish or aspire to dance like him someday and work with him, shoot reels and do whatsoever. I just want to have a day with him. That's why I like him and I have seen his journey as a dancer. So I am really inspired by him and I think if you are inspired by someone, you always tend to follow him or her and would like to collaborate with him or her. So yeah.

Band 6-7

Well, mostly, I like to study with my sister because he is always helping me in my studies. If I understand any questions, she will help me in studies and explain me the questions I won't understand. And I like to study with her because she always helps me in every problem. I like to study with them because she is very good, nice behavior and the way of explaining of her.

Band 6-7

Well, there are so many persons in my life who encourage me to do lots of work and to perform well. But here I would like to talk about my roommate. So she is a nurse and she chose this profession because she loves to serve humanity. So I love to work with her so much because she is very enthusiastic and she is very hard working and of course she is also a very multi-talented. So I love to work with her because one day I got a chance to work with her in the ward and here I saw that one patient got heart attack and she managed this case very nicely by giving CPR to the patient. So CPR is nothing but it is a cardiopulmonary resuscitation which is given to the patient to revive and to survive when the patient got heart attack on heart blockage. So I saw that many of the doctors didn't touch the patient because they are not so skilled enough in that particular profession but my roommate is so skilled in that particular thing. So she chased the patient and performed CPR with her skills and she revived the patient I got to know her very well and I just made her my idol and from that particular day I just learn a lot of things from her and still I am in her learning phase and I learn so much things from her and I am very glad that a person like her is my roommate or my friend.

Band 6-7

A person who I'd like to study or work with is my best friend Nishant. So he's the kind of person like he's very helpful and very smart in my class. So he has a CGPA of around 8. So I always wish to study with him. He's consistent in conveying what he learned and he teaches me maths. So I'm literally weak at mathematics. But he used to solve every problem, like help me to understand the concepts very well. And not only maths, almost when I'm lacking knowledge of any subject, he used to teach me and he used to support me. When I'm disappointed, like worrying about my studies, he used to always encourage me, he used to always hold my back. So I would always say that studying with him is interesting and it's less stressful.

Band 6-7

From my childhood to this present time, I have learned so much of different types of people. Sometime my experience was not up to the mark, but majority of the time it was good. Here I will narrate about a person that I would like to study with him. It's not another, it's my father. My father was a multi-tasked person, he is very intelligent, he is a graduate, he is a, he have a mechanical engineering degree and I would like to learn about driving from my father. He was a wonderful driver. I would like to learn everything from my father. I have never seen another person like my father.

Band 6-7

The person I would like to work with is Alex G. Gonzalez. You may not be familiar with him but he is a well known forex trader and he is an excellent and successful trader in the forex field. And if I get a chance to work with him I think it will change my entire perspective of trading so that I can also be better in forex trading. And the thing is that he knows different types of strategies that are used in forex trading and he knows which strategy has great percentage of winning chance. And maybe if he provides me one chance to use his strategy it could be such an amazing opportunity so that I could be also in the path of success. And if one day he says that more of...

Band 6-7

I like to work and study with my friend she is Boda Ramya she has a good knowledge and she will explain clearly what I understand and I like to work with her because she has great knowledge about work and study she will help me in any time on anyway in working she will explain clearly she will help me in any time on anyway

Band 5-6

I wish I want to study with my friend, the childhood friend, his name is Abdullah, because he is the guy who always help in trouble situation and every time he always stand with me and that was my dream study with him because he always made me feel better and he is the best buddy for me so I would like to study with him and we are planning to go for UK for doing MBA hopefully we are waiting for that also we are here we are planning to do IELTS for the studying there for going for UK we need to do that and the describing my family not family describing my friend is the guy who the sense of humor I like him most because of that he has the power to give motivation and also basically he is from he is a rich guy his family is he is from the part of rich family so he always helped me when I need this when I am in struggle situation
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