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Describe a piece of good advice that you gave to someone: IELTS Speaking Cue Card

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  • Who did you advice?
  • What was the advice?
  • Why did you give the advice?
  • How was it helpful, and how did he/she feel about it?
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Cue 1:Who did you advise?

  • Begin by introducing the person you gave advice to, including your relationship with them.
  • Mention any relevant background information that helps to understand the context.

Example

I advised my younger sister, who is currently in her final year of college. She was feeling overwhelmed with her studies and unsure about her future career path.

Cue 2:What was the advice?

  • Clearly state the advice you gave, ensuring it is specific and actionable.
  • Explain any reasoning behind your advice to provide context.

Example

I told her to take a step back and focus on her strengths and interests. I suggested that she explore internships related to her field of study to gain practical experience and clarity on what she truly enjoys.

Cue 3:Why did you give the advice?

  • Share your motivation for giving this advice, including any personal experiences that influenced your decision.
  • Discuss the importance of the situation to emphasize why your advice was necessary.

Example

I gave this advice because I had faced similar challenges during my college years. I remember feeling lost and stressed about my future, and I wanted to help her avoid that anxiety by guiding her towards practical experiences.

Cue 4:How was it helpful, and how did he/she feel about it?

  • Describe the outcome of your advice and how it positively impacted the person.
  • Share their feelings or reactions to your advice to illustrate its effectiveness.

Example

After following my advice, my sister secured an internship at a local marketing firm. She felt much more confident and excited about her future. She expressed gratitude for my support and mentioned that it helped her gain clarity about her career goals.

Conclusion

    Example

    In conclusion, giving advice to my sister not only strengthened our bond but also helped her navigate a crucial phase in her life. It was rewarding to see her grow and find direction, and it reminded me of the importance of sharing experiences and supporting loved ones.

    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 Responses

    Avoid giving vague or general answers that lack detail. This can make your response less engaging and informative, leading to a lower score.

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    Provide specific examples and details about the advice you gave, including the context and the person's situation.

    2: Neglecting Emotional Impact

    Failing to discuss how the advice affected the person emotionally can weaken your response. It's important to show the significance of your advice.

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    Include how the person felt after receiving your advice and the positive changes it brought to their life.

    Ignoring the 'Why'

    Not explaining why you gave the advice can leave your answer incomplete. This is crucial for understanding your thought process.

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    Clearly articulate your reasons for giving the advice, linking it to the person's needs or situation.

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    A year ago, during my summer break, my cousin's sister asked me for advice regarding whether she should opt for CSE or not. As I am currently a student at VIT Chennai, pursuing my B.Tech in CSE with specialization in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, she felt that I was a good person to give her advice. At first, I was a bit concerned as giving the wrong advice would be detrimental for her. As I sat and listened to her regarding her opinions and what she liked, finally I concluded that CSE would be a good option for her. I showed her the curriculum and how the course is structured, how the practical labs are and how the theoretical exams would be. She was convinced and happy as to the way things happened. I gave her an advice. A year later, she enrolled in another college, pursuing her CSE degree. Finally when I met her and asked her regarding her choice of CSE, she said that she was happy and the course was really helpful. I was relieved and joyful to know that my advice had helped her prosper in her life. I believe that people ask advice from those whom they genuinely look up to or they truly trust them.

    Band 6-7

    Today, I would like to talk about my best friend, named you know, Anthony. Why I chose him, chose to talk about him today because he was one of the person who always shared whatever his thoughts or whatever his problems. He used to share with me and I think I almost know everything that happens in his life. So one day, I remember him calling me in the mid of the night and crying so badly that his father had invested about 5 to 10 lakhs in his company. And it has almost lost during the COVID time. As we all know, there was a complete lockdown during the pandemic and getting that money back was really a cumbersome process at that time. And as he was a student during the pandemic time, he could not even continue his studies or he was in a dilemma that whether he have to go for a job or he have to continue his studies. So he was in such a situation that he cannot even take a decision or he cannot even think about what to do and at that time, I really gave him so many good advices to continue his studies.

    Band 6-7

    Recently, a friend of mine just started college and she was extremely anxious about how is it going to be and I met her on the first day of her college and she was super sad about it. Later on, I asked her what is the reason then she said that I felt like I was being judged by every single person I met or every single person who went past me. But then I explained her and I gave her a piece of advice that I would give it to everyone. The piece of advice was that don't let anyone's judgment affect you or don't let it bother you by any means. A judgment is always a persuasion of how a person would want to be or when someone is judging you, it's almost like because they are not good at it or because they don't have something in themselves, they are trying to judge others and trying to mistake and dig every person around. So I told her that you shouldn't be affected by any other judgment. You should focus on what you want. You should focus on your personal development, mental peace is more important and there shouldn't be any judgment around campus, may it be your education, may it be your grades, may it be your mark sheet, nothing should be judged by any other person except you. You should see personal growth and that is all that matters. So that was a piece of advice I would give to anyone I meet, especially younger people and it helped her so much and she is doing a lot better. She has learned how to ignore unnecessary comments passed on her whereas she is a beautiful human being than to random people because out of jealousy, I don't know out of what.

    Band 6-7

    A good piece of advice I would like to give to my younger brother because I am really admiring him and I believe that he can do much better in life. Once I give him an advice that he should always be in a very disciplined manner, focus on his goals and do regular workout rather than focusing on playing games or spending leisure time with their friends which is not going to come in help in his future. So I advise him to be in regular routine as well as make a disciplined timetable for his routine work what he want to conduct in the timetable or he want to complete and after following my tip he felt really good after doing this.

    Band 6-7

    I am not a person who likes to give the advice because the advice may be beneficial or not, that depends. So I don't give usually advice to people. But lastly, I remember that I gave advice to one of my friend who works in our house as a household worker, or a maid. And she comes to our house daily but she was suffering with some of her career issues. Like last month in the month of June, she came to my house and she was kind of upset and she asked me what side I would choose for my 11th class. So I gave her all the knowledge I had about the streams and I opened up all the ideas for her. And afterwards I helped her to take a course from the physics app. I paid for her and she started preparing for her exam of medical side. And she was quite happy by my advice and her mother also got very excited for the same. She started preparing for the stream and exam. Afterwards, every day she attends all the lectures and she's really very grateful towards me for my advice. And now she's preparing for the exam and I hope that she would be clearing it.

    Band 6-7

    Okay, so one year back, I gave advice to one of my best friends. I advised her when she was in a lot of trouble due to her daily life issues, personal life issues and due to especially due to her mother and father regular fights. She was very stressed over these things. So I advised her to start meditation and to focus on the solutions more instead of talking about the problems. And I advised her to advise the same things to her parents as well to meditate and to calm their mind to stay focused on their careers and their works, daily based works, so that they can feel distracted. And just to avoid the connections for the time being and just avoid talking to anyone for the time being and just focus on the meditation. And this advice really worked well in her case as she really she also thanked me later a lot for this advice as this advice helped her a lot in many ways because this started calming the environment in her house and they started gaining the peace in her life in her parents life. I also advised her to believe in God and start meditating in their name, which she always used to believe and just it says that she has to do that on a regular basis. So she really enjoyed this advice and she really appreciated for this.

    Band 6-7

    Well giving and receiving advice is quite common now a days. Also it shows a care of feeling to someone if we give them advice. And today here I would like to talk about a time when I gave advice to my bosom buddy Pranav. So my bosom buddy is around 18 years old and he is a software engineer and most of the time he works by sitting. And a couple of months back he started suffering from the disease named obesity and he was coming in the overweight category. So I advised him to add some physical exercise and also he consulted a doctor. The doctor also gave him the same advice. So I was having a quite good experience of doing workout from the last couple of years. So I gave him advice and also I made him my gym partner and gave him the perfect workout and balanced diet. And firstly he was very uninterested in following the workout because it was very difficult, it was a very herculean task to him to follow while sitting on the chair for the full time as he was being a couch potato at that time. But I gave him the motivation and also I told him to imagine the physique which you want in the future. So he got motivated at that time and also he told me that he was not able to follow the diet. So I added some protein powders because I was having a quite good knowledge in that. I was also taking the protein powders from the last two years. And also I recommended him that some protein powders are generally causing digestion issue. So please be aware of them and take a renowned brand protein powder. At last I was very proud of myself to advise someone and also feeling glad.

    Band 6-7

    When I was in 11th standard, I prepared for GE Entrance Examination. GEE Joint Entrance Examination is held for Engineering Colleges. If you want an admission in Engineering College, you have to manually give JEE means at least. So I cleared my JEE exam in the first attempt. After that, my junior approached me and told me about his preparation and I was shocked because he was not preparing with the mock test. So I advised him to give mock test everyday in order to score higher marks. Moreover, I advised him with the time management programs. I gave a tip that he should have a great schedule and a good amount of sleep to stay active everyday. After all, he followed my advice and tips that helped him to crack the JEE examination and he thanked me after clearing all the examination and getting admission into Engineering College. Moreover, he also cracked JEE Advanced which is the advanced version of JEE means and it helped him to get into IIT Bombay for the Computer Science Engineering course. This course is offered to only limited people. For example, only 200 people can get the seat in IIT Bombay Computer Science program among 16 lakh students.

    Band 6-7

    Although there are number of times that I gave some advice to others such as how to prepare, study and many more but today I would like to talk about one of the incidents that I gave some advice to my friend to be better. Her name is Fiza. Moreover, actually she has a little bit interest in baking. Apart from that she is also known as how to bake Indian and Arabic food but she likes to earn their baking skill. So, one day I suggested her to join baking classes which is thrown away from their home. However, she started this class by following their chef recipe and start with step-by-step and within almost 4-6 months she was able to not only bake different flavor but also different of the shape of the cake and also bake some bakery items such as pizza, burger and many more. Furthermore, I feel proud of myself to give this advice to her which is very helpful for her. Lastly, she was participate in baking competition in Mumbai and luckily she won Rs. 20,000 cash with a silver medal and after that she was open her own bakery in Vadodara and now she

    Band 6-7

    Well, being as a polite person, it is my habit to give the information regarding any particular thing which anyone want to receive which is simply known as an advice and I also receive the multiple advice from my elder ones such as my family members or my best friend who have a great experience in their particular field. Today I would like to talk about a particular advice which I gave to one of my bosom friend and he is none other than Harman Deeth Singh. Well, we have met at Haryana group of colleges 3 years ago and he was my junior and I am in 3rd semester and he was in 1st semester and during his study he stuck in any particular hindrance which is may be quite difficult for him to resolve it. Then he asked me to give him an advice which could be helpful for his programming language then I advised him to change the number of parameters which he gave during their programming and it could be beneficial for him because at the very next day that he performed that particular program on the code war which worked and my advice worked as a cherry on a cake and he got the second prize into that code war and their eyes gave me
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