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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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    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

    Band 6-7

    জাট্লন্ন, এি নঁভন এক চীঞ্ কৈ উর্থান্র পিকত� exchange to give advice to my brother, he was a kind of lazy person. So I give him the advice for doing yoga. Yoga helps to rejuvenate our minds and to boost our body. Yoga is a practice which was initially formed in India and as of now, yoga has a widespread acclaim all over the world. The International Yoga Day is celebrated all over the world by practicing various yoga poses. Shavasana and Vajuvindasana is the most common yoga poses. And as of now, my brother is practicing yoga and somehow he has become a vibrant person by removing all his lazy habits.

    Band 6-7

    I remember when my brother was in class 8th, I gave him a piece of advice how to learn and how to score really good marks in his final examinations. I told him to study in the morning as in morning you can study more productively and efficiently as your brain works more in morning as compared to whole day. And I also gave him advice how to do time management in the examination. I told him to study in the morning as in morning you can study more productively and efficiently as your brain works more in morning as compared to whole day. My brother, I gave advice to my brother back in school when he was in 8th standard. I gave him advice that how to score really good marks in the final examination and how to study and prepare for his final examination. I told him to wake up early in the morning as we can study more productively and efficiently in the morning as compared to night or evening. I gave him the advice because he was quite weak in studies and I always got scolded from my parents. It was quite sad for me to see my brother getting scolded from my parents. The advice I gave him was quite good as he scored really good marks in the final examination and he was too thankful to me. And he gave me party for scoring such a good marks and also told her friends that my brother helped me to score that much marks in his examination. After that his friends and the children in school came to me to give them advice how to score that much marks that my brother scored in the final examination.

    Band 6-7

    The people or the person whom I used to advise was my juniors when I was in my college. Usually, I don't like to advise somebody because usually I myself hate to hear some advice. So, most of the time I used to avoid giving advice. But in rare cases, I used to give them advice. Because in this generation, it is seen that they are not respecting or in a mind of helping others. I used to advise them to help others, such as to show some respect, to help them while walking, or while climbing on the stairs, such like that. But nobody is actually bothered about that. They are living in a life of their own. They are not interested. I am talking about the younger generation. They are not interested to think or to see them. They may just laugh and move aside and laugh at them. I used to tell them that the most important thing is that we are also going to enter into that similar stage. So, it was helpful in some ways. They used to obey whenever I showed them how to do that or by doing myself like that. I never done only advices, but I used to show them or I made it to be a practice to make them do the same. So, automatically they did.

    Band 6-7

    So, one day I came back from work and I saw my roommate. She was sitting and looked kind of sad. So, I approached her and started talking to her about what was wrong and why was she looking sad. So, she told me that she was kind of worried about her future and her family forcing her to get married because she was of age now and she kind of felt insecure about her health and she didn't want to focus on that, focus on marrying yet. So, I started talking to her about her daily routine and what was causing her the trouble and stuff. So, I told her that she should probably start with a routine because maybe that is the problem that her family is forcing her right now because they feel like her routine is just not right and that is why they are kind of concerned about her. So, we talked for a long time about how she could get her life together first and then she could focus on that and maybe she could explain that to her parents and they would understand. So, I believe she...

    Band 6-7

    Right, so this one time I remember when my best friend, I think a couple years ago, was going to give the SATs and very often he'd come and he'd tell me how, you know, he feels so unprepared and he feels so demotivated, right? He always felt like he didn't want to study as much because he was dreading the failure part, right? It's like he was so scared to even give these mock tests because he knew that he wouldn't get a good score and then, you know, he'd get so disappointed. So it was the fear of failure that actually prevented him from working hard. So I remember telling him that, you know, even if you don't study you're going to end up failing, right? So might as well study and then maybe fail because then at least in the end of the day you know it in your heart that you did everything that you could but maybe the odds weren't in your favor, right? So that's what I try to tell myself as well that you need to work, okay? Irrespective of what the results can be, irrespective of you will pass or you will succeed or you will fail, whatever. I think it's important to just put in the hard work. You just need to tell yourself that, okay, you know what, I'll just be doing this for five minutes and then I'll stop. You just need to get the hang of it. Once you are in that task, once that momentum is built, I think it's easier to stay on that task because then you're kind of intrinsically motivated to study, to work, right? I keep telling this to myself and to my friend as well that, you know how sometimes my mom will be like, if it's meant for you, it'll come to you, don't worry so much. But I think deep down I truly believe that if it's meant for me, sure, it will come. But I also need to be working so that I can meet that particular thing midway. So both of us, the universe and I, both of us can conspire to make sure that that thing actually happens.

    Band 6-7

    So, if I have to describe a piece of good advice that I gave to someone, I would say I gave a very good advice to my brother, he is my little brother, right now he is doing his B.Tech in Pune which is far from our home and this is the first time he is studying far from our home and the advice I gave him was to focus solely on study, enjoyment is different thing but if we want to achieve a goal in our life, we consistently and thoroughly have to concentrate on our studies and another piece of advice was never forget the hard work our parent did for us to study and to pay our college fees, so I gave him an advice to always be grateful towards them and he felt really happy about the advice, he thanked me because you know it made him feel responsible about his life now and also never forget the parental roots because they are everything for us and we have consistently worked hard to pay our fees and we should never forget that.

    Band 6-7

    I gave a most powerful advice to my brother in the last month since the purpose of which leads to give an advice to him is he dropped his graduation at that time. He was studying his polytechnical engineering from a reputed government college but he was not interested in that subject he was studied computer science and I think he was not interested in that subject so he refused to attend the classes and finally he confirmed that he couldn't go further to that college and he quit so I gave him an advice such that if we are not interested in a particular subject or an idea we should live with full courage and with a full hope and we can achieve some more talented things which can nourish our talent right and I gave him such advices to improve his mental health and I was there to support him to chase his own dream to become fulfilled and he became convinced and he tried to arrive
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