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Describe A Successful Person Who You Once Studied Or Worked With: IELTS Speaking Cue Card

You should say

  • Who this person is?
  • When did you study/work with this person?
  • What did you do together?
  • What did you do to become successful?
  • Explain how you felt about studying or working with this person.
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Cue 1:Who this person is?

  • Begin by introducing the person, including their name and profession.
  • Mention any notable achievements or qualities that make them successful.

Example

The person I want to talk about is Mr. Rajesh Sharma, who was my mentor during my internship at a leading IT company. He is a software engineer with over 15 years of experience and has successfully led multiple projects that have significantly improved the company's efficiency.

Cue 2:When did you study/work with this person?

  • Specify the time frame of your association with this person.
  • Mention the context in which you worked or studied together.

Example

I worked with Mr. Sharma during my summer internship in 2022. It was a two-month program where I was part of a team developing a new software application.

Cue 3:What did you do together?

  • Describe the specific tasks or projects you collaborated on.
  • Highlight any skills or knowledge you gained from this experience.

Example

Together, we worked on designing the user interface for the application. I learned a lot about coding and project management, as Mr. Sharma guided me through the entire process, ensuring I understood each step.

Cue 4:What did you do to become successful?

  • Discuss the qualities or actions that contributed to Mr. Sharma's success.
  • Relate these qualities to your own learning and growth.

Example

Mr. Sharma's success can be attributed to his dedication and continuous learning. He often encouraged me to ask questions and seek feedback, which helped me improve my skills and confidence in my work.

Cue 5:Explain how you felt about studying or working with this person.

  • Share your personal feelings and thoughts about the experience.
  • Mention how this relationship impacted your career or personal development.

Example

Working with Mr. Sharma was an inspiring experience. I felt motivated and supported throughout my internship. His mentorship not only enhanced my technical skills but also instilled a sense of professionalism in me.

Conclusion

    Example

    In conclusion, Mr. Rajesh Sharma is a successful person who has greatly influenced my career path. His guidance and expertise have inspired me to strive for excellence in my own professional journey.

    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

    Avoid being too general when describing the successful person. Specific details make your answer more engaging and credible.

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    Include specific examples of the person's achievements and qualities to create a vivid picture for the examiner.

    2: Neglecting Personal Impact

    Don't forget to explain how this person influenced you personally. This is key to showing your connection to the topic.

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    Share a personal story or lesson learned from working or studying with this person to highlight your emotional response.

    Ignoring the Cues

    Avoid straying from the provided cues. Each cue is designed to help structure your response effectively.

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    Tip

    Make sure to address each cue in your answer to ensure a comprehensive and organized response.

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    I know many successful persons in my life, but today I would like to talk about a person who is really successful. He is none other than my best friend Kiran. I know him since my childhood because we studied together from childhood to this present time. He wanted to be a teacher in his life so that he did a lot of efforts and he also prepared a lot for teaching exam. Nowadays, he cleared his exams and now he is doing job as a teacher, as a government teacher. So, I think he is a successful person and each and everything is dependent on hard work. If we are doing hard work with confidence, we can easily got our goals. So, I think that I feel really comfortable with him and he motivates me a lot. He is my role model. I always take inspiration and motivation from him to do a hard work. So, that is the person who always stayed with me in my thick and thin situations. I always share my problem with him and I feel a lot of confidence after taking inspiration from him. Nowadays, I am also preparing for a job as a doctor so that I learn so many skills how to prepare for their exams and how to do a hard work to be a successful doctor. Besides this, moreover, I am on cloud nine after watching his success because before in the early days of school, he do a lot of hard work for their study also and he always achieved first position in every exam.

    Band 6

    The person who I am going to talk about here is one of my classmates, his name is Maniam and he, I feel like in our, at least in our terms he was the most successful out of all our batchmates and he was the person, now he is working for Flipkart and that's why I feel like it's a success because nowadays the job market is very bad in India, so getting a job as good as what he has got qualifies, for me at least it qualifies him as a successful person and yeah, I met him in my building, like he was always my building friend from childhood, his mother used to be very strict with him and that's, I think that is one of the major reasons that he got successful in his life, even we were scared from his mother and yeah, nowadays what I did to become successful was like, I tried to inculcate the habits, some of his habits, what he was doing, I wanted to inculcate in me but I never had that kind of dedication, so I couldn't work hard as much as like, work as much hard as him but I tried in my own ways, like yeah, but it is not always about that, in my this, I felt like always, in my opinion, I felt like always he was like, while we were going out and playing with friends, he was trying to study and yeah, so basically we were more, I feel like we were more social in our life, more than him, so yeah, always there are give and takes in being successful, that is one of the key lessons I got from him but yeah, now he is successful, he is happy, that's what makes me happy and yeah, that is how it is going.

    Band 6

    The person that I'd like to note here is that, is my senior. Her name is Tuti. She was a very intimidating person, to be honest. On the first day of college, I had met her along with my other seniors and I was so scared to go and talk to her. She looked very scary for a reason and I just couldn't muster up the courage to go and talk to her. Later on, while I used to sit in the mess hall and study room and all those places, I used to meet her with all her books and laptop and everything. I used to think to myself, what is this girl doing? Why is this girl studying all the time? And then one day, I decided to go and ask her all of a sudden and I went and I did. She taught me a lot of new things that actually made me feel so inspired to do well in my career. I asked her how she had published these many papers in college itself and how did she actually become this successful. She explained to me everything in detail and I was really grateful for that experience. Followed by this event, she started inviting me to her room and she used to teach me all the research subjects and all my exam topics so that I would score better in my exams and I'm really, really thankful for her, for her presence in my life and I don't think I'd have become this successful without her.

    Band 6

    So, during my school days, particularly in the 10th standard, I was not a great student while learning a particular subject known as Chemistry, but I had my friend who was by the name of Aryan, who I met in school, so he was one person who understood Chemistry very easily and he could grasp the concepts very easily. So, to learn this particular subject with him was a great experience. So, I did look up to him and used his strategies on how he used to work and do this and solve different questions regarding this topic and it has been a great learning experience, I must say, and to be very honest, I did look and tried doing his techniques, his ways of understanding this topic. So, I did learn quite a few things like jotting down important points and looking into textbooks where things have been explained very clearly and looking into different notes and materials and then doing practice tests, which was his main focus. He always used to tell me that you need to do more practice tests, so to make yourself more aware of the situation during the final exam time and make you more prepared about it. So, I did learn this with him and overall it's been a very nice experience and that's how I cleared my Chemistry exam in my 10th grade.

    Band 6

    So, this successful person is my colleague at work and also a friend. She was older than me and I would look up at her and she would inspire me to what she would contribute to work. And we would always work together because I like working with her because she wants really great work. She does everything to improve herself and guide other people too, especially the new ones, especially me. We both became closer to each other and she became a mentor to me because she's always with me. She would always correct my mistakes and give me some informative advice, especially in doing procedures for the patients. Or like giving me self-improvement or self-improving books. I really love that. And now she's doing her job in a different place and she was really successful there. And she's still working there. She is the head of our department and I was very proud of her. I am still very proud of her.

    Band 6

    The successful person I saw is my grandmother. She is an energetic person too. She is currently working as a lecturer. She helped me through a lot of my struggles in the phases that I felt during my semester examination. Additionally, she helped me in all sorts of activities. And the major concern I like to share the thoughts is to a person who loves me more and keeps me more affectionate in all kinds of sources. She was a structural engineer. When I felt problematic in the area of developing the skills to study the structural analysis subject, she helped me wisely. She taught the basic concept from the needs and she has been helpful in all kinds of sources. I like to share her as one of the unforgettable person in my life who helps me in the way of time.

    Band 6

    I met a lot of persons in my daily life, but here I would like to tell you about one person who is my boss and his name is Sahil Gira. He is a well-renowned business owner and handles many organizations in his home country. He is 32 years old and he is multi-talented and had a very introvert nature. Moreover, he is very friendly and calm with nature. Instead of this, he studied PhD in his studies and handled his business from the last 28 years. He is a well-renowned industrialist in his own field and had an organization in this organization. Furthermore, I am working there as a visa consultant. He always guided me, but his training and attitude gives me the positive vibe of how much he is talented and had the skills of using too much talent and have the power to handle the organization alone. Meanwhile, I used to prefer always taking knowledge from him because he is too extrovert and superficial about his own field. Instead of this, we always prefer. I felt so much grateful in his company because he always supported me in my guidance and gave me proper guidance about how to handle this type of work in a short and easy method.

    Band 6

    I would like to describe my best friend, her name is Tanvi Vats. We were in the same school and we have done many projects together. Along with our friendship, she has admirable qualities which makes me inspire from her at every walk of life. Tanvi is a very perky and vivacious person. The quality I admire the most about her is her nature, is her vision of seeing a silver lining in every cloud. She has always inspired me in ways that are undefiable. She is very perky and vivacious. She is also humble and well mannered. She has always helped me in different ways. In every aspect of life, whenever I know I am in some kind of trouble, she is the one person who always has my back. She has been with me since such a long period of time that she almost feels like a family now. It is a sad part that she lives in Delhi, which is very away from Gandhinagar. Despite the time difference.

    Band 6

    One of my best friend, his name is Vinayak, he was studying with me in university. Actually, I can say he is a last bench student who was failed in multiple subjects during that time. We used to go to the parks and we used to study together. That person was taking help from me because I was the topper of the class. I was helping him during exams and clearing his exams. Fortunately, he is now abroad in United Kingdom. He is working and earning a lot than compared to me. Which makes me surprised and I can say because of his hard work and his concentration, he is in the position where he is getting good name and good money. He is one of the successful person who I can remember and I can adore. Also, I still remember the days where he was struggling to just remember the things like one chapter or something. But now, he cleared all the entrance exams in the other universities, the two international universities. He is a role model for many students who are failing in their universities but still not given up on their studies and got good job and good earnings. So, he is the successful person for me. Thank you.

    Band 6

    Describe a successful person who you once studied or worked with. I have worked with one of my friends and she is an amazing and delightful friend who is very successful just in life and very little in age. Her name is Amaya Jha. She was my friend when I once met her. She was literally just some levels below me but I have learnt a lot of things with her. Who is that person? That person is a very amazing and qualitiful person who taught me that this life we have to gain numbers and also win in everything. She is very successful because she has a lot of trophies and medals she show off with. And when I see her, I feel that she is my role model to be. In this little age, how can she overcome this much? She is very successful in life because she always focuses in her work. She does not care about people. And I have been a very nice friend to her and learnt to have some tricks while studying and becoming successful in life. And also gaining some medals in life and also trying to be one and only. This girl has helped me a lot in improving myself. When I look at her, I feel that today I am going to be something just because of that help. When I work with her, I feel like the energy that I never got by working normally. And this is so fun to work with her and I studied a lot to just improve myself and have the qualities that she had.
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