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Describe someone you really like to spend time with: IELTS Speaking Cue Card

You should say

  • Who is this person?
  • How you know him/her?
  • What you usually do together?
  • And explain why you like to spend time with him/her.
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Cue 1:Who is this person?

  • Introduce the person by name and relationship to you.
  • Mention a few key qualities that make this person special.

Example

The person I really like to spend time with is my best friend, Priya. She is someone who is always cheerful and supportive, which makes her a joy to be around.

Cue 2:How you know him/her?

  • Explain how you met this person and the duration of your friendship.
  • Share a memorable experience that highlights your bond.

Example

I met Priya in college during our first year. We were both in the same study group for our economics class. One memorable experience was when we worked late nights together for our final project, which really brought us closer.

Cue 3:What you usually do together?

  • Describe the activities you enjoy doing together.
  • Mention any specific hobbies or interests that you share.

Example

We usually hang out at cafes, watch movies, and go shopping together. We both love trying out new restaurants, and we often explore different cuisines on weekends.

Cue 4:And explain why you like to spend time with him/her.

  • Discuss the emotional connection and comfort you feel with this person.
  • Highlight how this person positively influences your life.

Example

I like spending time with Priya because she understands me like no one else. She always knows how to cheer me up when I'm feeling down, and her positive attitude inspires me to be better.

Conclusion

    Example

    In conclusion, Priya is not just a friend; she is like family to me. Spending time with her enriches my life, and I cherish every moment we share together.

    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: Being Too Vague

    Candidates often provide unclear or general answers, which can make their response less engaging. Specific details help to paint a clearer picture for the examiner.

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    Include specific examples and anecdotes about your experiences with this person to make your answer more vivid and interesting.

    2: Ignoring the Cues

    Some candidates overlook the cue prompts, leading to incomplete answers. This can result in missing key points that the examiner is looking for.

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    Make sure to address each cue in your response to provide a comprehensive answer that covers all aspects of the topic.

    Overly Simple Language

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    Try to incorporate varied vocabulary and complex sentences to enhance your response and showcase your English skills.

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    Band 6-7

    Hi, the person who I like the most is my mother. I like to spend time with her because as I grew up with her from the birth. As I am a working professional, I stay far away from my hometown. So I get very less time to spend with her on the usual days. So whenever I go to my hometown, I like to spend time with her by cooking food for all the members of the family. And after cooking, we spend our time having karaoke nights. And after having karaoke nights, we dance. This is how we spend time. So why do I like spending time with her is because she is the one who made me very comfortable from the birth. And I like to add here that who doesn't like spending time with their mother, with him or her mother.

    Band 6-7

    The person whom I adore a lot and I like to spend time with is my youngest sister. Her name is Rupal. She is 13 years old and she studies in 8th standard in one of the schools of Annapur. I know her since from her childhood because I am the eldest sister in our family, eldest kid and that's why I know each and every aspect of her life. I usually spend time with her in sharing the things that we did in whole day. I like to be with her and listen to the conversation that she likes to do with me. Apart from this, I often feel motivated whenever I share my thoughts and opinions with her and by interaction and communication it feels that the heavy heart goes down and the burden gets removed and it is a very good thing. She is a wonderful person with a pure heart and a childish nature. Though she is younger than me but many of the circumstances she often acts very wisely which encourages me to get motivated to face such kind of obstacles in the life. Apart from that, spending time with her.

    Band 6-7

    Someone that I really like to spend a lot of time with is Preeti Govind, which is my mom. The reason why I like to spend a lot of time with her is because the kind of bond that I have with her. So she's not just a mom to me, but also a friend, a mentor and a guide, due to which I kind of feel at ease when I talk to her. So I can gossip with her as a friend. I can go to her for advice when required. So there's a lot of times where I feel that if I'm in trouble or I don't know what to do, I kind of reach out to her to take advice. I kind of have therapy sessions with her because talking to her feels like therapy for me. Then we also spend a lot of time talking about practical topics, as well as she kind of gives me cooking lessons because that's something I really lack in. So she kind of gives me cooking lessons, tips on how I can improve in certain areas. So talking to her, you don't realize the way the time goes.

    Band 6-7

    In the modern world, don't we need everyone, anyone and everyone to depend on? The modern world is known for creating barriers in terms of communication and instilling loneliness. So, someone who I genuinely like to spend time with is my long-time friend, Surbhi. Surbhi is one of the people who you can depend upon. She was my flatmate initially. We used to live together earlier. But with time and since I moved out of the apartment, we have really gotten close. So, I believe our friendship dates back to one and a half to two years. We don't usually go out or chat continuously. What we do is, whenever we are in trouble or one person needs the other, we will just drop a message and meet up at a common place. It might be a park or just some sitting area where we can go ahead and talk with each other. This form of communication does not just help her in terms of letting out whatever is troubling her, but it also helps me calm down my mental turmoil. So, she is my sounding board, preferably. She is the one who I can depend upon and I usually seek out to her for any trouble I might be facing. I genuinely like spending time with her because I can be myself. There are no judgments and we provide each other with a safe environment where both of us can just be ourselves.

    Band 6-7

    I really like spending time with my best friend that is Sneha. We met in college. We did our post graduation together. So it's been around three years since we know each other. We usually just talk. We talk and talk so much and we usually don't run out of any topics. We you know just talk about random things in this world and we could still keep the conversation going. It just never stops. So that's one of the things that I really like about our friendship is that we just don't run out of topics. And then I definitely like going out with her especially to Church Street which is a common place where we really really enjoy going.

    Band 6-7

    So a friend I would like to meet and spend time together is my childhood best friend. Her name is Pasana and I know her since my kindergarten days. So we joined the same school together and we have been together since like kindergarten till now. So it's like more than 15 to 20 years of friendship. So we are actually very close and we usually spend our weekends together. So we usually go to cafes on every other weekend and we actually make our plans beforehand. So when we see a new food spot coming up or when we want to explore a new cuisine, we try to bring that into our every weekend plan and we usually make the plan beforehand and then we will decide on okay this weekend we will be going there and exploring this particular cafe etc. So this is also a time where we unwind with each other. So we describe how our week went. We usually talk about everything that happened during the week and it's a totally relaxing and peaceful time where we can talk about anything. So this is also the reason why I like to spend a lot of time with her because I can talk about any of my problems or issues that I'm having in my life. I can share all my small happiness with her and I know that when I do that she will also be very happy for me for my achievements and she'll be there to guide me if I'm having any problems. So it is a very easygoing relationship that we have with each other. So that's the whole part of having a beautiful friend. So that's why I like to spend most of my weekends together with her.

    Band 6-7

    The person I like to spend more time is with my best friend Anagha. She is my best friend since childhood. We met when we were studying at 6th grade. My best friend is such a stress reliever for me and she makes my day brighter. I would like to spend time with her possibly everyday. She is my best friend and also a well-wisher. I can talk to her about anything and everything. She also has a vehicle in which we would go to places and explore new things. She also has a dog with which we used to spend more time. Some days we go to a movie and she can understand me more than anyone else. My best friend is very helpful for me in everything. She is like my second mother. She scolds me, advises me and also gives me opinions in many things. Since I met her, my life has been very much better. Her family considers me as one of her family members. I can go to her place anytime and I can take and eat anything at any time. We are so much

    Band 6-7

    Here I would like to talk about the person with whom I really like to spend time and she is none other than my friend, my best friend, my childhood friend and her name is Suditti and she is the most adorable and my most favorite person since my childhood. We were together from grade 1 and till now we both are best friends. Whenever I am present with her, I don't feel bored and she always makes me laugh on the little things. I always share my secrets and whenever I am in worry or I am in tension, I make one phone call and all my worries and all my tension is sorted and she is one of my favorite person. Not only with me, she is also very polite and generous at heart. She is of very helpful nature and she always help others and as far as I am concerned, she has helped me a lot in my studies when I was with her in the school and she come from very good family and her father is a doctor and her mother is a teacher and she is the jolliest person I have ever met and I have never seen her sad and she is the most adorable person.

    Band 6-7

    I like to spend time with my mother very much frequently because I have been growing with her since my childhood. Since then, she took care of me. She used to drop me to school, she used to pick me back and she used to come to my school to feed me. The greatest thing I have had in my life is my mother. I am out of words to explain about her but for an example, if you are in any case of emergency or you have any illness or you are sick, she is the first person to come to me and look after me, how am I, how am I doing. I want to really tell you the situation that, in the pandemic period, I got attacked by Coronavirus, that's nothing but COVID-19. She put me into a room when I got affected by COVID. I was in quarantine for some months. She used to serve me food, wearing gloves, she was packed. She took care well of me over then and after that also, I got a little damage in my liver. She couldn't even bear that news, she started crying. That shows how much affectionate a mother is towards her child. That's the greatest thing that ever happened to me and she is the greatest and I like to spend most of the time with her.

    Band 6-7

    The only person which came up on my mind is my friend, Kim Jong, because I really like to spend time with her during our vacations. In the summertime, we will be busy with all the works, so we barely meet for two months for our vacations. I love to spend time with her because we do all the crazy things that we wanted to do. And she's the one who is so caring and makes the moments more happier. She never really judge when I do something wrong. Besides this, she will correct the mistakes and suggest a better way to improve it. Though she is the person who is my go-to person when I get into some trouble, whenever we meet together, we watch the vlog where we can make our weird love and we end up making jokes, making our lame jokes.
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