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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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    Tip

    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

    Before answering to this question, I want to say that I recently got married and I've got the best boy for me. It was an arranged marriage, by the way, but somehow I fell in love with him and I'm still deeply in love with him. I feel so, so special when I'm around him. He always makes me feel comfortable and there is a destiny which made us to bring together. Few words are not enough for him, but even though I can describe him for few minutes, he is the best supporter of my life and I always like to spend time with him because he makes jokes and he creates some or the other thing which makes me happy. He always like to give me a little surprises and when he comes from the home, he brings me something or the other thing which I like the most. Actually, I'm a foodie and I crave sweets more than spicy things. He always gets me a waffles or a candy treats. I like the way he always makes me feel so special. I love him the most and I like to spend time not only for few minutes, but for my whole life. So, this is the best thing that ever happened in recent days and I'm really lucky to have him.

    Band 6-7

    The person that I love to spend my time with and look up to the most is my friend Akshay. I met him when I was around five to six years old and we have been best friends since then. Moreover, we were in the same tuition and same class and our families were also friends so we were very good family friends since then and we were really immature and did very stupid things growing up but now when I see him he works in a Germany in a big car firm Mercedes and he works as a software development engineer over there and his journey has always been very inspiring from a guy who I used to do immature things like ringing somebody's doorbell and running and the guy who is earning so much and is following his dream and it's he's believing in his values has always inspired me. He also does volunteer work and goes to the gym, prepares his own food, lives life on his own principles and his journey from going as a immigrant student in Germany to learning German language which is very difficult and growing up has been really inspiring to me and with him I don't have to think about what I speak I

    Band 6-7

    I like to spend my time with my grandmother she is my mom's mother and I what I really like about this about her is she is genuine and she she tells me about her experiences of how her childhood was it gives a different perspective of her life and it makes me even more curious we usually cook when we are together she teaches me different types of South Indian aesthetic cuisine the one thing I like about her is she never rationalizes or judges what I say she just takes it as just a simple in just simple words and she didn't she does not stop me stop my flow of words or my flow of words through my heart she genuinely gives me her opinion about the things I ask her yeah

    Band 6

    The person I really like to spend my time with is my best friend whose name is Sam. She is the one whom I met at the first day of my college. She is a role model for me as she always tries to motivate me with her positive thoughts. She always tries to give her best to support me whenever I find out troubles to any situation. She always supports me to find the situation. All I need to tell her that she is the best person whom I met at college time. Whenever I get time, I usually spend my time with him and I enjoy a cup of coffee with her. During chit-chatting, we usually chat with each other about our future goals and we have set up our future goals together. This will really help us to stay connected in the future and help us to support each other in the tough time, in the difficult situation. She is the role model for me as she always inspires me to find out the solution for that troubles and situations. Every time in my tough situations, she always supports me and helps me to find the solution for that problem. She is a very kind person. I promise that she will not only be my companion but also the supportive person of my life.

    Band 6

    The person I really like spending time with is my best friend, Wibin George. I have known him since almost two years and he has brought a lot of difference in my life. When I moved from Kuwait to India and joined a college in Mangalore, I thought I would have very less friends or almost no friends because I have always been a boy. Even though I was a girl, I was always being friends with mostly boys because I enjoyed their company than girls because I believe boys hold fewer grudges than girls too. But that doesn't mean that I have no girlfriends. But when I joined college in Mangalore, I really did enjoy the company of people around me. Actually, I had no friends in Mangalore. That is when I moved to second year and our juniors came. I met this guy called Wibin George. Just like his behaviour, his aura is so beautiful. Everybody looks at him. But that did not make him my friend. Coincidentally, we lived in the same premises and we started talking. We liked each other's company and slowly I started getting that old spirit of mine that was buried deep inside. And he introduced me to his other friends with whom I am very close with now and we have a small gang. That's what I have to tell about it.

    Band 6

    Well, if I want to describe someone that like to spend time with me is my best friend Sreelakshmi because we studied together in my degree time, I think it's 2-3 years back and now we are friends and also we are staying at the same place so we can easily contact with each other and she is very chubby person and she has a beautiful smile, also she likes to talk too much so it's very good for me and also she is very concentrated, when I am down or I feel helpless she will help me to reduce my stress and also when we are studying at that time she helped me to for my exam even though when she didn't study but she always tried to to to to taught me the things I don't know and

    Band 6

    The person I like the most is my friend Pratik. He is my college mate and I like to spend my most of my time with him. He is such an energetic and a joyful person. Me and Pratik used to go on bike rides and whenever I am in the college campus, I would like to spend most of my time or I want to do most of my company with him. We used to chit-chat a lot and we never noticed the time going and whenever we are together, it's always fun and it's always so beautiful. I like to spend most of my time with him and like it so much.

    Band 6

    I like to spend time with my friends. I have quite a few friends. I have my school friends. They are very close to me. One of her name is Vandana and other girl name is Vanila. They both are very close. We are thick and very thick friends. I really like spending time with them. We don't meet very often but whenever we meet, our bond is still the same. We have that kind of rapport. We usually spend time when we are free, when we don't have any kind of work, when we just plan for some parties. We also go for a picnic together. We also have blind dates. We all like spending time together. We often go to temples, parks, shopping malls, and even for cinema. I can just quote as far as I remember, we spent time together maybe before three months ago. We had gone, we had met, we had gone for a feast on my birthday. It is on August 30th. We really had a very good time that day. We met in a cafe nearby my house and we had ordered food which we really like, like the cakes. We had different kind of cuisines as well. We literally chit chat whenever we meet. We gossip, we talk many, many, many things. We also talk about our careers, like how we should

    Band 6

    I like to spend time with my friend, his name is Varshit Reddy. Why? Because I and him we both go outside and play some games and watch movies and chitchat about our life. I feel like I was completely supported and make me feel encouraged. We both discuss more of the problems and solve. He will ask me some questions and I will answer to that. Whatever doubts I have, I will ask him and he will clarify my doubts. Like that we used to enjoy. Everyday we will go out for 2 hours to get some refreshment. By talking to him, I can feel very peaceful and relaxed. Most of the time we used to chitchat about what is going on in the world and how to overcome the issues which we are facing and what else we want to do in future. Is there any other aspect that we can do more easier. I like spending time with him because he used to encourage me always. He used to tell everything if this is good or bad. He tells what are the advantages of it and what are the disadvantages of it. He used to suggest me some good things.

    Band 5-6

    I really want to spend time with my husband because we are all the time not together. They are working in out of country and I'm working in India so when he come back I really wants to spend time with him. Sometime he is busy in work and he cannot take out time from me. So this is the issue and sometime we are fighting with each other just because of the time. So I really really spend time with my husband because sometime I'm missing him and I feel no one with me. I'm alone so when he come back to the country then I will feel much better and I'm happy now I can spend time with my husband. This is the how to say sometime you know you are working different different country and then and you are missing to each other it's really hard to living different different places. So I really miss my husband I've really really missing him. We can't do anything but at least when he come back and we we have time we can spend time together we can go out at least for one or two month we can be together and after that he will be go back.
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