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Describe Your Childhood Friend: IELTS Speaking Cue Card

You should say

  • Where did you meet this person?
  • Is this person from your neighbourhood or your school?
  • How did you become friends?
  • What kind of relationship do you have after growing up?
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Cue 1:Where did you meet this person?

  • Begin by describing the location where you first met your childhood friend, such as a park, school, or neighborhood.
  • Mention any specific details about the setting that made the meeting memorable.

Example

I met my childhood friend, Rahul, at the local park when we were both around six years old. It was a sunny afternoon, and I remember playing on the swings when he came over to join me. The park was filled with laughter and the sounds of children playing, which made it a perfect backdrop for our first encounter.

Cue 2:Is this person from your neighbourhood or your school?

  • Clearly state whether your friend is from your neighborhood or school, and explain how that influenced your friendship.
  • Share any relevant details about your shared environment that brought you closer.

Example

Rahul lived just a few streets away from my house, so we often played together after school. We both attended the same primary school, which allowed us to spend even more time together during breaks and after classes.

Cue 3:How did you become friends?

  • Describe the initial interactions that led to your friendship, such as shared interests or activities.
  • Highlight any memorable moments that solidified your bond.

Example

We became friends quickly because we both loved playing cricket. One day, we decided to form a small team with other kids in the neighborhood. I remember the excitement of our first match together, which really brought us closer as friends.

Cue 4:What kind of relationship do you have after growing up?

  • Discuss how your friendship has evolved over the years as you both grew up.
  • Mention any significant experiences or changes in your relationship.

Example

As we grew older, our friendship matured. We supported each other through school challenges and personal issues. Even now, despite our busy lives and different career paths, we make it a point to meet at least once a month. Our bond remains strong, and I consider him like a brother.

Conclusion

    Example

    In conclusion, my childhood friend Rahul has been an integral part of my life. From our playful beginnings in the park to our enduring friendship today, he has shaped many of my cherished memories. I am grateful for the bond we share, and I look forward to many more years of friendship.

    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: Avoid Vague Descriptions

    Using vague language can make your answer less engaging and informative. Specific details help the examiner understand your experience better.

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    Include specific memories or anecdotes about your childhood friend to make your response more vivid and relatable.

    2: Don't Ignore the Cues

    Neglecting the provided cues can lead to an incomplete answer. Each cue is designed to help structure your response effectively.

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    Make sure to address each cue in your answer to provide a comprehensive view of your friendship.

    Avoid Overly Complex Language

    Using complicated vocabulary or sentence structures can confuse the listener. Clarity is more important than complexity.

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    Use simple and clear language to express your thoughts, ensuring that your ideas are easily understood.

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    Band 6-7

    My childhood friend's name is Kartik Sadatya. He was my friend since I think the nursery grade which is the first grade I know, which is the first grade we start off from the kindergarten. I met him at my school. He was the first person to ever speak to me. We sat together for around five to six years in the same class. We were buddies and we used to share our lunch. We used to play games together in the ground. We have many incidents and accidents that we had together. I remember when I was like in seventh grade, I used to go to his house and we used to spend the day together studying, playing games and all sorts of stuff. I used to go cycling with him when I was in eighth grade. And now in the recent years, although education may have set us apart, he had different interests, but we still remain in contact. Our contact is unbroken. Furthermore, adding to this, Kartik is a very wonderful person. He has brought a lot of value in my life and he brings the joy that no other person could. So I would say he's a very close friend of mine. I share a particularly everything with him. He is a person whom you can trust and he's a person who's very good at analyzing other people's sadness. He usually helps me do stuff I cannot understand. Like for an example, we can take in 10th grade when I was poor at math and I wasn't able to study math so well. He used to help me. He tutored me for two months so that I could have studied well and perform better in my exams. For his sake and for him and only him, I could perform well and I scored an A1 in mathematics. So I thank him for that. Particularly these days, he is running his father's business and I'm planning for master's abroad. And I just would say he's a very good friend and he's a very nice person overall.

    Band 6-7

    hi my friend name was Manjali and she was not my neighbor but she's a little bit far from my house and we used to go to a same school where we were best friends and even all the school students teachers everyone knows about her friendship but with time she changed a little bit and she went to other school and then our friendship was ended but I still miss her though she betrayed me sometimes but it's okay

    Band 6-7

    My childhood friend was Erum. When I met her, I thought like she is a very innocent type of girl. But when we met in the college for the first time, there she was sitting in the cafeteria and we were also having our breakfast. So that was the first time we had a word and we connected instantly. So my opinion was like she was a girl who is very innocent. But when we started talking, I got to know that she is really same like me. We both shared the same kind of emotions, our same kind of feelings and thoughts. In our day to day life, we started meeting and we had a great bond. So we became friends when we started talking to each other. We got to know more about each other. We spent a lot of time in the cafeterias, in the classrooms. We used to do combined studies for the exams. So by spending time, I think we got to know each other and that was the time where we bonded really well. We shared everything. Now that we have been friends for 10 years, we live in different cities. She is married. I am married. She is in US. I am in India. But we find time for ourselves to catch up and get an update about our daily routines. We give good news whenever we have a good time. We call and tell them whatever we are going through.

    Band 6-7

    Back then in 2012, an African American student entered in our school and luckily he was in my same class. He was tall and skinny at that time, used to wear glasses and his hair was black. Moreover, when he was new, people differentiate between Indians and him. Most of the kids don't talk with him, so I started going towards him and started talking to him. However, due to language barrier, we had a few problem but after he learnt English, his vocabulary and fluency become easier. We spend time together in a play and become friends more close. However, in 2019, due to his father's transfer, he had to left the country again and now we are just connected through WhatsApp and other social media applications such as Facebook.

    Band 6-7

    One of my childhood friend is Prakash. I met him in the class 6th standard. When I was studying in 6th standard I have met him. He came and sat beside me on the bench. On the first lecture of the class we have started asking each other about our names and locality. As the day passes we became best friends in our school life. I now also have a special bond with him as compared to my childhood friends. A lot of friends come and go but childhood friends remain so closer to us. In that sense, Prakash is one of my childhood friends.

    Band 6-7

    This particular friend Nitin, who met me in the cricket ground near my house, is a special friend to mention. He is the first person who introduced me to the game cricket and the legend players in cricket. In my younger age, Sachin was merely started his career and this guy told me, this little player, young player will be the future star of the game. I heard a lot of detailed explanation about the game from this guy, Nitin. He teach me how to play the game. In later years, I mastered some techniques playing cricket. But everything was introduced by Nitin. Later, his parents transferred their job to some other place and he shifted. Now we keep on contacting each other through social medias. Later in my life, I have many friends in my school, college and even in my work place.

    Band 6-7

    I don't I don't have a childhood friend but I have I have a high school friend with whom I have completed 30 years of friendship her name is Srinidhi I met her when I joined a boarding school it was in Mangalore and in the year 2016 I first saw her in the first day of class itself she was so amazing and she was so talented person she was to answer for the every question asked by the lecturers so after few days lecturers made me to sit with her due to height so I was the third highest girl she was the second highest so we both sit together even I when I think about olden days even I don't know how we became so much close friends consequently all my all my seniors juniors were knowing our friendship it was so popular in our whole in all over the school and college as well no one had a pair like us even some lecturers used to give us an example to anyone who quarreled or who fight with their friends so we were so inspiring characters and still the bond we developed among ourselves is unbreakable and special for us too

    Band 6-7

    So I don't like this person. This person for me I don't have any friends that I'm in a relationship with. I mean, we can be friends if we're not in a relationship. But I have a friend who is watching me in France. I have an ex-girlfriend from my district. We used to travel on the same bus, but now we don't. She's just been following me around, so I'm trying to find a person. I'm trying to find a friend, but I can't find anybody. Firstly, I don't have any best friends because I'm an introvert from childhood and making friends has been always difficult for me. And I just have only one best friend. Her name is Kaisri. I met her in BTEC. While doing my bachelor's, I and Kaisri used to travel on the same bus. And that's how we became best friends. Mostly, she is an extrovert, generous person, and simple person. So that's why I just got connected more to her because she's not just been only that one person who's been there with me no matter what I did, but also she's been there with me in all my tough times. She's like an angel. She never judged me. I never saw a person like that because she don't have any ego. Every person that I met in my bachelor's journey used to piss off me to an extreme level and always used to blame me for what they did. But Kaisri is only the one person that just made me feel worthy to believe in friendship. She just made me feel that not all female friendships are toxic. She is a very important part of my life. We used to, yeah, we fight very often. It's not even rare. We fight very often. We sort it out. Mostly, she would be the person who is approaching me at first. That's why I melt because not just she's approaching me first, but she don't have any ego. She gives priority to the friendship rather than anything else. That's why I got to know and I realized that having a group of friends is not a big matter. Having a one friend with pure heart is really a big thing and I'm lucky at that.

    Band 6-7

    Childhood friends? I got many. We were so many kids around the same age in my village. We got a small village, so you can basically call it a neighborhood. We used to play. We didn't even know the meaning of friendship at that time, since we have been friends. And after growing up, we all fell apart. We went to some other places for jobs. We got married. And I am also in a city, far from my village, not being able to call names. We just can't gather together anymore. So you can say that after growing up, I don't have too many friends. I basically don't have friends. I got a classmate, I got a classmate, but no friends. Oh, pretty sad word. In childhood, I used to have a lot of friends. The memories of that time are still evident in my mind, and I miss them. I miss that time. It was wonderful. I hope I can go back to my childhood and enjoy it once again. Everyone thinks this way, I know, but it's impossible.

    Band 6-7

    Okay, so I met my childhood friend named Agni when I was in LKG. She came during our half-yearly, she came late, but we became friends by simply greeting each other and by simply greeting each other and she also was one of my relatives, I came to know that later, but she used to live around school and we became very close friends, but I wasn't when I first started, I stayed in my school, that was the point when there was a break in our friendship, but at 9th we joined the same coaching and we again became good friends, we again became good friends and since then we are very good friends, we share each and everything about us and currently we are in long-distance friendship, she is in Delhi, I am in Varanasi, but still we are good friends and we try to connect with each other through video calls and I think she was the person who taught me what friendship means, what having a girl best friend means to me, so that's all I just want to say, I just love her and currently she lives in front of my house, so we are like neighbours, so it's like a two benefits, she is my neighbour also and she is my friend also, so we are like close friends and I also want to say about Riya, she is not my very childhood friend, I met her when I was in 2nd.
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