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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

    Hi, my name is Bhavna and my childhood friend is Lata. We met on, we met each other in the school in class, in class first and slowly we became friends, we became good friends, like we share everything, we share a very good bond and we talk to each other daily and we help each other, we are very good friends, we can say and we enjoy each other's company, we go sometime for coffee and still we meet each other, although we are busy in our daily life but still we manage to meet with each other on some occasions and I am very happy, I feel very happy with her and you know it's a very beautiful bond and she is busy in her life and she is doing well in her profession, like she is an engineer and I am also teaching in a school, we both are from, we both are in different profession but still we meet and we are just, I like her a lot, no one can replace her because the bond I share with her is not, is not the usual one we share with others, like she is my, she is

    Band 6

    Well, this is a very interesting question. This is quite nostalgic to me. Actually, one of my friends since childhood is Saba. I met her during my childhood schooling where we used to sit on a bench together and we had shared our initial stages of life together. She was definitely a very good person, caring. She showed me humbleness and taught me how to be helpful to others. She had taught me the best experiences of my life. Till now until today we are in contact. I am grateful to God that I had met her. You know, friends are very crucial in your life. They play an important role in your personality development. So, likewise Saba developed me so much. I also helped her in many ways. She holds a very important place in my life. She is like a part of my daily routine. Whenever I get free, I make a call to her and discuss about my entire day. Furthermore, she also enhances my confidence and she also shares about her life experiences to me. She acknowledges me about what's going on and probably she is one of the best persons I know. One of the best persons I know in this globe.

    Band 6

    Well, I am an extrovert person and I have a plethora of friends with whom I share each and everything. But today I would like to talk about my childhood friend and her name is Simran Prithkar. She is my bosom friend as well as she is the second door of my family member. And if I talk about the qualities of Simran, she has a great sense of humor and I never saw sad in her face. Apart from that, both we are attached with each other from our primary school and nowadays we both do a lot of activities when we meet with each other such as listening the music and we also discussed a lot of topics with each other related to academic purposes. Moreover, both we are also go for the shopping because both we are shopaholic person and sometimes we also go for cinema to watch the movie. And whenever I meet with her, I felt over the moon because with the help of that I easily memorize my things and nowadays she is the teacher in my society and she also completed their bachelors of English and I felt over the moon whenever I talk with her. To cap it all, both we have a relationship or trust with each other that's why she is my bosom friend of my childhood.

    Band 6

    I met my childhood friend while pursuing my nursery education in Chennai we were not aware that we are living in one building also so like after when we became friends we anyway we used to stay in one building so we used to play after my school hours after the school hours we will go to park or we play on the terrace and this is how we became friends and when that time was growing passing on our separation was getting increased because my childhood friend went to another state but still today also we are talking on the phone call for more than two hours and I feel good that he is part of my life our families also like share many memories celebrations with each other and we will visit often and whenever I will go state I will visit him once for sure and same from his side too when that like friendship was growing on we never knew like we will gonna be this much close because we are friends from more than 20 years so it's a good thing for me additionally our bonding has increased a lot in this 20 years we have shared many problems we have discussed lot of scenarios going on our life and we have increased the trust also for each other so it's not like childhood friend he is my brother also

    Band 6

    My, I should tell, I am very blessed to have this friend till now, from my childhood till now as my best friend and she is Mercy. I have met her, I have met her in my school when I was exactly, if I have to tell, I was in 7th grade and we became friends 8th grade. One day I was sitting in my bench and she was sitting in the last bench. Just like that my ma'am made some other girl sit next to me. She was crying. I didn't feel nice. I directly went back and sat next to her. I don't know, just like that we had a conversation and in one click we became the closest friends and I can really tell we were not so good friends back then. I mean we were friends but not a great friendship, like a best friend thing. When we were in college, if I have to tell, we moved to same college, we've been together since like 10 years now and we moved back to the same college, we became more close, we knew everything about us and I must tell we have same actions, we get hurt same times for the same reasons, same family problems. Everything is so same about us and I feel so happy to have her in my life. She is like a blessing for me. So, Tachod, I hope this friendship goes forever. This is the best thing which happened to me in my life. I can share everything with her without any hesitation and she helps me so much. Even for this exam preparation, she was there with me throughout. She was boosting me up. She helped me in every possible way that she can do and the recent time, this long distance friendship really hurts us but we get to know each other even more better now.

    Band 6

    So, I met this friend, Dishank, who lives in my neighborhood and he's been quite a good friend since childhood. We had met in the common playground in our vicinity where we were playing cricket. How he grabbed my attention was that he was bowling quite well and I, being a batsman, loved challenging bowlers. So, that's how our friendship grew and that's how we became the closest friend. So, we used to play cricket every weekend and we also used to study together and learn different topics and he has been a good friend ever since. Today, he is a managing director in the company and we still share a very good bond together. We still do meet on weekends and we still go out and play sometimes in turfs. It does remind me of my old times and the days where I used to play cricket a lot and a learning part from him is that he used to never give up. He always used to try and bowl the best ball possible and the most wicket-taking person in our particular vicinity is Dishank and that's how the overall journey with him has been like. He has been a great friend.

    Band 6

    So, the friend with whom I am going to talk is Sanjana. So, Sanjana was my childhood friend and I had met her on my school days. Our first meeting was on my mother's friend's birthday and there I had met her and we came to know there only that we were from the same school. Initially as our sections were different for getting our academic inference we were unknown to each other. But after knowing that we started to part with each other, we used to converse a lot. We had also developed likeness towards same entities just like movies, series, shows and music. Then we have also been freak out on our birthdays. We used to greet each other. We have developed a strong bond of friendship during our school days. Our friendship grew a lot into a more comprehensive, enigmatic and innovative way. We used to share our thoughts, express our feelings, sentiments and emotions and slowly and steadily we used to be best friends with each other. As a result of a girl-boy relationship, when we start reaching our adolescence period, on her part she had tried to develop some feelings of romance on me by touching me and this touch grew into some other affectionate instances. But as well as to reduce this effect of encumbrance, we have also seen that slowly and steadily we got each other our life partner and after that factors like ego and jealousy have made us separation. But even after the separation, the sense of humanity and ethics and virtue and the memory has kept us tight in this strong bond of friendship. So, that's all about my story.

    Band 6

    Childhood friend are blessings from when we are come to know the meaning of what is the friend. I have so many friends, but my childhood friend is Sangeeta. I'm talking about her. We are living in neighborhood, she is in grade 2, when she came with her parents in our neighborhood. As her father is a banker, we are used to going to school together, we are playing together, we are eat our foods together, we also participate in debate and other social activities, which are going to organize in our society, also, moreover, we are, then we are come, we are grown up together, and also have our graduations from the same college, now we both are having our master's degree from the college, we both choose a subject, SC likes also science, and I also like science, we both have a chemistry class together, and we both want to be a chemist, and want to open our store, as we are a good friend, we also want to become a good, and

    Band 6

    I met my childhood best friend when she was in pre-school and I was in junior KG, we were both very very young, we lived in the same society and that's how we became friends. To be precise, I don't really, neither of us really remember how we really met or how we really became friends but I'm pretty sure whenever it was and however it was, it was a very natural thing and it happened very organically, we are till date very close, it has been a good 8-9 years to this beautiful friendship of ours and it is one of the most amazing relationships that I embrace in my life. After my family, she is the one I am the closest to, she is like the younger sister I never had, she is 2 years younger to me and she is a beautiful human being, she is so patient, she is a very good listener, I can tell her everything, I can share all my secrets with her, stuff that I cannot tell anyone else. She is the pillar that holds me when I fall and we have a lot of love for each other, we have a lot of respect for each other, we have been inseparable since childhood and I don't think I would have it any other way, she is one of the best things that has ever happened to me and I hope if you ask her about me, she would say the same thing. I feel like having a best friend in your life, especially in your teenage where your relationship with your parents becomes a little strained is very important and a childhood best friend makes it even better because a childhood best friend knows all your flaws, knows how you are and never judges you for it.

    Band 5-6

    My friend's name is Ronak Chaudhary. I met him in a playground. He lives in my neighborhood. He is my best friend. He always supports me and helps me very much in my exams also. Thank you. He is very famous for and he is very good football player and dodgeball player. He always motivates me very much. We also go to school together. My best friend is very good.
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