Talk about an interesting old person you met recently: IELTS Speaking Cue Card

You should say

Who is this person?
How you met him? How you know him
What you do with this person (optional)
Why you found him interesting?

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Cue 1:Who is this person?

Introduce the person with their name and a brief background.
Mention their age and any notable characteristics that make them stand out.

Example

The interesting old person I met recently is Mr. Rao, a 75-year-old retired school teacher. He has a warm smile and a twinkle in his eye that immediately draws people in.

Cue 2:How you met him? How you know him

Describe the context in which you met this person.
Explain how you came to know him better over time.

Example

I met Mr. Rao at a community event organized by our local library. I was volunteering there, and he approached me to discuss a book he had just read. We started talking, and I learned that he often visits the library to share his love for literature.

Cue 3:What you do with this person (optional)

Share any activities or conversations you have had with this person.
Highlight any special moments or experiences you’ve shared.

Example

Since our first meeting, I have often joined Mr. Rao for tea at a nearby café. We discuss various topics, from classic literature to current events, and I always leave our conversations feeling inspired.

Cue 4:Why you found him interesting?

Explain what makes this person unique or captivating.
Share any lessons or insights you have gained from him.

Example

I find Mr. Rao interesting because of his vast knowledge and passion for teaching. He has a way of making complex ideas simple and engaging. His stories from his teaching days are not only entertaining but also filled with valuable life lessons.

Conclusion

Example

In conclusion, meeting Mr. Rao has been a delightful experience. His wisdom and enthusiasm for life remind me of the importance of staying curious and engaged, no matter our age. I look forward to many more conversations with him.

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. It's important to provide specific details about the person to capture the examiner's interest.

Tip

Include specific anecdotes or characteristics about the person to make your description vivid and memorable.

2: Don't Rush Your Answer

Speaking too quickly can lead to unclear communication and missed details. It's essential to pace your speech to ensure clarity and coherence.

Tip

Take a moment to think before you speak, and practice pausing between points to maintain a steady pace.

Neglecting Personal Connection

Failing to explain your personal connection to the person can make your answer feel impersonal. Sharing your relationship adds depth to your response.

Tip

Discuss how you met the person and what your interactions have been like to create a more engaging narrative.

IELTS Cue Cards asked last week

Reported by Leap students who gave IELTS

Describe your favourite food at a traditional festival or a special event in your country

Reported by

Anonymous student Band 7.5

Pitampura Test Centre, New Delhi

Answer

I like to taste different types of cuisine. Here I would like to talk about my favorite dish at my traditional festival of Onam which is Sadya. Sadya is popular in my city. We are experimenting these cuisines on Onam festival day. Onam is a famous festival in my city. All family members get together in my home and we make a delicious Sadya. There are many ingredients includes that Sadya. Moreover, we make a big feast that day as well as we create a lot of memories together and we wear that day the traditional dress called Sari and men wear the Dhotis. That festival is really important to us because the whole day we are conducting different kinds of games at our homes and all the family members came together. It's a memorable day in my life. This is the festival. We are making the Sambar and Aviyal. These all the kinds of foods are making with the vegetables.

Talk about a toy you liked in your childhood

Reported by

Anonymous student Band 8

Sector 34 Test Centre, Chandigarh

Answer

The toy which I liked in my childhood was a panda doll, which makes me pleasant and makes me more blush. The pandas are the most beautiful creatures of the world, which looks gigantic and has pooshy cheeks and they are like stars in the clouds and they dream in me. Furthermore, these have been given by my father. My father is a very very beautiful artistic person, who makes me think of that. Every day you will face every difficulties and make you suffer and move forward. Pandas are always seen in Japanese countries. It is my lifelong dream to visit a Japanese country and click a photo with the original pandas, which makes sounds better.

Describe a time you were in a place where you didn't know the local language

Reported by

Anonymous student Band 6.5

Whitefield Test Center, Bengaluru

Answer

As India is a very large country full of diversity, so there are many places which have their own language and speak their native language. The place which I visited and I didn't know about their language was Leladakh, which is about 300 km away from my hometown and it is a very good place as it consists of different kind of trees, animals and have many scenic views and I visited over there last year in summers as it was the best time to visit because it has many, it was cold over there and we had summers in our area so it was the best time to visit over there and I went over there with my whole family.

Describe a time when your friend damaged something you owned

Reported by

Anonymous student Band 7

Begumpet Test Centre, Hyderabad

Answer

When I was a kid, I had a little pencil box which had these four buttons which gave the pencil box an operative use. When you press the button, the box would open up. When you press the second button, a little part of it would slide out. Basically it was just a little electronical and a fun thing to have and I owned it when I was in 6th. One day after break, I was standing and talking there with one of my friends and another friend of mine was running through the hallway and accidentally she pushed my shoulder and my pencil box hit the ground and it broke into multiple pieces to the point that it was not functional anymore.

Describe a book you recently read

Reported by

Anonymous student Band 7.5

CBD Belapur Test Centre, Navi Mumbai

Answer

It Ends With Us is a book I read recently. It's by the author Colleen Hoare. It's mainly a story about two teenagers, Atlas and Lily, and how they just handle their life going through high school, adolescence, and just domestic violence at home. Both of them come from very, very different families. However, they have one common determining factor between them, which is domestic violence. The abuse that they've seen their moms go through is just insane, and they connect through that on a different level. They're actually in the same high school, but they never speak to each other until Atlas actually crashes into an empty house next to Lily's villa. When Atlas is homeless and he doesn't have anywhere to go, he just comes and breaks into the house next to Lily's, and Lily helps him with all the daily necessities like clothes and food, medicines and stuff. Furthermore, their friendship blossoms into love, but it doesn't really fructify as Atlas has to leave. This book really gave me a lot of knowledge about domestic abuse and how to deal with it.

All Answers

Here are all the answers by real-users practicing speaking for IELTS Cue Cards on our IELTS Prep App.

Band 6

I would like to talk about Aai, who I fondly call Aai. She is my sister's mother-in-law and is 70 years old. But if you look at her, you can hardly tell that how old she is because she has aged so gracefully. And she has this beautiful smile that never goes off her face. You will always find her smiling and enjoying life. Even if she has a couple of ailments, she chooses to ignore them and that is what I love about her. I met her at my sister's place recently and had such a wonderful conversation with her about life and shared pieces of her life experiences which are so enthralling. She truly is a person who is inspiring with all the hard work she has done in life and every time I meet her, I always try to take some lessons from her over the silliest decisions I have to take in life and she enjoys giving me advice. I feel like having an elderly person in your life, be it your grandparents or some other mentors you look up to and seek advice from are very important.

Band 6

She is my nani's friend. I know her from when I know my ma nani. So she is like 82 years old. I met her in my nani's house because she is my nani's best friend. So she knows her from past 50-60 years. She likes to tell me everything about my nani. How she is in her young age and how she is going with her old age system. She is very sweet. She tells me everything about her life. What she does, what she is doing and what will happen after her life. She tells me about the religious things. She is very sweet. She tells me about her life. She had a great partner. How her life is going on and she gives her knowledge to me. She tells me about how you should do more studies. She always helps me. However, she is the best in the world I know.

Band 5-6

I have recently met one of my grandfather's friend. His name is Santosh. Santosh uncle is nearly close to me and he is such a good person. He always guides me to prevent how to do nicely, how to prevent, and he always teaches me how to play cricket. Sometime when I was out earlier, so he came and he came and talked about that. He used to give some tips about it and I mean I have whenever he I saw that Santosh uncle, I was remember my grandparent which they can see both sides of them. So I thought that is the interesting I have met an old person, I met in my recent times.

Band 5-6

I like I meet many people in my life for today I would like to share about one of my incident yesterday incident I meet one old people old uncle he is very grateful to me because my purse were dropped in a road and he called me and said your purse is dropped there please take it and I thankful to him because after that he we talk a lot and we walk in a street and he said about he said about their son and their family he also tell me he's a religious guru he said it it treat me like his son also because he give me a knowledge of about our religion like Hinduism he giving me I don't know about Mahabharata asking him from a Mahabharata tell me how Krishna got Krishna and there how they all established their Mahabharata and how they doing their Mahabharata after that we both were going to a one of shop they also going a same shop and we also and we are also they shopping themselves for their yourself and their children's and I want airports new and I also taken these afterwards we also come back to the home that we that time I know he is my new neighbor afterwards I meet him again after day after tomorrow and he tell me about our religious gurus like Chandragupta Maurya or others he tell about me other interesting things and they meet me rather than other and I feel also good and he give me a great knowledge about our religions and I'm very thankful to him he give me a great knowledge about this rather than others because I don't know what he's a very grateful man and there are there old young man is very grateful

Band 5-6

The person that I met last time, or recently, is a stranger, I can say. I met him during my trip from Leh to Delhi at the airport. I found him interesting because he was blind and he did all the things by himself. I caught my eyes towards him for a very long time. I wanted to talk with him, so I went nearby him and asked...

Band 5-6

I have, I meet with many person but I would like to talk about my elder grandmother to whom I met recently in marriage function. She is my father's grandmother. She is looking very pretty even if she is in her 80s now but I met to her like frequently or any special occasion because we do not meet often because in our busy schedules but I have a deep connection with my elder grandmother like I love to spend time with her whenever we meet. Her compassionate nature and unwavering strength inspire me very greatly whenever I am feeling low I also call to her and her soothing presence. It's okay not physically presence but her mentally presence and wisdom have an incredible ability to lift my spirits leaving me feeling invigorated and optimistic We both enjoy such as watching spiritual shows and listening to uplift music whenever we meet and whenever we get chance to do it. So I am very interested

Band 5-6

I would like to talk about my mother's relation. She is my grandma also. It is my mom to small mom. My relation wise my grandma. She is a very intelligent person and I well know the person. She recently died. She is more intelligent person and very good knowledge person. Mostly I attracted one particular reason. That reason is good every time she active and good vibes

Band 5-6

When I was in school, I met a lady with gorgeous eyes and smiling face. Unfortunately, she is my biology miss. Her name was Jayanti. Slowly, I recognized her character and how she is caring students with her different mind. And I interested her optional choosing and use variety of ideas that make me more interesting and attracted her character. Slowly, I tried to make a friendly talk with her and that was the time I feel very proud of me. How cute lady talk to me like this, I am so happy and so glad to her that time. She told me the way of talk was always different in different peoples. Peoples are typically selfish and some other characters are going around. But talk to their way of talk and helps them in a different way. If a person has trouble in something, you can help with some words that can helps to her life and came back to her. That the time I recognized she is a real teacher and she is not teaching her educational field. She teaching the personal development of life. And I slowly recognized she can create a good future and she can create a good generation and make her life more appreciated. Now a way I just keep a contact with her because when I have in a down situation, I always call her and she talk me in a different way.

Band 5

I am going to talk about the person I feel interesting is my uncle. He is living in Odisha. His name is Badut. Why I am inspired her most is like he is a social worker. He is around 50s. Instead of his health issues and everything he is doing many things in the society. I mean the community where he is staying. He does many things to many people like helping in their education. And doing something the people need for the health issues they want to handle. He is giving some money, helping them and collecting the money among the people to do something for the society. And to help the community to do something as a festival. He is very initiative in his age. So I feel it is very captivating for me. So he handles the thing in very cool and very kind manner. He is very kind to the persons also who he is talking to. He not hesitate any work while doing to others. He don't feel like why we have to do that and all. He is very kind and very calm type. So I like him very much. And he is recently done a project of planting 1000 trees in the garden. So for the natural air and support some ecosystem. So he planted many trees in it. Around in it like mango tree, goba tree which is useful for the community which is also useful for the people. So he has done 1000 plants program.

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