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Describe a piece of advice you gave to someone. v.1

Describe a piece of advice you gave to someone. v. 1
Describe a piece of advice you gave to someone. You should say: what it was about whom you advised when it was and explain how you felt about it.   Model Answer 1: I never really considered myself to be in a position to provide any kind of advice to anybody. In fact, it always would be the other way around because many times, it was actually me who needed advice from other people. So, when my one of my junior cousins asked me about whether to join a football club or not about 10 years ago from now, I felt pretty dumb because I just didn’t know what to suggest. But, then I gathered my thoughts (as I didn’t want to look stupid in front of my junior cousin) and told him that he should have joined the football club. Needless to say, it was for the first time that I actually gave someone a piece of real advice. But, after giving that advice to my cousin, I became a bit worried and nervous, because I just didn’t know how my uncle would react to it. In fact, when I also showed some interest in playing any kind of sports in the past, my uncle vehemently opposed the idea since, according to him, it would jeopardize my study and education. So, naturally, I thought that my uncle wouldn’t exactly favour my advice as far as the issue of telling his son to join a football club was concerned. But, I also prepared myself to argue with my uncle, should he demand some kind of explanation from me on offering the advice. But, then, to my pleasant surprise, nothing of that sort really took place. In fact, my uncle actually asked me to find a good football club for his son so that he could practice some good football. Anyway, even though, I was initially nervous about giving that advice to my cousin, I felt really good later on because, after all, my uncle had finally understood the value of getting involved with different kinds of sports for health benefits. I also felt a bit proud of myself because someone (my cousin) thought that it was actually worth asking a person like me for some advice, no matter how important or generic the advice really was.   Sample Answer 2: In our life, we often give advises to others in times when we feel that’s necessary. This is a basic human nature to give advice and share thoughts with others. I gave several pieces of advice to others, mostly to my friends and relatives, and one such advice I still remember and feel good about was the one that I gave to one of my classmates when I was in the college. I advised him to continue his study no matter what. The friend whom I gave advice was (…say a name…) and I talked to him for more than 3 hours. He one day told me that he had been planning to quit college and get involved in some kind of job to support his family. That was, in my opinion, a very wrong decision as it would ruin every possibility he has in his career and he would have to work on low-level jobs for the rest of his life. I advised him not to drop out of college and study hard. I showed him some of the examples where others are supporting their family even after continuing their study. I told him that it would be very tough and sometimes you would feel like abandoning the college but don’t even think of doing it. I also advised him to manage any part-time job in the local library or to talk to our teacher about his condition. After a few days, he told me that he had given some serious thought about it and won’t quit college. I felt overwhelmed and happy to hear that. He talked to our course teachers and one of the teachers arranged him a part-time job. He was happy and he finally finished his graduation from one of the prestigious universities of our country. Now he is working in a respectable government office and he is still grateful to me for the advice I gave him. I felt very well when I found him continuing his study and in fact, he was a bright student. I still feel very glad to be able to give him a piece of advice that proved to be very helpful for him.   Similar Cue Card Topics Your ability to talk about this Cue Card would enable you to talk about the following Cue Cards as well: Describe a conversation you have had recently. Describe an event when you gave a suggestion to someone. Describe an idea/ advice or plan you shared with someone. Describe an advice someone gave to you.
Describe
a
piece
of
advice
you
gave
to
someone
. You should say: what it was about whom you
advised
when it was and
explain
how you
felt
about it.
 
Model Answer 1:

I never
really
considered myself to be in a position to provide any
kind
of
advice
to anybody. In
fact
, it always would be the
other
way around
because
many
times, it was
actually
me who needed
advice
from
other
people
.
So
, when my one of my junior
cousins
asked me about whether to
join
a
football
club
or not about 10 years ago from
now
, I
felt
pretty dumb
because
I
just
didn’t know what to suggest.

But
, then I gathered my
thoughts
(as I didn’t want to look stupid in front of my junior
cousin)
and
told
him that he should have
joined
the
football
club
.
Needless to say
, it was for the
first
time that I
actually
gave
someone
a
piece
of real
advice
.
But
, after giving that
advice
to my
cousin
, I became a bit worried and nervous,
because
I
just
didn’t know how my
uncle
would react to it. In
fact
, when I
also
showed
some
interest in playing any
kind
of sports in the past, my
uncle
vehemently
opposed the
idea
since, according to him, it would jeopardize my
study
and education.

So
,
naturally
, I
thought
that my
uncle
wouldn’t exactly
favour
my
advice
as far as the issue of telling his son to
join
a
football
club
was concerned
.
But
, I
also
prepared myself to argue with my
uncle
, should he demand
some
kind
of explanation from me on offering the
advice
.
But
, then, to my pleasant surprise, nothing of that sort
really
took place. In
fact
, my
uncle
actually
asked me to find a
good
football
club
for his son
so
that he could practice
some
good
football.

Anyway
,
even though
, I was
initially
nervous about giving that
advice
to my
cousin
, I
felt
really
good
later on
because
,
after all
, my
uncle
had
finally
understood the value of getting involved with
different
kinds
of sports for health benefits. I
also
felt
a bit proud of myself
because
someone
(my
cousin)
thought
that it was
actually
worth asking a person like me for
some
advice
, no matter how
important
or generic the
advice
really
was.
 
Sample Answer 2:

In our life, we
often
give advises to others in times when we
feel
that’s necessary. This is a basic human nature to give
advice
and share
thoughts
with others. I
gave
several
pieces
of
advice
to others,
mostly
to my friends and relatives, and one such
advice
I
still
remember and
feel
good
about was the one that I
gave
to one of my classmates when I was in the college.

I
advised
him to continue his
study
no matter what. The friend whom I
gave
advice
was (…say a name…) and I talked to him for more than 3 hours. He one day
told
me that he had been planning to quit college and
get
involved in
some
kind
of
job
to support his family. That was, in my opinion, a
very
wrong
decision as it would ruin every possibility he has in his
career and
he would
have to
work on low-level
jobs
for the rest of his life. I
advised
him not to drop out of college and
study
hard
. I
showed
him
some of the
examples where others are supporting their family even after continuing their
study
.
I
told
him that it would be
very
tough and
sometimes
you would
feel
like abandoning the college
but
don’t even
think
of doing it.
I
also
advised
him to manage any part-time
job
in the local library or to talk to our teacher about his condition.

After a few days, he
told
me that he had
given
some
serious
thought
about it and won’t quit college. I
felt
overwhelmed and happy to hear that. He talked to our course teachers and one of the teachers arranged him a part-time
job
. He was
happy and
he
finally
finished his graduation from one of the prestigious universities of our country.
Now
he is working in a respectable
government
office and
he is
still
grateful to me for the
advice
I
gave
him. I
felt
very
well
when I found him continuing his
study
and in
fact
, he was a bright student. I
still
feel
very
glad to be able to give him a
piece
of
advice
that proved to be
very
helpful for him.
 
Similar Cue Card Topics Your ability to talk about this Cue Card would enable you to talk about the following Cue Cards as
well
:
Describe
a conversation you have had recently.
Describe
an
event
when you
gave
a suggestion to
someone
.
Describe
an
idea
/
advice
or plan you shared with
someone
.
Describe
an
advice
someone
gave
to you.
14Linking words, meeting the goal of 7 or more
111Repeated words, meeting the goal of 3 or fewer
12Mistakes

IELTS speaking Describe a piece of advice you gave to someone. v. 1

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  American English
8 paragraphs
814 words
5.5
Overall Band Score
Coherence and Cohesion: 5.5
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Lexical Resource: 5.5
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Grammatical Range: 5.5
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Task Achievement: 5.0
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