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Describe a relative/friend/family member who you think is similar to you. v.1

Describe a relative/friend/family member who you think is similar to you. v. 1
Describe a relative/friend/family member who you think is similar to you. You should say: who he/she is what he/she does what others think about him/her And explain how he/ she is similar to you. Sample Answer 1: Well, people often say that I have many striking resemblances with my elder brother John. If I have to choose someone whom I consider to be like me, I would also choose my brother John. His full name is Alfred John and he is 4 years senior to me. He is an architect and working as a project lead in a large international organisation for the last couple of years. His physical appearance, height, body structure and complexion are quite similar to mine. I can recall two/three events when a distant relative thought I was John. People often make this mistake especially when I wear formal dresses (like my brother most of the time does) and they look at me from a reasonable distance. Apart from the remarkable outer similarities between us, we have many common interests and similar ways of thinking. We like the same type of foods, music, movies and sports. We are in fact really good buddy when we play together or compete others. We have common interests like our passion for gardening, reading, travelling and collecting coins. We both love to learn new technologies and that makes us common minded. Sometimes he gives his opinion in many family & political issues that I find quite as the reflections of my thoughts. To my parents and others, he is a great human being and an example of an ideal son. Apart from my mother, others think that he is quite exceptionally brilliant! My mother still considers him as a fragile kid who needs here affection and advice to survive. I consider him as a brother only lucky people can have! To me, he is a friend, a mentor and an example in life. The most important similarity I wish to possess is the morality and kindness he has for others.   Sample Answer 2: Usually, kids look similar to their parents. Some of they might look like their father while some other like the mother. My relatives are on the view that I am almost a copy of my mother. She was the same as I am today in my 24. This is an important issue for me and in fact, I am really glad to have a chance to discuss this interesting topic. My mother is a middle-aged woman and she is a housewife. She is not that much healthy and maintains her diet chart perfectly. She also loves to listen to soft music and sing songs too in family functions. In her early life, she had spent the days in different parts of the world due to my grandfather’s profession as a diplomat. So, she is well familiar with different cultures and other issues. Besides, she knows several languages at the same time and learnt during her school days. She is very kind and generous to people. So, everyone loves my mom very much. Before getting married, she was a school teacher here in Thailand. My dad settled here from Taiwan and got married to my mom. After their marriage, mom had to give up her teaching profession. She had to give up her career to perfectly maintain the entire family. When my father settled down in Thailand with his business, he brought his other family members to reside permanently in Thailand. It was really a brave decision and my mom had to manage everything. Even in the present days, she is the key to everything at our home. She is the example of a perfect housewife. She takes care of every single member of the family, personally. She fixes the menu for the day, how many maids will work on the day, daily shopping, and much more. My mom is a quite popular figure in my entire family. She loves to socialize and knows very well how to entertain people. In fact, she entertains people with her heart and in returns, she wins their love. Everyone respects her for her benevolent nature and kindness. She also has a great impact on our neighbours. She moves forward in each of their needs. Since she has no other tasks other than maintaining the family, she gets enough time to help the neighbourhood. Many of them are dependent on my mom for her extraordinary intelligence. She can solve critical problems instantly. Moreover, with the charming attitude, she makes everyone as her fan. This is really fun to enjoy. Many of the people, familiar to my family, have said that I look like my mom. And this is true to many extents. My face has a similarity with my mom’s face. She had the similar robustness as I have today. My grandmother told me the stories of my mom. When she was in my age, she used to do the similar things. But she was a bit calm while I am a bit unstable in nature. I am similar not only with her in physical terms, I have a striking similarity of nature with my mom. For instance, my hobbies are similar to those that my mom had in my age. I enjoy music, movies, love reading books while the hobbies were the same for my mom. This is really a miracle for me and I am happy with the similarities with my mom indeed. I love my mom and consider her to be a great person. so when people, especially my relatives compare me with my mom, I feel happy about it. I wish I would be able to become as great as my mom is now! More Ideas to talk about this Cue Card/ Candidate Task Card topic: Topic: Describe a relative/friend/family member who you think is similar to you. 1. I do not know how it is possible but my friend Jim is almost similar to me. He is a college student here in New York and we both are in the same college. In fact, the teachers are often confused from a distance to identify whether I am Jim or not. We both have the similar height, weight and body complexion. Coincidentally, our faces also appear similar to an extent. This is really a wonder for me and everyone else. When we met first in the college two years ago, both of us were surprised seeing us. He loves reading books like me and we have the same taste in music as well.   2. My cousin Lita is similar to me. She is similar in the sense that we both share the same mental attitude. Both of us are perfectionists. Lita is a university student and senior to me by two and a half years. Other relatives wonder about the picky nature of us. In fact, they are too much irritated on the issue that Lita and I are too much compulsive. She dislikes traditional food of Indonesia as do I. Attention to every detail about everything is our special feature.   3. Robert is my maternal uncle and I have some striking similarities with him. He works for a multinational corporation in Thailand and comes to visit us once or twice to Australia, where I live in. Some of our relatives and friends are on the view that there are too many similarities between us in terms of nature and reactions to different events. He loves music and formed a band in his youth as I am doing exactly the same thing. In fact, they term me as the reflection of his past days. I am fond of adventure as he is.   4. My father is my icon and my family members and relatives say that I have become more like him. My father is a government employee here in Sri Lanka and a perfect gentleman in nature. My other siblings are just opposite to him while I am the perfect copy of my dad. My relatives said that they never saw him getting angry and they also see the feature in me. I think I have some other similarities with my dad. He loves to read books and I am a book lover too. Dad is also fond of sweetmeats and seems like I have inherited this as well!   5. My mom is my best friend and I have many similarities with her. She is a perfect housewife here in India. She is the example of how a woman can be perseverant in the present days. She is highly tolerant and cares for everyone in the family. Though I did not have the similar physique; I have similarity with her in terms of characteristics. I love to entertain guests and never get rude with the other family members like my mom. We also have similarities in nature – both of us love to help people.
Describe
a relative/friend/family
member
who
you
think
is
similar
to you. You should say:
who
he/she is what he/she does what others
think
about him/her And
explain
how he/ she is
similar
to you. Sample Answer 1:

Well
,
people
often
say that I have
many
striking resemblances with my elder
brother
John. If I
have to
choose someone whom I
consider
to be like me, I would
also
choose my
brother
John. His full name
is Alfred
John and
he is 4 years senior to me. He is an architect and working as a project lead in a large international
organisation
for the last couple of years. His physical appearance, height, body structure and complexion are
quite
similar
to mine. I can recall two/three
events
when a distant
relative
thought
I was John.
People
often
make
this mistake
especially
when I wear formal dresses (like my
brother
most of the time does) and they
look
at me from a reasonable distance. Apart from the remarkable outer
similarities
between us, we have
many
common interests and
similar
ways of thinking. We like the same type of foods,
music
, movies and sports. We are in
fact
really
good
buddy when we play together or compete others.
We
have common interests like our passion for gardening, reading, travelling and collecting coins.
We
both
love
to learn new technologies and that
makes
us common minded.
Sometimes
he gives his opinion in
many
family
&amp
; political
issues
that I find
quite
as the reflections of my thoughts. To my parents
and others
, he is a
great
human being and an
example
of an ideal son. Apart from my
mother
, others
think
that he is
quite
exceptionally
brilliant! My
mother
still
considers
him as a fragile kid
who
needs here affection and advice to survive. I
consider
him as a
brother
only
lucky
people
can have! To me, he is a
friend
, a mentor and an
example
in life. The most
important
similarity
I wish to possess is the morality and kindness he has for others.
 
Sample Answer 2:

Usually
, kids
look
similar
to their parents.
Some
of they might
look
like their
father
while
some
other
like the
mother
. My
relatives
are on the view that I am almost a copy of my
mother
. She was the same as I am
today
in my 24. This is an
important
issue
for me and in
fact
, I am
really
glad to have a chance to discuss this interesting topic.

My
mother
is a middle-aged
woman and
she is a housewife. She is not that
much
healthy and maintains her diet chart
perfectly
. She
also
loves
to listen to soft
music
and sing songs too in
family
functions. In her early life, she had spent the days in
different
parts of the world due to my grandfather’s profession as a diplomat.
So
, she is
well
familiar with
different
cultures and
other
issues
.
Besides
, she knows several languages at the same time and
learnt
during her school days. She is
very
kind and generous to
people
.
So
,
everyone
loves
my
mom
very
much.

Before
getting married, she was a school teacher here in Thailand. My
dad
settled here from Taiwan and
got
married to my
mom
. After their marriage,
mom
had to give up her teaching profession. She had to give up her career to
perfectly
maintain the entire
family
. When my
father
settled down in Thailand with his business, he brought his
other
family
members
to reside
permanently
in Thailand. It was
really
a brave decision and my
mom
had to manage everything. Even in the present days, she is the key to everything at our home. She is the
example
of a
perfect
housewife. She takes care of every single
member
of the
family
,
personally
.
She
fixes
the menu for the day, how
many
maids will work on the day, daily shopping, and
much
more.

My
mom
is a
quite
popular figure in my entire
family
. She
loves
to socialize and knows
very
well
how to entertain
people
. In
fact
, she entertains
people
with her heart and in returns, she wins their
love
.
Everyone
respects her for her benevolent
nature
and kindness. She
also
has a
great
impact on our
neighbours
. She
moves
forward in each of their needs. Since she has no
other
tasks
other
than maintaining the
family
, she
gets
enough
time to
help
the
neighbourhood
.
Many
of them are dependent on my
mom
for her extraordinary intelligence. She can solve critical problems
instantly
.
Moreover
, with the charming attitude, she
makes
everyone
as her fan. This is
really
fun to enjoy.

Many
of the
people
, familiar to my
family
, have said that I
look
like my
mom
. And this is true to
many
extents. My face has a
similarity
with my
mom’s
face. She had the
similar
robustness as I have
today
. My grandmother
told
me the stories of my
mom
. When she was in my age, she
used
to do the
similar
things.
But
she was a bit calm while I am a bit unstable in
nature
. I am
similar
not
only
with her in physical terms, I have a striking
similarity
of
nature
with my
mom
.
For instance
, my hobbies are
similar
to those that my
mom
had in my age. I enjoy
music
, movies,
love
reading
books
while the hobbies were the same for my
mom
. This is
really
a miracle for
me and
I am happy with the
similarities
with my
mom
indeed
. I
love
my
mom
and
consider
her to be a
great
person.
so
when
people
,
especially
my
relatives
compare me with my
mom
, I feel happy about it. I wish I would be able to become as
great
as my
mom
is
now
! More
Ideas
to talk about this Cue Card/ Candidate Task Card topic: Topic:
Describe
a relative/friend/family
member
who
you
think
is
similar
to you. 1. I do not know how it is possible
but
my
friend
Jim is almost
similar
to me. He is a college student here in New
York and
we both are in the same college. In
fact
, the teachers are
often
confused from a distance to identify whether I am Jim or not. We both have the
similar
height, weight and body complexion.
Coincidentally
, our faces
also
appear
similar
to an extent. This is
really
a wonder for me and
everyone
else. When we met
first
in the college two years ago, both of us
were surprised
seeing us. He
loves
reading
books
like
me and
we have the same taste in
music
as
well
.
 
2. My cousin
Lita
is
similar
to me. She is
similar
in the sense that we both share the same mental attitude. Both of us are perfectionists.
Lita
is a university student and senior to me by two and a half years.
Other
relatives
wonder about the picky
nature
of us. In
fact
, they are too
much
irritated on the
issue
that
Lita
and I are too
much
compulsive. She dislikes traditional food of Indonesia as do I. Attention to every detail about everything is our special feature.
 
3. Robert is my maternal uncle and I have
some
striking
similarities
with him. He works for a multinational corporation in Thailand and
comes
to visit us once or twice to Australia, where I
live
in.
Some
of our
relatives
and
friends
are on the view that there are too
many
similarities
between us in terms of
nature
and reactions to
different
events
. He
loves
music
and formed a band in his youth as I am doing exactly the same thing. In
fact
, they
term
me as the reflection of his past days. I am fond of adventure as he is.
 
4. My
father
is my icon and my
family
members
and
relatives
say that I have become more like him. My
father
is a
government
employee here in Sri Lanka and a
perfect
gentleman in
nature
.
My
other
siblings are
just
opposite to him while I am the
perfect
copy of my
dad
.
My
relatives
said that they never
saw
him getting
angry and
they
also
see
the feature in me. I
think
I have
some
other
similarities
with my
dad
. He
loves
to read
books and
I am a
book
lover too.
Dad
is
also
fond of sweetmeats and seems like I have inherited this as
well
!
 
5. My
mom
is my best
friend
and I have
many
similarities
with her. She is a
perfect
housewife here in India. She is the
example
of how a woman can be perseverant in the present days.
She
is
highly
tolerant and cares for
everyone
in the
family
. Though I did not have the
similar
physique; I have
similarity
with her in terms of characteristics. I
love
to entertain guests and never
get
rude with the
other
family
members
like my
mom
. We
also
have
similarities
in
nature
both of us
love
to
help
people
.
19Linking words, meeting the goal of 7 or more
200Repeated words, meeting the goal of 3 or fewer
30Mistakes

IELTS speaking Describe a relative/friend/family member who you think is similar to you. v. 1

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