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Describe someone who is your online friend. v.1

Describe someone who is your online friend. v. 1
Describe someone who is your online friend. You should say: who is he/she how you know him/her how long you two are friends and explain how you two maintain your online friendship. [You will have to talk about the topic for one to two minutes. You have one minute to think about what you are going to say. You can make some notes to help you if you wish. ]   Model Answer 1: If anybody were to ask me to name the “eighth” wonder of the world, I certainly would have said the invention of the internet. In fact, it is almost impossible to imagine a world without the internet because it allows us to do so many things, from buying the most favourite gift for my nephew’s birthday to selling my antique and ancient watch, and from posting a unique story to making friends online. Talking about making online friends, I actually have been lucky to meet a few of them, but “Rachel” seems to be the special one among them, whom I met for the first time about 5 years ago on an English language learning forum. To introduce Rachel, she lives in Canada, and she is an ESL (English as a Second Language) teacher. Before 5 years, she also happened to be a regular contributor on an English language learning forum online where I also used to take part on a regular basis in order to learn English quickly and easily. And, luckily, Rachel also used to take all the pain to answer my questions in a very fluent but kind manner. In fact, it wouldn’t be an exaggeration to suggest that it is because of Rachel’s efforts and kindness that I have become a bit more proficient in using English Language today. Anyway, today, I am not only a good fan of Rachel because of her great linguistic abilities, even though she doesn’t show up on that language forum that regularly, but also a good online friend. In fact, as a good online friend, I email to her almost regularly about my life, profession and family, as well as about the other fun things that go on with my life. I also post regular travel update on her messenger services since she likes to learn about the beautiful places of my country. Finally, we also exchange different kinds of online gift cards on different occasions and festivals of our countries. All in all, I am so glad and grateful that I found a great online friend like Rachel.   Sample Answer 2: To be honest, I have many online friends and selecting someone to talk about for this cue card topic was a bit tough for me. Many of my online friends stay far away and I have never met a few of them. This candidate task card reminds me of Julia, who is a good online friend of mine. She lives in Sweden and I have never met her. Julia is around  27 years old and a British citizen. She is doing her post-graduation at a Swedish university. She became my friend on LinkedIn, which is a networking website for professionals. After that, we became Facebook and Twitter friends. It would be more than 4 years ago when we first time got connected online and learned about each other on LinkedIn. However, I would say, we became friends a year later. Thus we are online friendship for over three years. We often email each other, exchange greeting cards & gifts and update our life events. Since we both have a similar educational background and many common interests, we have many interesting and exciting topics to discuss. We often chat online and both of us follow each other on Facebook. With time, we have become reliable friends. I frequently get lengthy emails from her which describe everything she is up to. Last month I sent her a gift that she liked very much. I think common interests, similar mindset and regular communication keep our friendship alive. Even though we have never met each other, our friendship means a lot to both of us. Digital friendship often lacks the commitment, feelings and reciprocal respects that most of the real-life friends have, but I never feel it in my friendship with Julia.   She means as much any of my friends means to me. I am not sure how this online friendship would go on in the future but at present, Julia is a good friend of mine who cares for me and value our friendship.   Sample Answer 3: The human being cannot live alone - it's imprinted in their genetic code and they are born to socialise and have friends. But with the passage of time, the socialisation process has turned virtual to a certain extent and people are utilising different online applications and platforms to maintain their relationships. Hence, the number of online friends we have is on the rise and I am really happy to talk about one of my online friends to you. I have a good number of online friends all over the world and among them, I communicate with Alexander Kir more often than others. He is a teacher and lives in Saint Petersburg in Russia with his family. His profile picture on Facebook depicts that he is getting ready for skiing with his daughter. He is really a good friend of mine and we often chat with each other. I know all of his family members through the pictures he shared on his Facebook timeline. I have been maintaining our online friendship for the past two years. I am an architect in Vietnam. While browsing Facebook, one day I got a friend request from an unknown individual named Alexander Kir. I usually do not accept any unknown requests on Facebook. However, I later found that he was a student at the University of Edinburgh where I completed my graduation and post-graduation degrees. Since he was from the same university, I accepted his friend request. The friendship between us began in mid of 2016. But now we are good buddies. We regularly chat with each other and sometimes have video calls. Last Christmas, he made a video call where all of my family had a virtual get together with his family. In fact, distance is not a big issue with the prolific power of technology these days. Maintaining a virtual friendship is not always easy. In the real-life scenario, we meet each other to maintain and grow our friendship. But in virtual situations, it is not possible. But I think our friendship is going on because we have a mutual understanding between us. Alexander and I value our friendship and respect each other's opinion. This helps us maintain our online friendship even though we do not meet each other in person.   Topic: Describe someone who is your online friend. 1. Meeting George was an interesting event in my life. He lives in the USA and I live in India. We share a very good online friendship. And we have been maintaining the friendship for the past two years. I came to know him from Facebook while commenting on a certain page. Our friendship is based on chatting and passing times by voice calls using online media. But we cannot talk for as long as both of us are busy. So, we try to keep in touch through messaging most of the time. 2. Robert is my online friend and we have good bondage. He lives in the same city in Australia where I live. I knew him through Twitter. I really liked one of his Tweets and could not refrain from commenting on it. And the friendship grew since then. I met Robert in person last March and our friendship is around 10 months old. Since we are in the same city, we try to meet once in a while. But most of the time we are engaged in our social platforms. It is nice indeed to have a friend like him. 3. I feel lucky to have Nubia on my Facebook friend list. She is from Egypt and a really good person. I met her on Facebook last year. Since then, we are friends. Actually, I went to visit her social profile sensing it a fake one when she commented on a post I shared. And gradually, I found that I was wrong. She appeared to be introvert but possesses a good heart and compassion for others. I often chat with her online and also make voice calls. She loves commenting on my posts too and often posts hilarious comments. 4. The use of Twitter is not so much prevalent these days in our country but I met with Fukumi at this very platform. She is a Japanese young lady and is active in social events like me. I knew her from Twitter and we are using this social platform for a couple of years. We often chat using our Twitter accounts and share our updates. When we talked, she discussed her dreams to contribute to her nation’s development. I appreciated all of her initiatives when I learned about them. 5. My LinkedIn profile attracted attention from many quarters and I met with Harry there. He is a business professional in Malaysia and a good soul too. He asked me to join his company last year but I had to decline the offer for my current job. Since then, a sense of fellow-feeling has grown between us. To maintain online friendship, I often send him a message on his success. He also congratulates me when he read that I have done something good. And this has become a trend for us. Hope, someday I would meet him in person.   When you are ready to talk about this topic, you should be able to talk about other topics mentioned below: 1.   Talk about someone who became your friend recently. 2.  Describe a friend you have from another county.
Describe
someone
who
is your
online
friend
. You should say:
who
is he/she how
you know
him/her how long you two are
friends
and
explain
how you two
maintain
your
online
friendship
. [You will
have to
talk
about the
topic
for one to two minutes. You have one minute to
think
about what you are going to say. You can
make
some
notes to
help
you if you wish.
]
 
Model
Answer
1:

If anybody were to ask me to name the “eighth” wonder of the world, I
certainly
would have said the invention of the internet. In
fact
, it is almost impossible to imagine a world without the internet
because
it
allows
us to do
so
many
things, from buying the most
favourite
gift
for my nephew’s birthday to selling my antique and ancient
watch
, and from posting a unique story to making
friends
online.

Talking about making
online
friends
, I
actually
have been lucky to
meet
a few of them,
but
“Rachel” seems to be the special one among them, whom I
met
for the
first
time
about 5 years ago on an English
language
learning forum. To introduce Rachel, she
lives
in Canada, and she is an ESL (English as a Second
Language)
teacher.
Before
5 years, she
also
happened to be a
regular
contributor on an English
language
learning forum
online
where I
also
used
to
take part
on a
regular
basis in order to learn English
quickly
and
easily
. And, luckily, Rachel
also
used
to take all the pain to
answer
my questions in a
very
fluent
but
kind manner. In
fact
, it wouldn’t be an exaggeration to suggest that it is
because
of Rachel’s efforts and kindness that I have become a bit more proficient in using English
Language
today
.

Anyway
,
today
, I am not
only
a
good
fan of Rachel
because
of her great linguistic abilities,
even though
she doesn’t
show
up on that
language
forum that
regularly
,
but
also
a
good
online
friend
. In
fact
, as a
good
online
friend
, I email to her almost
regularly
about my
life
, profession and
family
, as
well
as about the
other
fun things that go on with my
life
. I
also
post
regular
travel update on her messenger services since she likes to learn about the
beautiful
places of my country.
Finally
, we
also
exchange
different
kinds of
online
gift
cards
on
different
occasions and festivals of our countries. All in all, I am
so
glad and grateful that I found a great
online
friend
like Rachel.
 
Sample
Answer
2:

To be honest, I have
many
online
friends
and selecting
someone
to
talk
about for this cue
card
topic
was a bit tough for me.
Many
of my
online
friends
stay far away and I have never
met
a few of them. This candidate task
card
reminds me of Julia,
who
is a
good
online
friend
of mine. She
lives
in Sweden and I have never
met
her.

Julia is around
 
27 years
old
and a British citizen. She is doing her post-graduation at a Swedish university. She
became
my
friend
on LinkedIn, which is a networking website for professionals. After that, we
became
Facebook and Twitter friends.

It would be more than 4 years ago when we
first
time
got
connected
online
and learned about each
other
on LinkedIn.
However
, I would say, we
became
friends
a
year
later.
Thus
we are
online
friendship
for over three years.

We
often
email each
other
, exchange greeting
cards
&amp
;
gifts
and update our
life
events
. Since we both have a similar educational background and
many
common interests, we have
many
interesting and exciting
topics
to discuss. We
often
chat
online
and both of us follow each
other
on Facebook. With
time
, we have become reliable
friends
. I
frequently
get
lengthy emails from her which
describe
everything she is up to. Last month I
sent
her a
gift
that she liked
very
much.

I
think
common interests, similar mindset and
regular
communication
keep
our
friendship
alive.
Even though
we have never
met
each
other
, our
friendship
means a lot to both of us. Digital
friendship
often
lacks the commitment, feelings and reciprocal respects that most of the real-life
friends
have,
but
I never feel it in my
friendship
with Julia.
 
She means as much any of my
friends
means to me. I am not sure how this
online
friendship
would go on in the future
but
at present, Julia is a
good
friend
of mine
who
cares for me and value our
friendship
.
 
Sample
Answer
3:

The human being cannot
live
alone
-
it's imprinted in their genetic
code and
they
are born
to
socialise
and have
friends
.
But
with the passage of
time
, the
socialisation
process has turned virtual to a certain extent and
people
are
utilising
different
online
applications and
platforms
to
maintain
their relationships.
Hence
, the number of
online
friends
we have is on the
rise and
I am
really
happy to
talk
about one of my
online
friends
to you.

I have a
good
number of
online
friends
all over the world and among them, I communicate with Alexander
Kir
more
often
than others. He is a teacher and
lives
in Saint Petersburg in Russia with his
family
. His profile picture on Facebook depicts that he is getting ready for skiing with his daughter. He is
really
a
good
friend
of
mine and
we
often
chat
with each
other
. I know all of his
family
members through the pictures he shared on his Facebook timeline. I have been maintaining our
online
friendship
for the past two years.

I
am an architect in Vietnam. While browsing Facebook, one day I
got
a
friend
request from an unknown individual named Alexander
Kir
. I
usually
do not accept any unknown requests on Facebook.
However
, I later found that he was a student at the University of Edinburgh where I completed my graduation and post-graduation degrees. Since he was from the same university, I
accepted
his
friend
request.

The
friendship
between us began in mid of 2016.
But
now
we are
good
buddies. We
regularly
chat
with each
other
and
sometimes
have video
calls
. Last Christmas, he made a video
call
where all of my
family
had a virtual
get
together with his
family
. In
fact
, distance is not a
big
issue with the prolific power of technology these days.

Maintaining a virtual
friendship
is not always easy. In the real-life scenario, we
meet
each
other
to
maintain
and grow our
friendship
.
But
in virtual situations, it is not possible.
But
I
think
our
friendship
is going on
because
we have a mutual understanding between us. Alexander and I value our
friendship
and respect each other's opinion. This
helps
us
maintain
our
online
friendship
even though
we do not
meet
each
other
in
person
.
 
Topic
:
Describe
someone
who
is your
online
friend
. 1. Meeting George was an interesting
event
in my
life
. He
lives
in the USA and I
live
in India. We share a
very
good
online
friendship
. And we have been maintaining the
friendship
for the past two years. I came to know him from Facebook while commenting on a certain page. Our
friendship
is based
on chatting and passing
times
by voice
calls
using
online
media.
But
we cannot
talk
for as long as both of us are busy.
So
, we try to
keep
in touch through messaging most of the
time. 2
. Robert is my
online
friend
and we have
good
bondage. He
lives
in the same city in Australia where I
live
. I knew him through Twitter. I
really
liked one of his Tweets and could not refrain from commenting on it. And the
friendship
grew since then. I
met
Robert in
person
last March and our
friendship
is around 10 months
old
. Since we are in the same city, we try to
meet
once in a while.
But
most of the
time
we
are engaged
in our
social
platforms
. It is nice
indeed
to have a
friend
like him.

3. I feel lucky to have Nubia on my Facebook
friend
list. She is from Egypt and a
really
good
person
. I
met
her on Facebook last
year
. Since then, we are
friends
.
Actually
, I went to visit her
social
profile sensing it a fake one when she commented on a
post
I shared. And
gradually
, I found that I was
wrong
. She appeared to be introvert
but
possesses a
good
heart and compassion for others. I
often
chat
with her
online
and
also
make
voice
calls
. She
loves
commenting on my
posts
too and
often
posts
hilarious comments.

4. The
use
of Twitter is not
so
much prevalent these days in our country
but
I
met
with
Fukumi
at this
very
platform
. She is a Japanese young lady and is active in
social
events
like me. I knew her from
Twitter and
we are using this
social
platform
for a couple of years. We
often
chat
using our Twitter accounts and share our updates. When we talked, she discussed her dreams to contribute to her nation’s development. I appreciated all of her initiatives when I learned about them.

5. My LinkedIn profile attracted attention from
many
quarters and I
met
with Harry there. He is a business professional in Malaysia and a
good
soul too. He asked me to
join
his
company
last
year
but
I had to decline the offer for my
current
job. Since then, a sense of fellow-feeling has grown between us. To
maintain
online
friendship
, I
often
send
him a message on his success. He
also
congratulates me when he read that I have done something
good
. And this has become a trend for us. Hope, someday I would
meet
him in
person
.
 
When you are ready to
talk
about this
topic
, you should be able to
talk
about
other
topics
mentioned below:

1.
 
Talk
about
someone
who
became
your
friend
recently.

2.  
Describe
a
friend
you have from another county.
22Linking words, meeting the goal of 7 or more
236Repeated words, meeting the goal of 3 or fewer
25Mistakes
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IELTS speaking Describe someone who is your online friend. v. 1

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