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Describe someone you know who does something well. v.1

Describe someone you know who does something well. v. 1
Describe someone you know who does something well. You should say: who this person is how you know this person what he/she does well and explain why you think this person is so good at doing this. [You will have to talk about the topic for one to two minutes. You have one minute to think about what you’re going to say. You can make some notes to help you if you wish. ]   Model Answer 1: I am lucky to have some great people in my circle of friends and acquaintances who are successful both in their personal and professional life.   Some of them even take pride in their works since they do them (their works) really well, and I am going to share the story of one such person, whom I have known for a long time. This person is none other than the father of one of my high school friends who I have known for more than 10 years.   The person, I am talking about, is a “Tailor” or a “Dressmaker” by profession.   He runs his tailor shop at a very prime location of our hometown, and as far as I remember, I have never seen a dull moment at his shop because people from all over the town visit his shop to get their dresses made just the way they prefer. Initially, I thought that most people visit his shop to make their dresses because he would charge them less money for making them, but I was later proved out to be wrong when I found out that they visit him also because he is really good at his works.   Of course, one of the great characteristics of this person is that he personally gets involved with every detail of the works of his employees and subordinates so that there is no room for errors.   Besides, I have seldom seen him missing his work except when he is really sick. In fact, I have found him to be working even on public holidays sometimes. Anyway, I think that this person is really good at doing what he does, mainly because I have never heard any complaints from any of his customers about his quality of works.   Besides, the fact that so many people from in and outside of our city visit him on a daily basis to get all kinds of dresses done, be them for male, female, children or professional, goes to prove the fact that he is really good at his tailoring job.   Sample Answer 2: Ms Nefertiti teaches art and painting at a local school in Alexandria. She is also a prominent painter and able to paint anything she wants or her students ask for. She believes painting is her silence of thought and music of sight. Completing her post-graduation from Paris, she returned to Egypt and been engaged in teaching art, painting drawing cartoons etc. Besides, she is smart and intelligent. This is an outstanding cue card and I love the questions. Here go the remaining answers. I first met with Ms Nefertiti at the school of Ubaid, my son. I went to bring him back home and found her waiting. She wanted to talk to me about some issues of Ubaid. She informed me about the potentials of my boy in the painting. She told me that Ubaid creates with heart. Painting is a voyage and my son could be a great sailor here someday. She is highly skilled in painting contemporary issues. Even she is engaged with a local newspaper where she draws cartoons. She is a young lady with painting in her heart and mind. I have seen some of the paintings of this lady and got amazed. She expresses her thoughts in painting beautifully and selects out of the box themes. Each of her paintings carries a message for her audience. After years of practice, she mastered painting. Before starting to teach painting at the school, she arranged exhibitions with her painting. Luckily I had the chance to visit one of such exhibitions. Undoubtedly those were some masterpieces. Her vision in mind makes her outstanding than other painters. She imitates what she thinks and so the paintings are stunning. She also takes less time to paint for her strong imagination skill. For all the reasons, I think she is good at painting.      More Ideas to help you prepare your own answer: Cue Card Topic: Describe someone you know who does something well. 1. Mr Robert is a middle-aged man and my neighbour here in London. As I rented the house a few months ago, I invited some of my neighbours and met him there. He has an extraordinary decision-making skill that is scarce among many ordinary people. In fact, he takes the right decision at the right time and I believe his past experiences of visiting different places makes great stories. 2. My meeting with Samuel was a miracle indeed. I was in trouble with a math problem at my university in San Francisco, and he appeared like an angel. Actually, he is very good at math and can solve almost all types of problems related to mathematical issues. I do believe that there are some people who are gifted and he was one of them. I have never seen someone before to solve mathematical problems so fast. 3. I needed some idea for my project and meet with Mr Nero. He was our art teacher here at the university in Paris. I met him around two years ago when I got admitted to this university. He is a creative thinker. He can think extraordinarily and brings the best of them. Mr Nero has been performing the role of art and craft instructor and has gained huge experience in this field and he is highly capable to provide creative solutions. 4. After completing the analysis on an economic topic to be published in a local newspaper in China, I wanted to check the content and met with Dr Jian. He is the associate professor at my university and loves me much for my inquisitive nature. He has a great skill in critical thinking and an outstanding analytical ability. So, I sought support from him and he extended his helping hand. He is good at critical thinking because he always keeps himself busy in research and studies. 5. It was a nice evening when I went to a musical event. Ms Samira was the key attraction there. She sings Arabic songs beautifully. I came to know about her form a friend of mine who runs such musical events across the UAE. She is exceptional in singing songs in Arabic language and being a native Arab, it sounds very well. I also was informed that she had been singing since her childhood. So, she was good at the job. 6. Inter-personal skills are not available at present among many people but Mr Xioam appeared different. He is very good at building nice inter-personal skills. I met him at a conference here in Malaysia. He attended the conference in Japan. He speaks very well and knows how to influence others. In fact, he is a public relation officer for his company headquartered in Tokyo and needs to deal with different types of professionals.   Your preparation for this cue card topic would help you talk about the following cue card topics as well: 1. Describe a good person you know personally. 2. Describe a person who helps others. 3. Describe a good neighbour you often meet with. 4. Describe one of your family members whom you admire. 5. Describe a person who is famous in your area. 6. Describe a political leader who does good things for others. 7. Describe someone you know who can do something mentionable.
Describe
someone
you
know
who
does
something
well
. You should say:
who
this
person
is how you
know
this
person
what he/she
does
well
and
explain
why you
think
this
person
is
so
good
at doing this. [You will
have to
talk about the
topic
for one to two minutes. You have one minute to
think
about what you’re going to say. You can
make
some
notes to
help
you if you wish.
]
 
Model Answer 1:

I am lucky to have
some
great
people
in my circle of friends and acquaintances
who
are successful both in their personal and professional life.
 
Some
of them even take pride in their works since they do them (their works)
really
well
, and I am going to share the story of one such
person
, whom I have known for a long time.

This
person
is none
other
than the father of one of my high
school
friends
who
I have known for more than 10 years.
 
The
person
, I am talking about, is a “Tailor” or a “Dressmaker” by profession.
 
He runs his tailor
shop
at a
very
prime location of our hometown, and as far as I remember, I have never
seen
a dull moment at his
shop
because
people
from all over the town
visit
his
shop
to
get
their dresses made
just
the way they prefer.

Initially
, I
thought
that most
people
visit
his
shop
to
make
their dresses
because
he would charge them less money for making them,
but
I was later proved out to be
wrong
when I found out that they
visit
him
also
because
he is
really
good
at his works.
 
Of course
, one of the
great
characteristics of this
person
is that he
personally
gets
involved with every detail of the works of his employees and subordinates
so
that there is no room for errors.
 
Besides
, I have seldom
seen
him missing his
work
except when he is
really
sick. In
fact
, I have found him to be working even on public holidays
sometimes
.

Anyway
, I
think
that this
person
is
really
good
at doing what he
does
,
mainly
because
I have never heard any complaints from any of his customers about his quality of works.
 
Besides
, the
fact
that
so
many
people
from in and
outside of
our city
visit
him on a daily basis to
get
all kinds of dresses done, be them for male, female, children or professional, goes to prove the
fact
that he is
really
good
at his tailoring job.
 
Sample Answer 2:

Ms Nefertiti teaches
art
and
painting
at a local
school
in Alexandria. She is
also
a prominent painter and able to paint anything she wants or her students
ask for
. She believes
painting
is her silence of
thought
and music of sight. Completing her post-graduation from Paris, she returned to Egypt and
been engaged
in teaching
art
,
painting
drawing cartoons etc.
Besides
, she is smart and intelligent. This is an outstanding
cue
card
and I
love
the questions. Here go the remaining answers.

I
first
met
with Ms Nefertiti at the
school
of
Ubaid
, my son. I went to bring him back home and found her waiting. She wanted to talk to me about
some
issues of
Ubaid
. She informed me about the potentials of my boy in the
painting
.
She
told
me that
Ubaid
creates with heart.
Painting
is a voyage and my son could be a
great
sailor here someday.

She is
highly
skilled in
painting
contemporary issues. Even she
is engaged
with a local newspaper where she draws cartoons. She is a young lady with
painting
in her heart and mind. I have
seen
some of the
paintings
of this lady and
got
amazed. She expresses her thoughts in
painting
beautifully
and selects out of the box themes. Each of her
paintings
carries a message for her audience.

After years of practice, she mastered
painting
.
Before
starting to teach
painting
at the
school
, she arranged exhibitions with her
painting
. Luckily I had the chance to
visit
one of such exhibitions.
Undoubtedly
those were
some
masterpieces. Her vision in mind
makes
her
outstanding
than
other
painters. She imitates what she
thinks
and
so
the
paintings
are stunning. She
also
takes less time to paint for her strong imagination
skill
. For all the reasons, I
think
she is
good
at
painting
.
    
More
Ideas
to
help
you prepare your
own
answer:
Cue
Card
Topic
:
Describe
someone
you
know
who
does
something
well
. 1. Mr Robert is a middle-aged
man
and my
neighbour
here in London. As I rented the
house
a few months ago, I invited
some
of my
neighbours
and
met
him there. He has an extraordinary decision-making
skill
that is
scarce among
many
ordinary
people
. In
fact
, he takes the
right
decision at the
right
time and I believe his
past experiences
of visiting
different
places
makes
great
stories.

2. My meeting with Samuel was a miracle
indeed
. I was in trouble with a math problem at my
university
in San Francisco, and he appeared like an angel.
Actually
, he is
very
good
at math and can solve almost all types of problems related to mathematical issues. I do believe that there are
some
people
who
are
gifted and
he was one of them. I have never
seen
someone
before
to solve mathematical problems
so
fast
.

3.
I
needed
some
idea
for my project and
meet
with Mr Nero. He was our
art
teacher here at the
university
in Paris. I
met
him around two years ago when I
got
admitted to this
university
. He is a creative thinker. He can
think
extraordinarily
and brings the best of them. Mr Nero has been performing the role of
art
and craft instructor and has gained huge experience in this
field and
he is
highly
capable to provide creative solutions.

4. After completing the analysis on an economic
topic
to
be published
in a local newspaper in China, I wanted to
check
the content and
met
with Dr
Jian
. He is the associate professor at my
university
and
loves
me much for my inquisitive nature. He has a
great
skill
in critical thinking and an outstanding analytical ability.
So
, I sought support from
him and
he extended his helping hand. He is
good
at critical thinking
because
he always
keeps
himself busy in research and studies.

5. It was a nice evening when I went to a musical
event
. Ms
Samira
was the key attraction there. She sings Arabic songs
beautifully
. I came to
know
about her form a friend of mine
who
runs such musical
events
across the UAE. She is exceptional in singing songs in Arabic language and being a native Arab, it sounds
very
well
. I
also
was informed
that she had been singing since her childhood.
So
, she was
good
at the job
.

6. Inter-personal
skills
are not available at present among
many
people
but
Mr
Xioam
appeared
different
. He is
very
good
at building nice inter-personal
skills
. I
met
him at a conference here in Malaysia. He attended the conference in Japan. He speaks
very
well
and
knows
how to influence others. In
fact
, he is a public relation officer for his
company
headquartered in Tokyo and needs to deal with
different
types of professionals.
 
Your preparation for this
cue
card
topic
would
help
you talk about the following
cue
card
topics
as
well: 1
.
Describe
a
good
person
you
know
personally
.

2.
Describe
a
person
who
helps
others.

3.
Describe
a
good
neighbour
you
often
meet
with.

4.
Describe
one of your family members whom you admire.

5.
Describe
a
person
who
is
famous
in your area.

6.
Describe
a political leader
who
does
good
things for others.

7.
Describe
someone
you
know
who
can do something mentionable.
13Linking words, meeting the goal of 7 or more
168Repeated words, meeting the goal of 3 or fewer
38Mistakes

IELTS speaking Describe someone you know who does something well. v. 1

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  American English
21 paragraphs
1308 words
5.5
Overall Band Score
Coherence and Cohesion: 5.5
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    Vary your linking phrases using synonyms
Lexical Resource: 5.0
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  • Check your work for spelling and word formation mistakes
Grammatical Range: 5.5
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Task Achievement: 5.0
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