IELTS Cue Card Sample 43

Describe one of your neighbours

You Should Say:

· When did you become neighbours?

· Do you often meet?

· State whether your neighbour is a good one

and explain why do you like/ dislike this neighbour

Follow-up Questions:

· What is the difference between neighbours and friends?

· How do you think of the relationship in the city?

· How to improve the neighbourhood?

Model Answer:
Mr. Andrew John (...use a common name of your country...) is one of the neighbours whom I like very much. Since I live in an urban area, people are close to each other and maintain a strong neighbourhood relationship unlike the metropolitan area.

In our neighbor, we know almost each and every people living there, what they do, what are their updates, what are their profession and their overall personality and characteristics as well. Mr. John's house is adjacent to ours and I meet him almost every day. Mr. John is a retired army person who is now around 50 years old. He lives in his house alone and I have never found his relatives visiting him except some old colleagues. He stays inside his house most of the time and in the evening he sits in the veranda. He is a quiet man and likes to read a lot. I have seen him coming to live in his house almost 5-6 years ago. He bought the house from our previous neighbour.

I had had several conversations with him and I often play chess with him. I like to read as well and our reading habit was the primary reason we started liking our accompany each other. I like and admire this man very much. Though at first impression he seems to be an arrogant person, but in reality he is an intelligent, calm, good-hearted and charming man. I have heard lots of stories from him. He has travelled to many different places and has lots of experience. Since I have become close to him, he refer me books that I mostly enjoy reading. He advises me whenever I seek for his guidance. He is sometimes a close friend, sometimes a mentor and sometimes a guardian. I like him because of our unclaimed friendship, his personality, honestly, morality and his great mind.

Tips for answering this cue card question:

To answer this cue card, visualize one of your neighbours whom you like or dislike. Now mention his/her name, profession, age, how long you know him/her, how often you meet, what you do together and what other people think about him/her.
If you mention that you like this neighbour, mention some good qualities s/he has, how s/he leads his/her life, how often you two meet or talk, what you do together, what are the good qualities s/he has, even mention 1-2 weakness s/he has. Then mention your personal reason if you admire him or not. Say why you think he is a good neighbour.

Some qualities of a good neighbour: Helpful, do not disturbs other, honest, maintain the social relationship of the community people, amiable and has a good personality, never does anything that can irritate the neighbours, loves the kids and respects the senior citizen, gives good advice if people seek for that, respects others, talented and helps other to make the community a better place to live in etc.

Some bad qualities of a bad neighbour: Shouts often, quarrels on silly issues, possesses a rude personality, not helpful at all, selfish, do not maintain a good relationship with other community people, does not even love kids, does not respect others, often use loud music at night, complaints a lot about everything, people in the community usually avoid him/ her etc.
Note the above points to describe a neighbour you like or dislike. While answering this cue card, if you can visualize a particular person from your community, it would help you talking in details about this cue card.

Your preparation for this cue card would help you answering the following cue cards as well:

1. Describe someone you admire.
2. Describe someone you dislike.
3. Talk about your idea of an ideal neighbour.
4. Describe an old person you know about.
5. Describe one of your irritating neighbours.
6. Describe a good citizen from your locality.
7. Describe a polite person you know.
8. Describe someone who you often play with.
9. Describe a talented person you know.
10. Describe one of your community members.
11. Describe an honest person from your locality.

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