IELTS Speaking Part 2: IELTS Cue Card/ Candidate Task Card
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 the online friendship
: Sample Answer
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. I have many online friends who stay far away and I have never met a few of them. This candidate task card reminds me 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 in a Swedish university. She became my friend on LinkedIn, which is a networking website for professionals. After that, we became Facebook and Twitter friends
The first time we got connected online and learned about each other on LinkedIn would be more than 4 years ago. However, I would say, we became friends a year later. Thus our online friendship has elapsed around 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 to discuss. We often chat online and both of us follow each other on Facebook. With time, we have become good friends. I frequently get lengthy emails from her that 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 friendship has, 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 and value our friendship
