IELTS Speaking Part 2: IELTS Cue Card/ Candidate Task Card

Describe a person whom you recently met and liked

: You should say

when and where you met
what he/ she does
why you liked him/ her
and say whether you would like to spend more time with this person

: Sample Answer

Last year I joined a multinational bank and as an investment banker, I often meet new people. Rahul is a young IT professional and a great person whom I have recently met and liked. I would like to thank you for this great opportunity to talk about a person I have lately met and made a friendship with

It would be few months, 4 months to be more specific since I have first met Rahul. I met him in his office at Royal Street to discuss a loan he had applied for. This was strictly a professional visit to discuss the terms of the loan and investigate his company and type of business he runs. After we got introduced, I found him very friendly and amiable. He graduated from the same university from where I completed my MBA in 2014

Rahul is a website and online application developer who owns a medium-sized IT firm. He comes from a rich family and has chased a different dream than his forefathers. I liked him for his friendly behaviours, innovative thinking, bravery and the sense of humour. He is such a nice person that he invited me to meet his family members at a party his family arranged a month ago, though our friendship has just begun. The main reason I found him to be a good person and nice friend is his honesty and ethics. The loan he applied for is still under review. I know that he has some good connections and powerful family members who he could easily turn to for the quick approval of this loan. But he has never used any of his influences to get advantages. He wants to achieve things he really deserves as an individual, not as a privileged person. The IT firm he is running is entirely his personal dream and achievement. He told me that he had not even taken a single penny from his father while starting this business and this is, in fact, a great determination to chase his own dream and build things with his own ability. I simply revere this quality in him. The kind of determination he has shown so far is rare among young people in our country these days

I would definitely like to spend more time with him and enhance our friendship further. In fact, I consider him a good friend already. I would like to know more about his friends, business, future plan as well as other aspects as we expect to know about from our friends. I guess we become very calculative and choosy while making friends after a certain age and in my opinion, he is worthy to be a good friend of mine