Describe a family (not your own family) that you like
You should say:
- Where this family lives
- Who the members of the family are
- How you know them
and explain why you like this family.
What must we do to adequately answer this question? Well, we must first think of a family that we know and like. It must not be our own family (but it would be reasonable to choose another family that is related to us).
PLANNING THE ANSWER
Next, we must plan our answer so that we can give an impressive, coherent response to the cue card. For this part, I would suggest making a couple of notes but not too many. You cannot write much in one minute, so it is better just to make a couple of notes.
My notes would look like this:
- Organic farm
- Age difference
- Occupations
- Extended family
Try to just note down important words or ideas that you may forget. Do not attempt to write full sentences or else you will just waste your time.
SAMPLE ANSWER :
When I was younger, I travelled to America and stayed on a farm in California. This was my first time living and working abroad and I was lucky to stay with a really nice family during my time there. They owned the small, organic farm on which I lived and so I got to know them really well. The father was a really friendly man called Jim, who was probably in his early sixties at that time. He was the one who took care of most of the farm and he had hired me to work there, so I got to know him best and we spent many days together working in the fields.
Jim had a wife called Sarah, who was a little younger than him and quite different in personality. She was a tall, blonde woman who loved horses and she spent all of every day working in the barn and riding horses through the mountains nearby. She was a tough woman and not as friendly as Jim, but she was caring and decent in her own way. Although I did not get very close to her, she always looked out for me and I appreciated that.
Jim and Sarah had children from their previous marriages and so they had a lot of kids, but they mostly did not live at the farm with us. Jim’s daughters were grown up and lived in other parts of the country and Sarah’s boys were away at boarding school most of the time. Instead, there was a sort of extended family of farm workers and friends who lived around the property and helped out.
I really liked this family because they were very kind and generous, as well as interesting. I had never met anyone before that was quite like them. They were hard-working people and dedicated their lives to making the world a little better.
From : ted-ielts
