Band 7: Describe a happy person you know. You should say who this person is how you know this person how he/she shows happiness and explain why you consider him/her to be a happy (User-Submitted IELTS Speaking Answer)

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Sometimes I envy him and then think about how possibly he can be so happy in life. I even ask him about the secret to his peace, but he doesn't answer. Instead, he simply laughs it off, which sometimes leads me to believe that there is perhaps no secret to happiness. Well, the person I envy is none other than one of my best childhood friends, whom I have known for about 10 years since the days we were in high school. Yes, he is indeed one of the happiest persons I have ever seen in my life, who thinks that being happy and remaining happy is a very easy thing to do. And perhaps that's why he can always put a smile on his face, no matter what the circumstances are. But he doesn't exactly express his happiness in the same way. For example, if he hears a piece of good news from anybody, he thanks them after giving the person a lot of good advice, charmingly and convincingly. In fact, he talks to the good news bearer in such a way that the person becomes more important than the news they are delivering. He also likes to express his happiness by giving gifts, whether small or big, to his family and friends, even when there are no occasions for it. Besides, when he feels happy, he also becomes very animated, sometimes laughing out loud or jumping in the air. His happiness is also expressed in the way he always talks to other people in a very positive and inspiring manner. I consider him to be a very happy person primarily because I have never seen him with a sad face. If a person tries to find happiness in every little thing in the world, there is no other option but to consider him a very happy and positive person. Finally, I consider him to be a very, very happy person because I have never seen him get mad at another person, even when there is a reason for him to be angry.

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Sometimes I envy him and then think about how possibility he can be so happy in life. I even ask him about the sacred to his peace but he doesn’t answer. Instead he just simply laughs away which sometimes leads me to believe that there is a perhaps no sacred to happiness. Well, the person I envy is none other than one of my best childhood friends whom I have known for about 10 years since the days we were going to high school. Yes, he is indeed one of the happiest persons I have ever seen in my life who thinks that being happy and remaining happy is very easy thing to do. And perhaps that’s why he can always put smile on his face no matter what the circumstances are. But he doesn’t exactly express his happiness in the same way. For example, if he hears a piece of good news from anybody, he thanks him or her after giving the person a lot of good advice, charming and convincingly. In fact, he talks to the good news bearer in such a way that he person becomes the more important person than the news he or she is delivering. He also likes to express his happiness by giving a gift, be it small or big to his families and friends, like even when there are no occasions for it. Besides, when he feels happy, he also becomes very animated sometimes either by laughing out loudly or jumping in the air. His happiness is expressed also in a way he always talks to other people in a very positive and inspiring manner. In a way, I consider him to be a very happy person primarily because I have never seen him with sad face. Besides this, if a person tries to find happiness in every little thing in the world, there is no other option but to consider him as a very happy and positive person. Finally, I consider him to be a very, very happy person because I have never seen him getting mad at another person even when there is a reason for him to be angry.

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