Band 7: Describe a person who inspiredyou to do something interesting Who is this person What they inspired you to do How they inspired you How you feel (User-Submitted IELTS Speaking Answer)

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I know many people who have inspired me throughout my life. Today I am going to talk about a person who inspired me to do something interesting: my grandfather. I am a very introverted person and I struggle to communicate with people of different age groups. My grandfather is a very extroverted person and he can easily communicate with others. He is over 70 years old, but he enjoys the company of all kinds of people. On a daily basis, he spends quality time with his friends and family members. When I asked my grandfather how he is able to communicate so easily with people of different ages and enjoy their company, he gave me some tips. First of all, he taught me that whenever I start a conversation with others, I should find out their areas of interest and then talk about common topics such as shopping, food, and clothing. These are popular topics. Then I can easily communicate with others, and in this way, I can overcome my shyness and hesitation to communicate with different age groups. In this discussion, my grandfather motivated and inspired me, and he gave me a lot of tips. Now I feel very energetic and enthusiastic after a long discussion with my grandfather. It is no longer difficult for me to communicate with other people. I can communicate easily without any hesitation. So this is the person who motivated me to do something interesting.

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I know many persons who have inspired me throughout my life. Today I am going to talk about a person who inspired me to do something interesting is my grandfather. I am very introvert person and I cannot communicate with other kind of age group people. I am a bit struggle to communicate with others. My grandfather is very extrovert person and he can easily communicate with other people. He is above than 70 years old but he can enjoy the company of all kind of people. On daily basis he spends quality time with their friends and family member. When I have asked my grandfather how he is able to communicate very conveniently with other age group people and he enjoys other kinds of every kind of people’s company. Then he gave me some tips. First of all he taught me that whenever I start a conversation with other you have to find out the area of interest of people and then you can talk with the common liking topics such as shopping, food, clothing. These kinds of popular topics. Then you can easily communicate with other and then in this way you can overcome your shyness and hesitant to communicate with different age group of people. So in this discussion my grandfather motivated me and inspired me and they gave me a lot of tips. So now I feel very energetic and enthusiastic after a long discussion with my grandfather. Now it is not difficult for me to communicate with other people. I can communicate easily without any hesitant. So this is the person who motivated me to do something interesting.

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