Band 7: describe a person you know is very confident (User-Submitted IELTS Speaking Answer)

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Personality plays a major role in shaping a person's identity, and I have come across many individuals with different traits. Today I am going to talk about one person who is really confident. He is my best friend; his name is Noor, and we have known each other since childhood. One thing most important about him that I like the most is his confidence. He is always confident, determined, and passionate about his work. To exemplify, I am going to go back to our university days when we used to go together to our university. I remember a time when we were going together, and unfortunately, we got stuck in huge traffic congestion. Frankly speaking, I panicked, but he was really confident. He remained calm and assured me that we would reach on time. However, I was not sure. After a few minutes, as we got free from the traffic jam, he drove really fast, and as he promised, we reached on time and performed our exam really well. I think that is the most important thing about him that I like the most: he fulfills his promises. He is also very shy, but he is a really humorous person as well. To sum it up, I would say there are people with a lot of different personalities. Some are shy while others are really confident. Some are nervous, and others are outgoing and very extroverted. I think we should understand and appreciate these personalities as it will help us grow as individuals.

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Personality plays a major role in shaping persons identity and I have come across many individuals with different traits. Today I am gonna talk about one person who is really confident. He is my best friend, his name is Noor and we have known each other since our childhood. One thing most important about him that I like most is his confidence. He always means confident and determined and passionate about his work. To exemplify, I am gonna go back to our university days when we used to go together to our university and I remember a time when we were going together to our university and unfortunately we got stuck in huge traffic congestion. And frankly speaking I got panic but he was really confident and he remained calm and he assured me that we will reach on time. But I was not sure. After few minutes as we got free from traffic jam he drove really fast and as he promised we reached on time and we performed our exam really well. And I think that is the most important thing about him that I like most and as he fulfilled his promises and he is also very shy but he is really humorous person as well. To sum it up I would say there are people with a lot of different personalities. Some are shy while others are really confident. Some are you know nervous and others are outgoing and very extrovert person. So I think we should understand and appreciate these personalities as it will help us out to grow as an individual.

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