Band 6: describe someone who you think is similar to you (User-Submitted IELTS Speaking Answer)

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My family member that I would like to cherish is my father. He's not very famous, nor does he deal with any very specific issues, but I could say I am really like him because I think most people, whenever they see us, always say that. The more I get older, the more I realize that I have a lot of characteristics that are a bit like him. For example, he doesn't like to talk too much. He prefers to be alone and usually stays at home. He only goes out whenever he needs to do something, but typically he stays at home. People sometimes say that he is a little bit sketchy because he doesn't like to have a lot of friends, so he's not like other people. But I think that is not bad because as people get older, they prefer a quiet life. So I think my father is like that. I believe I am quite like him because of this characteristic. Sometimes I don't really...

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My family members that I would like to cherish my father. He’s not very famous or do and or he doesn’t do any very specific issues but I could say I am really like him because I think most of the people whenever they see us they always say that. And the more I get older, the more I realize that I have a lot of characters, characters that are a bit like me. For example, she doesn’t like to talk too much. He prefers to be alone and he always stays at home. Because he only goes out whenever he needs to do something. But usually he only stays at home. And the people sometimes say that he is a little bit sketched because he doesn’t like to have a lot of friends. So it’s not like other people. But I think that is not bad because whenever people get old they prefer quiet life. So I think my father is like that. I think I am quite like him because of this character. and sometime I don’t really…

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Describe your favourite work of art. You should say: -what the work of art is -when you first saw it -what it looks like and explain why you like this work of art.

Describe a piece of good advice you received. You should say: - Who gave you the advice - When you received it - What the advice was And explain why you think it was good advice.

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