How to introduce yourself My close friend

Family and Friends Vocabulary from David Wills

DESCRIBE A CLOSE FRIEND

As with any IELTS speaking part 2 question, you need to look at the cue card and quickly analyse it – what exactly does it ask you to do? What are the important things to say?
Here’s how it might look:
Describe a close friend.
You should say:

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  how long you have known this person
  
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  how you met
  
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  what kind of person he/she is
  

and explain why you like him/her.
So clearly you must talk about the beginning of your friendship, as the first two points relate to this. Then you should describe their personality, and also what it is that you like about them. This is a great question, but it should be quite easy to answer. But first, let’s think about making notes.
I would personally look to make brief notes about meeting my friend and about his personality. I would be sure to jot down any good vocabulary that I might later forget, as well as a structure of the story of how we met. This can help me to keep my tenses in order. It might look like this:

Remember that you only have one minute to make notes, so keep them short. Don’t attempt to write any sentences in this time, as you won’t have time to finish.

DESCRIBE A FRIEND [GENERAL TOPIC]

It is important you read the cue card very carefully because there are often subtle ideas that can really impact how you give your answer. For example, we are talking about describing a friend but in this cue card it says “a close friend.” What if it was slightly different? Maybe you could talk about the same person… but it might not be possible. Here are some others:

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  Describe the person who was your best friend as a child.
  
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  Describe a friend that you rarely speak to now.
  

There are so many possibilities, including “describe an old friend” or “describe a friend you made in school.” You should make sure that you fully understand the cue card before you begin to plan your answer or else you might talk about something different. This could cause you to panic later.

HINTS AND TIPS FOR PART 2

The most important thing you need to remember is that you shouldn’t speak for less than 1 minute. In order to speak 1-2 minutes confidently, you must practice at home regularly. Use the timer on your phone, or a watch, to make sure you know how it feels to speak for that length of time. Pace yourself. Talk slowly and don’t panic. Nervous people tend to talk very quickly and you could easily find yourself running out of things to say in just 30 seconds! If that happens, you will repeat yourself and hesitate, and your score will be very low.

SAMPLE ANSWER – DESCRIBE A FRIEND

So here is my sample answer, in which I describe a close friend. There is a video below, in which I also answer this question, but I will do it off the top of my head, so the answer will be different to this: