1- a situation when you waited for a bus or a train 2- a challenging profession you know about

 
If you can talk about the cue card topic 
"Describe a friend who has played an 
important part in your life."
you should be able to talk about the following 
IELTS cue card topics as well: 
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Describe a person who has a great influence in your life.
x
Describe your best friend.
x
Describe a friend who you like to spend time with.
x
Describe one of your friends.
x
Describe a friend you know for a long.
x
Describe a person who helped you a lot.
x
Describe one of your college friends. 
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Describe a person who has a great leadership quality.
x
Describe a friend you really like.
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Describe one of your friends who you like a lot.
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Describe someone who is similar to you. 
Describe a long car journey you went on.
 
You should say:
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where you went 
x
how long it took 
x
who you went there with 
and explain why you went on that journey by car.
[You will have to talk about the topic for one to two minutes. You have one 
minute to think about what you're going to say. You can make some notes to 
help you if you wish.]
Model Answer 1:
One of my best friends, Robert Jenkinson, lives in India and got married there 
in last summer in Indian style. So, we had to attend his marriage and it was a 
long journey for me by a car after I landed in India. 
Robert initially decided to marry his beloved in the Bengali style and hired a 
venue in Kolkata. Accordingly, I reached Kolkata by a flight from Greece. I had 
to attend the ceremony as he insisted and sent me tickets for the travel. In 

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fact, I also did not want to miss the chance to meet my friend after a long time. 
He left Greece to New Delhi about ten years ago aiming to establish himself as 
a renowned film director. He has been trying to establish himself as a good 
director in India and has made a couple of short films in the beginning before 
starting a large-scale movie. So, he needs more time to get set there. But due 
to some unavoidable reasons, he shifted the venue to The Majestic Court in 
New Delhi. After landing in Kolkata, it took about over 30 hours for me to 
reach the destination. The destination was 1462 kilometres away from Kolkata. 
But the journey was comfortable for me as Robert arranged a car for me that 
carried me to New Delhi. 
It took over a day and night for me to reach New Delhi. The distance is huge 
from Kolkata. I proposed Robert that I should catch a train but he did not allow 
and arranged for the car. The journey was outstanding. It was a large four-
seated sedan car. The car started the journey from Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose 
International Airport in Kolkata in India, the airport was known as Dum Dum 
Airport. The car started the journey at 8am sharp, though I touched the land at 
6.30 and had spent the time outside the airport building to get familiar with 
the area. I have never been to West Bengal in my life. I did not have the idea 
about the distance and when I came to know about that, I bought few thrillers 
from the books stalls in the airport. 
I was all alone in the car except the driver. It was an exciting journey for me 
but in the night time, I had nothing to do except watching movies on my 
laptop. But I met many of my friends in New Delhi who came to attend the 
marriage ceremony of Robert and Angelina. The journey from Kolkata to New 
Delhi will stay in my mind for longer days. The journey was interesting. Robert 
assigned a native driver who was familiar with the road networks of Kolkata 
and New Delhi. He drove the car skillfully and took me at the marriage venue 
about half an hour before the commencement. The driver’s company was 
enjoyable indeed. He did not ask many questions like the others did when I got 
down from the aeroplane. Rather he assisted me in almost every aspect and 
took care of me. 
Robert is a man of words and very punctual as long as I know him, and never 
have found that he is missing his appointments and promises. He always tries 
to be perfect and also desires that everyone should be the same with him. 
Later, I came to know that he shifted the venue to New Delhi in the same date 
as the venue in Kolkata was not fully prepared to hold the event. The venue 
authority informed him that they cannot hold the marriage on the desired style 

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on the due date as they would have to remain busy for their religious 
purposes. Accordingly, he shifted the venue in New Delhi. I was not the only 
man who went to New Delhi, there were some other invited guests also had to 
move to New Delhi but the hours were not the same. As it was inconvenient 
for me to travel in a foreign country and alone, Robert arranged the car with 
the thought of my comfort. I am obliged with his cordiality, indeed.