Describe something kind that someone did for you – IELTS Cue Card

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Sample Answer 1

Kindness is a vital part of a person’s nature, especially in this day and age, where people tend to be more self-centred. There are times when an individual might be helpless and in need of assistance. In such situations, it is always important to show compassion and uplift others. An incident where another person was kind to me was when I was a pre-teenager and a stranger helped me out of a distressing situation. Although I never interacted with this person for a second time, he has remained in my good wishes.

This incident occurred when I was ten or eleven years old and went shopping with my mother. The place that we visited was a few train stations away from home. It was a particularly busy day, and the station was bustling with people. Amidst the crowd, I got stranded and separated from my mother. I remained at the spot where I lost my mother in the crowd and started to panic. Eventually, a train came into the station, and in a moment of confusion, I boarded the train, thinking my mother had done the same. After travelling a few stations in the wrong direction, I broke down, and the people on board asked me to get off the train after I had told them I was lost.

After I got off the train, I was in a completely unknown location. Helpless and in fear, I started walking in the direction I came from along the train tracks when this stranger who was also walking in the opposite direction noticed my panicked expression and asked me what was wrong. After hearing my plight, he took me to the railway police station and stayed there till my mother came to pick me up.

Although that day was one of the worst days of my life, I am forever grateful to that stranger because he is the reason I reunited with my mother after the terrible circumstances I had faced.

Sample Answer 2

The person was a friend of mine since we were young. Her name is Sarah. Once, Sarah and I were walking along the street when we passed a beautiful boutique that had displayed some jewellery through the glass window. A particular pair of earrings caught my eye – they were beautiful, shaped like two leaves, and made of intricate gold wires. They were dainty but extremely beautiful. Having already spent more than I intended to on that day, I continued walking back home with my friend. Nearly a month later, on my birthday, my friend gave me a gift. It was a small black velvet box and when I opened it I was stunned! It was the same pair of earrings we saw outside the boutique. She told me she saw me looking at them, and since this was the last year we would be celebrating birthdays together before going off to university, she wanted to buy me something special. Although it wasn’t a grand gesture, I felt it was so thoughtful and kind of her not only to notice but to also remember and buy the earrings for me as a present. I still have those earrings with me, and every time I look at them, I am reminded of the love and affection behind their purchase.

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Vocabulary

1. Boutique

• Meaning: a business or establishment that is small and sophisticated or fashionable.
  Example: Paris has the most beautiful boutiques.

2. Intricate

• Meaning: very complicated or detailed.
  Example: An intricate design was painted on the canvas.

3. Encircling

• Meaning: form a circle around; surround.
  Example: Castles were encircled by moats.

4. Dainty

• Meaning: delicately small and pretty.
  Example: A dainty pendant and chain rested on her neck.

5. Gesture

• Meaning: a movement of part of the body, especially a hand or the head, to express an idea or meaning or ‘to make a gesture’
  Example: She gestured for him to bow down to the queen.

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