This is a very recent IELTS speaking part 2 question. Many of my students have tried talking about a person who loves to grow plants and found it very difficult.
This post will show you a band 9 model answer with some higher-level vocabulary to give you some ideas of how you could answer this. I use the PPF method in my answer, which is explained in the link. This way of planning your IELTS speaking part 2 answer can really help you to make a great answer when talking about a thing (noun) or a person.
I think this question is challenging because it asks about a topic that my students may be unfamiliar with, but remember it asks about the person as well not just the topic.
The question:
Describe a person you know who loves to grow plants (e.g., vegetables, fruits, flowers, etc.)
You should say:
- who this person is
- what he/she grows
- where he/she grows them
- and explain why he/she enjoys growing plants.
The following is my answer, I will explain the vocabulary at the end. I have answered using the PPF method:
I’ve decided to talk about my mum. She is an avid gardener and is incredibly keen on gardening and cultivating all kinds of plants. Although her garden is relatively small, it has a huge assortment of gorgeous flowers, herbs and vegetables. She seems to be very gifted at looking after plants and you could even say that she has green fingers. Her garden is a beautiful little sanctuary with sunny places and shady spots that are perfect for an English summer’s day.
She has always been fairly into gardening but I think her passion really took off when she retired 8 years ago. I guess she had more time on her hands after she became a pensioner.
I really hope that she is able to garden for many years to come and will enjoy the fruits of her labours in the future.
Grammar
I’ve decided to talk about (present perfect)
Vocabulary
Avid (adj) – Having a keen interest
Keen on (pv) – Likes a lot
Cultivating (v) – Growing a plant
Assortment (n) – Collection of many things
Gifted (adj) – Good at doing something
Look after (pv) – Care fore
Green fingers (idiom) – Great at gardening
Took off (idiom) – Started
Pensioner (n) – Someone who gets paid a pension
Fruits of (her) labours (idiom) – Outcome of hard work
That is my model answer which I used the PPF method to plan along with some higher-level vocabulary. I have a question for you about my answer.
Which idiom about time do I use and what does it mean? Can you tell me in the comments below?
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Thanks for reading and good luck with your IELTS test.
