IELTS Speaking

Describe the person in your family who you most admire.

General/Academic Speaking

Take one minute to prepare a talk on the following subject.
Take notes if you like and remember to include reasons and examples.
You should then speak for between one and two minutes.

Describe the person in your family who you most admire.

You should say:

  • what their relationship is to you
  • what they have done in their life
  • what they do now

and explain why you admire them so much.

Well I am fond of all my family members and I try to spend quality time with them whenever I get a chance. Here I will talk about the member of my family who I admire the most.

It’s none other than my mother. Her name is Anna. She is 67 years old but by God’s grace she still looks very charming. She is 5’6 feet tall and has an athletic build. Although she is suffering from some health ailments, she believes in remaining active and agile. She is a wonderful cook and I love eating toothsome dishes prepared by her. She is very health conscious and takes good care of herself as well as of all of us. I admire her for the myriad qualities she possesses.

I love going for evening walks with her. While we walk, we usually have long conversations which we both really enjoy a lot. We usually watch TV together and mostly we enjoy watching comedy movies. She is very religious and has high moral values. She is very welcoming and has excellent hospitality skills.  She does not believe in showing off and has a simple way of living but high thinking. Everyone among our relatives and in the neighbourhood respect her for her values and principles. She is a very honest and the most truthful person i have ever met. We both love cooking different kinds of dishes such as parathas, pasta and noodles. She is a multi-talented person as she knows how to stitch, knit, paint as well as sing. She narrates moral stories to me and I love listening to them even now. She always gives me advice to follow the right path and to save more and more righteously as i am a spendthrift. She takes care of me like no one else when i am sick and her company itself makes me feel better about myself. She is kind hearted and very helpful to the poor and needy. Spending time with her makes me feel like myself again and she as well as my father make my every dream come true. She has made big to small, every kind of sacrifice for the family and loves my nieces and nephew most ardently who are living with my brother and sister-in-law in Canada. She goes to Canada with my father once in a few years to visit them and they too keep visiting us after some time. She is the most inspiring person in my life who I really look upto. May god bless her with a long and healthy life.