Describe a person who likes to grow plants

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 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 pensione...

思路点拨：以下思路仅供参考，希望大家能结合自己的经历编写答案 这道题目的难度不是特别大。老烤鸭相信大家在生活中肯定见过不少喜欢种花种草的人。例如，退休了的大妈、大爷在家里种一些蔬菜，办公室的同事在办公桌上种植的一些微型盆栽。除此之外，你也可以说说自己认识到的那些种植花草水果的专业人士。正如题目所提示的，这里的植物可以是蔬菜、水果、花等。所以，范围还是非常大的。 题目 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 参考答案 下面给老烤鸭小编根据具体的题目要求，给出的原创参考答案： 请 北京新航道， 上海新航道， 沈阳新航道， 小站雅思， 阿卡索外教网， 百利天下留学以及 智课网等机构不要再次抄袭本站的文章。 A person who enjoys growing plants is my mom, a retired state-owned enterprise worker. 一位喜欢种植植物的人其实是我妈妈，她是一位国营企业的退休员工。 My mom is in her 50s and has spent roughly two years of retired life. So, she has got a lot more free time than in the past to grow some plants at home, which is one of her hobbies. 我妈妈五十多岁了，已经度过了差不多两年的退休生活。所以，相比以前，她有了更多的空闲时间来在家里种一些花花草草，这是她的爱好之一。 Well, she has lots of plants in our backyard as we live in a house in our city’s suburb. To be honest, I can’t even tell some of them. To the best of my knowledge, most of them have tenacious vitality such as aloe and cactus. She even planted some vegetables like cucumber so that we sometimes don’t need to go to the grocery stores. 由于我们住在市郊的一个独立屋，她在我们后院种来很多植物。老实说，我也不太认识那里的一些植物。据我所知，多数植物都有顽强的生命力，例如芦荟和仙人掌。她甚至种植了一些诸如黄瓜之类的蔬菜，有的时候我们都不用去市场买了。 The most impressive plant to all the guests at home would be the mulberry trees placed on our house’s roof garden. To keep those plants alive, this article is from Laokaoya website, she had to t...

Describe a person you know who loves to grow plants( vegetables, fruits, flowers) • Who this person is • What does this person grow? • Where this person grows them? • Why does this person love to grow plants? Sample Answer of Describe A Person You Know Who Loves To Grow Plants( Vegetables, Fruits, Flowers) People who grow plants and trees directly contribute to maintaining a clean environment. I vividly remember my grandmother used to love gardening. We had a big house a few years ago which had enough space to grow plants around it. My grandmother planted much different flora ranging from small household plants to giant trees. The small plants included holy basil, aloe vera, mint and flowers such as roses and lilies. Big trees were of fruits, papaya and pomegranate. I still remember the taste. They were juicy and sweet. My grandmother never studied anything related to farming, but she knew everything, like which plant required how much water, how to treat them in different seasons, which fertilizer is best and many more. She told me that she had acquired all these skills from her mother. Today, we don’t have that house, and my grandmother also passed away three years back. I brought those small household plants to our new apartment, reminding me of my sweet memories with my grandmother. Now, I try to take care of those plants the same as my grandmother did. Part 3 Questions – Farming Question 1:- Do people in India like to gift plants? Answer – Yes, Indians give plants suc...

• It is not easy to talk about plants in English. I suggest you learn 3-4 easy plants (Example - rose, cactus, violet, strawberry) and stick with them. You don't have to describe some unique or special plant, just an ordinary flower like a daisy is fine. • You can exaggerate a little. To make the story more interesting, talk about both flowers and some domestic vegetables. That way you will have more to talk about. • You can add your honest feelings about farming or planting. You can say: - I really love helping out with... - I think it's a great hobby because... - It is a natural and peaceful pass-time activity... or - I'd never do it personally because... - This is not the right hobby for me for sure ... - I can do better things with my spare time, for sure... Alright, so I think the art of growing your own food is simply… fascinating. It is a tough job, and I would probably avoid doing it, but I really admire people who can do it. In most cases, people in the cities avoid taking care of plants, however, there are some who would grow anything, even inside their own apartments. I know just the person who does that all the time, and that is my mom Julia. My mom is a special kind of person. She is deeply connected to nature. She loves taking care of stray cats, talks to trees and flowers (not in a crazy way), and knows a lot about herbs, herbal teas, and other natural remedies. In fact, ever since I left my home, and country to find my own luck, my mom has turned my private...

I am looking for a word to describer a character's personality. A trait, if you will. The character in question is • extremely fond of nature, • but, he's not exactly an outdoorsman - no camping, very little hiking, and such. • He enjoys to observe nature, likes to draw nature scenes, and • He's particularly fond of flowers. • He does like gardening and keeps an impressive garden, • but other than that does not spend large amounts of time interacting with nature itself. • He also works as a florist - as my attempt to cement his favoritism of flowers. Can anybody supply me with a word that could sort of cover this type of personality? It doesn't have to be exactly spot on as that might border on impossible, but a word that is at least similar and might cover with some additional explanation. You have listed multiple traits of the person and some of them are contrasting. There is no particular word that describes all the qualities in a person at the same time: enjoys to observe nature, does not like to go out, He does like gardening and keeps an impressive garden, and favoritism of flowers etc., Out of these traits, I'll address the trait which you are most interested about: 1. favoritism of flowers: The word that can be found in standard dictionaries like Oxford online dictionary is: anthomania Excessive or passionate enthusiasm for flowers. So, the person can be called anthomaniac. Internet slang for a person fond of flower is anthophile. According to Oxford, anthophile ac...