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Describe An Success You Are Proud Of: IELTS Speaking Cue Card

You should say

  • What you did?
  • When did you do it?
  • How did you feel about it?
  • Why did that success make you proud?
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Cue 1:What you did?

  • Begin by clearly stating the achievement you are proud of, providing specific details about what you accomplished.
  • Mention any challenges you faced during this process and how you overcame them.

Example

I successfully organized a community health camp in my neighborhood last year. It was a challenging task because I had to coordinate with local doctors, manage volunteers, and ensure we had all the necessary medical supplies.

Cue 2:When did you do it?

  • Provide a specific timeframe for when this achievement took place, such as the month and year.
  • Explain any relevant context about why this timing was significant for you or your community.

Example

I organized the health camp in March 2022, just before the summer heat set in. This timing was crucial as many people in our area needed medical check-ups before the hot weather made it harder for them to travel.

Cue 3:How did you feel about it?

  • Share your emotions during the process of achieving this success, highlighting any feelings of anxiety, excitement, or determination.
  • Reflect on how you felt once the event was completed and the impact it had on you personally.

Example

During the planning stages, I felt a mix of excitement and anxiety. I was worried about whether everything would go smoothly. However, once the camp was over and I saw the smiles on the faces of the people we helped, I felt an overwhelming sense of joy and relief.

Cue 4:Why did that success make you proud?

  • Discuss the significance of this achievement in your life and how it reflects your values or goals.
  • Mention the positive impact it had on your community and how it contributed to your personal growth.

Example

This success made me proud because it allowed me to give back to my community and promote health awareness. It reinforced my belief in the importance of community service and showed me that I can make a difference, no matter how small.

Conclusion

    Example

    In conclusion, organizing the health camp was not just an achievement; it was a transformative experience that taught me the value of teamwork and community spirit. I am proud of this success because it reflects my commitment to helping others and making a positive impact in my society.

    Following this structure will ensure you cover all the essential points while providing a clear and engaging response to the cue card topic.

    Tips to answer this Cue Card

    1: Vague Descriptions

    Avoid being too general or vague in your response. Specific details make your answer more engaging and memorable. Without specifics, your success story may lack impact.

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    Include specific examples, such as the exact project you worked on or the challenges you faced, to make your story more vivid.

    2: Neglecting Emotions

    Failing to express your feelings about the success can make your answer less relatable. Emotions help convey the significance of your achievement.

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    Share your emotions during the experience, such as excitement or relief, to connect with the listener and enhance your narrative.

    Ignoring the 'Why'

    Not explaining why the success is meaningful to you can leave your answer feeling incomplete. The 'why' adds depth to your story.

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    Reflect on the personal values or goals that this success aligns with, and articulate why it matters to you in your life.

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    Band 7

    And success on which I am really proud is my completion of three months internship with the Crime Investigation Department. I would like to recall the moment when I went for the interview of this particular internship. The setup of the interview was an exact replica of the UPSC interview. So when I was in the midst of that interview, I felt like, yes, this is the right or this is the right way of conducting an interview and professional interview, especially. Furthermore, the work I did with that department under the guidance of a senior that really helped my career and I brushed my skills in a very, very better way. I don't think that I would have been able to brush my skills in any other better way. So yes, I enjoyed working with it. I learned a lot from that internship and it just elevated my skills, my curriculum. It was a very blissful period of my life. And moreover, the excitement of working with the State Department, especially when you are a student only, and it was just the biggest achievement for my life.

    Band 7

    To be honest, I feel proud of myself for achieving a master's degree in dance, that is the form which is known as a Kathak. Because I am a dentist by profession and dancing was always my one of the hobby and I have been pursuing it since childhood. I have completed my graduation in that but because of my studies in dentistry, I was not able to finish my master's in that and I was always inclined towards my hobby as well. So I am very proud that with my BDS degree, I have also done master's in some other subject which are both varied and that is the Kathak. There were lots of challenges which I have faced for achieving this target. From doing household work, going to clinic to see my finances, taking care of my child, he is a young boy, not young boy, I would say he is very small now, he is five and half year old and to take out time from all this and complete the master was a very big hurdle for me. There were lots of challenges which were like going to the college everyday, going to the clinic, going to the school, it was like too much for me. But because I was very much dedicated and I was very much interested in doing this thing, in that I would say I am very proud of myself achieving what I wanted and I am really happy and feel very very proud of myself.

    Band 6-7

    Recently, I had graduated from Sardar University. That was one of the special moments of my life and that was the moment when I am proud of myself the most. I had spent a lot of time in my college by studying and doing the practical all the time. Additionally, I have prepared different reports and projects in those three years. Furthermore, I have made thousands of notes and tried to learn a lot of new things and started to give better presentations just for the college life. In terms of doing a practical, I also improved on a lot of equipment handling tasks. That was also one of the challenging phase of mine but anyway I got improved a lot over the time. Due to the hard work and my difficulties during the years, I have the self-respect and proudness towards myself because of graduation. I had graduated with pretty good marks so that also makes me happy that at least I tried and had a good result that can satisfy me in the future overall. Spending the time in my college was great and I have scored a great marks. It makes me happy.

    Band 6-7

    I want to talk about a time when I feel proud of myself. After completion of my MBA second semester, I was looking for an internship. I have tried many times to get an internship at a good company, but I could not do that. Most of my friends had got an opportunity to work, I was feeling left over. Then I got an opportunity to work for the spice company, where they called me and said that I'll have to join from the 15th of March 2024, and I got there. When I reached there, they took an interview and got, and there were more than 50 people who have applied for this role, and they were only looking for the 5 out of which, and luckily I was the one who got selected, and I was on cloud 9 after getting to know that I have been able to crack it, and there I started like, they have given me a task to sell 50,000 units of chili product, and within 2 weeks of time, which was very tough for a new person to do that, but I made it possible that within 2 and a half days, I was able to achieve the target, and that moment made me very proud of myself, and they also offered me a pre-placement offer, where I was myself beside Joy.

    Band 6-7

    Recently, in my 4th semester, I scored a full 75-75 score and 98 out of 100 in my Marketing Management exam and being a marketing savvy and someone who wants to pursue a career forward in marketing, I loved it when I scored it and indeed I was being awarded. I was called in my principal's office and I was provided with a gift as I topped the all university in that subject. No one scored better than me. Getting a 98 was something that I was very proud of. I felt quite grateful at that moment. My parents were very happy, I felt like I am able to do something and after scoring 75 on 75, it gave me a boost. So I started working more harder for the next semester exams and I scored a good grade over there. I again scored 75 but nothing can compare to the score that I had first time. The first time I scored 75, that happiness was unmatched and it made me feel really self-full. I felt I could do something in my life, I was not like a waste and I could make my parents proud and it also made me believe the career choice that I am choosing for myself is the right one for me because I am theoretically also balanced into my marketing paper, I did an internship. So that success literally made me feel like I can do something, I am on the right path, I am not somewhere going out of the circle and doing something. The cat is not getting out of the box, I have to not push back my cat into the box, I am doing something that is right.

    Band 6-7

    Everyone has their own plans, their own aims, their own goals, their own goals, their own aims, what they want to achieve in their life and here I would like to mention about my goal, what I want to achieve in my life to make my family and make myself proud and from my childhood I am very passionate about makeup and I want to open my own salon and open my own brand so my family get proud of myself and I work very hard to achieve this goal. After my 12th I started work as a junior makeup artist. Firstly I pursued a course of makeup and hair styling for almost one year and after that I started work as a junior makeup artist in hair masters in Ludhiana where I used to work long hours from morning 10 am to till night 12 pm. Sometime I have to wake up early because of bookings and I never feel myself low and never discourage me. I always encourage myself to fulfill my dream and last year by the grace of God I opened my own salon in Ludhiana and I provide many facilities over there to my clients like hair styling, makeup and nails and many more. I am very proud of myself.

    Band 6-7

    So I'll be honest, Maths is a subject which has given me nightmares during my high school days. So 8th standard was the time where I had a tough time understanding Maths. So what happened was that the concepts would get clear but the questions that used to come were very difficult and it felt very difficult for me to answer that. But over the years and over these months as I tried learning it and giving my 100% in solving different mock tests, listening to different teachers, looking at different videos available online, I did notice a slight improvement in how I used to solve these questions. Coming to the 9th grade, I faced more challenges as the questions grew more tougher and tougher and that's how I started doing my preparation more diligently and I did more hard work. So I did put in more time and I did try to solve more mock tests. This eventually led to get better grades and I started seeing a natural progression in my grades. So today I do feel proud while having scored a good fair amount of marks in my Mathematics examination that has been simply because I have worked very hard and very diligently and have that particular thing has delivered the results. So this is the thing which I am very proud now that I did it.

    Band 6-7

    I remember the most recent success that I'm proud of myself is when I get into the university that I will be going abroad to study. I am really proud of it. When I saw my university offer letter, I was on top of the world, simply because I will be the first one going from my whole family to be studying abroad and making my parents proud. I remember before giving my interview, I was really nervous and I was just thinking that what if I couldn't get into it. I wasn't really hopeful of it because no one from my family has went abroad as of now and I will be the first one going there. I am nervous right now as well, but more than being nervous, I'm really proud of myself.

    Band 6-7

    I have been proud of after completing my family education I have completed a higher education that is doctorate of pharmacy I'm proud of it because I have did a lot of hard work to achieve it and I was a state topper after achieving my graduation degree with a distinction I have been got a role as a clinical research coordinator which is the toughest role where no one can be taken in that role I have been doing as a clinical research associate and where I have to recruit patients and I have to collect patients data and I have to follow the patients for about six months and there are exciting new projects to learn about I am proud of myself because of my greatest education I have been this I have been reached this position it was a great and overwhelming overwhelming situation which I feel proud of whenever I think of it it required a lot of hard work and a lot of dedication to achieve this grades and this positions I'm proud of myself because I have dedicated my time and patience to this studies that it helped me in achieving my goals and reaching a highest position in my career and professional life

    Band 6-7

    So, one of the successes which I am very proud of is getting admission in my dream university which is Ahmedabad University. It felt like a dream when I got admission into that university because it was always my dad's dream to study from there. However, he could not get into that university because of lesser marks and in 2019, I was able to achieve his dream as well when I got the admission. And throughout my journey of the university, I felt that I am living my dad's dream. The success made me very proud because I not only graduated as a student from there but I also became a TA in seven marketing courses and I was able to help a lot of students to get their goal, achieve their goals. And I was also working with a lot of marketing faculties and they gave endless guidance regarding the various subjects where I lacked knowledge and they were very helpful when I was going through a depressing phase in my life.
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