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.

Tip

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.

Tip

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.

Tip

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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Describe your favourite food at a traditional festival or a special event in your country

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Anonymous student Band 7.5

Pitampura Test Centre, New Delhi

Answer

I like to taste different types of cuisine. Here I would like to talk about my favorite dish at my traditional festival of Onam which is Sadya. Sadya is popular in my city. We are experimenting these cuisines on Onam festival day. Onam is a famous festival in my city. All family members get together in my home and we make a delicious Sadya. There are many ingredients includes that Sadya. Moreover, we make a big feast that day as well as we create a lot of memories together and we wear that day the traditional dress called Sari and men wear the Dhotis. That festival is really important to us because the whole day we are conducting different kinds of games at our homes and all the family members came together. It's a memorable day in my life. This is the festival. We are making the Sambar and Aviyal. These all the kinds of foods are making with the vegetables.

Talk about a toy you liked in your childhood

Reported by

Anonymous student Band 8

Sector 34 Test Centre, Chandigarh

Answer

The toy which I liked in my childhood was a panda doll, which makes me pleasant and makes me more blush. The pandas are the most beautiful creatures of the world, which looks gigantic and has pooshy cheeks and they are like stars in the clouds and they dream in me. Furthermore, these have been given by my father. My father is a very very beautiful artistic person, who makes me think of that. Every day you will face every difficulties and make you suffer and move forward. Pandas are always seen in Japanese countries. It is my lifelong dream to visit a Japanese country and click a photo with the original pandas, which makes sounds better.

Describe a time you were in a place where you didn't know the local language

Reported by

Anonymous student Band 6.5

Whitefield Test Center, Bengaluru

Answer

As India is a very large country full of diversity, so there are many places which have their own language and speak their native language. The place which I visited and I didn't know about their language was Leladakh, which is about 300 km away from my hometown and it is a very good place as it consists of different kind of trees, animals and have many scenic views and I visited over there last year in summers as it was the best time to visit because it has many, it was cold over there and we had summers in our area so it was the best time to visit over there and I went over there with my whole family.

Describe a time when your friend damaged something you owned

Reported by

Anonymous student Band 7

Begumpet Test Centre, Hyderabad

Answer

When I was a kid, I had a little pencil box which had these four buttons which gave the pencil box an operative use. When you press the button, the box would open up. When you press the second button, a little part of it would slide out. Basically it was just a little electronical and a fun thing to have and I owned it when I was in 6th. One day after break, I was standing and talking there with one of my friends and another friend of mine was running through the hallway and accidentally she pushed my shoulder and my pencil box hit the ground and it broke into multiple pieces to the point that it was not functional anymore.

Describe a book you recently read

Reported by

Anonymous student Band 7.5

CBD Belapur Test Centre, Navi Mumbai

Answer

It Ends With Us is a book I read recently. It's by the author Colleen Hoare. It's mainly a story about two teenagers, Atlas and Lily, and how they just handle their life going through high school, adolescence, and just domestic violence at home. Both of them come from very, very different families. However, they have one common determining factor between them, which is domestic violence. The abuse that they've seen their moms go through is just insane, and they connect through that on a different level. They're actually in the same high school, but they never speak to each other until Atlas actually crashes into an empty house next to Lily's villa. When Atlas is homeless and he doesn't have anywhere to go, he just comes and breaks into the house next to Lily's, and Lily helps him with all the daily necessities like clothes and food, medicines and stuff. Furthermore, their friendship blossoms into love, but it doesn't really fructify as Atlas has to leave. This book really gave me a lot of knowledge about domestic abuse and how to deal with it.

All Answers

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Band 6

I recall one of my best success stories that I tell people a lot. Two years back when I was in my 12th standard, we used to have weekly tests of physics, maths as well as chemistry. Physics was one of my favorite subjects. Once I scored first rank in physics among all the batches in my classes. This exam were targeting our JEE preparation. I was very proud to score such a score in my exams and also relieved at the same time because I was assured that I would perform well in my final exams as well. This story is very special to me because just two weeks prior to that test, another test was taken in which I obtained negative marks. So out of nowhere I was like very concerned about my performance because physics was the subject I wanted to pursue for my further studies and also I was bullied by my classmates and schooled by my teacher. So just after 14 days to that incident, I scored first rank among all the batches including the star batch which was supposed to consist of the most intelligent students of the classes. So it was like a slap on the face of people who bullied me by saying that you cannot perform good and you are not that good enough for this career. Also this success made my parents very proud and they were genuinely very happy and they gifted me a watch. Other than this, this story is also reflecting my determination to my career.

Band 6

Okay, so what I feel especially proud about is the fact that I got a batch rank 2 in my law school and why that is especially seminal and very important to me is because I have never been a batch rank holder, top 3.

Band 6

Well, in my life, I haven't achieved a lot of things, which I'm always proud of, but I do vividly remember that when I was in my class 12th, I got a fever before my final exam, and I did not know how to improve myself or how I'm going to heal myself to even the CTE exam. So, I remember that my father was not even there and not any family member. I was living in a PG. I do have a limited time to prepare for the exam, and I do not know anything about what is going on, what would be my next step to sit on exam. Then, somehow, I was alone, and I always get up in the morning and try to improve my health by eating healthy foods and medicines, which were prescribed by the doctor. And there was only a day left from the starting of my exam, when I thought that it was not going to happen, that I was not going to be sitting on exam. There was a magic happened, I would say. And then, I get myself in a good health. I get my body energetic. I am able to write and I do everything. But in a day, I do not know how to prepare for the exam. So, I start taking research. I do reading all the books, which I do not do often. And therefore, when I sit in the exam, I am able to achieve it. I get the good marks. And that's the thing which I am always proud of, that I am able to do it.

Band 5-6

Well, one of the success I made in my life is teaching one of my friend for university exam that was a Herculean task for me to teach him because he was difficult in understanding that subject I teach him mathematics but it is a difficult topic to study because of so many equations and so many methods to we need to study in that topic but here but I did it very well when I teaching him firstly it was very task Herculean task for me but rather after some days he was coming in that way while I am teaching then after then he went to write the exam after the result published he passed at that time I feel very proud that at that moment and very happy and proud because the person I taught was passed in an exam and also he tell me that told me that I am a good teacher and I have that skill to teach others and that was one of the best compliment that I get that I got in the past year and and I I told this with my parents that he passed well

Band 5-6

So, I promoted to the class from, sorry, I was having summer holidays in my school, in my school life, and that time I was promoted to the class 9 from 8, from class 8, and my father planned me a Goa trip with my friends, but though I was not, it's a, it's a beach side area, and though I was not able to swim, so my father told me to join swimming classes, so I had joined swimming classes to learn some, to learn swimming, though I was not good at swimming, I used to have a fear, a fear of water, and the coach named Hari sir, who used to teach us, but he is a very angry person, so he used to scold, scold me regularly because I used to have fear, fear, and whenever I see water, I kind of get depressed, so, so I used to skip my classes, and my father got to know that I am skipping my classes at that time, so, so, so my father get angry, so I joined my classes again, and I learned, and I was, I learned swimming, and I was feeling so better at that time, I was feeling proud of myself.

Band 5-6

Today, I am going to tell you about my success that I am proud of. He is joining my Bachelors of Technology in Computer Science in my favorite institute. But my father and mother didn't like going to the far away college from our hometown. They want to do a daily service with me. They want to keep me with the home with them because they love me so much. They are asking me to take a different stream of engineering, but I don't like it. And I tell them, if I take that stream, you don't have to ask me percentage or backlogs. I don't want any connection with the subject. And I took the computer science stream in my favorite college, the college I choose. They did not ask me for the percentage or anything. Then I joined the bachelors stream. In the first semester, I was failed in one subject. I was very, feel very scared because of that. Because I told my parents that I will pass the all subjects with a good percentage. And I told my parents they did a very good, keep try again, get a good marks. I was very surprised. Later then, I was very worked hard and make my goal a true. That's why I got 78% in bachelors of technology and computer science and good marks and a good cultural habits. I got there. This is why success I proud of because I proved my parents I am a very good child. I can study where any college that good or bad, I can study by myself. That's why I'm proud of my success. This is a very unique way I can tell this is a success. Thank you.

Band 5-6

I have done my graduation from Delhi University and I am currently doing a job in a facility company which is named Heshika Facility Manpower Services and I am doing a job as a payroll executive and that's it. And I have done an experience in the brain management support service in the HR department as an HR executive and my last two companies are Shivang Udyog Limited and RJ Lifestyle and I have done work in four companies and this is my fifth company and I have done many work and I have an interest in politics but I am not doing in this field so it's a very useful, it's not useful for me and then I was dropped this idea. One moment is proud of me to, I am getting a job in MNC company, this name is TCFM and this company is, pick my salary to 31,000 and I am

Band 5

Success, what is the meaning of success? Success is all the thing about depend on your character and as well as your career. Whatever last few years, when I go to the attend interview and I facing lots of problem due to my personal attire, personal development, there is lot of thing is lack, missing. So I need to things about I will be improve about this matter. So I go to the one classes, YLP classes and I continue there 6 months. After that I will be attend, I was attend 3-4 interview but finally I got success and this is the mean of success, means success is the key of your characters. If you think I am not doing that is wrong, yes I can do and I will be success whatever it is getting time, means time means 1 time, 2 times, 3 times but I can success after may be 10 times but success in your career is a big important role play. If you are not success, your failure is happen in your mind and it is created lot of disturbance, you are far from your family, far from your social life, everything is missing but success everything you can get easily, that's all.

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