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Describe a photo of yourself you have taken. v.1

Describe a photo of yourself you have taken. v. 1
Describe a photo of yourself you have taken. You should say: when you took it what type of camera you used why you took the photo and explain whether you like this photo or not. [You will have to talk about the topic for one to two minutes. You have one minute to think about what you're going to say. You can make some notes to help you if you wish. ] Sample Answer 1: Well, these days such photographs are called 'selfie' and I did not know that there was something called selfie until I turned to 23! Selfie is indeed a craze these days while it was unheard of in the past, at least to me. The photograph that I would like to talk about was not a so-called selfie that teenagers take these days using the front camera of their mobile phones. I took this picture many years ago when I was around 12 years old with a large Canon camera.   My father gave me this camera on my 12th birthday and this was the first time when I owned a camera. I loved to capture pictures of my relatives and beautiful sceneries. We had to use a rolled film at that time called ‘rollfilm’ and did not have the freedom to take as many photos as we wanted unlike the digital camera owners have these days. One day I was invited to one of my friends' birthday party and his parents requested me to bring my camera with me. I took many photos at that party and at night when I returned from the party, I noticed that 2-3 film strips were still empty and I could take more photos before I send the film roll to be washed and printed. At that time I was in my room and could not find anything suitable to capture. I was standing in front of the looking glass and the idea of taking my own picture popped into my head. It was a Canon CF-23 model camera and had only 3-4 options to adjust the light and flash while taking a photo. I had to spend more than 5 minutes to capture the picture and after I saw the printed version of this photo, I loved it. The picture shows me standing straight and holding a camera in front of my eyes. The backlight was visible and was more like a shining star in the sky. A part of the room was visible but everything in the opposite direction as it was through the mirror. I like this photo very much. It was taken by me, the idea was new, at least to me and the photo looks nice. My mother has this picture in her picture album and every time I see this photo, it reminds me my teenage days.
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Describe
a
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photo
of yourself you have taken. You should say: when you
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took
it what type of
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camera
you
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used
why you
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took
the
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photo
and
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explain
whether you like this
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photo
or not. [You will
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have to
talk about the topic for one to two minutes. You have one minute to
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think
about what you're going to say. You can
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make
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some
notes to
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help
you if you wish.
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Sample Answer 1:

Well
, these days such photographs
are called
'selfie' and I did not know that there was something called selfie until I turned to 23! Selfie is
indeed
a craze these days while it was unheard of in the past, at least to me. The photograph that I would like to talk about was not a
so
-called selfie that
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teenagers
take these days using the front
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camera
of their mobile phones. I
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took
this
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picture
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many
years ago when I was around 12 years
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old
with a large Canon
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camera
.
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My father gave me this
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camera
on my 12th birthday and this was the
first
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time
when I
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owned
a
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camera
. I
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loved
to capture
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pictures
of my relatives and
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beautiful
sceneries. We had to
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use
a rolled film at that
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time
called ‘
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rollfilm
’ and did not have the freedom to take as
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many
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photos
as we wanted unlike the digital
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camera
owners have these days.

One day I
was invited
to one of my friends' birthday party and his parents requested me to bring my
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camera
with me. I
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took
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many
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photos
at that party and at night when I returned from the party, I noticed that 2-3
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film strips
were
still
empty and I could take more
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photos
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before
I
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send
the film roll to
be washed
and printed. At that
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time
I was in my room and could not find anything suitable to capture. I was standing in front of the looking glass and the
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idea
of taking my
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own
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picture
popped into my head. It was a Canon CF-23 model
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camera
and had
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only
3-4 options to adjust the light and flash while taking a
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photo
. I had to spend more than 5 minutes to capture the
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picture
and after I
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saw
the printed version of this
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photo
, I
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loved
it.

The
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picture
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shows
me standing straight and holding a
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camera
in front of my eyes. The backlight was visible and was more like a shining star in the sky. A part of the room was visible
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but
everything in the opposite direction as it was through the mirror. I like this
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photo
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very
much. It
was taken
by me, the
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idea
was new, at least to me and the
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photo
looks nice. My mother has this
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picture
in her
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picture
album and every
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time
I
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see
this
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photo
, it reminds me my teenage days.
3Linking words, meeting the goal of 7 or more
35Repeated words, meeting the goal of 3 or fewer
4Mistakes
If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his own language, that goes to his heart.
Nelson Mandela

IELTS speaking Describe a photo of yourself you have taken. v. 1

Speaking
  American English
4 paragraphs
474 words
5.5
Overall Band Score
Coherence and Cohesion: 5.5
  • Structure your answers in logical paragraphs
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    One main idea per paragraph
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    Include an introduction and conclusion
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    Support main points with an explanation and then an example
  • Use cohesive linking words accurately and appropriately
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    Vary your linking phrases using synonyms
Lexical Resource: 5.5
  • Try to vary your vocabulary using accurate synonyms
  • Use less common question specific words that accurately convey meaning
  • Check your work for spelling and word formation mistakes
Grammatical Range: 6.5
  • Use a variety of complex and simple sentences
  • Check your writing for errors
Task Achievement: 5.0
  • Answer all parts of the question
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    Present relevant ideas
  • Fully explain these ideas
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    Support ideas with relevant, specific examples
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