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Describe a project or a piece of work you did together with someone. v.1

Describe a project or a piece of work you did together with someone. v. 1
Describe a project or a piece of work you did together with someone. You should say: what it was what you have done why you have chosen this person(s) to work with and explain what you did to finish the project. Model Answer 1: Currently, I am a student at a university and we have to do group assignments and presentations. I would like to tell you about the group assignment that I have done with one of my friends from the University. Last semester we had a course on Company Law and one of the assessments for this course was an assignment. We have a case law and we needed to prepare an ILAC (Issue, Law, Application and Conclusion) for this case. When we have to do a group work, usually, I start the initial part and take necessary initiatives. I try to prepare a draft that we might read, check and change later to make it more appropriate. when I complete this revision, we start our work. Also, at the same time, my teammates prepare their drafts in order to have some information to compare. The project I am talking about was a university project on ILAC and I worked on it with the collaboration of another student of my class. His name was Michael. He and I come from the same city and study in the same university. I chose this person because he also studies very well at the university and was quite cooperative. Both of us are doing the same degree and the same majors (accounting and finance). I believe that it is important to have cooperative and active team members in a group project or assignment. People with the same goals and mindsets can work smoothly together and can perform better. Additionally, I respect this person and value him as a good friend and good student. One of the most important aspects, why I worked with this particular student, was that he was very supportive, intelligent, reliable. We had to prepare for the project from the very beginning. Both Michael and I prepared our drafts and to-do list to set our goal. Afterwards, we had to read a lot of reference books and case studies to finish our projects. A lot of discussions, debates, and coffee were needed to finish our assignment. We were very glad to be awarded the grade 'A' for our assignment. [ by - Natalia Svetlova ]   Sample Answer 2: During my last semester, I underwent a thesis with two of my friends. And in fact, it was my group thesis. We three had to struggle a lot for collecting data from the primary sources. Besides, there were plenty of mistakes found in the literature. We all had to make the thesis perfect. The thesis was about population distribution in rural and city areas and how to control the population flow. Definitely, it was a difficult task for us for some reasons. First of all, this was the very first thesis of our life. Actually, being the very first one, our teacher has asked us to make it in a group. Accordingly, we prepared for everything and did the project together. But on the way to completion, we had to experience a large number of troubles for being newbies in this arena of research and analysis. I was responsible for preparing questionnaire for the thesis. In fact, we had to take interview of some of the people and the selection process was random. So, I had to prepare the questions in line with the thesis theme. By the same time, I had to care about the issue that there should be no irrelevant questions in the questionnaire lest the respondents do not feel irritated or disturbed. So, to prepare the questions, I took help from many other similar questionnaires. But it was hard to make the suitable questions. Besides, the formatting of the questions was also troublesome as I had never done such a work before. I was unable to find out the right format for me to place the questions. Developing the questions was also difficult and I overcome all the issues finally. Steve and Smith were with me. I formed my team with them based on some special criteria. Firstly, they are my intimate buddies and we have a nice coordination. If I picked someone else, I think I would have been troubled more. They understand me while the things are similar to me. The coordination among us is excellent and we did some other projects before. But this was a large one in size and took more time than the usual projects. A thesis is completely a dissimilar type of work than the usual assignment. But we realised the issue much later. We had to face some extreme challenges to complete the thesis. Further, the teacher who assigned us the thesis was out of the country for attending some sort of conference. As a result, we all had to wait for his return and got delayed in submitting the thesis paper. To complete the thesis, I had to do some special sort of things in line with the others. Data collection was the most important aspect in thesis completion. To gather the data, we had to take interviews of some people both in rural and city areas. Cleaning the data and analyse them was the other greatest obstacles we experienced so far. Writing the report took a bit time. But the most unmanageable issue was the report writing. I was assigned to write the report as well but it took several attempts to complete the report and get it checked by the teacher. Finally, after lots of efforts, we were able to complete the project and it took around three months for us. It was really an interesting experience for me and others as well.   Similar Cue Card Topics Your ability to talk about this Cue Card would enable you to talk about the following Cue Cards as well: Describe an assignment or task you did recently.   Describe something you enjoyed doing recently. Describe a team work you did. Describe a project or assignment you did in your university.
Describe
a
project
or a piece of
work
you did together with someone. You should say: what it was what you have done why you have chosen this person(s) to
work
with and
explain
what you did to finish the
project
. Model Answer 1:

Currently
, I am a
student
at a
university and
we
have to
do
group
assignments
and presentations. I would like to
tell
you about the
group
assignment
that I have done with one of my friends from the University.

Last semester we had a course on
Company
Law and one of the assessments for this course was an
assignment
. We have a case
law and
we needed to
prepare
an
ILAC
(Issue
, Law, Application and Conclusion) for this case.

When we
have to
do a
group
work
,
usually
, I
start
the initial part and take necessary initiatives. I try to
prepare
a draft that we might read,
check
and
change
later to
make
it more appropriate.
when
I
complete
this revision, we
start
our
work
.
Also
, at the same
time
, my teammates
prepare
their drafts in order to have
some
information to compare. The
project
I am talking about was a
university
project
on
ILAC
and I worked on it with the collaboration of another
student
of my
class
. His name was Michael. He and I
come
from the same city and study in the same
university
. I chose this person
because
he
also
studies
very
well
at the
university
and was quite cooperative. Both of us are doing the same degree and the same majors (accounting and finance). I believe that it is
important
to have cooperative and active team members in a
group
project
or
assignment
.
People
with the same goals and mindsets can
work
smoothly
together and can perform better.
Additionally
, I respect this person and value him as a
good
friend and
good
student
. One of the most
important
aspects, why I worked with this particular
student
, was that he was
very
supportive, intelligent, reliable. We had to
prepare
for the
project
from the
very
beginning. Both Michael and I prepared our drafts and to-do list to set our goal. Afterwards, we had to read a
lot
of reference books and case studies to finish our
projects
. A
lot
of discussions, debates, and coffee
were needed
to finish our
assignment
. We were
very
glad to
be awarded
the grade 'A' for our
assignment
.
[
by
-
Natalia
Svetlova
]
 
Sample Answer 2:

During my last semester, I underwent a
thesis
with two of my friends. And in fact, it was my
group
thesis
. We three had to struggle a
lot
for collecting
data
from the primary sources.
Besides
, there were
plenty
of mistakes found in the literature. We all had to
make
the
thesis
perfect.

The
thesis
was about population distribution in rural and city areas and how to control the population flow. Definitely, it was a difficult task for us for
some
reasons.
First of all
, this was the
very
first
thesis
of our life.
Actually
, being the
very
first
one, our teacher has asked us to
make
it in a
group
.
Accordingly
, we prepared for everything and did the
project
together.
But
on the way to completion, we had to experience
a large number of
troubles for being newbies in this arena of research and analysis.

I was responsible for preparing questionnaire for the
thesis
. In fact, we had to take interview of
some of the
people
and the selection process was random.
So
, I had to
prepare
the
questions
in line with the
thesis
theme. By the same
time
, I had to care about the
issue
that there should be no irrelevant
questions
in the questionnaire lest the respondents do not feel irritated or disturbed.
So
, to
prepare
the
questions
, I
took
help
from
many
other
similar questionnaires.
But
it was
hard
to
make
the suitable
questions
.
Besides
, the formatting of the
questions
was
also
troublesome as I had never done such a
work
before
. I was unable to find out the
right
format for me to place the
questions
. Developing the
questions
was
also
difficult and I overcome all the
issues
finally
.

Steve and Smith were with me. I formed my team with them based on
some
special criteria.
Firstly
, they are my intimate
buddies and
we have a nice coordination. If I picked someone else, I
think
I would have
been troubled
more. They understand me while the things are similar to me. The coordination among us is
excellent and
we did
some
other
projects
before
.
But
this was a large one in size and
took
more
time
than the usual
projects
. A
thesis
is completely a dissimilar type of
work
than the usual
assignment
.
But
we
realised
the
issue
much later. We had to face
some
extreme challenges to
complete
the
thesis
.
Further
, the teacher who assigned us the
thesis
was out of the country for attending
some
sort of conference.
As a result
, we all had to wait for his return and
got
delayed in submitting the
thesis
paper.

To
complete
the
thesis
, I had to do
some
special sort of things in line with the others.
Data
collection was the most
important
aspect in
thesis
completion. To gather the
data
, we had to take interviews of
some
people
both in rural and city areas. Cleaning the
data
and
analyse
them was the
other
greatest obstacles we experienced
so
far. Writing the
report
took
a bit
time
.
But
the most unmanageable
issue
was the
report
writing. I
was assigned
to write the
report
as
well
but
it
took
several attempts to
complete
the
report
and
get
it
checked
by the teacher.
Finally
, after
lots
of efforts, we were able to
complete
the
project
and it
took
around three months for us. It was
really
an interesting experience for me
and others
as
well
.
 
Similar Cue Card Topics Your ability to talk about this Cue Card would enable you to talk about the following Cue Cards as
well
:
Describe
an
assignment
or task you did recently.
 
Describe
something you enjoyed doing recently.
Describe
a team
work
you did.
Describe
a
project
or
assignment
you did in your
university
.
21Linking words, meeting the goal of 7 or more
117Repeated words, meeting the goal of 3 or fewer
20Mistakes

IELTS speaking Describe a project or a piece of work you did together with someone. v. 1

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9 paragraphs
1035 words
5.5
Overall Band Score
Coherence and Cohesion: 5.5
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  • Use cohesive linking words accurately and appropriately
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    Vary your linking phrases using synonyms
Lexical Resource: 5.0
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  • Use less common question specific words that accurately convey meaning
  • Check your work for spelling and word formation mistakes
Grammatical Range: 5.5
  • Use a variety of complex and simple sentences
  • Check your writing for errors
Task Achievement: 5.0
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    Present relevant ideas
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