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Describe a success or an achievement in your life. v.1

Describe a success or an achievement in your life. v. 1
Describe a success or an achievement in your life. You should say: what it is when did you achieve it what you did to achieve it and describe how you felt after you achieved it. [You will have to talk about the topic for one to two minutes. You have one minute to think about what you are going to say. You can make some notes to help you if you wish. ]   Model Answer: I have read and heard about many success stories of other people, and they made me feel really good and motivated. However, I am not sure if my success story here would make anybody feel good or motivated, but it is still worth giving a good try. Back in my university years, about 7 years ago, I developed a hobby of “gardening”. I became interested in this hobby also because I wanted to take part in a competition, organized by my own city government, in order to win the “best gardener” award of the year.   Of course, the problem was that gardening required a significant amount of time and efforts to become successful. Starting a new part-time job with good salary unexpectedly, shortly after starting gardening, didn’t help my cause either. But, I just didn’t want to give up on the idea of gardening because I already spent some good money and time in nurturing it. So, I decided to work on better time management by cutting short on TV watching. Then, I also started to meet my friends a lot less in order to work extra time in gardening. By the way, my garden had at least 15 different kinds of plants, including paper-bark maple, ornamental cherry, Rowans and Japanese dogwood, which required some really good care. In this way, my gardening work had continued for the next one year or so when I was finally ready to take part in the competition. And, my “beautiful garden” didn’t disappoint me at all as it helped me achieve the 2nd best award in the “best gardener” competition. I felt really good after I received the award in the competition, as I wasn’t too sure about the success of my hard works. In fact, after the success, I was convinced that if we really work hard and be patient, the success would come on our way sooner or later. Finally, I also felt really happy and proud because of the fact that my little initiative and success would go a long way to make my city look more green and beautiful.
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Describe
a
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success
or an achievement in your life. You should say: what it is when did you achieve it what you did to achieve it and
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describe
how you felt after you achieved it. [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 are 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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]
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Model Answer:

I have read and heard about
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many
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success
stories of other
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people
, and they made me feel
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really
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good
and motivated.
However
, I am not sure if my
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success
story here would
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make
anybody
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feel
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good
or motivated,
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but
it is
still
worth giving a
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good
try.

Back in my university years, about 7 years ago, I developed a hobby of
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“gardening”
. I became interested in this hobby
also
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because
I wanted to
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take part
in a competition, organized by my
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own
city
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government
, in order to win the “best gardener” award of the
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year
.
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Of course
, the problem was that
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gardening
required a significant amount of
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time
and efforts to become successful. Starting a new part-time job with
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good
salary
unexpectedly
, shortly after starting
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gardening
, didn’t
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help
my cause either.
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But
, I
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just
didn’t want to give up on the
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idea
of
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gardening
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because
I already spent
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some
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good
money and
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time
in nurturing it.

So
, I decided to
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work
on better
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time
management by cutting short on TV watching. Then, I
also
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started
to
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meet
my friends a lot less in order to
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work
extra
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time
in
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gardening
. By the way, my garden had at least 15
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different
kinds of plants, including paper-bark maple, ornamental cherry, Rowans and Japanese dogwood, which required
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some
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really
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good
care. In this way, my
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gardening
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work
had continued for the
next
one
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year
or
so
when I was
finally
ready to
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take part
in the competition. And, my “
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beautiful
garden” didn’t disappoint me at all as it
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helped
me achieve the 2nd best award in the “best gardener” competition.

I felt
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really
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good
after I received the award in the competition, as I wasn’t
Did you mean "to sure"?
too sure
about the
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success
of my
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hard
works. In fact, after the
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success
, I
was convinced
that if we
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really
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work
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hard
and be patient, the
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success
would
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come
on our way sooner or later.
Finally
, I
also
felt
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really
happy and proud
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because of the fact that
my
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little
initiative and
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success
would go a long way to
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make
my city look more green and
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beautiful
.
9Linking words, meeting the goal of 7 or more
35Repeated words, meeting the goal of 3 or fewer
9Mistakes

IELTS speaking Describe a success or an achievement in your life. v. 1

Speaking
  American English
5 paragraphs
427 words
6.0
Overall Band Score
Coherence and Cohesion: 6.5
  • 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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