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Describe a time when someone got angry with you. v.1

Describe a time when someone got angry with you. v. 1
Describe a time when someone got angry with you. You should say: when it was who got angry with you what you did to make this person angry and explain how you felt about 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. ] Sample Answer 1: No matter how hard we try, we cannot control our anger all the time. Sometimes we lose control and get quite angry with someone. This is a part of our human characteristics. When some people are short-tempered and get angry easily, many others are very placid and super cool. My father is one of the coolest and understanding persons I have ever known. This cue card topic reminds me the day when he became very angry with me. Thank you for this cue card topic and the chance to share this experience with you. It would be either 2010 or 2011 and I was around 16 years old at that time. I used to play football every evening and was a mid-fielder in our high school football team. My parents were worried about me as they thought I was too much involvement in sports. To some extent it was true and they were concerned that it would demote my academic performance. Their doubt was proven true and I performed very poorly in my year final exam. After my father looked at my scorecard, he frowned at me and asked me the reason for this poor performance in the exam. I mumbled for a few seconds and could not give him any definitive and satisfactory answer. Next day he went to my school and found out that I skipped a few classes only to practice football in the nearby playground. My teacher also complained that I was supposed to bring my parents to meet him for a discussion but they never went to my school to meet him! That possibly ignited the rage in my father as I actually never told him that one of my teachers wanted to meet them. After he returned home, he got furious. I do not blame him for the anger he showed. I would probably have reacted the same way if I had been him! I had never seen him become so infuriated until that very day. He was literally screaming and out of control. He was acting like a wounded wild animal who had been deceived and hurt. I thought it would be the best policy to remain silent and answer honestly everything he asks until he calms down. Though I felt very afraid, I knew my father. He is a great dad and his anger was understandable. I knew that he was a decent and a cool person and I should be honest with him to avoid any further damage. I also felt sad for me and for my parents and was promising myself not to repeat that heinous act ever again. I was sorry for my imprudent and immature lifestyle. I also promised myself that I would never disappoint my parents and would never bring any disgrace to my family. Given the time, my father got calm within 40 minutes or so. He remained silent for the whole day and the next day he had a candid discussion with me. I love my parents very much and my love and respect for them made me realise how important it was for me to study harder and become one of the top scorers in the class.   Sample Answer 2: Thank you, sir/madam, for this great cue card topic. Though I am kind of embarrassed to talk about an event when someone got angry with me, I would try to give detailed information to explain the whole situation. I think when a teacher gets angry with someone, it is very confusing and uncomfortable. I have such an experience which I am going to share with you. I am an undergraduate student at École Normale Supérieure de Paris and I have been studying there for the last two years. A few weeks ago, I was supposed to submit an assignment to my biology teacher- Mr Leo Falkner. Unfortunately, I failed to bring that (in fact, I lost the assignment) and it caused a disaster! Mr Leo Falkner takes our biology class. He is a very sincere teacher and we love to be in his classes. 'He is a perfectionist'- as referred by many in our college. Besides, he is a man of letters and knows well how to maintain his schedules. Regarding punishment, he is often flexible, but if someone fails to submit an assignment in due time, he is not stretchy at all and I have learned it is a hard way! Usually, Mr Falkner does not get angry with anyone but he was infuriated with me as I could not submit an assignment before the due date. He has a reputation as a strict teacher and he does not like any incompatibility regarding the matters of academic activities. But he is considerate enough for reasonable excuses on other issues. But in my case, the matter was a bit complex and different than usual. I lost my assignment from my dormitory! I completed the assignment the day before but it was missing since the morning. I notified that to Mr Falkner but he did not believe me and got angry. He thought I made things up as an excuse which he was not ready to accept. I understand his point of view and could not argue with him. He lost his temper and started shouting at me. In fact, I have never seen him so angry before. I was shocked and totally confused. At a time my face turned pale and my eyes became wet. I guess when he regained his temper, he understood that I was not a liar! Considering the situation, he allowed me two more days to submit the assignment. I was relieved. In fact, without the assignment submission, my grade could have fallen substantially. Besides, it was a great lesson for me as I was not careful enough to keep an important document in a safe place. I am more careful now than ever before about my assignments and their safekeeping!   More Ideas to talk about this Cue Card/ Candidate Task Card topic: Topic: Describe a time when someone got angry with you. 1.   I had no idea that such an unpleasant event would take place in the early morning of an important day. Dad got angry with me but I could not sort out the reason! Actually, I deleted some files from his laptop and when he sat with the device, he found the files missing. He asked me to make a copy-paste and I did the opposite. I was nervous with the behaviours of my dad. He later apologized for his rudeness and told me that I made a grave mistake. I expressed my regrets to dad also. 2.   It was almost a few months ago when Samantha and I started enjoying a movie at my home. Samantha got angry with me for several reasons, I guess. First of all, I love to enjoy a good action scene a couple of times. So, I started repeating the scenes, and it annoyed her. She started shouting at me and when I stopped the movie she got angry.   Later, I said that I will not repeat any scene again though I could not keep the promise! ! ! 3.   I scarcely cook at home but last month when I tried to, it was a devastating event. My mother got angry with me. In fact, I could not cook well and it was a complete wastage of food ingredients. Almost all of the items were overcooked. The taste was weird and none could eat the food. So, my mother turned angry at me and ordered me never to move to the kitchen. So, I felt a bit disheartened with her statements. 4.   Breaking down a precious and antique showpiece is really horrible and I did that a couple of weeks ago. So, my mom got angry with me about the matter. Though I tried to make her realize that it was not intentional, rather a pure accident, she did not pay heed to me. She was angry at her level best and kept shouting. Later, feeling sad and frustrated, I promised her that I would bring a showpiece for her which would be much better than the one I broke! When she calmed down, she apologised to me and I said that I was sorry for the event. 5.   I recently made a mistake and it was purely unintentional. But it made a pedestrian angry. I threw a used tissue from my car, which I completely regret now, and it hit a stranger. In fact, it was a stupid act and I promised never to do that again. I stopped my car and apologized to the man for the act and he told that he was okay as I stopped to beg for an apology.   Your preparation for this cue card topic would enable you to talk about the following topics as well: 1. Describe an event that made you sad. 2. Describe an unexpected situation that embarrassed you. 3. Describe something unusual you have recently experienced. 4. Describe a time when you apologised to someone.
Describe
a
time
when
someone
got
angry
with you. You should say: when it was who
got
angry
with you what you did to
make
this person
angry
and
explain
how you
felt
about 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.
]
Sample
Answer
1:

No
matter
how
hard
we try, we cannot control our anger all the
time
.
Sometimes
we lose control and
get
quite
angry
with
someone
. This is a part of our human characteristics. When
some
people
are short-tempered and
get
angry
easily
,
many
others are
very
placid and super cool. My
father
is one of the coolest and understanding persons I have ever known. This
cue
card
topic
reminds me the day when he became
very
angry
with me. Thank you for this
cue
card
topic
and the chance to share this experience with you.

It would be either 2010 or
2011 and
I was around 16 years
old
at that
time
. I
used
to play football every evening and was a mid-fielder in our high school football team. My
parents
were worried
about me as they
thought
I was too much involvement in sports. To
some
extent it was
true and
they
were concerned
that it would demote my academic performance. Their doubt
was proven
true and I performed
very
poorly
in my year final exam.

After my
father
looked at my scorecard, he frowned at me and asked me the reason for this poor performance in the exam. I mumbled for a few seconds and could not give him any definitive and satisfactory
answer
.
Next
day he went to my school and found out that I skipped a few
classes
only
to practice football in the nearby playground. My
teacher
also
complained that I
was supposed
to
bring
my
parents
to
meet
him for a discussion
but
they never went to my school to
meet
him! That
possibly
ignited the rage in my
father
as I
actually
never
told
him that one of my
teachers
wanted to
meet
them. After he returned home, he
got
furious. I do not blame him for the anger he
showed
. I would
probably
have reacted the same way if I had been him!

I
had never
seen
him become
so
infuriated until that
very
day. He was
literally
screaming and out of control. He was acting like a wounded wild animal who had
been deceived
and hurt. I
thought
it would be the best policy to remain silent and
answer
honestly
everything he asks until he calms down. Though I
felt
very
afraid, I knew my
father
. He is a great
dad
and his anger was understandable. I knew that he was a decent and a cool person and I should be honest with him to avoid any
further
damage. I
also
felt
sad for me and for my
parents
and was promising myself not to repeat that heinous act ever again.
I
was sorry for my imprudent and immature lifestyle.
I
also
promised myself that I would never disappoint my
parents
and would never
bring
any disgrace to my family.

Given
the
time
, my
father
got
calm within 40 minutes or
so
. He remained silent for the whole day and the
next
day he had a candid discussion with me. I
love
my
parents
very
much and my
love
and respect for them made me
realise
how
important
it was for me to study harder and become one of the top scorers in the
class
.
 
Sample
Answer
2:

Thank you, sir/madam, for this great
cue
card
topic
. Though I am kind of embarrassed to
talk
about an
event
when
someone
got
angry
with me, I would try to give detailed information to
explain
the whole situation. I
think
when a
teacher
gets
angry
with
someone
, it is
very
confusing and uncomfortable. I have such an experience which I am going to share with you.

I
am an undergraduate student at
École
Normale
Supérieure
de Paris and I have been studying there for the last two years. A few weeks ago, I
was supposed
to
submit
an
assignment
to my biology
teacher-
Mr Leo
Falkner
. Unfortunately, I failed to
bring
that (in
fact
, I lost the
assignment)
and it caused a disaster!

Mr Leo
Falkner
takes our biology
class
. He is a
very
sincere
teacher and
we
love
to be in his
classes
. 'He is a perfectionist'- as referred by
many
in our college.
Besides
, he is a
man
of letters and knows
well
how to maintain his schedules. Regarding punishment, he is
often
flexible,
but
if
someone
fails to
submit
an
assignment
in due
time
, he is not stretchy at all and I have learned it is a
hard
way!
Usually
, Mr
Falkner
does not
get
angry
with anyone
but
he
was infuriated
with me as I could not
submit
an
assignment
before
the due date.

He has a reputation as a strict
teacher and
he does not like any incompatibility regarding the
matters
of academic activities.
But
he is considerate
enough
for reasonable excuses on other issues.
But
in my case, the
matter
was a bit complex and
different
than
usual. I lost my
assignment
from my dormitory! I completed the
assignment
the day
before
but
it was missing since the morning.
I
notified that to Mr Falkner
but
he did not believe me and
got
angry
. He
thought
I made things up as an excuse which he was not ready to accept. I understand his point of view and could not argue with him. He lost his temper and
started
shouting at me. In
fact
, I have never
seen
him
so
angry
before
.

I
was shocked
and
totally
confused. At a
time
my face turned pale and my eyes became wet.
I guess
when he regained his temper, he understood that I was not a liar! Considering the situation, he
allowed
me two more days to
submit
the
assignment
. I
was relieved
. In
fact
, without the
assignment
submission, my grade could have fallen
substantially
.
Besides
, it was a great lesson for me as I was not careful
enough
to
keep
an
important
document in a safe place. I am more careful
now
than ever
before
about my
assignments
and their safekeeping!
 
More
Ideas
to
talk
about this
Cue
Card/ Candidate Task
Card
topic
:
Topic
:
Describe
a
time
when
someone
got
angry
with you. 1.
 
I had no
idea
that such an unpleasant
event
would take place in the early morning of an
important
day.
Dad
got
angry
with me
but
I could not sort out the reason!
Actually
, I deleted
some
files from his laptop and when he sat with the device, he found the files missing. He asked me to
make
a copy-paste and I did the opposite. I was nervous with the
behaviours
of my
dad
. He later apologized for his rudeness and
told
me that I made a grave mistake. I expressed my regrets to
dad
also
.

2.
 
It was almost a few months ago when Samantha and I
started
enjoying a movie at my home. Samantha
got
angry
with me for several reasons,
I guess
.
First of all
, I
love
to enjoy a
good
action scene a couple of
times
.
So
, I
started
repeating the scenes, and it annoyed her. She
started
shouting at me and when I
stopped
the movie she
got
angry
.
 
Later, I said that I will not repeat any scene again though I could not
keep
the promise! ! !

3.
 
I
scarcely
cook at home
but
last month when I tried to, it was a devastating
event
. My mother
got
angry
with me. In
fact
, I could not cook
well
and it was a complete wastage of food ingredients. Almost
all of the
items
were overcooked
. The taste was weird and none could eat the food.
So
, my mother turned
angry
at me and ordered me never to
move
to the kitchen.
So
, I
felt
a bit disheartened with her statements.

4.
 
Breaking down a precious and antique showpiece is
really
horrible and I did that a couple of weeks ago.
So
, my mom
got
angry
with me about the
matter
. Though I tried to
make
her
realize
that it was not intentional,
rather
a pure accident, she did not pay heed to me. She was
angry
at her level best and
kept
shouting. Later, feeling sad and frustrated, I promised her that I would
bring
a showpiece for her which would be much better than the one I broke! When she calmed down, she
apologised
to me and I said that I was sorry for the
event. 5
.
 
I recently made a mistake and it was
purely
unintentional.
But
it made a pedestrian
angry
. I threw a
used
tissue from my car, which I completely regret
now
, and it hit a stranger. In
fact
, it was a stupid act and I promised never to do that again. I
stopped
my car and apologized to the
man
for the
act and
he
told
that he was okay as I
stopped
to beg for an apology.
 
Your preparation for this
cue
card
topic
would enable you to
talk
about the following
topics
as
well
:

1.
Describe
an
event
that made you sad.

2.
Describe
an unexpected situation that embarrassed you.

3.
Describe
something unusual you have recently experienced.

4.
Describe
a
time
when you
apologised
to
someone
.
12Linking words, meeting the goal of 7 or more
149Repeated words, meeting the goal of 3 or fewer
39Mistakes

IELTS speaking Describe a time when someone got angry with you. v. 1

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  American English
19 paragraphs
1600 words
5.5
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Coherence and Cohesion: 5.5
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    Vary your linking phrases using synonyms
Lexical Resource: 5.0
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  • Check your work for spelling and word formation mistakes
Grammatical Range: 5.5
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Task Achievement: 5.0
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