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Describe a time when you had to change your plan. v.1

Describe a time when you had to change your plan. v. 1
Describe a time when you had to change your plan. You should say: when this happened what made you change the plan what the new plan was and how you felt about the change. [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 1: I am not exactly one of those people who like to plan things ahead of the schedule. But, when I do plan, which seems to be harder for me than doing the actual works, I want to make sure that I am able to execute my plans properly in order to “reap” the benefits of my “hard work”. But, unfortunately, it was not the case when I planned for a camping trip with my cousins last time about 2 years ago in order to spend a night at a lake site. We knew exactly what we were up to. So, we prepared for everything by packing all the necessary things from sleeping bags, tents and outdoor cooking supplies to maps, compass, flashlights, extra clothing, lighters, candles and first aid kits. In fact, we had a perfect plan with everything under control except, of course, the weather. Well, we found out just before a day ahead of our scheduled trip that there would be a hailstorm with some heavy rains in the forecast the following day. So, the new plan (or its lack thereof) was that we would remain indoors the whole day while watching some footballs and movies over some freshly-baked popcorns and cans of cold coca cola on the sides. And, if weather permitting, we possibly could enjoy some grilled barbeque as well. Well, how I felt about the change? Let’s just say that the weather guy, who had forecasted about a bright and sunny day a week earlier on my TV, wouldn’t exactly be very pleased to know what I “called” him in his absence, only to realize at the end, of course, that the weather guy wasn’t exactly in control of the weather either. However, the worst part of changing the plan was that I was not allowed to enjoy our camping and a great outdoors near a beautiful lake while fishing in it with my cousins, courtesy to the “not-so” cooperative weather. Finally, unpacking my bags and luggage and putting the stuff back in the right places due to the change in the plan was also a bit irritating, to say the least. But, other than that, I was pretty relaxed, consoling myself, that there always was the next time. So, instead of remaining disappointed, I decided to enjoy my time inside my house with my cousins while planning for our next camping trip except, of course, this time around, we didn’t want to rely on a weather guy for our weather information.
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when you had to
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change
your
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plan
. You should say: when this happened what made you
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the
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what the new
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plan
was and how you felt about the
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. [You will
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think
about what you are going to say. You can
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notes to
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Model Answer 1: I am not
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exactly
one of those
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people
who like to
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plan
things ahead of the schedule.
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But
, when I do
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plan
, which seems to be harder for me than doing the actual works, I want to
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make
sure that I am able to execute my
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plans
properly
in order to “reap” the benefits of my “
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hard
work”.

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But
, unfortunately, it was not the case when I planned for a camping trip with my cousins last
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time
about 2 years ago in order to spend a night at a lake site. We knew
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exactly
what we were up to.
So
, we prepared for everything by packing all the necessary things from sleeping bags, tents and outdoor cooking supplies to maps, compass, flashlights, extra clothing, lighters, candles and
first
aid kits. In fact, we had a perfect
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plan
with everything under control except,
of course
, the
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weather
.
Well
, we found out
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just
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before
a day ahead of our scheduled trip that there would be a hailstorm with
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some
heavy rains in the forecast the following day.

So
, the new
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plan
(or its lack thereof) was that we would remain indoors the whole day while watching
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some
footballs and movies over
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some
freshly
-baked
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popcorns
and cans of
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cold
coca cola on the sides. And, if
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weather
permitting, we
possibly
could enjoy
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some
grilled
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barbeque
as
well
.

Well
, how I felt about the
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change
?
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Let
’s
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just
say that the
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weather
guy, who had forecasted about a bright and sunny day a week earlier on my TV, wouldn’t
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exactly
be
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very
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pleased
to know what I “called” him in his absence,
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only
to realize at the
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end
,
of course
, that the
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weather
guy wasn’t
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exactly
in control of the
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weather
either.
However
, the worst part of changing the
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plan
was that I was not
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allowed
to enjoy our camping and a great outdoors near a
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beautiful
lake while fishing in it with my cousins, courtesy to the “not-
so
” cooperative
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weather
.
Finally
, unpacking my bags and luggage and putting the stuff back in the
right
places due to the
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change
in the
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plan
was
also
a bit irritating, to say the least.

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But
, other than that, I was pretty relaxed, consoling myself, that there always was the
next
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time
.
So
,
instead
of remaining disappointed, I decided to enjoy my
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time
inside my
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house
with my cousins while planning for our
next
camping trip except,
of course
, this
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time
around, we didn’t want to rely on a
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weather
guy for our
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weather
information.
11Linking words, meeting the goal of 7 or more
32Repeated 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 time when you had to change your plan. v. 1

Speaking
  American English
5 paragraphs
493 words
5.5
Overall Band Score
Coherence and Cohesion: 6.5
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Lexical Resource: 5.0
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Grammatical Range: 6.0
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Task Achievement: 5.0
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