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Describe a time when you had to take care of a baby. v.1

Describe a time when you had to take care of a baby. v. 1
Describe a time when you had to take care of a baby. You should say: when it was who the baby was what you did and explain how you felt about taking care of this baby. [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 love babies; I like to hug them, play with them, carry them as well as spoil them. But, when it comes to taking care of a baby, I never thought that I could ever pull it off. But, that’s exactly what I did about a year ago when my aunt left her “bundle of joy” (my baby “cousin”) for me to take care of because she needed to go out for a few hours. Anyway, I knew that I needed to be “extra” careful in making sure that he wasn’t crying. And, to do so, I was holding and carrying him very gently. Of course, this is what my aunt instructed me in order to make him fall asleep. But the problem was I wasn’t succeeding. So, I took him in front of a TV and make him watch some cartoons even though I wasn’t too sure that he was “old” enough to enjoy cartoons! Anyway, this far, he was behaving like a “good” boy. But, then came the real challenge when he started to cry, but all I could do at that time was to try to “talk” to him with some “funny” faces in order to distract him. But, unfortunately, I wasn’t making much of an impression on my baby cousin so that he could actually stop crying. Then I suddenly remembered that he was probably hungry, and he needed his baby “feeder”, and as soon as I gave him his “feeder”, he got busy in “nourishing” himself from it until he fell asleep. Fortunately, he slept until my aunt returned. Anyway, initially, I was a bit nervous about taking care of my “baby cousin”, but as time progressed, I actually started to enjoy the “responsibility”. In fact, it was really interesting to see how that little “wonder baby” tried to “communicate” with me with some “funny sounds” from time to time except, of course, the problem was that this “poor” cousin could not understand what I told him! Besides, I also felt good that I could actually help my aunt when nobody was around to help her.   Model Answer 2: I am one of those persons who love babies and yet do not know how to take care of a baby. This cue card topic reminds me of a time when taking care of my nephew came on my shoulder. I would like to thank you for this opportunity to let me talk about my experience of looking after this baby.   It would be around six months ago when I had to stay home the whole day with my nephew, Ethan, who was merely 3 years old. Usually, my nephew is very adorable and gentle in nature but when he cries out loud, I find it hard to do anything to console him and bring him back to his normal jolly state. When Ethan's parents are around and he begins to cry, I keep my distance as my previous experience has taught me that anything I do makes thing worse!   Ethan's parents had to go out for the whole day and there was none except me to look after the baby. Ethan was a good boy most of the day and he caused me no trouble about which I was afraid of. I fed him twice the meal his mom prepared beforehand, changed his diaper and dresses, caressed him, tried to make him happy by acting and making different sounds and was very cautious to make sure he was comfortable. He slept for a couple of hours and during that time I sat beside him and read a book.   At first, I was intimidated because I did not want to take full responsibility for the baby while his parents were away. However, as time passed, I started feeling confident that he would be okay with me and at a time, I started feeling happy to be with him. That day I realised that looking after a baby is not as frightening as I thought it would be but it takes a great deal of effort to make sure the baby is okay.   I actually enjoyed being with Ethan and the way he played, laughed and hugged me was something totally new to me. Model Answer 3: Thank you for the opportunity to let me talk about my experience of looking after a baby. It reminds me of an event when my closest friend Bella had to visit her hometown to see a sick relative. It would be approximately two years ago and coincidently, her husband was out of the town at that time. So she requested me to look after her daughter - Irene.   When Bella requested me to look after Irene for a couple of days, I told her that I would be glad to babysit her little Irene. Irene was six years old then and a very nice girl. I asked Bella to bring some of Irene's favourite clothes and toys, just to make her feel at home at my place. You know, kids may feel nervous in a totally new environment, and I thought her belongings will soothe her and make her feel more at ease.   I prepared her breakfast and lunch and usually took her out for dinner. As she had classes, I had to drop her at her school in the morning and pick her up in the evening as well. I tried my best to cheer her up so that she would not miss her parents much. She stayed three days at my place and I even took her to a children's park nearby, which is open to the public and adored by many children.   How did I feel? Well- it was a new experience for me and honestly speaking, I was a bit nervous at the beginning as I had no prior experience of looking after babies. But Irene was a sweet child and we had a great time together. I even missed her after she left my house. She gave me a nice pot plant as a gesture of her gratitude after a few days and mentioned to her mom that she had a great time at my home.   More Ideas to talk about this Cue Card topic: Cue Card Topic: Describe a time when you had to take care of a baby. 1. Recently, I went to Munich to meet my maternal uncle and aunt who both are doctors. Suddenly, they had to go to their office and that's why they asked me to take care of the baby boy who was two years old at that time. I looked after the baby and it was a fabulous and new experience for me. I never knew I would love spending time with a baby so much! 2. I went to a party with my mom and had to look after a baby. In fact, she was a cute little girl and her mother was the host and went to greet other guests. So, she asked me to take care of the baby for a few minutes. It was an interesting experience. 3. Taking care of babies is hard and I realized it when my neighbour, Mr Robin, asked me to look after his baby for half an hour. We live in the same apartment block in Sydney. He went to do some grocery shopping and I had a difficult time to fulfil the continuous demands of the baby. I was tired by the time his father returned and rescued me! 4. My maternal uncle came to visit our house last summer with his family and my mom asked me to look after their baby of five years old. It was a nice event indeed. The baby was decent and loved reading books. He was quite smart and I liked spending time with him. 5. Meeting with Evan was an interesting experience. He is three years old and lives in the opposite house of mine. His parents came to visit us and I was told to take care of the baby. We both had a great time together and I did things for him that I would normally avoid with anyone else. That day I realised how we become children when we are surrounded by them! 6.  Aunt Sally was terribly busy on Christmas day last year. So, she asked me to take care of her baby girl while she prepared dinner for the whole family. I was a paying guest at her home in Spain. And taking care of the baby was great fun for me. The baby was cute and amiable and she listened to my instructions and I enjoyed being with her. 7. Last week, I went to meet my sister and she requested me to accompany her baby in her absence. She planned to go shopping with her friends. Since I had spare time, I looked after her baby boy. It was a great experience and we both had a pleasant time together. We watched an animated movie and prepared a meal all by ourselves. 8. In my office, one of my colleagues brought her baby one day. Though I am not much fond of babies, she asked me to look after the baby for a while so that she could finish her presentation with the boss. I did accordingly and I must confess it was not as bad an experience as I always thought it would be!   If you can talk about the cue card topic "Describe a time when you had to take care of a baby. ", you should be able to answer the following topics as well: 1. Talk about a time when a baby stayed with you. 2. Describe a guest who stayed at your house. 3. Describe a time when you had to offer a favour to a friend. 4. Describe a time when you looked after someone other than your friend or family. 5. Describe something unusual you did recently.
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when you had to take
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care
of a baby. You should say: when it was
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who
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1: I
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love
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babies
; I like to hug them, play with them, carry them as
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well
as spoil them.
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, when it
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comes
to taking
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care
of a baby, I never
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thought
that I could ever pull it off.
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, that’s exactly what I did about a
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year
ago when my
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aunt
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left
her “bundle of joy” (my baby
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“cousin”)
for me to take
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care
of
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because
she needed to go out for a few hours.

Anyway
, I knew that I needed to be “extra” careful in making
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sure
that he wasn’t crying. And, to do
so
, I was holding and carrying him
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very
gently
.
Of course
, this is what my
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aunt
instructed me in order to
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make
him fall asleep.
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the problem was I wasn’t succeeding.
So
, I took him in front of a TV and
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make
him
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watch
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some
cartoons
even though
I wasn’t too
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sure
that he was “
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old
”
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enough
to enjoy cartoons!
Anyway
, this far, he was behaving like a “
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good
”
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boy
.
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, then
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came
the real challenge when he
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started
to cry,
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all I could do at that
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time
was to try to
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“talk”
to him with
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“
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” faces in order to distract him.
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, unfortunately, I wasn’t making
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much
of an impression on my baby
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cousin
so
that he could
actually
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stop
crying. Then I
suddenly
remembered that he was
probably
hungry, and he needed his baby “feeder”, and as
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soon
as I gave him his “feeder”, he
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got
busy in “nourishing” himself from it until he fell asleep.
Fortunately
, he slept until my
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aunt
returned.

Anyway
,
initially
, I was a bit nervous about taking
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care
of my “baby
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cousin”
,
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but
as
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time
progressed, I
actually
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started
to enjoy the “responsibility”. In fact, it was
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really interesting
to
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see
how that
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little
“wonder baby” tried to “communicate” with me with
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some
“
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funny
sounds” from
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time
to
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time
except,
of course
, the problem was that this “poor”
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cousin
could not understand what I
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told
him!
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, I
also
felt
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good
that I could
actually
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help
my
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aunt
when nobody was around to
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help
her.
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Model
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Answer
2: I am one of those persons
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who
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love
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babies
and
yet
do not know how to take
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care
of a baby. This
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cue
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card
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topic
reminds me of a
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time
when taking
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care
of my nephew
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came
on my shoulder. I would like to thank you for this opportunity to
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let
me
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talk
about my
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experience
of
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looking
after this baby.
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It would be around six months ago when I had to stay home the whole day with my nephew, Ethan,
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who
was
merely
3 years
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old
.
Usually
, my nephew is
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very
adorable and gentle in nature
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but
when he cries out loud, I find it
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hard
to do anything to console him and bring him back to his normal jolly state. When Ethan's
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parents
are
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around and
he
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begins
to cry, I
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keep
my distance as my previous
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experience
has taught me that anything I do
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makes
thing worse!
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Ethan's
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parents
had to go out for the whole day and there was none except me to
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look
after the baby. Ethan was a
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good
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boy
most of the
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day and
he caused me no trouble about which I was afraid of. I fed him twice the meal his
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mom
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prepared
beforehand,
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changed
his diaper and dresses, caressed him, tried to
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make
him happy by acting and making
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different
sounds and was
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very
cautious to
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make
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sure
he was comfortable. He slept for a couple of hours and during that
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time
I sat beside him and read a book.
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At
first
, I
was intimidated
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because
I did not want to take full responsibility for the baby while his
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parents
were away.
However
, as
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time
passed, I
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started
feeling confident that he would be okay with me and at a
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time
, I
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started
feeling happy to be with him. That day I
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realised
that
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looking
after a baby is not as frightening as I
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thought
it would be
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but
it takes a
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great
deal of effort to
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make
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sure
the baby is okay.
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I
actually
enjoyed being with Ethan and the way he played, laughed and hugged me was something
totally
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new
to me.

Model
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Answer
3: Thank you for the opportunity to
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let
me
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talk
about my
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experience
of
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looking
after a baby. It reminds me of an
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event
when my closest
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friend
Bella had to visit her hometown to
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see
a sick relative. It would be approximately two years ago and
coincidently
, her husband was out of the town at that
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time
.
So
she requested me to
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look
after her daughter
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-
Irene.
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When Bella requested me to
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look
after Irene for a couple of days, I
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told
her that I would be glad to babysit her
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little
Irene. Irene was six years
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old
then and a
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very
nice girl. I
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asked
Bella to bring
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some
of Irene's
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favourite
clothes and toys,
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just
to
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make
her
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feel
at home at my place.
You know
, kids may
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feel
nervous in a
totally
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new
environment, and I
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thought
her belongings will soothe her and
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make
her
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feel
more at
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ease
.
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I
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prepared
her breakfast and lunch and
usually
took her out for dinner. As she had classes, I had to drop her at her school in the morning and pick her up in the evening as
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well
. I tried my best to cheer her up
so
that she would not miss her
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parents
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much
. She stayed three days at my place and I even took her to a children's park nearby, which is open to the public and adored by
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many
children.
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How did I
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feel
?
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Well-
it was a
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new
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experience
for me and
honestly
speaking, I was a bit nervous at the beginning as I had no prior
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experience
of
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looking
after
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babies
.
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But
Irene was a sweet
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child and
we had a
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great
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time
together. I even missed her after she
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left
my
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house
. She gave me a nice pot plant as a gesture of her gratitude after a few days and mentioned to her
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mom
that she had a
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great
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time
at my home.
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to
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:
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:
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Describe
a
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time
when you had to take
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care
of a baby. 1. Recently, I
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went
to Munich to
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meet
my maternal uncle and
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aunt
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who
both are doctors.
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, they had to go to their office and that's why they
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asked
me to take
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care
of the baby
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boy
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who
was two years
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old
at that
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time
. I looked after the baby and it was a fabulous and
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new
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experience
for me. I never knew I would
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love
spending
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time
with a baby
so
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much! 2
.
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I
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went
to a party with my
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mom
and had to
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look
after a baby. In fact, she was a cute
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little
girl and her mother was the host and
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went
to greet other guests.
So
, she
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asked
me to take
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care
of the baby for a few minutes. It was an interesting
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experience. 3
. Taking
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care
of
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babies
is
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hard
and I
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realized
it when my
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neighbour
, Mr Robin,
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asked
me to
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look
after his baby for half an hour. We
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live
in the same apartment block in Sydney. He
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went
to do
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some
grocery shopping and I had a difficult
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time
to fulfil the continuous demands of the baby. I
was tired
by the
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time
his father returned and rescued me!

4. My maternal uncle
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came
to visit our
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house
last summer with his family and my
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mom
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asked
me to
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look
after their baby of five years
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old
. It was a nice
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event
indeed
. The baby was decent and
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loved
reading books. He was quite smart and I liked spending
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time
with him.

5. Meeting with Evan was an interesting
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experience
. He is three years
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old
and
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lives
in the opposite
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house
of mine. His
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parents
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came
to visit
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us and
I was
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told
to take
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care
of the baby. We both had a
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great
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time
together and I did things for him that I would
normally
avoid with anyone else. That day I
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realised
how we become children when we
are surrounded
by them!

6.
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 Aunt
Sally was
terribly
busy on Christmas day last
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year
.
So
, she
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asked
me to take
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care
of her baby girl while she
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prepared
dinner for the whole family. I was a paying guest at her home in Spain. And taking
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care
of the baby was
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great
fun for me. The baby was cute and
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amiable and
she listened to my instructions and I enjoyed being with her.

7. Last week, I
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went
to
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meet
my
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sister and
she requested me to accompany her baby in her absence. She planned to go shopping with her
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friends
. Since I had spare
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time
, I looked after her baby
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boy
. It was a
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great
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experience and
we both had a pleasant
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time
together. We
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watched
an animated movie and
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prepared
a meal all by ourselves.

8. In my office, one of my colleagues brought her baby one day. Though I am not
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much
fond of
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babies
, she
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asked
me to
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look
after the baby for a while
so
that she could finish her presentation with the boss. I did
accordingly
and I
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must
confess it was not as
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bad
an
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experience
as I always
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thought
it would be!
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If you can
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talk
about the
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cue
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card
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topic
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"
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Describe
a
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time
when you had to take
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care
of a baby.
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"
, you should be able to
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answer
the following
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topics
as
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well: 1
.
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Talk
about a
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time
when a baby stayed with you.

2.
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Describe
a guest
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who
stayed at your
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house. 3
.
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Describe
a
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time
when you had to offer a
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favour
to a
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friend. 4
.
Three successive sentences begin with the same word. Consider rewording the sentence or use a thesaurus to find a synonym.
Describe
a
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time
when you looked after someone other than your
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friend
or family.

5.
Three successive sentences begin with the same word. Consider rewording the sentence or use a thesaurus to find a synonym.
Describe
something unusual you did recently.
14Linking words, meeting the goal of 7 or more
206Repeated words, meeting the goal of 3 or fewer
33Mistakes
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IELTS speaking Describe a time when you had to take care of a baby. v. 1

Speaking
  American English
17 paragraphs
1750 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
  • ?
    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: 5.0
  • 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: 5.5
  • Use a variety of complex and simple sentences
  • Check your writing for errors
Task Achievement: 5.0
  • Answer all parts of the question
  • ?
    Present relevant ideas
  • Fully explain these ideas
  • ?
    Support ideas with relevant, specific examples
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