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Describe a time when you had to wait in a long queue/line. v.1

Describe a time when you had to wait in a long queue/line. v. 1
Describe a time when you had to wait in a long queue/line. You should say: when it was how long the queue/line was what it was about and explain how you felt about waiting in this long queue or line. [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: Nobody really likes to wait in a long queue or line. But, that’s just a wishful thinking in a very densely populated country, where people need to get in the line even to buy some eggs on discounts because there are just too many customers to buy them without creating any chaos. Anyway, like many others in my country, I also needed to wait in a long - I mean, really long - queue once about 4/5 years ago. Of course, I was not trying to buy any eggs on discounts back then, but rather I was only trying to get my national ID from my local government authority. By the way, about 4/5 years ago, the government of my country had announced a programme to give a national ID card to all of its adult citizens within a certain period of time. And, if anybody had failed to obtain his or her ID card within that stipulated period of time, he or she would have to go through a lot of unnecessary hassles of providing extra documents to the legal authority for the purpose of citizenship verification. But, anyway, since I didn’t want to go through all that bureaucratic hassles, I decided to get my ID within the regular scheduled date, but little did I know that I would need to wait in the queue of as many as 200 people that stretched over at least quarter of a mile. First, I thought, it was going to be a quick process, because I assumed that they had an efficient system in place, but I was proved out to be wrong because the process was taking way too longer than what I had initially anticipated. Anyway, after waiting for almost an hour and a half, I finally did get my ID, but the agony of that long waiting period hunted me for a long time. In fact, my legs started to pain because of standing for a long period of time, and I was calling the officials with all sorts of “bad names” because of their sheer incompetence and negligence, which was silly of me, I guess!   Sample Answer 2: I think this is an easy topic for me and I be able to speak about one such recent event when I had to wait more than an hour in a very long queue. Thank you for this nice cue card topic. It would not be more than 3-4 months ago and it was just before the Christmas and New Year time. On a Sunday evening, I went to a supermall near my home to do some necessary shopping. I spent almost 45 minutes to pick up all the essential items and the number of items I purchased was more than usual! Then I approached the checkout point of the mall. While shopping, I noticed that many people were buying items for the Christmas and New Year celebration. Due to this, the crowd seemed a bit larger than usual. However, as soon as I reached the checkout point, I was bewildered. I had no idea how large the queue in this shopping mall could be! There were more than 5 checkout points but each of those was surprisingly crowded. I could not decide which queue to stand in! Strangely, people behind me were forcing me to go ahead and I had no other alternatives but to stand in the nearest queue. I actually counted the number of people who were also waiting in my queue ahead of me. It was probably 21 or 22 and I got quite anxious to leave the shopping mall as soon as possible. The cash registers and the salespersons were very busy and most of the customers' shopping carts were full. At a point of my waiting in this long queue, I thought to put back my items on the shelves and leave the shopping mall. However, I discarded the idea as those items were important for me and my family. Many items were for the Christmas and the New Year celebration and I could not leave without buying these items. Moreover, I thought moth other shopping centres would also be packed at this time of the year. After 30 minutes or so, I started playing games on my mobile phone. I did so for about half an hour and then I noticed that the line in front of me had become smaller. On the other hand, the number of people behind me had grown to more than 50! Most of the people were shopping for the two major approaching festivals and all of them were waiting in the queue peacefully. The air was filled with the aroma of the festivity and people looked happy and cheerful even though they had to wait in a very long queue for a long time. This thought calmed me and after approximately 25 minutes I paid my bill and the salesgirl wished me merry Christmas. I greeted her back and she apologised for the long queue. I told her that I understand and it was not a problem for me. However, I knew how irritating and tough it was to wait for such a long time in a large queue. As soon as I got back to my car and started the engine, I felt much better and I was happy to finally have my shopping done!     Sample Answer 3: Thank you, sir/madam, for this nice cue card topic. New Year is ahead and marking the celebration, a wide number of preparations are underway. I want to meet my parents who live in Belgium and thus went to buy a train ticket for me at Frankfurt Central Station three days ago. There I had to wait in a really large queue. It was a bright and sunny day and I started from the dormitory I live in. I reached the station within 25 minutes but I was surprised at the long queue that exceeded the train station building. It was unusual. In fact, everyone was in a rush and went there to book their tickets in advance for the New Year travel. The queue began from the ticket counter and was getting longer every minute. Luckily I could manage a space to stand in the middle of the queue. Later I came to know that the ticket-selling stopped for a network-related problem and even before the personnel at the station started offering the tickets, peoples started to form the queue. Amid a huge rush, people wanted to secure their seats and berths on the train. Journey by train in Germany is quite comfortable and many Germans love to travel by train. Everyone wanted to buy tickets, so they went to the train station as early as possible to get it without any trouble. But during this time of the year, the queue gets longer and longer. I had to wait longer than usual as the computer network had a glitch. Waiting in a long queue of people is not always pleasant. I have heard of such long queues but never experienced before that day. So, it was a new experience for me. Thereby, I did not enjoy standing. Moreover, I felt a cramp in my leg due to standing for so long. I had to wait for over two hours in the queue. Finally, we all got our tickets once the network was restored and I was happy about that. Hopefully, I will visit my parents next week.   More Ideas to talk about this Cue Card/ Candidate Task Card topic: Topic: Describe a time when you had to wait in a long queue. 1. Right before the cricket match between India and Australia, I had to wait in a long queue. It was a very long line that I could not see the end. In fact, everyone was about getting their entry tickets to the stadium here in Australia. It was a high voltage match between the top two teams in the world. But waiting in the queue was not such a bad experience for me as I started feeling the vibe. It was a nice experience for me indeed. 2. Collecting the college admission form for my younger sister took me more than two hours due to a very long queue. Around two hundred people were standing in front of me and I failed to estimate the number of people standing behind me. It was almost a year ago and the bitter experience still lingers. In fact, admission to a reputed college requires a good result from the students’ end, and the guardians need to wait in the queue to collect and submit the admission form. I had to collect the admission form for my sister as my father was busy in his office. At a time I felt quite bored. 3. A local theatre hall in Paris was filled with an audience. But I had to stand in a long queue before entering the hall. The gate was supposed to open at 6. 00 pm sharp but the authority opened it 30 minutes later. People who arrived at the theatre hall formed a queue before the entrance. But none could enter until the gate was opened. I was one of them. So, I had to wait in the queue for over half an hour. But the moments passed by talking with the other people and I heard many interesting remarks about the show from them. 4. I went to Mumbai from Kolkata before the Diwali and had waited in a long queue to collect the train ticket. It was my first visit to Mumbai by train and so I was thrilled. But the long queue made me frustrated. Over hundreds of people were in the line to get their tickets for the train. Besides, the sellers inside the booth appeared working too slowly. So, it was taking more time than usual. I was irritated with the matter but waited patiently till my turn came to collect the ticket. 5. Meeting with the Prime Minister is a matter of luck but I was invited to meet the Prime Minister of my country, Pakistan. But I had to wait in a long queue to meet the Premier. It was a courtesy call with the Prime Minister with all the journalists. And as a reporter, I was lucky enough to meet the head of the state. Hundreds of people were in the queue and I was behind almost fifty people. I did not feel any monotony to wait in the long queue because it was a special day in my life.   Similar other cue card topics that you should be able to answer if you prepare for this topic: 1. Describe a time when you had to wait for a long. 2. Describe an event when you felt uneasy/irritated. 3. Describe something unusual you did recently.
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Describe
a
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time
when you had to
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wait
in a
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long
queue/line. You should say: when it was how
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long
the queue/line was what it was about and
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explain
how you
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felt
about
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waiting
in this
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long
queue or
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line
. [You will
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have to
talk about the
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topic
for one to two minutes. You have one
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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
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Answer
1:

Nobody
really
likes to
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wait
in a
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long
queue or
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line
.
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But
, that’s
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just
a wishful thinking in a
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very
densely
populated
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country
, where
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people
need to
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get
in the
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line
even to
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buy
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some
eggs on discounts
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because
there are
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just
too
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many
customers to
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buy
them without creating any chaos.
Anyway
, like
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many
others in my
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country
, I
also
needed to
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wait
in a
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long
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-
I mean
,
really
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long
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-
queue once about 4/5 years ago.

Of course
, I was not trying to
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buy
any eggs on discounts
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back
then,
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but
rather
I was
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only
trying to
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get
my national ID from my local
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government
authority. By the way, about 4/5 years ago, the
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government
of my
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country
had announced a
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programme
to give a national ID
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card
to all of its adult citizens within a certain
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period
of
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time
. And, if anybody had failed to obtain
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his or her
ID
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card
within that stipulated
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period
of
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time
, he or she would
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have to
go through
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a lot of
unnecessary hassles of providing extra documents to the legal authority for the purpose of citizenship verification.

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But
,
anyway
, since I didn’t want to go through all that bureaucratic hassles, I decided to
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get
my ID within the regular scheduled date,
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but
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little
did I know that I would need to
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wait
in the queue of as
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many
as 200
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people
that stretched
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over
at least quarter of a mile.
First
, I
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thought
, it was going to be a quick process,
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because
I assumed that they had an efficient system in place,
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but
I
was proved
out to be
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wrong
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because
the process was taking way too
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longer
than what I had
initially
anticipated.

Anyway
, after
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waiting
for
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almost
an
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hour
and a half, I
finally
did
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get
my ID,
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but
the agony of that
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long
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waiting
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period
hunted me for a
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long
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time
. In
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fact
, my legs
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started
to pain
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because
of
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standing
for a
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long
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period
of
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time
, and I was calling the officials with all sorts of “
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bad
names”
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because
of their sheer incompetence and negligence, which was silly of me,
I guess
!
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Sample
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Answer
2:

I
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think
this is an easy
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topic
for me and I be able to speak about one such recent
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event
when I had to
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wait
more than an
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hour
in a
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very
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long
queue. Thank you for this nice
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cue
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card
topic.

It would not be more than 3-4 months ago and it was
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just
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before
the Christmas and
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New
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Year
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time
. On a Sunday evening, I
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went
to a
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supermall
near my home to do
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some
necessary
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shopping
. I spent
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almost
45 minutes to pick up all the essential
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items
and the
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number
of
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items
I
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purchased
was more than
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usual
! Then I approached the checkout
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point
of the
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mall
. While
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shopping
, I noticed that
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many
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people
were buying
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items
for the Christmas and
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New
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Year
celebration. Due to this, the crowd seemed a bit larger than
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usual
.
However
, as
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soon
as I reached the checkout
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point
, I
was bewildered
. I had no
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idea
how large the queue in this
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shopping
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mall
could be!

There were more than 5 checkout
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points
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but
each of those was
surprisingly
crowded. I could not decide which queue to
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stand
in!
Strangely
,
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people
behind me were forcing me to go ahead and I had no
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other
alternatives
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but
to
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stand
in the nearest queue. I
actually
counted the
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number
of
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people
who were
also
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waiting
in my queue ahead of me. It was
probably
21 or 22 and I
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got
quite anxious to
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leave
the
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shopping
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mall
as
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soon
as possible. The cash registers and the salespersons were
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very
busy and most of the customers'
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shopping
carts were full.

At a
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point
of my
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waiting
in this
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long
queue, I
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thought
to put
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back
my
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items
on the shelves and
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leave
the
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shopping
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mall
.
However
, I discarded the
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idea
as those
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items
were
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important
for me and my family.
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Many
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items
were for the Christmas and the
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New
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Year
celebration and I could not
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leave
without buying these
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items
.
Moreover
, I
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thought
moth
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other
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shopping
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centres
would
also
be packed
at this
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time
of the
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year
. After 30 minutes or
so
, I
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started
playing games on my mobile phone. I did
so
for about half an
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hour
and then I noticed that the
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line
in front of me had become smaller. On the
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other
hand, the
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number
of
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people
behind me had grown to more than 50! Most of the
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people
were
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shopping
for the two major approaching festivals and all of them were
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waiting
in the queue
peacefully
. The air
was filled
with the aroma of the festivity and
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people
looked happy and cheerful
even though
they had to
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wait
in a
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very
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long
queue for a
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long
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time
. This
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thought
calmed me and after approximately 25 minutes I paid my bill and the salesgirl wished me merry Christmas. I greeted her
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back and
she
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apologised
for the
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long
queue. I
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told
her that I understand and it was not a problem for me.
However
, I knew how irritating and tough it was to
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wait
for such a
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long
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time
in a large queue. As
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soon
as I
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got
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back
to my car and
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started
the engine, I
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felt
much better and I was happy to
finally
have my
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shopping
done!
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Sample
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Answer
3:

Thank you, sir/madam, for this nice
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cue
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card
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topic
.
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New
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Year
is ahead and marking the celebration, a wide
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number
of preparations are underway. I want to
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meet
my parents who
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live
in Belgium and
thus
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went
to
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buy
a
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train
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ticket
for me at Frankfurt Central
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Station
three days ago. There I had to
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wait
in a
really
large queue.

It was a bright and sunny day and I
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started
from the dormitory I
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live
in. I reached the
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station
within 25 minutes
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but
I
was surprised
at the
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long
queue that exceeded the
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train
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station
building. It was unusual. In
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fact
, everyone was in a rush and
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went
there to book their
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tickets
in advance for the
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New
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Year
travel.

The queue began from the
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ticket
counter and was getting
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longer
every
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minute
. Luckily I could manage a space to
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stand
in the middle of the queue. Later I came to know that the ticket-selling
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stopped
for a network-related problem and even
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before
the personnel at the
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station
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started
offering the
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tickets
,
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peoples
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started
to
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form
the queue. Amid a huge rush,
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people
wanted to secure their seats and berths on the
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train
. Journey by
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train
in Germany is quite comfortable and
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many
Germans
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love
to travel by train.

Everyone wanted to
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buy
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tickets
,
so
they
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went
to the
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train
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station
as early as possible to
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get
it without any trouble.
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But
during this
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time
of the
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year
, the queue
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gets
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longer
and
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longer
. I had to
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wait
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longer
than
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usual
as the computer network had a glitch.

Waiting in a
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long
queue of
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people
is not always pleasant. I have heard of such
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long
queues
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but
never experienced
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before
that day.
So
, it was a
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new
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experience
for me. Thereby, I did not enjoy
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standing
.
Moreover
, I
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felt
a cramp in my leg due to
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standing
for
so
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long
. I had to
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wait
for
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over
two
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hours
in the queue.
Finally
, we all
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got
our
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tickets
once the network was
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restored and
I was happy about that.
Hopefully
, I will visit my parents
next
week.
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Ideas
to talk about this
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Cue
Card/ Candidate Task
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Card
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topic
:
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Topic
:
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Describe
a
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time
when you had to
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wait
in a
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long
queue. 1.
Right
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before
the cricket match between India and Australia, I had to
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wait
in a
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long
queue. It was a
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very
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long
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line
that I could not
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see
the
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end
. In
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fact
, everyone was about getting their entry
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tickets
to the stadium here in Australia. It was a high voltage match between the top two teams in the world.
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But
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waiting
in the queue was not such a
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bad
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experience
for me as I
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started
feeling the vibe. It was a nice
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experience
for me
indeed
.

2. Collecting the college
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admission
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form
for my younger sister took me more than two
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hours
due to a
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very
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long
queue. Around two hundred
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people
were
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standing
in front of me and I failed to estimate the
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number
of
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people
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standing
behind me. It was
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almost
a
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year
ago and the bitter
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experience
still
lingers. In
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fact
,
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admission
to a reputed college requires a
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good
result from the students’
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end
, and the guardians need to
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wait
in the queue to
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collect
and submit the
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admission
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form
. I had to
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collect
the
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admission
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form
for my sister as my father was busy in his office. At a
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time
I
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felt
quite bored.

3. A local
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theatre
hall in Paris
was filled
with an audience.
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But
I had to
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stand
in a
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long
queue
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before
entering the hall. The gate
was supposed
to open at 6. 00 pm sharp
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but
the authority opened it 30 minutes later.
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People
who arrived at the
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theatre
hall formed a queue
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before
the entrance.
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But
none could enter until the gate
was opened
. I was one of them.
So
, I had to
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wait
in the queue for
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over
half an
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hour
.
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But
the moments passed by talking with the
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other
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people
and I heard
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many
interesting remarks about the
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show
from them.

4. I
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went
to Mumbai from Kolkata
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before
the Diwali and had waited in a
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long
queue to
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collect
the
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train
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ticket
. It was my
first
visit to Mumbai by
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train and
so
I
was thrilled
.
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But
the
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long
queue made me frustrated.
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Over
hundreds of
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people
were in the
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line
to
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get
their
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tickets
for the
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train
.
Besides
, the sellers inside the booth appeared working too
slowly
.
So
, it was taking more
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time
than
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usual
. I
was irritated
with the matter
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but
waited
patiently
till my turn came to
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collect
the
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ticket. 5
. Meeting with the Prime Minister is a matter of luck
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but
I
was invited
to
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meet
the Prime Minister of my
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country
, Pakistan.
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But
I had to
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wait
in a
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long
queue to
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meet
the Premier. It was a courtesy call with the Prime Minister with all the journalists. And as a reporter, I was lucky
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enough
to
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meet
the head of the state. Hundreds of
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people
were in the
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queue and
I was behind
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almost
fifty
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people
. I did not feel any monotony to
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wait
in the
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long
queue
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because
it was a special day in my life.
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other
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cue
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card
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topics
that you should be able to
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answer
if you prepare for this
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topic: 1
.
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Describe
a
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time
when you had to
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wait
for a
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long. 2
.
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Describe
an
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event
when you
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felt
uneasy/irritated.

3.
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.
22Linking words, meeting the goal of 7 or more
287Repeated words, meeting the goal of 3 or fewer
21Mistakes

IELTS speaking Describe a time when you had to wait in a long queue/line. v. 1

Speaking
  American English
21 paragraphs
1904 words
5.5
Overall Band Score
Coherence and Cohesion: 5.5
  • Structure your answers in logical paragraphs
  • ?
    One main idea per paragraph
  • ?
    Include an introduction and conclusion
  • ?
    Support main points with an explanation and then an example
  • Use cohesive linking words accurately and appropriately
  • ?
    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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