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Describe a time when you missed a bus/train/aeroplane. v.1

Describe a time when you missed a bus/train/aeroplane. v. 1
Describe a time when you missed a bus/train/aeroplane. You should say: when it happened where you were supposed to go how you missed it and explain what you did after you missed it. [You will have to talk about the topic for one to two minutes. You have one minute to think about what you are going to say. You can make some notes to help you if you wish. ]   Model Answer 1: I always try to remain punctual with schedule, whether I am attending an important meeting or casually meeting a friend at a café. But, I never thought that I would miss a train one day in spite of being a punctual person for the most part. Let me tell you what exactly happened on that day. It was about a couple of years ago, one day, when it was raining really hard, and I needed to go out of the town to attend the wedding ceremony of one of my best friends. The plan was to take an “express train” and reach my friend as early as possible. I even purchased the train ticket well in advance because waiting till the last hour would put me to the risk of not getting the ticket at all. Anyway, everything went according to my plan and schedule, but the non-stop rain, with occasional torrential storms, made it really difficult for me to catch a taxi in time. But, on the other hand, I was becoming a bit mad (at myself, perhaps) and nervous because the departure schedule for my train was approaching fast, and I just couldn’t do anything about it except waiting for the rain to stop. Anyway, eventually, the rain relented a little, and I finally got a taxi to arrive at the station. But, by the time I reached the train station after manoeuvring an ocean of traffic, which built up due to the bad weather and road condition, I was already too late. Anyway, after missing the train, I became a bit frustrated and immediately tried to get some information on the next train schedule and its itinerary, due to be heading in the same direction. But, unfortunately, it wouldn’t help me reach my destination in time. Next, I tried to catch a bus, but that too wasn’t much of a help because it wouldn’t hit the road unless the weather improved further. Finally, I called my friend and left the station, feeling a bit dejected, after explaining the situation to him.   Sample Answer 2: Well, this is an interesting topic and I would love to talk about my experience when I missed a train. I have missed my bus several times and train only once. However, despite my travel on an aeroplane a few times, I have never missed my flight. For this cue card topic, I would like to talk about my experience when I missed my train from (. . . tell a train station name. . . ) to (. . . another train station name. . . ). It was 2014 and I was around 21 years old at that time. We were invited to one of my cousins' wedding ceremony and my father asked me to attend that wedding party. My parents could not arrange leaves from their office and I did not have any class at that time. The wedding ceremony was arranged at my uncle's house in (. . . a city name. . . ) which was almost 600 kilometres away from our residence. I booked my train ticket online and paid for it using my credit card. My train was supposed to leave at 9. 00 am and I reached the train station at around 8. 30 am. My father dropped me off and I had a suitcase and a small bag with me. To my dismay, the train did not arrive on time and my father had to leave me due to his office. I got frustrated at 11. 30 am as the train was yet to come! I contacted the train master several times and he could not give any definitive answer. Whenever I saw a train at the station, I ran into it only to find that it was not my train. This was probably the most disappointing experience until then. I called my mother at around 1. 00 pm and she was very anxious about me. I heard from an officer at the train station that there was a minor accident and that is the reason our train was delayed. I was hungry already and took my baggage with me and went to a nearby restaurant to have my lunch. After that, I went to a shopping mall to purchase some items to kill some time. My "fate" must have been against me! When I returned to the train station, I heard that my train arrived 20 minutes ago and had already left! I felt like I was hit by a thunderbolt. I hardly spent 40 minutes to finish my lunch and shopping and during this time, I missed my train! I immediately contacted the trainmaster and he advised me to take another train that will leave at 3. 00 pm. As I heard that it would not directly go to the (. . . destination train station's name. . . ), I discarded this advice. I went home and took a bus the next day. There was no hiccup on my bus journey but the previous day's event, when I missed my train, became an unusual event as this was the first time I missed a train. Afterwards, I have never left the bus or train station while waiting for a train or bus to arrive. Sample Answer 3: I love to travel and in fact, this is a hobby I enjoy. But I have experienced a troublesome event to pursue it and now I am going to describe one such event that occurred during the last summer. I would like to thank you for the opportunity to let me talk about it. I am an IT professional and have to remain busy in my office. So, to get relieved from boredom or fatigue, I often travel to different cities and countries during my vacations. Accordingly, I planned a trip to France from the USA last summer. Almost all of the airliners were pre-booked on the day. I managed to get an air ticket at the last moment. Unfortunately, I missed the aeroplane and it was entirely my fault. I did not check the time properly. It was set to fly at 7 a. m. while I went to the airport at 7 p. m. - with a gap of 12 hours, I missed the flight. France is a land of culture. A large number of people come here to enjoy this cultural beauty. Furthermore, I love French food. In 2014, I  visited the country with my family and loved it, especially our time in "Paris". So, I planned to go there again to pass some memorable days. I also wanted to visit the Eiffel Tower, the Louvre museum, the French Rivera, Sainte-Chapelle, Palace of Versailles, the Musée d'Orsay and other tourist spots. But I was very unfortunate to miss my flight. I missed the flight because I did not look at the flight schedule properly. On the scheduled date, I took a taxi and reached the airport. But when I heard that the flight was in the morning, I felt sad for my negligence. The aeroplane left in the morning and I was there in the evening to get on board. What an irony that was! The airliner authority had nothing to do about it. So, I admitted my fault and left the airport with dismay. I had a whole week before me to spend with nothing to do. Thereby, I made other plans to pass the vacation. I bought some books that I wanted to read. Besides, I watching movies was another recreational activity for me during this vacation.   Topic: Describe a time when you missed a bus/ train/ aeroplane. 1. Missing a bus is not an unusual event for me. In fact, I am habituated with the experience. But the consequences were horrible last week when I missed a bus to reach my office. I was set to go to my office located in the downtown of Hanoi. I was in a rush and reached the bus stop late for several reasons that day. So, I missed the bus and planned for alternative transportation. However, I reached office late on that day and could not attend the board meeting to set the strategic planning. My boss was not happy about it. 2. While my stay in Germany last year, I missed a bus. I was set to go to Munich to meet a friend. But I missed the bus as I reached late to the bus bay. After missing the bus, I had to wait for the next bus. But the next bus arrived after an hour. I waited until the bus arrived. And it was a lesson for me. 3. Last month I was set to travel to Italy from France but unfortunately, I missed the flight. Actually, I forgot about the flight schedule. The aeroplane flew in the morning for Italy and I reached the airport in the evening. It was the mistake of checking the time. I did not notice the time correctly. Later, I had to take another flight in the early morning the next day. 4. During the last summer in Atlanta, Georgia, I missed a bus. The bus was set to return to my own city and unfortunately, I missed that. It was entirely my fault to miss the bus. I actually had no idea that the bus stop was far away and I started walking to the bus stop instead of taking a ride. So, I missed the bus and I had to wait for about two hours for another bus. Actually, there were two buses available in a day to take passengers to my city and I missed the first one. 5. I went to Nepal last year for a pleasure trip and had the experience of missing a train. I was supposed to visit a tourist spot which was accessible by train only. As I could not understand the train schedule due to the language barrier, I missed the train and went to the station after around one and a half hours later. I had nothing else to do other than waiting. The moments were wasted.   Your ability to talk about this cue card topic would enable you to talk about the following topics: 1. Describe an unfortunate experience you have had. 2. Describe a time when you were late. 3. Describe an even when you were compelled to change your plan.
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missed
a bus/train/
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aeroplane
. You should say: when it happened where you
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it and
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explain
what you did after you
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it. [You will
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about the
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for one to two minutes. You have one
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to
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about what you are going to say. You can
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notes to
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you if you wish.
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Model
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Answer
1: I always try to remain punctual with
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schedule
, whether I am attending an
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important
meeting or
casually
meeting a
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friend
at a café.
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But
, I never
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thought
that I would miss a
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train
one day
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in spite of
being a punctual person
for the most part
.
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me
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tell
you what exactly happened on that day.

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really
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hard
, and I needed to go out of the town to attend the
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wedding
ceremony of one of my best
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friends
. The
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plan
was to take an “express
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train”
and reach my
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friend
as early as possible. I even
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purchased
the
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train
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ticket
well
in advance
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because
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waiting
till the last
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hour
would put me to the
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risk
of not getting the
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ticket
at all.

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, everything
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went
according to my
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plan
and
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schedule
,
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but
the non-
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stop
rain, with occasional torrential storms, made it
really
difficult for me to catch a taxi in
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time
.
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, on the
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other
hand, I was becoming a bit mad (at myself, perhaps) and nervous
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because
the departure
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schedule
for my
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train
was approaching
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fast
, and I
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just
couldn’t do anything about it except
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waiting
for the rain to
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stop
.
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,
eventually
, the rain relented a
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little
, and I
finally
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got
a taxi to arrive at the
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station
.
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, by the
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time
I
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reached
the
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train
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station
after
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manoeuvring
an ocean of traffic, which built up
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due
to the
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bad
weather and road condition, I was already too late.

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, after
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missing
the
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train
, I became a bit frustrated and immediately tried to
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get
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some
information on the
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next
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train
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schedule
and its itinerary,
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due
to be heading in the same direction.
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,
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unfortunately
, it wouldn’t
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help
me reach my destination in
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time
.
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, I tried to catch a bus,
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but
that too wasn’t much of a
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help
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because
it wouldn’t hit the road unless the weather
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improved
further
.
Finally
, I called my
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friend
and
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left
the
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, feeling a bit dejected, after explaining the situation to him.
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Sample
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Answer
2:

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, this is an interesting
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topic
and I would
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love
to
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talk
about my
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experience
when I
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missed
a
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train
. I have
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missed
my bus several
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times
and
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train
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only
once.
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, despite my
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travel
on an
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aeroplane
a few
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times
, I have never
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missed
my
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flight
. For this cue card
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topic
, I would like to
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talk
about my
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experience
when I
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my
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train
from (.
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a
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station
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.
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to (.
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.

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2014 and
I was
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around
21 years
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old
at that
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time
. We
were invited
to one of my cousins'
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wedding
ceremony and my father asked me to attend that
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wedding
party. My parents could not arrange
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leaves
from their
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office
and I did not have any
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class
at that
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time
. The
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wedding
ceremony
was arranged
at my uncle's
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house
in (.
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a
city
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.
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which was almost 600
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kilometres
away from our residence.

I booked my
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train
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ticket
online and paid for it using my credit card. My
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train
was supposed
to
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leave
at 9. 00 am and I
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reached
the
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train
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station
at
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around
8. 30 am. My father dropped me off and I had a suitcase and a
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small
bag with me. To my dismay, the
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train
did not arrive on
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time
and my father had to
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leave
me
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due
to his
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office
. I
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got
frustrated at 11. 30 am as the
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train
was
yet
to
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come
! I contacted the
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train
master several
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times and
he could not give any definitive
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answer
. Whenever I
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saw
a
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train
at the
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station
, I ran into it
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only
to find that it was not my
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train
. This was
probably
the most disappointing
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experience
until then.

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around
1. 00 pm and she was
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very
anxious about me. I heard from an officer at the
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train
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station
that there was a minor accident and
that is
the reason our
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train
was delayed
. I was hungry already and took my baggage with me and
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went
to a nearby restaurant to have my lunch. After that, I
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went
to a shopping mall to
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purchase
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some
items to kill
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some
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time
. My
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fate
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must
have been against me! When I returned to the
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station
, I heard that my
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train
arrived 20 minutes ago and had already
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left
! I felt like I
was hit
by a thunderbolt. I hardly spent 40 minutes to finish my lunch and shopping and during this
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time
, I
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missed
my train!

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I
immediately contacted the
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trainmaster and
he advised me to take another
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train
that will
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leave
at 3. 00 pm. As I heard that it would not
directly
go to the (.
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destination
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station's
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.
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, I discarded this advice. I
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went
home and took a bus the
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next
day. There was no hiccup on my bus journey
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but
the previous day's
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event
, when I
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missed
my
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train
, became an unusual
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event
as this was the
first
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time
I
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missed
a
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train
. Afterwards, I have never
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left
the bus or
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train
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station
while
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waiting
for a
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train
or bus to arrive.

Sample
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Answer
3:

I
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love
to
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travel
and in fact, this is a hobby I enjoy.
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But
I have experienced a troublesome
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event
to pursue it and
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now
I am going to
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describe
one such
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event
that occurred during the last summer. I would like to thank you for the opportunity to
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let
me
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talk
about it.

I am an IT professional and
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have to
remain busy in my
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office
.
So
, to
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get
relieved from boredom or fatigue, I
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often
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travel
to
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different
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cities
and countries during my vacations.
Accordingly
, I planned a trip to France from the USA last summer. Almost
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all of the
airliners were pre-booked on the day. I managed to
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get
an air
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ticket
at the last moment.
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Unfortunately
, I
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missed
the
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aeroplane
and it was
entirely
my fault. I did not
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check
the
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time
properly
. It
was set
to
fly
at 7 a. m. while I
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went
to the
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airport
at 7 p. m.
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-
with a gap of 12
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hours
, I
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missed
the flight.

France is a land of culture.
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people
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come
here to enjoy this cultural beauty.
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, I
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love
French food. In 2014, I
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visited the country with my family and
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loved
it,
especially
our
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time
in
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Paris
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"
.
So
, I planned to go there again to pass
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some
memorable days. I
also
wanted to visit the Eiffel Tower, the
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Louvre museum
, the French Rivera,
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Sainte-Chapelle
, Palace of Versailles, the
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Musée
d'Orsay and
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other
tourist spots.
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But
I was
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very
unfortunate to miss my flight.

I
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missed
the
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flight
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because
I did not look at the
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flight
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schedule
properly
. On the scheduled date, I took a taxi and
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reached
the
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airport
.
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But
when I heard that the
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flight
was in the
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morning
, I felt sad for my negligence. The
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aeroplane
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left
in the
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morning and
I was there in the evening to
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get
on board. What an irony that was!

The airliner authority had nothing to do about it.
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, I admitted my fault and
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left
the
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airport
with dismay. I had a whole week
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before
me to spend with nothing to do. Thereby, I made
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other
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plans
to pass the vacation. I
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bought
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some
books that I wanted to read.
Besides
,
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I watching
movies was another recreational activity for me during this vacation.
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Topic
:
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Describe
a
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time
when you
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missed
a bus/ train/
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aeroplane
. 1.
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Missing
a bus is not an unusual
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event
for me. In fact, I
am habituated
with the
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experience
.
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But
the consequences were horrible last week when I
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missed
a bus to reach my
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office
. I
was set
to go to my
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office
located in the downtown of Hanoi. I was in a rush and
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reached
the bus
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stop
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late
for several reasons that day.
So
, I
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missed
the bus and planned for alternative transportation.
However
, I
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reached
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office
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late
on that day and could not attend the board meeting to set the strategic planning. My boss was not happy about it.

2. While my stay in Germany last
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year
, I
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missed
a bus. I
was set
to go to Munich to
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meet
a
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friend
.
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But
I
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missed
the bus as I
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reached
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late
to the bus bay. After
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missing
the bus, I had to wait for the
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next
bus.
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But
the
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next
bus arrived after an
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hour
. I waited until the bus arrived. And it was a lesson for me.

3. Last month I
was set
to
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travel
to Italy from France
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but
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unfortunately
, I
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missed
the
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flight
.
Actually
, I forgot about the
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flight
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schedule
. The
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aeroplane
flew in the
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morning
for Italy and I
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reached
the
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airport
in the evening. It was the mistake of checking the
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time
. I did not notice the
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time
correctly
. Later, I had to take another
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flight
in the early
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morning
the
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next
day.

4. During the last summer in Atlanta, Georgia, I
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missed
a bus. The bus
was set
to return to my
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own
city and
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unfortunately
, I
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missed
that. It was
entirely
my fault to miss the bus. I
actually
had no
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idea
that the bus
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stop
was far away and I
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started
walking to the bus
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stop
instead
of taking a ride.
So
, I
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missed
the bus and I had to wait for about two
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hours
for another bus.
Actually
, there were two buses available in a day to take passengers to my city and I
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missed
the
first
one.

5. I
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went
to Nepal last
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year
for a pleasure trip and had the
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experience
of
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missing
a
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train
. I
was supposed
to visit a tourist spot which was accessible by
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train
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only
. As I could not understand the
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train
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schedule
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due
to the language barrier, I
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missed
the
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train
and
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went
to the
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station
after
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around
one and a half
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hours
later. I had nothing else to do
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other
than
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waiting
. The moments
were wasted
.
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Your ability to
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talk
about this cue card
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topic
would enable you to
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talk
about the following
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topics: 1
.
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Describe
an unfortunate
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experience
you have had.

2.
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Describe
a
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time
when you were
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late. 3
.
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Describe
an even when you
were compelled
to
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change
your
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plan
.
23Linking words, meeting the goal of 7 or more
239Repeated words, meeting the goal of 3 or fewer
55Mistakes
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IELTS speaking Describe a time when you missed a bus/train/aeroplane. v. 1

Speaking
  American English
22 paragraphs
1819 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
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    Support main points with an explanation and then an example
  • Use cohesive linking words accurately and appropriately
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    Vary your linking phrases using synonyms
Lexical Resource: 5.0
  • 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
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    Present relevant ideas
  • Fully explain these ideas
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    Support ideas with relevant, specific examples
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