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Describe your journey to your school or office. v.1

Describe your journey to your school or office. v. 1
Describe your journey to your school or office. You should say: what type of transport you use how long it takes whether you use the same type of vehicle always and explain if you enjoy it or not. [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: Travelling at least one hour, back and forth, from home to office and vice versa every day may seem to be an easy task on the surface, but when you are travelling at least five days per week, it suddenly doesn’t seem to be so easy unless your journey is reasonably comfortable. Anyway, talking about my journey from my hometown (“Sintra” which is one of the major tourist destinations of Portugal and a suburb of capital Lisbon) to my office in Lisbon, which fortunately never gave me any trouble for my last few years of journey mainly because I use the train to travel back and forth even though it costs me little extra because I always try to travel by “urban” trains which only run between large cities like Lisbon to Porto and Lisbon to Sintra. By the way, there are four different kinds of trains in Portugal, depending on the distance they travel. Anyway, it takes a good 30 minutes to reach my office from my home but it doesn’t feel that long due to the fact that the trains in my country are very comfortable with spacious seats and comfortable temperatures no matter what time of the year you are travelling. And that’s exactly why, I always try to travel by train unless, of course, there is a valid reason to choose other means of transportation. I enjoy my train journey from my home to office and vice versa because most of the area between Lisbon and Sintra is really scenic and beautiful as Sintra itself is a beautiful tourist spot. In fact, Portugal is a very beautiful country with beautiful mountainsides, vineyards, olive trees and sparkling sea coast.   Besides, the environment inside the train is remarkably peaceful with no unnecessary noise unlike the sound of AC on a bus. Finally, I absolutely enjoy the train journey because it is never really dependent on weather and as such very reliable. By the way, I rather enjoy the “rhythmic” sound of a moving train as it helps me take a little nap during my journey.   Sample Answer 2: Thank you very much for this nice cue card topic. I am a fourth-year medical student and I have to travel for an hour each day to reach my college. Now I would say how I travel to my college on a typical day and how I feel about the journey. My father owns a car and I mostly use it to travel to and from my college. This is a Honda SUV and is quite comfortable. My college is around twenty kilometres away from our home. Considering the road traffic, it takes me around an hour or so to reach there. I would say I enjoy this daily journey. During my second year, I had to take public buses to commute to my college for about three to four months. The experience of commuting in public transportation was not pleasant and it killed more times per day. Comparing to this experience, I would say I am happy and content to have a private car to reach my college. I get ready at around 7. 00 in the morning, eat my breakfast, and get ready for the college. Afterwards, I call our driver to start the engine. The car leaves our house at around 7. 30 am and reach our college at approximately 8. 30 am. During this one hour, I mostly read a newspaper or an academic book. Sometimes, when I do not feel like reading, I enjoy the view on both sides of the road. The only time I dislike this journey when our car gets stuck due to the bad traffic. In some occasions, let's say once or twice in a month, the traffic is so bad that I have to wait for about two hours, double than the usual time, to reach my college. Apart from the chocking traffic jam and delay, I mostly enjoy my journey to my medical college.     Sample Answer 3:   I am a doctor and work in a private hospital in the city I live in. The city dwellers often witness notorious traffic congestions and I am no exception. I really appreciate the opportunity to let me talk about my experience of commuting to and from my office. I am lucky that the doctors in our city are privileged to have official transportation. The hospital, where I work in, has a full spectrum of bus service that carries office staffs. Mercedes-Benz buses usually carry us and it can take around 20 people at a time. One of the designated buses picks me up from my home early in the morning, and sometimes in the afternoon based on my hospital duty schedule. I would say the bus is comfortable and I like to ride in it to commute to and from my office rather than taking my own car. The hospital is around 80 miles from my residence and it takes me less than one and a half hour to reach there in the early morning. If I take the same journey in the evening - when the traffic is usually heavy, sometimes it takes me more than two hours. As far as I know, the hospital authority has four buses that are exclusively dedicated to carrying the doctors and nurses of the hospital. So I take one of these four buses every day. They look so identical that it's hard to tell the differences, you know what I mean. Since the drivers are also in shifting duty, I cannot be sure who will drive the bus the next morning! I like the journey except for the time when the traffic is bad and we are stuck on the road. I usually carry a book or a magazine that I read on the bus. Sometimes, I listen to music and try to enjoy the side view. But often I have to be on the phone while I travel, though I do not like it very much, to discuss professional matters. On the way back home, I often take a nap to refresh myself and its funny that I can sleep for a while on the bus almost every day after a busy and tiresome working day.     Similar other cue card topics you should be able to talk about if you prepare for this cue card topic: 1. Describe something you do almost every day. 2. Describe one of your typical days. 3. Describe a journey you recently made.
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Describe
your
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journey
to your school or
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office
. You should say: what type of transport you
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use
how long it takes whether you
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use
the same type of vehicle always and
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explain
if you
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enjoy
it or not. [You will
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have to
talk about the
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topic
for one to two minutes. You have one 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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Model Answer 1: Travelling at least one
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hour
, back and forth, from home to
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office
and vice versa every day may seem to be an easy task on the surface,
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but
when you are travelling at least five days per week, it
suddenly
doesn’t seem to be
so
easy unless your
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journey
is
reasonably
comfortable.

Anyway
, talking about my
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journey
from my hometown (“
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Sintra
” which is one of the major tourist destinations of Portugal and a suburb of capital Lisbon) to my
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office
in Lisbon, which
fortunately
never gave me any trouble for my last few years of
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journey
mainly
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because
I
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use
the
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train
to
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travel
back and forth
even though
it costs me
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little
extra
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because
I always try to
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travel
by “urban”
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trains
which
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only
run between large
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cities
like Lisbon to Porto and Lisbon to
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Sintra
. By the way, there are four
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different
kinds of
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trains
in Portugal, depending on the distance they
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travel
.
Anyway
, it takes a
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good
30 minutes to
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reach
my
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office
from my home
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but
it doesn’t feel that long due to the fact that the
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trains
in my country are
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very
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comfortable
with spacious seats and
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comfortable
temperatures no matter what
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time
of the year you are travelling. And that’s exactly why, I always try to
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travel
by
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train
unless,
of course
, there is a valid reason to choose other means of transportation.

I
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enjoy
my
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train
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journey
from my home to
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office
and vice versa
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because
most of the area between Lisbon and
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Sintra
is
really
scenic and
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beautiful
as
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Sintra
itself is a
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beautiful
tourist spot. In fact, Portugal is a
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very
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beautiful
country with
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beautiful
mountainsides, vineyards, olive trees and sparkling sea coast.
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Besides
, the environment inside the
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train
is
remarkably
peaceful with no unnecessary noise unlike the sound of AC on a bus.
Finally
, I
absolutely
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enjoy
the
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train
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journey
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because
it is never
really
dependent on weather and as such
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very
reliable. By the way, I
rather
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enjoy
the “rhythmic” sound of a moving
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train
as it
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helps
me take a
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little
nap during my
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journey
.
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Sample Answer 2: Thank you
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very
much for this nice cue card
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topic
. I am a fourth-year medical student and I
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have to
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travel
for an
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hour
each day to
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reach
my college.
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Now
I would say how I
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travel
to my college on a typical day and how I feel about the journey.

My father
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owns
a
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car
and I
mostly
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use
it to
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travel
to and from my college. This is a Honda SUV and is quite
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comfortable
. My college is
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around
twenty
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kilometres
away from our home. Considering the road
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traffic
, it takes me
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around
an
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hour
or
so
to
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reach
there.

I would say I
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enjoy
this daily
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journey
. During my second year, I had to take public buses to commute to my college for about three to four months. The experience of commuting in public transportation was not pleasant and it killed more
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times
per day. Comparing to this experience, I would say I am happy and content to have a private
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car
to
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reach
my college.

I
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get
ready at
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around
7. 00 in the morning, eat my breakfast, and
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get
ready for the college. Afterwards, I call our driver to
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start
the engine. The
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car
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leaves
our
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house
at
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around
7. 30 am and
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reach
our college at approximately 8. 30 am. During this one
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hour
, I
mostly
read a newspaper or an academic book.
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Sometimes
, when I do not feel like reading, I
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enjoy
the view on both sides of the road. The
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only
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time
I dislike this
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journey
when our
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car
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gets
stuck due to the
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bad
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traffic
. In
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some
occasions,
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let
's say once or twice in a month, the
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traffic
is
so
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bad
that I
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have to
wait for about two
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hours
,
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double
than the usual
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time
, to
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reach
my college. Apart from the chocking
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traffic
jam and delay, I
mostly
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enjoy
my
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journey
to my medical college.
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Sample Answer 3:
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I am a doctor and work in a private
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hospital
in the city I
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live
in. The city dwellers
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often
witness notorious
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traffic
Use a comma before 'and' if it connects two independent clauses (unless they are closely connected and short).
congestions and
I am no exception. I
really
appreciate the opportunity to
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let
me talk about my experience of commuting to and from my office.

I am lucky that the doctors in our city
are privileged
to have official transportation. The
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hospital
, where I work in, has a full spectrum of bus service that carries
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office
staffs. Mercedes-Benz buses
usually
carry us and it can take
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around
20
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people
at a
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time
. One of the designated buses picks me up from my home early in the morning, and
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sometimes
in the afternoon based on my
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hospital
duty schedule. I would say the bus is
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comfortable
and I like to ride in it to commute to and from my
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office
rather
than taking my
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own
car.

The
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hospital
is
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around
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80 miles
from my residence and it takes me less than one and a half
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hour
to
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reach
there in the early morning. If I take the same
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journey
in the evening
Consider using an m-dash if you do not want to join two words.
-
when the
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traffic
is
usually
heavy,
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sometimes
it takes me more than two hours.

As far as I know, the
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hospital
authority has four buses that are exclusively dedicated to carrying the doctors and nurses of the
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hospital
.
So
I take one of these four buses every day. They look
so
identical that it's
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hard
to
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tell
the differences,
you know
what
I mean
. Since the drivers are
also
in shifting duty, I cannot be sure who will drive the bus the
next
morning!

I like the
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journey
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except for
the
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time
when the
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traffic
is
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bad and
we
are stuck
on the road. I
usually
carry a book or a magazine that I read on the bus.
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Sometimes
, I listen to music and try to
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enjoy
the side view.
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But
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often
I
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have to
be on the phone while I
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travel
, though I do not like it
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very
much, to discuss professional matters. On the way back home, I
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often
take a nap to refresh myself and its
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funny
that I can sleep for a while on the bus almost every day after a busy and tiresome working day.
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topics
you should be able to talk about if you prepare for this cue card
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topic
: 1.
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Describe
something you do almost every day.

2.
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Describe
one of your typical days.

3.
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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journey
you recently made.
12Linking words, meeting the goal of 7 or more
108Repeated words, meeting the goal of 3 or fewer
17Mistakes
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IELTS speaking Describe your journey to your school or office. v. 1

Speaking
  American English
13 paragraphs
1171 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
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  • 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
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    Present relevant ideas
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    Support ideas with relevant, specific examples
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