This IELTS Cue Card from Part 2 of the IELTS Speakig Test asks you to talk about some good news you gave to someone.
Remember to use your 1 minute preparation time to organize your ideas before you respond to the cue card prompts.
Describe a time when you gave some good news to a person you know
You should say:- Who the person is
- What the good news was
- How you heard about the news
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IELTS Cue Card
Sample Answer
One occasion I remember vividly was when I told my parents about my exam results.
I wanted to study medicine and the entrance requirements were very demanding so I spent a lot of time studying so I could get the best grades possible to secure a place at medical school.
It wasn’t easy because I find studying difficult, and I was terribly nervous when it came time to sit the final exams.
But, after they were all completed I felt better, although at the back of my mind I still had some doubts as to whether I had done well enough to get the grades I needed for admission to medical school.
The day the results arrived in the mail, I was extremely nervous about opening the notification; my future career was in the balance, if the results were good enough I would go to university and study medicine and hopefully become a doctor eventually, but if they weren’t good enough I would have to rethink what I wanted to do next.
Anyway, I opened the notification and was stunned - I had actually done better than I thought and had gotten better grades than the minimum requirements for entry to medical school.
I remember running upstairs to tell my parents, in fact they thought something was wrong as I was shouting to them as I ran upstairs to get their attention.
I can remember the exact words I said to them: “I did it” and they just looked at me, it took a second or so for it to register with them what I was talking about, and then they both looked at each other and started to smile; then they both hugged me and we all went downstairs.
The next couple of hours where so happy, it was such a relief to have achieved what I needed and I felt all the worry and doubt just disappear.
I knew there would still be a lot of hard work ahead before I could graduate from medical school – but at least I had successfully achieved the first step.
And that was one occasion when I gave some good news to a person I know. It was one of the happiest days of my life so far – and my parents were extremely proud and happy, too.
How would you answer this IELTS speaking test cue card about a time when you gave some good news to someone?