IELTS Cue Card/ Candidate Task Card 377 with Model Answer:
[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:
I was always taught to tell the whole truth, as opposed to the partial truth, as it always minimises the possibility of a misunderstanding. But, still, some people often go for this kind of partial truth, just as it happened to me a few years ago.
It happened about 5 years ago, when I had just graduated from university, and I was desperately searching for some kinds of internships or jobs. But, unfortunately, things were not looking too bright for me as my country was going through some kind of recession back then. But, still, I kept trying.
Anyway, while I was continuing my job search, I received a phone call from one of my university batch-mates who informed me about a forthcoming job fair which was supposed to take place at a local hotel in my hometown. I was really happy to hear the news, but, sadly, I fell sick with terrible stomach flu on the day when the job fair was supposed to take place and thus missing the opportunity to attend it.
A couple of days later, I called the person to tell him about what really had happened to me. In response, he told me that he couldn’t attend the job fair either, but he was still able to leave his CV at the hotel reception a day later because the companies wanted to give all the missing candidates, who had already registered their names at the hotel reception ahead of the schedule, another opportunity to apply. Later, of course, I found out that batch mate knew it all along except that he just didn’t care to explain it to me.
Not sure, why my university batch-mate chose to do this, but I felt a bit betrayed and disappointed with such behaviour. However, I also felt that I was a bit stupid on my part as well because I didn’t care to gather all the necessary information about the job fair by asking important questions, instead of just visiting the hotel reception to get registered for a spot.
Describe a situation when someone did not tell you the complete truth.
You should say:- when it was
- who did not tell you the complete truth
- how you later learned about 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:
I was always taught to tell the whole truth, as opposed to the partial truth, as it always minimises the possibility of a misunderstanding. But, still, some people often go for this kind of partial truth, just as it happened to me a few years ago.
It happened about 5 years ago, when I had just graduated from university, and I was desperately searching for some kinds of internships or jobs. But, unfortunately, things were not looking too bright for me as my country was going through some kind of recession back then. But, still, I kept trying.
Anyway, while I was continuing my job search, I received a phone call from one of my university batch-mates who informed me about a forthcoming job fair which was supposed to take place at a local hotel in my hometown. I was really happy to hear the news, but, sadly, I fell sick with terrible stomach flu on the day when the job fair was supposed to take place and thus missing the opportunity to attend it.
A couple of days later, I called the person to tell him about what really had happened to me. In response, he told me that he couldn’t attend the job fair either, but he was still able to leave his CV at the hotel reception a day later because the companies wanted to give all the missing candidates, who had already registered their names at the hotel reception ahead of the schedule, another opportunity to apply. Later, of course, I found out that batch mate knew it all along except that he just didn’t care to explain it to me.
Not sure, why my university batch-mate chose to do this, but I felt a bit betrayed and disappointed with such behaviour. However, I also felt that I was a bit stupid on my part as well because I didn’t care to gather all the necessary information about the job fair by asking important questions, instead of just visiting the hotel reception to get registered for a spot.
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