IELTS Cue Card/ Candidate Task Card 375 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 usually like to handle things, be them valuable or not, with great care. Therefore, it wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that I hardly ever need to repair anything – the things which I personally use – except on an occasion when I needed to repair my smartphone.
It happened about a couple of years ago at a time when I was walking on the side of a busy road in my hometown. Walking on the side of a road itself wouldn’t be much of a problem if I wasn’t also busy talking on my smartphone at the same time. We all know how dangerous it can get if we are not careful enough when using our mobile phones on a busy road. Anyway, so, when I was busy talking on my smartphone, a young boy hit me from behind with his bicycle. As soon as the boy hit me, I lost control and eventually dropped my phone. It was a strong and versatile device, but not strong enough to sustain the “crushing pressure” of a running private car, as its display and touch screen were both broken in seconds.
But, I wasn’t ready to let go of my little old electronic gadget, which I had kept safe for about 3/4 years, just yet. So, I decided to take it to a phone technician, only to find out that he didn’t have any spare parts of this device anywhere in my country, as it was an old model. However, he also told me that if I was ready to allow him extra time, he could buy the “display” and “touch screen” from another country to fix my phone. I told him to go ahead and do whatever it would take to fix my phone.
Anyway, after repairing my phone, I was finally able to have a “part of me” back in my life, as I had carried the little device for a long time through thick and thin. Besides, I also told myself that I certainly would be more careful in using my mobile phone from that point on.
Describe a time when you needed to repair a broken item.
You should say:- when it was
- what item it was
- how you managed to fix/repair 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 usually like to handle things, be them valuable or not, with great care. Therefore, it wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that I hardly ever need to repair anything – the things which I personally use – except on an occasion when I needed to repair my smartphone.
It happened about a couple of years ago at a time when I was walking on the side of a busy road in my hometown. Walking on the side of a road itself wouldn’t be much of a problem if I wasn’t also busy talking on my smartphone at the same time. We all know how dangerous it can get if we are not careful enough when using our mobile phones on a busy road. Anyway, so, when I was busy talking on my smartphone, a young boy hit me from behind with his bicycle. As soon as the boy hit me, I lost control and eventually dropped my phone. It was a strong and versatile device, but not strong enough to sustain the “crushing pressure” of a running private car, as its display and touch screen were both broken in seconds.
But, I wasn’t ready to let go of my little old electronic gadget, which I had kept safe for about 3/4 years, just yet. So, I decided to take it to a phone technician, only to find out that he didn’t have any spare parts of this device anywhere in my country, as it was an old model. However, he also told me that if I was ready to allow him extra time, he could buy the “display” and “touch screen” from another country to fix my phone. I told him to go ahead and do whatever it would take to fix my phone.
Anyway, after repairing my phone, I was finally able to have a “part of me” back in my life, as I had carried the little device for a long time through thick and thin. Besides, I also told myself that I certainly would be more careful in using my mobile phone from that point on.
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