IELTS CUE CARD
Describe a mistake you have made.
You should say:
What it is?
When you made it?
How you made it?
How did you feel about it?
Sample answer
Introduction
- Being an adventurous person, I have made too many mistakes in my life.
- Had I been a little careful, I could have avoided those mistakes.
- Whenever I look at those mistakes with hindsight, I realize that those mistakes present valuable life lessons for me.
How you made it?
- The biggest mistake I made was I did not follow the advice given by others concerning a growing IT field that is Digital Marketing.
- Many people suggested me to shift to digital marketing from the conventional methods to promote my business.
- Many of my competitors also started laying excessive focus on alternative means to promote their business.
- However, I ignored it and kept on doing business, with the traditional methods of marketing.
- The world was changing, but I was adamant
- This stubborn attitude worked against me.
- During the last two years, my competitors had grown by leaps and bounds, whereas my business took a dip.
How did you feel about it?
- That tactful mistake put me in a state of depression.
- I had started doubting my credentials, and once I thought of winding up my business.
- But with time, I came out of depression.
- Now, whenever I look back at the miscalculation done by me, I take it as a learning.
- That fail has brought a paradigm shift in my life. I have learned a valuable lesson that always welcomes the change coming in your life.
- In our lives, we get into a comfort zone and whenever a change comes into our lives. We try to resist that change.
- So a big lesson I have learned from the awful mistake I have committed is that we should always be ready to challenge ourself.