IELTS CUE CARD
Describe a time you got lost in a place you did not know about.
You should say:
When did it happen?
Who was with you?
What did you do?
How did you feel about it?
Sample Answer
Introduction
- In this contemporary epoch, technology has made inroads in our life.
- Due to this, getting lost is a rare scenario these days.
- A few years back, getting lost used to be a usual thing.
When did it happen?
- Ten years back, I went to Singapore for a pleasure trip.
- There I was part of a group of 20 people.
- Most of them were my friends.
- While doing sightseeing, I got detached from my group.
- In pursuit of finding my friends, I reached a suburb of Singapore where most people were communicating in their native language.
- Unfortunately, I was not having my mobile phone with me.
- Moreover, I forgot the name of my hotel too, where I was staying.
What did you do?
- I ran from pillar to post to find someone who could speak in English so that I could make understand that person my plight.
- To my dismay, all my efforts went in vain.
- Since I was roaming here and there is a confused manner.
- I managed to grab the attention of a policeman.
- He took me to his office and made me talk to his senior, who had sufficient knowledge of the English language.
- He listened to my ordeal and sent his two officials with me to look for the hotel where I was staying
- I had a faint idea about the outlook of the hotel
- After roaming here and there for two hours, we managed to find the hotel.
- When I had met my friends after 10 hours, I had a sigh of relief.
How you felt about
- The whole experience was quite scary, and once I thought that I would never be able to make contact with my group.
- But all is well that ends well.
- During this frightening experience, I got a feel of the culture of Singapore.
- Moreover, I gained experience in handling the conflicts adroitly.