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  1. Introduction

    General Overview of IELTS Speaking Test
  2. Evaluation criteria to assess IELTS Speaking test
  3. Do’s and don’ts in IELTS Speaking
  4. Frequently asked questions on IELTS Speaking section
  5. Speaking Test – Part 1
    IELTS Speaking Part 1 format and general approach
  6. Tips for IELTS Speaking Part 1
  7. Speaking Test - Part 2
    A step by step guide to IELTS Speaking Part 2 or cue card
  8. IELTS Speaking Part 2 topics
    Describe your first day at school IELTS Cue Card
  9. Describe an aquatic animal IELTS Cue Card
  10. Describe a bag you want to own IELTS Cue Card
  11. Describe a time you got up early IELTS Cue Card
  12. Describe an art or craft activity IELTS Cue Card
  13. Describe a person who solved a problem in a smart way IELTS Cue Card
  14. Describe an exciting book that you enjoy reading IELTS Cue Card
  15. Describe a cafe you like to visit IELTS Cue Card
  16. Describe a plan in your life that is not related to work or study IELTS cue card
  17. Talk about an article which you have read about health IELTS Cue Card
  18. Describe a time you were friendly to someone you didn’t like
  19. Describe a time you bought something from a street or outdoor market
  20. Describe a time when you are waiting for something special that would happen
  21. Describe a place you visited on vacation IELTS Cue Card
  22. Describe a creative person whose work you admire
  23. Describe a difficult decision that you once made
  24. Describe a good service you received IELTS Cue Card
  25. Describe a famous athlete you know IELTS Cue Card
  26. Describe a habit your friend has and you want to develop
  27. Describe a bicycle/motorcycle/car trip you would like to go on
  28. Describe a decision made by others/someone that you disagreed with
  29. Describe a businessman you admire
  30. Describe a town or city you would like to live in the future
  31. Describe an activity that you do after school/work
  32. Describe a foreign person who you have heard or known that you think is interesting
  33. Describe a time when you tried to do something but weren’t very successful
  34. Describe a piece of equipment that is important in your home
  35. Describe someone older than you whom you admire
  36. Describe an argument two of your friends had
  37. Describe a natural talent you want to improve
  38. Describe a law on environmental protection
  39. Describe a puzzle you have played IELTS Cue Card
  40. Describe a live sports match that you have watched
  41. Describe an occasion when you were not allowed to use your mobile phone
  42. Describe a piece of local news that people are interested in
  43. Describe a time you saw something interesting on social media
  44. Describe an art or craft activity that you had at school
  45. Describe a company where you live that employs a lot of people
  46. Describe a quiet place you like to spend your time in
  47. Describe a time when you helped a friend
  48. Describe a leisure activity near the sea that you want to try
  49. Describe a time when you shared something with others
  50. Describe your favorite movie IELTS Cue Card
  51. Describe your favorite singer
  52. Describe a time you made a promise to someone
  53. Describe an art exhibition that you visited
  54. Describe a time when you told your friend an important truth
  55. Describe a skill that you can teach other people
  56. Describe a time when you needed to use your imagination
  57. Describe a special hotel you stayed in
  58. Describe a film you watched IELTS Cue Card
  59. Describe a meeting in which you were speaker
  60. Describe a time when you had to walk barefoot
  61. Describe a house or an apartment you would like to live in
  62. Describe a website you visit often IELTS Speaking Cue Card
  63. Talk about an own thing which would like to remove
  64. Describe an island you would like to visit
  65. Speaking Test - Part 3
    Tips to crack IELTS Speaking Part 3
  66. Actual Speaking Exams
    IELTS Speaking test sample answer: Accommodation and House
  67. IELTS Speaking test: Behaviour, Patience and Politeness
  68. IELTS Speaking test: Computers, Internet and Technology
  69. IELTS Speaking test: Friends
  70. IELTS Speaking Test Answers Family
  71. IELTS Speaking sample answers: Hometown
  • Writing Correction




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Describe a time when you tried to do something but weren’t very successful

Describe a time when you tried to do something but weren’t very successful

Describe a time when you tried to do something but weren’t very successful
Describe a time when you tried to do something but weren’t very successful IELTS Cue Card with band 9 answer and part 3 follow up questions

In this lesson from simply IELTS, you will know how to Describe a time when you tried to do something but weren’t very successful band 9 IELTS Speaking Cue Card part 2 and part 3 follow up questions.

Describe a time when you tried to do something but weren’t very successful IELTS Cue Card

You should say

  • When it was
  • What you tried
  • Why it was not very successful
  • And how you felt about it.

Band 9 Model Answer to Describe a time when you tried to do something but weren’t very successful IELTS Cue Card

  • It was my sister’s birthday on 26th May.
  • I’m not truly adept at picking presents, so I avoid any and all risks.
  • She adores chocolate cake thus I request it for her consistently.
  • It is somewhat of a custom in our home, that I will get a cake.
  • Nobody even mulls over everything or even asks me.
  • Be that as it may, this year because of the lockdown, all the pastry kitchen shops were shut.
  • There is a renowned home cook in my city, who heats on hand.
  • In this way, next, I attempted that, yet lamentably, she was overwhelmed with orders.
  • She revealed to me she was unable to convey the cake by the birthday.
  • Presently, I was in a genuine pickle.
  • The lone choice was to prepare a cake myself.
  • Furthermore, truly, I’m an awful cook and I had never at any point done any kind of preparing.
  • Be that as it may, when all else fails, compromise is unavoidable.
  • Along these lines, I opened YouTube and opened the fledgling fundamentals video for making a chocolate cake.
  • I checked the fixings and we had every one of them at home aside from cream.
  • I figured I could utilize milk all things considered.
  • Furthermore, obviously, that was my first error.
  • Nothing went directly starting there on.
  • My cake mixture was runny rather than semi-strong like the video proposed.
  • My icing tasted dreadful, presumably in light of the milk.
  • I didn’t dare put it on.
  • I went through almost five hours in the kitchen, made an immense wreck with flour, cocoa powder on all the racks and the floor.
  • The outcome was a hard thick terribly tasting something.
  • My mother disclosed to me that I ought to have asked her for help.
  • I felt terrible that I was unable to convey yet my relatives just couldn’t quit chuckling.
  • I think my shame and the kitchen’s condition made it considerably more interesting to them
  • It is currently a running joke in our home.
  • In any discussion, my folks or my sister haphazardly raise the occurrence and begin giggling.
  • I think they will prod me for the remainder of my life.

Speaking Part 3 Follow-Up Questions to Describe a time when you tried to do something but weren’t very successful

  1. What’s your meaning of achievement?

    My definition is achievement is that, the result should fulfill me and my family. I don’t mind what others feel or how others rate my exhibition, in case I’m content with the outcomes, I believe I have succeeded.
  2. What things do youngsters attempt to prevail in?

    The primary concern that youngsters attempt to prevail in are sports contest and studies. Other than that, adolescence is the hour of mastering abilities, so kids attempt to be fruitful in acquiring abilities like riding a bike, figuring out how to move, etc.
  3. Which do you believe is more significant for individuals to become fruitful, handwork or openings?

    I think both are similarly significant in certain respects. There is no question in my mind that rich individuals improve training and work openings, however the troublesome and testing conditions during youth make individuals from helpless families all the more intellectually solid.

    Eventually, over the long haul, it is about difficult work, openings can open entryways for individuals, however difficult work changes over these entryways into examples of overcoming adversity.
  4. Do you figure individuals would be more joyful in the event that they didn’t have any objectives to accomplish?

    I don’t figure an existence without objectives might truly bring satisfaction. Indeed, it would prompt wretchedness.

    Individuals need objectives in life for bliss as well as to endure. Objectives carry reason to our lives and carry us something to anticipate.

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