Describe a time when you were stuck in a traffic jam

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IELTS Speaking Part 2: IELTS Cue Card/ Candidate Task Card. [The topic for your talk will be written on a card which the examiner will hand over to you. Read it carefully and then make some brief notes.] Describe a time when you got stuck in a traffic jam. You should say: • when it was • where you were going • how long you had to wait and explain how you felt about this. [ Instruction: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.] [ Examiner:All right? Remember you have one to two minutes for this, so don't worry if I stop you. I'll tell you when the time is up. Can you start speaking now, please?] Model Answer 1: Living in a busy city and expecting it to be traffic-free is very much like jumping in a river during a very cold winter and expecting its water not to feel cold. But, given the choice, I would probably be more willing to jump in a cold river in the cold winter, but I just wouldn’t want to get stuck in a traffic jam, especially, when I am in a hurry to do something important. But luck is not always in our favour! Now, talking about the cold winter, it was during this cold weather, about a couple of months ago, that I got stuck in a traffic jam when I was going to pick up my cousin from a domestic airport. Of course, the weather was normal then for that time of the year except, of course, there was some fog in the air. But, after driving a...

IELTS Speaking Cue Card with Sample Answer. A Time When You Were Stuck In A Traffic Jam Cue Card. IELTS Speaking Part 2 With Model Answer. Describe a time when you had to wait in a traffic jam You should say: • when and where it happened • how long you were in the traffic jam • what you did while waiting • and explain how you felt when you were in that traffic jam. Tips for answering this cue card topic: Model Answer 1: Traffic jams are very common now-a-days  Every person seems to own a vehicle now-a-days  The problem is worse in big cities like Bombay and Delhi  Traffic moves at a snail‟s pace during peak hours  Once I had gone to Jalandhar  On my way back I got stuck in a traffic jam  It was two days before Gurupurab, the birthday of Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji  A huge procession was going on  We call it the Nagar Kirtan  It was a 2 km long procession  There were hundreds of people on tractors and trolleys  On one trolley, the holy book of Sikhs, Guru Granth Sahib was there  People were paying obeisance to the book  Because of the procession we were stuck in the procession for two hours  It was very hot  We could not budge an inch forward or backward  Nor we could leave our car  All people around us were very restless  Finally we heaved a sigh of relief when the traffic started moving Model Answer 2: Well, traffic jam in our city is not unusual and the regular commuters often suffer from horrible congestion on roads. A recent study shows that around 20 hours...