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IELTS Speaking Part 2: IELTS Cue Card
Describe a skill that was difficult for you to learn
You should say:
– When you learned it
– Why you learned it
– How you learned it
– How you felt when you learned it
- Well, learning any new skill demands dedication and efforts.
- Here I would like to talk about a challenging skill that is driving which I acquired a few months back.
- Actually, these days driving is a key skill one should learn especially if you are planning to go abroad.
- As I’m planning to move to Canada for my higher education, it was really crucial for me to learn to drive.
- My parents also motivated me to learn driving.
- For this, first of all, I started finding a driving school.
- Fortunately, one of my cousins gave me a reference of the institute from where she took driving lessons.
- My cousin contacted them and got me enrolled at this institute.
- To be honest, I was very nervous on the first day but the instructor calmed me down.
- Initially, I started driving in an open ground, which was not very difficult for me as there was no traffic.
- However, shifting between the accelerator and brake was a difficult task.
- The major challenge came when my instructor took me to the highway and asked me to drive.
- I was totally messing things up because I couldn’t handle so many tasks at once such as changing gears, controlling the wheel, managing the accelerator and brakes while watching both sides through mirrors.
- On that day, I decided to quit as I thought it’s not my cup of tea.
- But my cousin encouraged me by sharing his own experiences.
- After talking with her, I felt a bit relaxed and once again made my mind to continue the lessons.
- The other challenge was traffic congestion because when you are a novice, driving a car in big cities is really a difficult task.
- But this time my instructor told me some rules and things that I should keep in my mind, which helped me a lot.
- I must say my instructor was really experienced and perfect at his job.
- So, after taking classes for a month, I decided to apply for a driving licence.
- Finally, I passed the driving test and got my license.
- I was really happy and thanked my cousin and also the institute because without their help and guidance I couldn’t do this.
- Overall, it was a unique experience for me as in the starting I was struggling but with time I started enjoying driving.
Vocabulary:
Dedication (Noun): the willingness to give a lot of time and energy to something because it is important
Acquired (Verb): to get something that is important to you
Challenging (Adjective): something that tests your ability
Enrol (Verb): to put yourself or someone else onto the official list of members of a course, college
Calm somebody down (Phrasal Verb): to stop someone feeling upset, angry, or worried
Mess something up (Phrasal Verb): to do something wrong or badly
Traffic congestion (Noun): traffic jam
Novice (Noun): a person who is beginning to learn a job or an activity
not be sb’s cup of tea (Idiom): If something is not your cup of tea, it is not the type of thing that you like
