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IELTS Speaking Part 2: IELTS Cue Card
Describe a time when you tried to do something but
weren’t very successful.
You should say
– When it was
– What you tried
– Why it was not very successful
– And how you felt about it
- Well, I love trying new things to get new experiences.
- Sometimes, I’m able to complete a new task but sometimes, don’t.
- Here I would like to talk about a time when I tried to bake a cake at home.
- What happened exactly, last month, it was Sunday and I was getting bored at home.
- I was scrolling through the YouTube videos when I came across a cooking video of one of the famous chefs.
- In this video, he taught how to bake a chocolate cake.
- After watching the video, I decided to give it a try.
- First of all, I went to the market to buy all the ingredients required for this cake such as chocolate, curd, baking powder and butter etc.
- Then, I started following the steps explained in the video.
- I also took the help of my younger sister to stir all the ingredients.
- After mixing sugar and plain curd, I put some baking powder into it.
- Then I put all-purpose flour in this mixture and stir it well.
- Finally, I transferred the mixture into the cake tray and baked it for 40 minutes as mentioned in the video.
- After baking, I decorated the cake with Choco chips, cream and sprinkles.
- When I served the cake, it was looking delicious.
- However, when I took the first bite, I realized that the cake bun was not that much fluffy.
- I immediately opened the video and carefully checked the steps and list of the ingredients.
- There I got to know that the quantity of baking soda used by me was less than the actual quantity needed.
- I was feeling a bit embarrassed in front of my family.
- But my family appreciated my efforts and encouraged me to try again next week.
- Although I was a bit disappointed, this experience gave me a new level of confidence to try something new.
Vocabulary:
Came across (Phrasal Verb): to find something
Give something a try (Idiom): to try something
Ingredient (Noun): a food that is used with other foods in the preparation of a particular dish Stir (Verb): to mix a liquid or other substance by moving an object such as a spoon in a circular pattern
All-purpose flour (Verb): flour that contains no chemical to make cakes rise
Delicious (Adjective): very tasty
Appreciate (Verb): to recognize how good someone or something
