{"id":4494,"date":"2021-03-26T17:30:04","date_gmt":"2021-03-26T12:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brpaper.com\/ielts\/?p=4494"},"modified":"2021-04-07T11:25:38","modified_gmt":"2021-04-07T05:55:38","slug":"describe-a-time-when-you-had-to-wait-in-a-long-line-ielts-speaking-cue-card-january-to-april-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brpaper.com\/ielts\/describe-a-time-when-you-had-to-wait-in-a-long-line-ielts-speaking-cue-card-january-to-april-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Describe a time when you had to wait in a long line | IELTS Speaking Cue Card January to April 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>Describe a time when you had to wait in a long line<br \/>\n&#8211; when it was<br \/>\n&#8211; how long the queue\/line was<br \/>\n&#8211; what it was about<br \/>\n&#8211; how you felt about waiting in this long queue or line<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Well, I think nobody likes to wait in queues and it can be quiet frustrating for everyone. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I feel that waiting in long lines causes unnecessary delays in work and leads to wastage of time. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Today, due to the advent of technology, it has become easy for the people to get their things done online such as payment of bills, booking tickets, etcetera. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This has provided convenience to the people as they do not have to wait in lines for their turn. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Today, I would share about a time when I had to wait in a long queue. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was just a year ago, when the news of the outbreak of covid 19 spread in the world. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Resultingly, all the nations around the world went into complete lock down. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was during that time, when I went to buy some groceries for the lockdown period. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As the government announced its rulings of the complete lockdown for twenty-one days, I had to take a sprint with my brother to buy groceries for home. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The news of shutting down of the market had created the situation of panic among people. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This led everyone to rush to the markets to stock the essential goods. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The market was overcrowded with the people and shops were fully occupied.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Describe a time when you had to wait in a long line | IELTS Speaking Cue Card Jan to Apr 2021\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vZ-AfAgtGXk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We visited nearest departmental store as it would have everything, we needed but it was congested with people. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There were two long queues and it took us two hours to step inside the store. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">People standing in the queue were wearing face masks and were standing at a gap of 6 feet from the person in ahead of the line. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This made the line even longer and the queue was extended up to 1.5 km across the market.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Also, while waiting for our turn, the shop ran out of the plain flour and pulses. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They asked us to wait as two members of their team went to get the stock from the warehouse. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While standing in the queue, I realised that people are quite scared because of the whole state of affairs. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Even the police were on patrol, to keep a check on the compliances of the governmental guidelines and rulings regarding the same.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Finally, after waiting for two long hours, we were able to purchase the essentials.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/brpaper.com\/ielts\/ielts-speaking-cue-cards-january-to-april-2021-ielts-cue-card-topics\/\">Read Sample Answers of IELTS speaking Cue Cards January to April 2021 Topics<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Describe a time when you had to wait in a long line &#8211; 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