Ielts ielts speaking Part 2: ielts cue Card

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Describe a time when your computer broke down
IELTS cue card
January 9, 2021 by 
IELTS
IELTS Speaking Part 2: IELTS Cue Card
Describe a time when your computer broke down
You should say
When it was?
What you were doing?
What you did about it?
And how you felt about it?

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Note: 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.
Model Answers and follow up questions to describe a time when your computer
broke down IELTS cue card:
Model Answer 1:
When was it?
This happened to me about a year ago. Actually, I have two computers. One is a
desktop, and the other is a laptop. My desktop is very old, and a laptop is brand
new. 

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What were you doing? 
It so happened that my cousin had to prepare an assignment, and he asked me
for my laptop for a few hours. His computer was not working very smoothly.
Initially, I hesitated to give him because I am very possessive about it. But then I
thought of helping him. So I agreed to give him. 
What you did about it? 
The next day when he came to pick up the computer, I tried to start it to show him
some unique functions on my computer to make it easier for him to use. To my
surprise, my laptop did not start. I was shocked and taken aback. I tried hard to
restart it, but it was vain. My cousin was very upset, and first, he thought that I am
doing it purposely. 
I called the computer technician, and he said he will solve the problem, but it will
take a week. I called my friend, who is a hardware engineer, and he said the

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same. 
And how you felt about it? 
I was helpless because I could not do anything to repair it urgently. I was
disappointed and confused as to what must have gone wrong with the machine.
It was frustrating and irritating, and I also felt worried and anxious about losing
important data and pictures. 
Conclusion: 
I gave my laptop for repair and, I offered my cousin to use my desktop. He was
thankful and happy. Later on, my computer got repaired, but it cost me a lot of
time, money and energy. I learnt that such high gadgets are handy, but we should
not rely on them entirely. Though I did not lose any of my data, I learnt a lesson to
take back up in hard disks. After this episode, my computer broke down twice, but
I took regular back up of data. 
Model Answer 2:

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Introduction: 
With the rapid growth in the number of technological appliances we use
everyday, there are lot of instances when something fails and we have to get it
repaired.
Today, I would like to talk about my Apple laptop, which got damaged recently
and I got it repaired from IT market in Delhi.
When it was? and What you were doing?
What happened was that I was working on an assignment late night and I was
using the laptop while lying on the bed.
I didn’t realise when I fell asleep and when I got up in the morning I saw my
laptop lying on the floor, probably it fell down when I was sleeping.
I immediately picked it up, only to realise that there was a huge crack in the
screen of the laptop.
I tried to turn it on but it was not working.
I felt really bad at that time and was scared to tell my family about it.
What you did about it?

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So, I decided to consult my friend and he told me to visit the nearest Apple
store to figure out the damage.
I reached there immediately and the technician told me that the display had
broken and needs to be replaced.
He told me the cost of screen replacement would be 40,000 Rs.
I was shocked to hear such a huge repair cost as I had already spent a hefty
amount on the laptop.
how you felt about it?
So, I came back home disappointed.
Suddenly, it came to my mind that one of my other friend, who was in Delhi,
had also faced the same problem.
So, I called him and explained the situation to him.
He told me that I can get it repaired from IT market in Delhi for just 5000 Rs
and the technician will replace my screen with a used one.
After that, I decided to tell my family about it. Initially, they felt sad like me but
then they suggested me to be careful about how I handle electronic gadgets in

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future and gave the money for repair.
Finally, I went to Delhi and got it repaired. The technician changed the display
and luckily the used display looked like a new one and I was able to use my
laptop again.
Conclusion:
Nowadays I am very careful about how I use the electronic equipment’s, I
guess, I learnt the lesson, the hard way.
IELTS Speaking Part 3 : Follow up Questions
Here some examples of follow up questions that you may asked during your
speaking part 3 by examiner related to cue card “Describe a time when your
computer broke down”.
1. What do people use computers for?
Well, these days the use of computers is limitless, especially in the last year