Bài mẫu IELTS Speaking cho chủ đề: Describe an occasion when you got up extremely early
You should say:
- When this happened
- What you needed to do on that day
- Who you were with
- How you felt about getting up early on that day
- Part 3 is ‘Getting up early’
Câu trả lời:
I’ve never considered myself a person who would wake up early voluntarily, feeling rested and energetic. So a couple of months ago, when my friends and I were planning a trip, I found out that we would have an early flight, at 5 a.m. to be exact. This piece of news made me more than upset. To my horror, this was the only available flight at a reasonable price back then. Therefore nobody was going to take into account my being disappointed.
I had to meet my friends at 3 a.m. at the airport prior to departure of international flights is 3 hours, I was happy all of them understood there wasn’t much sense coming so early and queuing there, so I could have one more hour of sleep.
As I expected, on a departure day, I woke up at the very last minute and then scampered around to the house to get ready, though I had promised to myself to do it the day before without being in a hurry. I had to make a mad rush out of home, being afraid to be late. So you can just imagine, when I got to the airport, I was angry with myself and everyone around. Needless to say, I felt drowsy and disoriented, just like a zombie, as I wasn’t used to getting up so early. Then I found out I hadn’t packed my swimsuit. For me, this was a disaster. I was so irritated that, frankly speaking, I wished we had spent more money instead of waking up early.
Band 6 grammar here:
- I’ve never considered (Present Perfect)
- My friends and I were planning a trip (Past Continous)
- Nobody was going to take into account (Be going to)
- I had to meet my friends (Modal verbs)
- There wasn’t much sense coming (Gerund)
- I could have (Modal verbs)
- Being afraid; being in a hurry (Gerund)
Band 7+ grammar here
- A person who would wake up early (Conditional type I)
- I found out that we would have an early flight (Sequence of Tenses)
- All of them understood there wasn’t much sense (Sequence of tenses)
- I woke up…, though I had promised (Past Perfect)
- I wasn’t used to getting up early (to be used to doing something)
- I found out I hadn’t packed (Past Perfect)
- I wished we had spent more money (I wish)