Describe Something you Learned in a Place or From Someone – IELTS Cue Card Sample 110 with Audio

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Sample Answer 1

Here is the sample for “Describe Something you Learned in a Place or From Someone ” topic:

I find myself fortunate enough to get a myriad of chances to learn things from people around me. The list of things that I have learned is extremely long. However, I would like to highlight one specific thing that a middle-aged man, who lives in my neighbourhood, taught me. And, that is to participate in voluntary activities.

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His name is Mr. Pankaj. He was born and brought up during one of the most turbulent periods in Punjab’s history. Now, in his late 60s, he is trying consistently to make a difference in society by working for his own volunteer organization.

He has been managing a group of compassionate, dedicated youngsters who are committed to bringing a positive change to the lives of poor senior citizens. He once told me that he likes spending time with the elderly because not everybody is lucky to have a family that looks after them.

When I started working with him a few weeks back, I learnt plenty of things about the advantages of working as a volunteer. Although, at first, I felt the process of helping others extremely difficult as I had to be on call whenever they needed me, at the end of every day, I felt fantastic and contented. Community service has helped me acquire confidence as it has taught me how to develop a sense of achievement. In addition to this, volunteering helped me meet a variety of people and make new friends.

To say the least, volunteering has had a valuable and real positive effect on me. Besides, I believe that we can learn a lot about life this way.

Sample Answer 2

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I’m going to tell you about when I learned how to drive a car in the state of Maryland. I first got my learner’s permit when I was 15 years and 9 months years old, in 2008, so that’s when the journey began. Since there was virtually (almost) no public transportation, Uber, etc. at that time, it was necessary to get a driver’s license as soon as possible.

With the learner’s permit, you can begin to practice with a parent or other trusted, experienced driver. You must document 80 hours.  During this period, I also had to take a 6 week driver’s education course 3 hours per day then finally go out with an instructor for 3 sessions. After this step, you are allowed to get your license as soon as you are 16 and 3 months old and pass the written and in-person driver’s exam. After this tedious process and after one failed time, I finally got my license in January 2010 and I couldn’t have been happier! Furthermore, I was lucky enough to have found a used, reliable Volvo for a reasonable price conveniently around this time, so I immediately hit the road (started driving). As we werb felt on top of the world (really happy or cool); it was our leap (jump) into adulthood.

Although I was ecstatic once it was all said and done, I’m not going to say that it was an easy process. There was a lot of hard work involved in this. From the countless hours on the road as a 15 year old to the hours spent in the classroom, it was no walk in the park (an expression meaning something easy). It was a stressful yet exciting time for my family and I. To be honest, the hardest part was arguing with my father in the car because he couldn’t keep his patience with me behind the wheel (when you are driving). Furthermore, I greatly struggled with parallel parking (parking between two cars on the side of the road). Actually, to this day, I still can’t do it. For this reason, I failed my driver’s license test the first time and fled (left) the DMV (Department of Motor Vehicles) in tears. Luckily, the second time I passed by the skin of my teeth. All in all, this is not a pleasant time, but it’s very necessary to survive in the car-based society of the US. If you ask me, I’d much prefer hopping on (getting on)  the subway or calling an Uber.

Vocabulary

Here are the vocabularies for “Describe Something you Learned in a Place or From Someone ” with examples:

• Hit the road: started driving 
  Eg: We hit the road at 4 am to avoid traffic.
• On the top of the world: very happy 
  Eg: Rose was on the top of the world when she was declared as the winner.
• Reliable: consistently good in quality or performance; able to be trusted. 
  Eg: The police demanded a reliable source of information. 
• Parallel parking: parking between two cars on the side of the road 
  Eg: John had learned how to parallel park his Swift perfectly. 
• Fled: run away from a place or situation of danger 
  Eg: After killing the old man, his family fled away from the village. 
• Hopping: very actively or lively
  Eg: The boss kept his employees hopping all day. 

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