Hello, IELTS daily friends!
I'm Chris, and I am back with a recent question.
This is a recent question that appeared, and a student has submitted it to us.
And I think that you will learn something from this video,
because we'll talk about how I answered the question.
And I have a very special guest here today.
This guest is Declan.
Declan, say hi.
Hi, everyone. Hi, Chris.
So Declan, where are you from?
I'm from China.
Great!
And most of you will remember Fiona.
Fiona is still working with IELTS daily.
But today we have Declan behind the camera.
Declan. Have you taken the IELTS test before?
Yes, I did.
When did you take it?
Like, one year ago?
Ok, and how did you feel when you took the test?
To be honest,
I was quite relaxed for the last exam.
How did you score?
I scored a band 7.
Great! Fantastic!
Many of you need a band seven.
So, do you mind today?
Can I be cheeky?
Do you mind if I pick out some of the mistakes that you make in English?
And we'll talk about them.
Definitely.
Fantastic.
So, let's begin this video and we will look at a recent question.
Okay,
so we've got part two of the test.
Lots of people complain about this part.
They say they don't like this part.
So Declan, you're going to send a question to my computer.
OK, this is quite a tricky one.
I just send it to your computer.
Thank you.
Ah,
the question is, and we will read it together.
Then Declan going to give me one minute to prepare my answer.
The question says,
Talk about a time you felt nervous.
You should say:
when this was,
who you were with,
where you were,
and explain, why you felt nervous.
It is a difficult question, Declan.
Thank you for sending me this one.
No worries.
So you're going to give me one minute, right?
You're going to tell me when the minute starts,
and when the minute finishes,
I'm going to think about some ideas.
I'll talk to you guys,
the viewers about my ideas, and then I will try and give you a model answer.
Should we start?
No problem.
OK,
you're one minute starts now.
So I need to talk about a time
I felt nervous.
Common times when people feel nervous are before exams.
They might be before somebody's wedding or a big event.
It could be before flying.
Some people get nervous before flying.
Try to think about specific times when you feel nervous and remember,
it's absolutely okay to go off-topic.
So I'm going to talk about time before my exams at high school.
We'll talk about, maybe talk about both the exam day
and the results of the exam.
Because remember, you can be nervous before an exam,
but you can also be nervous before you get the results.
So we can talk about both of those aspects.
We could say why you feel nervous, the implications.
What will happen if you don't get your good exam results?
So all of those things you could include in your speaking.
I'm going to talk about before university...
Ok, Chris,
Your one minute is now.
My one minute is up,
So you're going to tell me when to start my speaking
and you'll tell me if I reached two minutes,
OK?
OK.
Okay,
Your two minutes has started.
Let me talk about before my exams at high school.
As you know,
before going to university,
you need to have specific exam results.
In the UK,
these are called A-levels.
A-levels are exams that you normally take the normally four or five subjects that you take.
So I did maths, geography, IT and general studies,
and I remember before all of these exams,
I was super nervous.
And the reason why I was so nervous is because
the university place rests on these exam results.
So my place in university depended on my exam results.
I remember being probably seventeen or eighteen years old,
and I did a lot of work for these exams.
But during the exam week,
I remember having many sleepless nights,
I was really nervous about what happened.
And then to make matters worse,
obviously, when you take the exam,
that's a really nerve-wracking time.
Then getting the results of the exam is even worse because you have to wait and wait.
And I remember that in those days,
all of the exam results would come by post so they would come to your house.
And I remember being with my parents on the day that my exam results arrived.
And I can just picture the time when I had to open the envelope
and take out the results.
Really, fortunately,
I managed to get the results that I needed,
and I got my place at university.
So there was really nothing to be worried about because I did all the hard work,
but still, I felt nervous both before the exam and get before getting my results.
How many seconds was that?
Great!
It was one minute and forty one seconds.
Fantastic!
So, normally I get a good feeling about how long something takes.
Did you notice that I spoke really fluently, Declan?
Did you notice that I didn't stop speaking?
Yeah.
For me, I saw you just kept talking and talking.
Yeah,
so that's something that you need to practice in the exam.
Speaking fluently accounts for 25% of your mark. Right?
And did you notice?
And I say this in many of my speaking part two videos,
I didn't look at my questions.
That's really important for me because I want you guys to try to do the same.
I talk when the student has the question in front of them,
it can often be a distraction.
They're often looking down.
When,
when this happened,
who was I with?
Why did I feel nervous?
Actually,
it doesn't matter.
All I want you to do is take the topic and talk as much as you can about this topic.
Did you happen to know Declan,
and you probably may have forgotten,
any language that you were impressed by?
I'm so sorry, I'm too nervous,
and I almost forgot everything you just said.
I am too nervous or I was too nervous.
Ah...
see Declan even still make some mistakes,
so it's really important that we fix those mistakes.
If we're talking about the past,
you should talk about the past.
So Declan was nervous,
so he didn't manage to make any notes.
Fortunately,
I have a good memory,
so I remember some of the words that I said.
did you remember the word when I said, "something rests on something else"?
So if I said, "my university place rested on my exam results",
do you think you could change that phrase?
The rest on?
It's really difficult, isn't it?
I'm sorry, I don't understand.
So my university place,
rested on my exam results.
And so you could use the word, "depend on".
My university place depended on my exam results.
So you could use the word "rest on".
I also used the gerund form.
I think I said,
"Before going to university or before sitting my exam".
If you have a preposition,
you should always use the ING form.
Declan, do you take exams in China in high school?
Yeah, a lot.
Yeah, and when you took your exam,
did you feel nervous?
Not really,
because there are lots of exams and I got used to it.
Sure,
there are lots of exams.
Yes,
exams.
Don't forget the plural.
Ladies and gentlemen,
I just want to say a big thanks to Declan today.
He's been working really hard.
This is his first video and I think he will become a supernatural in the future.
One day you might even see him in front of the camera.
We can have a discussion.
What do you think, Declan?
That would be great.
Great!
So, thanks for watching guys.
I look forward to seeing you in future classes.
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