This relates not only to IELTS learners, but for students around the world who are asked a set of questions, such as the following.

In the IELTS Part II, there’s a great chance that you will be asked to “describe a special event.”  In this will be a set of four questions, but today I will talk about seven.  The goal, when speaking in the past tense, is to stay in the past tense.  It’s like switching your mind to a tense and using different clauses, tenses and “high level” vocabulary.

So, here it is at the bottom and watch my YouTube video so you can get an idea.

A Special Event

• When did it happen?
• Where did it happen?
• Who did you go with?
• What problem did you have?
• What did you see when you arrived?
• What happened in the end?
• Why was it a good experience.

 

Additional for ESL learners

Useful expressions to show interest, surprise, or sympathy. 

1. Did you?
2. Really?
3. Then what happened?
4. I see.
5. Why?
6. Wow!
7. Cool!
8. That’s interesting.
9. That’s amazing!
10. That’s incredible!
11. Oh, no!
12. What a shame.
13. Poor you! (use this sparingly because it could be used as sarcasm.

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