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In the section solving the problem below, Mytour will guide you to answer the topic “Narrate a significant event you celebrated” in IELTS Speaking Part 2. Let's refer to the sample, vocabulary, and a few scoring expressions in the IELTS Speaking test.Part 2: Narrate a significant event you celebrated
Describe an important event that you celebrateYou should say:What it wasWhere it happenedWhy it was importantHow people felt about it
Here is a sample for the topic “Narrate a significant event you celebrated”.
Model Answer (Sample Answer)
It occurred two years ago. If my memory serves me correctly, I was a second-year student at the Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam. My friends invited me to join them in the expat community neighborhood in Hanoi to celebrate what is known as Halloween. To be honest, I wasn't very familiar with Western culture and festivals, but I agreed to go along to please them.
As per the Halloween tradition, we dressed up in costumes and makeup resembling characters from movies or horror novels. Being a fan of DC comics, I dressed up as The Flash, the fastest man alive, while my friends dressed up as Thanos and John Wick, the infamous hitman from the movies.
At that time, my friends and I were already too old for trick-or-treating, so we strolled around the neighborhood trying to scare the younger children, which I found a bit immature. But I suppose there was nothing better to do. Suddenly, there was a power outage. I initially thought it was part of the event's setup, but it turned out to be real. When the lights came back on, a girl appeared seemingly out of nowhere, riding a broomstick and holding a magic wand. She was more enchanting than Hermione from the Harry Potter series. We struck up a conversation, and she has been one of my closest friends ever since.
And that was the last time I celebrated Halloween. I think I'm too old for it now. However, if it hadn't been for that event, I wouldn't have made another close friend of mine. So, I'm grateful for it.
Vocabulary Insights
- If my memories serves me right
(phrase) nếu tôi nhớ không nhầm
- expat community (n) expat – viết tắt của expatriate (n) người nước ngoài đến sống ở quốc gia khác
- so called (adj) (cái được) gọi là
- to be into sth: quan tâm, thích cái gì
- on the screen: trên màn ảnh
- to disguise: hóa trang
- to wander around: đi dạo quanh
- childish (adj) trẻ con (tiêu cực) >< childlike (adj) trẻ con, trong sáng, hồn nhiên (tích cực)
- blackout (n) mất điện
- to break the ice (idiom) phá vỡ sự ngượng ngùng
Grammar Tips
To achieve band 7 in Grammar criteria, you need to demonstrate a variety of grammar structures and use them accurately. Some key takeaways from this essay are:
- Sự kiện đã diễn ra nên trong toàn bộ bài nói, các bạn cần chia động từ ở thì quá khứ và không bỏ lỡ âm cuối (các âm -d, -ed)
- Có thể sử dụng kết hợp với các thì như thì hiện tại đơn, quá khứ hoàn thành, quá khứ hoàn thành tiếp diễn để tăng độ đa dạng về thì
Some strong grammar points in the above speech:
- Mệnh đề quan hệ: “we wandered around the neighborhood trying to scare the little kids, which I found a bit childish”
- Câu điều kiện loại 3: “if it hadn’t been for that event, I would not have got myself another close friends of mine”
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