Describe a time you missed an appointment – IELTS Cue Card Sample Answers

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During Part 2 of the IELTS Speaking test, you will have exactly one minute to prepare and speak on a specific topic. This is the IELTS cue card task. You can learn how to communicate clearly and successfully by reviewing sample answers.

This IELTS cue card gives you an opportunity to share one of your memories of a time you missed an appointment.

Practise IELTS Speaking Part 2 by referencing the Cue Card Sample Answers below.

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Sample Answer 1

• When was it?

With lives getting extremely hectic and schedules getting frantic, getting late or missing an appointment has become quite regular. Something similar has happened to me a lot of times. However, talking about one of the recent incidents, I missed the dentist’s appointment last Thursday.

• Why were you late?

Until Wednesday night, the appointment was clear in my mind, and I knew that I had to visit the dentist the following day. However, the moment my day started, I got caught up in a plethora of meetings and assignments. In addition to this, I had to complete some home-related tasks as well. Enraptured in everything important, the dentist’s appointment completely skipped my mind until my sister reminded me of it.

• How did you feel about it?
• and say what happened as a result of being late.

The moment I realised I was late, panic mode kicked in. I went into a frenzy zone. Hurriedly, I tried finishing the task that I was in the middle of and got ready for the appointment. However, when I reached the clinic, I was already an hour and a half late.

As a result, the dentist had taken his lunch break. The receptionist asked me to shift the appointment to the evening. Unfortunately, I had other things scheduled for the day, so I had to push my appointment to the next week.

Sample Answer 2

However well organised I’m, it sometimes gets late to reach my destination due to several external and internal factors. One such time when I was late in an appointment with my investors was a frustrating experience for me.

• When was it?
• Why were you late?
• How did you feel about it?

Since I was knee-high to a grasshopper, I had a burning desire to set up my own business. Therefore, when I was a senior student, to be given financial support to run my start-up, I had a pivotal date with numerous investors. I highly appreciated that appointment; therefore, I had worked against the clock and buried myself in a mountain of workload. I had to burn the midnight oil to complete my project, which would be shown to investors. When the day came, I felt dead tired. You know, I had to make every effort to get up, but it was still late 20 minutes when I left my home. Unfortunately, the road suffered from intensive traffic congestion, which is a common scenario in my city. I failed to use different kinds of transport from bus to taxi to escape this crowd. Finally, I reached the location 1 hour later than my scheduled time. While the investors showed their sense of anger, I experienced the feeling of panic, and I just presented my project with half a heart.

• and say what happened as a result of being late.

I was rejected, and I felt extremely disappointed. That was a painful experience for me, and since then, I’ve tried my best not to be late for any appointments ever again.

Vocabulary

• Well-organized (adj) having good organization; orderly and efficient
  Eg: The Australian cricket team was well-organized.
• Knee high to a grass hopper (idiom) very small or very young
  Eg: I have lived in Mumbai since I was a knee high to a grasshopper.
• Set up (phrasal verb) start a business
  Eg: His uncle set up a business for him.
• With a view to doing something (phrase) with the hope of doing something in the future
  Egief Minister called all the parties with a view to achieve a consensus on the new bill
• Pivotal (adj) extremely important
  Eg: The budget introduced a pivotal change in privatization
• Against the clock (phrase) trying very hard to finish something before a particular time
  Eg: The software team was working against the clock to meet their deadlines.
• Burn the midnight oil (idiom) to work until very late at night
  Eg: Sita was given a huge assignment and she had to burn the midnight oil to complete it.
• Dead tired (phrase) very tired
  Eg: Jane was dead tired after the delivery.
• With half a heart (phrase) With only a little or moderate amount of enthusiasm or interest
  Eg: After his transfer to the new town, he worked with half a heart.

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