1- a situation when you waited for a bus or a train 2- a challenging profession you know about

If you can talk about the cue card topic 
"Describe a shop near where you live 
that you sometimes go to."
 you should be able to talk about the following 
IELTS cue cards topics as well: 
x
Describe a place you often go to.

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x
Describe a shop you often go to.
x
Describe a shop/market near your living place.
x
Describe a street market or shop you have seen.
x
Describe your favourite shop.
Describe a health problem you once had.
 
You should say:
x
what it was 
x
what problems it caused you 
x
what you did to control it 
and explain how you felt about this health problem.
[You will have to talk about the topic for one to two minutes. You have one 
minute to think about what you're going to say. You can make some notes to 
help you if you wish.]
Model Answer 1:
It is well known that health is considered as wealth. Everyone is need of a good 
health and this is the precondition for a happy life. But once, when I was a 
teenager, I suffered from a health issue. I had a kidney stone and that was 
crushed. 
Kidneys are considered as the filter for the human body and they may get 
damaged if the filter does not work in the right manner. Many of the people 
are suffering from kidney diseases and they did not take care of them. The key 
reason behind the kidney damage or disease is not taking proper care of the 
body, avoiding plenty of water and more. I also suffered from the kidney 
disease and fortunately it was a minor one. Stones developed in my right 
kidney and the doctors told me that it had happened for my wrong lifestyle. In 
fact, they were right. I did not have a standard lifestyle rather I was 
unconventional than the other people. I did not drink enough water for a day, 
skipped meals, smoked too many cigarettes and much more. Often I skipped 
my breakfast and supper. For all such reasons, my body fall victim of the health 
disorder. 
Before being diagnosed with the kidney stone, I felt severe pain in my right 

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abdomen and particularly on the spots where the right kidney is located. 
Vomiting was another symptom with me. But as I did not have the idea that 
this might be related to kidney issues, I took some painkillers and felt 
comfortable. But after some days, I felt the trouble again. There was severe 
pain in the same place that made me mad almost. So, I went to a local doctor 
here and he also prescribed me a pain killer and injected me with some serums 
that reduced the pain level. I was fine for a few days and met the doctor again. 
This time, he asked me to have some tests and the X-ray discovered that there 
is a stone in my right kidney which is blocking the way of filtering water on the 
body.
Thereby, it was necessary for me to remove the stone. I was astonished how it 
developed inside the kidney. I heard about it to others that they were suffering 
from kidney stones. I laughed at them. This time, it was their chance to laugh 
at me. I also underwent some other tests to be confirmed about the stone and 
all the tests had the same report. So, I decided to remove the stone and 
consulted with a specialist doctor about my kidney issue. The doctor said that 
there are two ways to remove the kidney. The first way is that I could have an 
operation where they will penetrate into my belly and somehow bring out the 
stone and the second one was to insert a crusher through my reproductive 
organ and crush the stone smoothly. I am afraid of surgeries and operations. 
So, I agreed with the second option and went for it. On a fixed date, I entered 
into the operation theatre and it was done without any troubles. 
It was unbearable to me to tolerate the pain when that attacked me. I could 
not control myself and often it happened that I pressed the part of my body to 
get relieved of the pain. I could not have imagined that I will be a patient of 
kidney disorders but it was a bad luck for me. I had to run after the doctors and 
most of the times the pain attacked me in the night times and it became 
difficult for me to find a doctor in that particular moment. Though I went to 
the hospitals, there were no specialised doctors in the midnight and the 
present medical officers were unable to make the right decisions. So, they only 
treated me with some painkillers and injections to control the pain. But once 
the stone was crushed, I felt relieved of the trouble. Now I do not have to run 
during the midnight to find a doctor. However, the doctors advised me to be 
aware of the issue in the future. They also advised me to take proper diets and 
plenty of water in a day. They also told me to cut the smoking as that is a 
highly harmful activity for kidneys. I try to follow their advice in the present 
days and been living a trouble-free healthy life. 

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