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 novel that was 
particularly interesting to you."
 you should be able to talk about the 
following IELTS cue cards topics as well:
x
Describe a book you have recently read.
x
Describe your favourite book. 
x
Describe a book you would recommend someone to read.

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x
Describe an interesting book you have ever read.
x
Describe a story from a book you have read.
x
Describe a novel or book you really liked.
Describe an event when someone apologised to you.
You should say:
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who apologised to you 
x
when it was 
x
why this person apologised to you 
and explain how you felt when this person apologised to you. 
[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:
When I was at my school, a classmate of mine made some quarrels with me 
over a petty issue. Later he apologised to me for the incident and promised me 
that such events will never take place between us. 
I was a student of Govt High School Kotwal Quetta in Balochistan under 
Pakistan. In my school, there were no chances for coeducation. It was only for 
boys. So, all the students were boys and thus the numbers of misdeeds were 
more than the other school of the locality. The majority of the boys were 
wicked and did not follow any rules and regulations. Khashru Ameer was one 
of them and loved to quarrel with some other boys. Unfortunately, he also got 
involved in a quarrel with me though I was not to be blamed. The quarrel 
started with the seating arrangements. I always used to sit on the first row in 
the class. Sitting in the first row was set on the first come first served basis. So, 
the students who used to go early in the class could occupy their seats on the 
first bench. But Ameer started the quarrel over occupying a seat on the row 
though he was too late for the class. 
He did the foul acts for his immaturity and nothing but the age was to be 
blamed. We were the students of eighth grade in the school. The activities we 
did were almost childish but the teachers used to advise us over not 
performing such acts. They advised that we have to behave gently as most of 

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the students were disobedient. Most of the students were involved in some 
sort of monkey business and they did not follow the orders of their parents or 
teachers. So, it was really difficult for the teacher to control the situations in 
the class. When they controlled one part of the class, troubles began from 
another corner. Sometimes the students used to start a fight with one another 
over minor issues and all of such things happened as all of us were in the 
beginning of our teenage. 
Khashru Ameer was one of the mischievous boys and he often started the 
quarrel by himself with the others. Since he was somewhat healthy than the 
other boys of the class, he used to dominate over them by force. But he could 
not dare to get engage with me because I was the only boy who knew the 
martial art. Initially, he could not understand the issue that what he was doing. 
So, he continued the quarrel with me and he had firm belief that I would leave 
the seat for him. But instead, I did not do so. Instead, I looked into his eyes 
directly. I gently said that I would not leave the seat and if he needs to sit on 
the first row, he should come earlier. I also told him not to behave rudely with 
me otherwise, he is to pay a heavy price for that. With my speeches, he was a 
bit astonished and felt embarrassed. No one else told him so before and my 
statements hit on his ego. He also stared at me. Finally, when some other boys 
came to my help and told him about my expertise, he apologised and took a 
last-row seat. 
Actually, I felt nervous in the beginning when he was quarrelling with me. I 
have seen that he is beating the other boys who were disobedient to him. But I 
had no interactions with him until he wanted to grab my seat. I knew that I 
could handle him very well, but I did not want to create a scene in the class. I 
could beat a boy like him severely and without any pause, but I did not do so. I 
just warned him that the consequences of quarrelling would be terrible for him 
and if he did not listen to me, I really would have beaten him seriously. When I 
warned him, I saw a fear in his eyes and when he apologised to me, I got 
relieved that the trouble was gone. I was also in a trouble that if I had to beat 
him, the issue would be publicised and then a mess will be created. So, with 
the apology, I got free from all the anxieties.