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 surprise that made you 
happy."
 you should be able to talk about the following IELTS cue cards topics 
as well: 
x
Describe a recent happy event.
x
Describe a time when your friends surprised you.
x
Describe a recent celebration or event that you enjoyed.
x
Describe a gift that someone gave you.
x
Describe a pleasant surprise you have had.
x
Describe one of your birthday celebrations.
Describe one of your birthday celebrations.
 
You should say:
x
when it was 
x
who were there 
x
how you celebrated it 
and explain how this birthday celebration was different. 
[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:
I was born in the month of March and I observe the day annually as my 
birthday. Often some events are arranged marking the day at my home. But 

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last year, it was arranged at my college and my friends organised the surprising 
party. 
I am an undergraduate student of Athens School of Fine Arts and been 
studying here for last six months. As a result, I have got familiar with all the 
students of my faculty and now we all have a good bonding among us. So, 
everyone knows everything like birthdays, special occasions, information about 
boyfriend or girlfriend and much more. Overall the relationship among all of us 
was excellent. When my birthday appeared in the last part of March, it was 
also celebrated in the class and it was highly amazed at the celebration 
methods. It was really unexpected and the way they celebrated the day was 
memorable indeed. None of them made me feel that it was my birthday. They 
tricked me in different manners before the celebration and behaved that they 
knew nothing about the day. Besides, some of my teachers have also wished 
me on the day and it happened only for my friends. 
My birthday was celebrated inside the classroom and thus the entire class was 
present there. Since I have a very good relation with all of the classmates and 
friends, all of them participated in the preparation for the party. Some of them 
were involved in decorating the classroom and the rest others were busy in 
planning to make me a fool on the day. The entire classroom was decorated 
finely and especially the seat where I usually sit was decorated in a special 
manner. But initially, I could not understand why they were decorating 
everything and why my chair was being dressed differently than the others? 
When I asked about the issue, everyone remained silent and did not mention a 
single word about it. So, it was difficult for me to guess that it was being done 
to celebrate my birthday. 
This part of the celebration was the most fascinating. The celebration began 
with the beginning of class. The teachers were asking me more questions for 
no reason. They were not in fact, trying to make me feel embarrassed in the 
class but the questions appeared inappropriate to me. They asked me 
questions like why my chair has been decorated so nicely and why the 
classroom has been dressed in a different manner or why the projector is 
beside me. They were also smiling in a different way. I was unable to answer 
the questions and got nervous. Nobody was asked such questions and it was 
only me. Finally at noon, when the classes ended, I tried to get out of the class. 
But my friends, who did not have a single talk with me since morning, 
appeared before me. One of them placed a birthday hat on my head while 
another one blasted a birthday balloon. Then I come to know that everything 

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was pre-planned and they were trying me to make irritated with their 
activities. Finally, they disclosed that they have contributed to make the 
birthday a successful one and we all celebrated it.
The birthday celebration was entirely different from the other birthdays. 
Usually, I cut a cake at my home on the birthdays. But this time they did not 
allow me to cut the cake rather they pasted the cake on my face and clicked 
many photographs. Generally the birthday cake is ordered and brought home 
by my dad but this time, the cake was homemade. One of my friends had 
made the cake at her home only for me. Besides, the entire class gave me 
some exceptional presents on my birthday. We had lunch together in the 
classroom. Moreover, I was surprised when they arranged for a movie show 
with two of my favourite movies named – The Gods Must Be Crazy and Super 
bad. Though I have watched the movies before and for several times, this time, 
I enjoyed more as my friends were with me. In fact, this was a different 
experience that I never had before. We all laughed at the comical events of the 
movies. A few of our teachers also participated in the movie show. Everything 
was completed by the evening and we all got out of the class. My friends really 
made me grateful to them.